As expected the Jays tendered contracts to all arbitration eligible players yesterday. But more interestingly Mike Rutsey reports that the Jays have an interest in free agent catcher Bengie Molina.
And here's the latest scoop in the Blair Blog.
In case you missed it yesterday the Jays avoided arbitration with John McDonald, agreeing to a one year, $500,000 contract.
Some free agents signings recently:
* Jacque Jones signs with the Cubs for three years and a reported $16 million.* Johnny Damon signs with the Yankees for 4 years and $52 million. The Yanks also signed Octavio Dotel to a 1 year, $2 million deal with incentives that could push it up to $5 million (and $7.5 million if he ends up closing). That's a lot of money for a team that apparently lost $50-$85 million last year. But that figure can't be wrong can it?
Last night was the deadline to offer contract to arbitration eligible players. Here's the unexciting list of players not tendered contracts.
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