The Blue Jays announced this morning that first baseman/outfielder Chris Colabello has elected free agency after rejecting an outright assignment.
The 34-year-old had a terrific season with the Jays in 2015, hitting .321/.367/.520 with 15 homers in a part-time role that afforded him 360 plate appearances. However, his 2016 campaign was rough on multiple levels, as he was first hit with an 80-game suspension for a failed PED test and then went just 2-for-29 with three walks and no extra-base hits in a total of 32 Major League plate appearances. Colabello broke into the Majors with the Twins in 2013 as a 29-year-old after spending nearly a decade on the independent circuit and has a career .257/.314/.424 batting line in 793 Major League plate appearances.
Shows the power of PEDs
I don’t understand why a 34 year old fringe 40 man roster guy would reject a contract. He might not get another offer to play at any level. Unless he goes to Japan of course
Town ball would be a good landing place….
I’m friendly with Chris and he had an option to play in Japan before he joined the Blue Jays. I hope he catches on with someone that will give him a chance to get back to the bigs, either that or it may be off to Japan or Korea. I wish him well
Tell him that cheating is wrong.
Nearly signed with Korean team LG Twins in 2014 but he retrieved his decision to sign.
Just wish he would of owned up to his mistakes, don’t throw others under the bus.
Yeah that’d have been nice.
If you think about it an argument can be made for certain PEDs. I miss the days where my favorite players played to 40 and dealing with all these 20yr old players and all their problems of being a child playing in the bigs.
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