The Blue Jays announced Saturday that they’ve signed outfielder Ben Revere to a minor-league contract. The team said that he’ll report to Extended Spring Training on April 30.
This is somewhat of a homecoming for the speedy outfielder, as he played 56 games for the Blue Jays in 2015 after coming over from the Phillies in a deadline deal.
A rapid sparkplug at the top of the powerful lineup, Revere, now 30, slashed .319/.354/.381 for the team, stealing seven bases and adding nine doubles in 226 at-bats.
On January 8, 2016, he was traded to the Washington Nationals in exchange for reliever Drew Storen, who would end up getting traded to Seattle seven months later.