The Blue Jays have signed catcher John Buck to a one-year, $2 million contract, reports Jayson Stark of ESPN.com. Buck was non-tendered by the Royals on Saturday.
The 29-year-old backstop batted .247/.299/.484 with eight home runs and
36 RBI in 186 at-bats in ’09, throwing out 16% of would-be
basestealers. He has a .235/.299/.484 career slashline in parts of six
major league seasons.
Blue Jays general manager Alex
Anthopoulos non-tendered catcher Raul Chavez on Saturday, as well,
leaving Toronto without any catchers on their 40-man roster. Buck will
serve as an adequate one-year stopgap for top prospect J.P. Arencibia.
Royals general manager Dayton Moore
didn’t want to dish it the nearly $3 million it would have taken to
keep Buck, but that doesn’t make the two-year, $6 million contract for
Jason Kendall any more reasonable.
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