The Blue Jays made another minor league depth addition on Monday signing catcher Robinson Diaz, who was with the organization from 2002 to 2008.
Now 32, the Dominican-born Diaz is well removed from his days in the Blue Jays system where he did flash a decent hitting tool. Across 14 minor league seasons, Diaz holds a .295 batting average. In 44 major league games in 2008 and 2009, he managed to hit .281 with a single home run and 20 RBIs.
His real value to Toronto, however, will forever be for the man he netted the Jays in a seemingly inconsequential deal on August 21st of 2008.