Left Field Decided... For Now

Sunday, March 25 2012 @ 09:44 PM EDT

Contributed by: John Northey

Travis Snider has been send down to AAA, thus leaving LF to Eric Thames.

Edit: Dustin McGowan has a new 2 + 1 year deal - 2013/2014 guaranteed ($1.5 per year) plus an option year in 2015 at $4 mil.

Via the Star Snider seems to be taking it as well as one could hope. Still, this had to hurt for him and makes it hard to see where he would play unless Encarnacion or Lind are traded.

Edit: On a side note: Forbes has its annual valuations out and the Jays are 25th out of 30. Closer to #18 than #27 though as the groups are more like... Billionaires club (Yankees/Dodgers/Red Sox), Cubbies (800's), Very Big Market (Phillies, Mets), Big Market (Rangers, Angels, Giants), Very Large (White Sox, Cardinals, Mariners, Astros), Large (Twins, Atlanta, Nationals, Tigers), Medium (Rockies, Orioles, Padres, Marlins, Brewers, D-Backs, Reds, Jays, Cleveland, Tiny (Royals, Pirates, Rays, A's). To shift from one category to another is possible but Tiny to Medium will take a lot it seems ($60 mil between groups). Jays jumped by 23% which is a lot as only 4 teams did better, 3 were within a couple of points then the Dodgers who jumped 75%.

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