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The Blue Jays signed Julio Izturis, not Cesar Izturis
UPDATE: Turns out the Blue Jays didn’t sign Cesar Izturis after all. Mike
Cormack of Sportsnet.ca reports that the Blue Jays actually signed Julio
Izturis, who is Cesar’s 23-year-old brother. He played with the Giants’ low
Class A affiliate this past season.
Wednesday, 7:13 PM: After stops in Los Angeles, Chicago, Pittsburgh, St.
Louis, Baltimore, Milwaukee and Washington, Cesar Izturis is returning to the
organization that originally signed him as a 16-year-old in 1996. He inked a
minor league deal with the Blue Jays on Wednesday.
Izturis will battle to make the team as a utility infielder. He hit
.241/.254/.343 in 166 at-bats with the Brewers and Nationals last season
(though just four of them were with Washington).
If Cesar can make the team, he’d play with his half-brother, Maicer, for the
first time in the majors. Maicer Izturis was signed to a three-year deal
earlier this month.
In Cesar Izturis, Felipe Lopez and Orlando Hudson, the Jays had three top
middle infield prospects come up at roughly the same time 11 years ago. The
team opted to trade Izturis to the Dodgers for top pitching prospect Luke
Prokopec after the 2001 season and go forward with Lopez at short and Hudson
at second. Alas, Prokopec got hurt and was a bust. Izturis never did develop
into much of a hitter, but he would have given the Jays some stability at
short had they kept him. Lopez lasted just one year as the starter before
getting traded, and the position has been a revolving door ever since, though
Jose Reyes finally figures to change that.
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