So essentially what we have here is a closet Canadian. Scott Podsednik (34) for some strange reason has a boner for Canada, and more importantly AA and the Jays. Last season he hit .297 with 6 dingers, 51 RBIs and 35 SB on split time with the Royals and Dodgers. Today the Jays officially announced a minor league deal with Scott Podsednik and giving him an invite to Spring Training. The reason I suspect the pocket rocket is because he declined a deal worth $2 million with the Los Angeles Dodgers back in November. Not saying that he had secret plans all along to somehow maneuver the FA market to land with us, but I just think wild speculation makes for a sweeter story.
So it seems thats the CF position is going to be a platoon situation with Rajai Davis batting and throwing right and Scott Podsednik batting and throwing left. With 443 SB between the two ( Podsednik having 300 himself) it looks like the Jays are trading in some of that long-ball power for some OBP and SB (Podsednik and Davis having a .340 and .328 OBP respectively). Not that those are mind-fucking numbers by any stretch, but the speed on the base paths and potential for swiping a base turns the team into a more well-rounded light.
Basically the way I see it is that Rajai will probably get more starts at CF than The Pod seeing as how AA announced in a press conference today that " 'as of right now' Podsednik will be competing for a spot on the bench. He hasn't received a guaranteed role on the club". Expect to see The Pod get some additional time splitting the field with Juan Rivera. This is assuming that AA isn't already brewing some more super sneak ninja trades behind his curtain.
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