Jays Close To Signing Eckstein

Thursday, December 13 2007 @ 08:46 AM EST

Contributed by: Pistol

Ken Rosenthal reports that the Jays "on the verge of signing David Eckstein, according to a major-league source".

The Cardinals did not offer Eckstein arbitration so the Jays would not give up any compensation if the deal was struck.

11:15 Update:  Jeff Blair reports that it's a one year deal for $4.5 million and that Eckstein will lead off.  That would likely leave Stairs/Johnson for the #2 spot in the order.

The Blue Jays tendered contracts to all arbitration eligible players with the exception of Josh Towers. As mentioned previously, that's not a huge surprise despite what Ricciardi was saying publically a few weeks ago.

The SF Giants signed Aaron Rowland to a 5 year contract which should all but shut the door on any trade involving Alex Rios.

Catchers released into the free agent pool yesterday were Johnny Estrada and Miguel Olivo.

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