The Blue Jays aren’t quite done tinkering with their organizational depth, as they signed Jose Tabata to a MiLB deal on Friday. MLB Network’s Jon Heyman, via his Twitter account, broke the news of the deal.
Tabata spent the 2016 split between the Mexican Professional leagues, and playing with the Oklahoma City Dodgers, the Triple A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Tabata is a pure hitter, and his numbers back that up. A career .275/.336/.377, the 28-year-old Venezuelan has proven he can hit with the big boys at the major league level. Unfortunately, that hasn’t been enough for the Venezuelan to be able to find a big league job recently.