And it's not just because it's getting cold out!
Thank you, thank you - I'll be here all winter!
The Jays acquired Buck Coats from the Cincinatti Reds for a PTBNL or cash.
The left handed hitting Coats hit .303/.363/.435 for AAA Iowa this past season. He also played in 20 games, getting 34 ABs in Cincinnati. For the Reds he played 2 games in CF and 5 games each in RF & LF. He played all of his games in Iowa in the OF. However, in 2006 he also played 19 games at 2B, 5 games at 3B and 9 games at SS. From 2003-2005 Coats played most of his games at SS.
So given that Coats appears to have some versitility in both the infield and outfield and is a LH hitter he appears to be a fine candidate for the 25th player on the Jays next season.
Coats takes up the open spot on the Jays 40 man roster so it appears they might not be involved in the Rule 5 draft tomorrow afternoon.
https://www.battersbox.ca/article.php?story=20071205143537369