Jays Pick Up Jayson Nix From Indians

by Tom Dakers on Mar 29, 2011 4:23 PM EDT in Toronto Blue Jays News

In a cash deal the Jays get Jayson Nix. Nix didn't have a good spring the the Indians, batting a big .176 in 12 games. To make room for him the Jays moved Jesse Carlson to the 60-day DL.

His career numbers are here. He has hit .215/.283/.380 in 3 seasons, totaling 218 games. He has played all the infield spots, other than first and the corner outfield spots in the majors.

He will be taking Patterson's spot on the opening roster, it looks like Corey will be starting the season on the DL. The bench now is Molina, McDonald, McCoy and Nix.

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Trade Bait?

by zackboomer on Mar 29, 2011 4:25 PM EDT reply actions

Not the most alluring bait... at least, seemingly

Festina Lente

by HESS2479 on Mar 30, 2011 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions

Hopefully he never plays.

Jose Bautista has a higher midi-chlorian count than you do.

by Jays11 on Mar 29, 2011 4:27 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Agreed...what a day, the return of E5 and now this.

by themax on Mar 29, 2011 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions

E5 is the bomb man, not cool

by adamgreuel on Mar 29, 2011 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions

NO

EE is “the bomb” E5 sucks

If you can't pay em' trade em' and pay for someone else

by jaysfan100 on Mar 29, 2011 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions

No he doesn't

by adamgreuel on Mar 29, 2011 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Wow Tom you're fast!

I shouldn’t be surprised by now should I?

Even an error may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement

by TonyFernandezSavedMyLife on Mar 29, 2011 4:41 PM EDT reply actions

Such a weak bench

So if any one of our top guys goes down we have one of Mcdonald McCoy or Nix playing every day?

Is there no one better that we can grab? Ryan Church maybe I don’t think he is signed.

by Matan on Mar 29, 2011 4:41 PM EDT reply actions

According to mlbtraderumors he is not signed, but at this point by the time he was ready Paterson would probably be ready too…or Pods.

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by teejay1324 on Mar 29, 2011 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Lastings Milledge?

Is he a free agent still?

by ddbumpus on Mar 29, 2011 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions

with WSox

backing up Alex Rios in Chicago

by PFHLai on Mar 29, 2011 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions

If it's only a benchwarmer for a week till Cory Paterson is ready to come back,

can we get Randy Ruiz back from Japan? That’s a good guy who could use an MLB paycheque, and he is already familiar with the club. Probably not in game shape yet, though.

by PFHLai on Mar 29, 2011 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Why not keep Thames up for a week instead?

He is a better bat and can be the 4th OF until patterson gets back

by jays4life10 on Mar 29, 2011 4:45 PM EDT reply actions

Agreed.

Why not bring Thames up instead?

Blue Feathers

by Blue Feathers on Mar 29, 2011 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions

They’d have to put him on the 40 man roster and burn an option to send him back down.

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by teejay1324 on Mar 29, 2011 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions

he's also not ready for the Majors

and needs to play everyday if the Jays plan on developing him

by benk on Mar 29, 2011 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions

because he's not as good as you think?

or not yet, anyways

To Infinity. And BEYOND!!!

by YunelTheLazyLatino on Mar 29, 2011 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Please, Travis, do not get hurt…Picking between PMoD and McCoy to play LF for while would be death.

I'm thinking that when the Leafs win the Cup, I'll lose my drinking problem.

by leafsfan4life94 on Mar 29, 2011 4:45 PM EDT reply actions

What happened to Patterson?

Put on the DL?

by bankertuck on Mar 29, 2011 4:52 PM EDT reply actions

the doctors want him to take a week before going back to playing

Just to be careful apparently

by Tom Dakers on Mar 29, 2011 5:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

That's a pretty weak bench...

Wow, let’s hope we don’t need a pinch hitter anytime soon.

by dchoubak on Mar 29, 2011 5:08 PM EDT reply actions

Why not Brandon Boggs?

by themax on Mar 29, 2011 5:11 PM EDT reply actions

I hate doing this kind of thing, but oh well, wouldn’t a guy like Nolan Riemold make a whole lot of sense all of a sudden on this team? I know he’d actually cost the team something but he doesn’t look like he can get on with the Orioles, and he at least has the potential to be a good hitter and the Jays suddenly have like 600 at-bats to give away at DH.

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by teejay1324 on Mar 29, 2011 5:20 PM EDT reply actions

we have 600 at bats to give away?

into the mashed potateos

by aquibtalib on Mar 29, 2011 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Did you miss the news today that Juan Rivera is now the DH?

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by teejay1324 on Mar 29, 2011 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions

And he'll do just fine as the DH

Maybe need to look just a little past sabermetrics and see that maybe, just maybe, he’s a decent hitter, and will do ok there.

by Alan F. on Mar 29, 2011 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions

have u ever seen juan rivera hit?

into the mashed potateos

by aquibtalib on Mar 29, 2011 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah saw him in Florida, was terrific.

Only hitting .404 on the spring. He might not be Albert Pujols but he isn’t awful.

by Tom Dakers on Mar 29, 2011 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions

i agree. people will be pleasantly suprised with rivera

professional hitter

into the mashed potateos

by aquibtalib on Mar 29, 2011 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions

No, I have rarely, if ever, seen Juan Rivera hit but unless he hits like he did in 2009 there isn’t going to be much of surprise, he just hasn’t been a good hitter in two of the last three seasons. I don’t need to watch all of his at-bats in that time to be able to say that.

And, not trying to be a prick, but really, what does professional hitter even supposed to mean anyways? They are all, by definition professional hitters. Does Rivera also play the game the right way, too?

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by teejay1324 on Mar 29, 2011 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm good with Rivera at DH.

I think he’ll do well, ala the 2009 season you mention. I’d be a big fan of that from our DH position.

by ddbumpus on Mar 29, 2011 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions

what does professional hitter even supposed to mean anyways?

Basically it means, to the best of my knowledge, a DH. An Edgar Martinez type. A (contemporary) Vlad Guerero type. And, if I may borrow Tom’s genial words “A decent bat with the range of a Garden Gnome”.

Festina Lente

by HESS2479 on Mar 30, 2011 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions

so u just put negative comments about a guy you've never seen?

real smart. maybe anthopolus should start managin that way too. im sure your blog is full of good insight. nice attitude, spread doom and gloom.

and actually by definition they are all professional “baseball players” by the way. “professional hitter” is a baseball saying, given to a player who shows above average professionalism in his trade. and like i was saying this is what you will get from rivera.

into the mashed potateos

by aquibtalib on Mar 30, 2011 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions

Just To Add

Pitchers in the American League aren’t professional hitters either ;)

Yes professional hitter means he does some of the little things that don’t show up in the box score. Moving the guy along when needed, key sac flys, putting the ball in play etc.

by C-Roc on Mar 30, 2011 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions

well put. i was just trying to prove "professional hitter" wasnt a term i just made up

you can see a difference in a rivera at-bat compared to a encarnacion at-bat. or a snider at bat from 2 years ago compared to now. some hitters show potential, professional hitters use their whole potential.

into the mashed potateos

by aquibtalib on Mar 30, 2011 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions

I never said you made the term up, I hear it all the time and sounds like the same tag that gets thrown on guys like being “gritty” to make up for their other quantifiable short comings.

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by teejay1324 on Mar 30, 2011 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions

but those things show up in the box score

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Mar 30, 2011 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Doom and gloom? Really, I said he’ll be a poor DH. And you really think I’m the only one who analyses players based on their stats without actually watching substantial amounts of their at-bats?

How many Blue Jays fans are ready to anoint Brett Lawrie as the second coming because they saw him hit in a spring training game a dozen times on tv this spring? More or less the same thing, I’m sure at some point I’ve seen Rivera bat a dozen or so time in his career but I trust his stats a lot more than what I may or may not remember of him as a hitter.

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by teejay1324 on Mar 30, 2011 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Rivera may not be great

But I see no reason he can’t be decent as a DH. As a DH he’ll be able to stay healthy and hit around 25 HR, which is respectable for the position.

by g_v on Mar 30, 2011 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions

i don't understand

by bowling_kid25 on Mar 29, 2011 5:25 PM EDT reply actions

Take it easy everyone!

So the bench looks a little threadbare right now. But they are only there for the odd plate appearance, everyone we want playing everyday is healthy. Chances are they stay that way for a good while. Then we get either Pods or Pats back and our bench looks like we expected it to! I appreciate no one is thrilled seeing EE back at third, but AA and JF would not make the move unless they believed it was best for the team, right?

So roll on opening day! I think our beloved bluebirds will be turning some heads!

by LimeyJaysFan on Mar 29, 2011 5:56 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

I'm fine with EE going back to third

by Alan F. on Mar 29, 2011 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions

This was a move I wanted

but I’d hardly say that I made it!

"Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!"

by jessef on Mar 30, 2011 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions

OH GOD

EVERYONE PANIC OUR BENCH IS WEAK

To Infinity. And BEYOND!!!

by YunelTheLazyLatino on Mar 29, 2011 6:06 PM EDT reply actions

this is where someone posts that gif

of the two guys running around yelling “OMG” and “ONOZ”

by benk on Mar 29, 2011 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions

OMG ONOZ!

I think you'll find I'm universally recognised as a mature and responsible adult.
Twitter is the thing with all the tweets...

by JohnnyG on Mar 29, 2011 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions 10 recs

this right here

is probably my favourite part of this site

by benk on Mar 29, 2011 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions

I love this

To Infinity. And BEYOND!!!

by YunelTheLazyLatino on Mar 29, 2011 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions

That gif should be part of the post, and not in the comments.

Festina Lente

by HESS2479 on Mar 30, 2011 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions

I'm OK with this

has some pop, speed, and versatility on defence

by g_v on Mar 29, 2011 6:11 PM EDT reply actions

He's probably better than McCoy, given the fact that he has HR power

and that’s who he’ll eventually replace. It’s a meh move.

by REMO on Mar 29, 2011 6:32 PM EDT reply actions

I'll take the opposite approach.

I think he’s a short term solution until Patterson is ready to go, and then he’ll designated or outrighted. I don’t know if he’s any better than McCoy (don’t see it), so I’d stick with McCoy.

by Alan F. on Mar 29, 2011 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions