Jays Sign Carlos Villanueva

by Tom Dakers on Jan 17, 2012 11:47 AM EST in Toronto Blue Jays News

Jays signed Carlos Villanueva to a one year, $2,277,500 contract (strange number). That leaves the Jays with four arbitration eligible players remaining (Ben Francisco, Casey Janssen, Brandon Morrow, and Kelly Johnson). We should hear about them in the next couple of hours.

Update: The deadline for submitting arbitration numbers has come and gone and the Jays still have the four players unsigned, though it might just be a delay in announcing the signings. We should hear soon who has and hasn't signed.

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BlueJayHunter Ian
Just did a quick run of the numbers, and looks like the Blue Jays 2012 payroll will be around $78.46 million (including arbitration raises).

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by Redonred on Jan 17, 2012 11:50 AM EST reply actions

4 to go

Would not b surprised to see arb hearing for Johnson and Janssen (to a lesser extent, since he’s FA eligible next year anyway).

Francisco…who knows, I didn’t understand that pick anyway.

Morrow…hopefully they work it out, if not a much longer extension

by MjwW on Jan 17, 2012 11:54 AM EST reply actions

Wilnerness590 Mike Wilner
Deadline to exchange arbitration figures has passed, but #Bluejays often make us wait before announcing things. #jays

by Redonred on Jan 17, 2012 12:05 PM EST reply actions

And as a reminder:

Wilnerness590 Mike Wilner
Francisco, Janssen, Johnson, Morrow remain arb-eligible & unsigned, AA policy is no talks on 1yr deals once no.‘s exchanged. #bluejays #jays
So long term extensions (likely for Morrow) are still on the table. I’d think Johnson will just go to arb unless the Jays haven’t annouced a 1 year deal for him yet. Don’t see him wanting to sign long term.

by Redonred on Jan 17, 2012 12:07 PM EST up reply actions