Updating a previous report, Rod Barajas is indeed heading to the disabled list with a hamstring injury. This will be a big loss for a Blue Jays club already decimated by injuries. In a somewhat surprising move, the Jays have called up 25 year old catcher Kyle Phillips from AAA Las Vegas. If the last name rings a bell in Toronto, it should. Phillips is the younger brother of LEGENDARY former Toronto catcher Jason Phillips. Legendary at being awful. The younger Phillips hit .338 with 3 HR and 12 RBI in 39 games so far this season with the 51's.
Phillips is a former 10 round selection by the Minnesota Twins in the 2002 amateur draft. The Jays signed him as a minor league free agent in March of 2007. He hit
.306, with 8 HR and 34 RBI last season with the class AA New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
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This could be the break the Chavez needed to show the club that they are better off without Barajas. I don't think he'd be able to throw out Darren Fletcher (touted as possibly the slowest teenager in America by one of the scouts who drafted him). Chavez is a 'swing away' kinda guy, but I don't remember Pat Borders taking too many walks either, and Cito LOVED that guy...
You like Chavez that much eh? I must admit, he has been quite good, I definitely did not think he'd be able to swing pretty well. His defense is unquestionably very solid. That'd be phenomenal if Chavez can do the job, and not be the next Jason Phillips, Sal Fasano etc. lol
And as it turns out...Barajas will probably be in the lineup next week...damn!
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