Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Blue Jays Sign Miguel Batista For Depth

On why Miguel Batista was signed to a minor-league deal:

“They needed some innings down there just to have any type of role, long relief, spot start. It’s just depth. You’ll see a lot of transactions on the minor league side that they do day in and day out. I understand that anyone who is a former big league player is going to be news but it’s just for them to have more innings and have a little more length.”

Batista move part of commitment to Buffalo?

“No doubt. A lot of it, obviously we’re still active, we want to win here, but we also made a commitment to try to put the best team on the field that we could there. That’s part of it as well. We’re always on top of it, but probably more so than we’ve ever been. The minor league department, any time they have a chance to upgrade and make the team better, they’ll look to do it.”

Sportsnet

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