I doubt it. If they couldn't trade him in the off-season coming off a "solid" season offensively, then nothing will change if he gets a few hits as a DH. This is Gibbons valuing a s***** player too much.
Estrada in the rotation, Sanchez in the pen, Castro/Osuna in the minors, Delabar/someone else in the pen, and Navarro on another team. He got all of those wrong (though Osuna has panned out so I'll go easy on him there even though it's still stupid long-term).
I'm not an AA fan, but he was absolute money in the off-season. Every value move he made was sensible and in most cases a huge upgrade.
He went derpy after Stroman got hurt but prior to that, he was awesome.
Why didn't the Jays just sign K-Rod when they had the chance in the off-season?
The answer to this is K-Rod obviously because Amaro won't trade Paps for anything short of three top 10 prospects.
Well, if you want to optimize the lineup, then Martin should be catching everyone except Dickey, so get rid of Navarro somehow (released, DFA, trade, whatever), and then use Thole to catch Dickey. At least Gibbons won't DH Thole.
The Jays are 10-3 when Navarro starts.
Not only a professional hitter but a winner as well. Can't argue with that. Sorry, Justin. No playing time for your losery ass.
What does Smoak have to do to play 1B regularly under Sling Blade's genius managing? What a f***ing joke.
Just release Navarro. No one is going to trade for his ass and Gibbons would rather DH a back-up catcher than play the best lineup.