Sunday, February 24, 2008

Blue Jays bring back Stewart


Jordan Bastian of MLB.com reports, Shannon Stewart will return to the team that drafted him in 1992 and a team that he played for from 1995-2003...the Toronto Blue Jays.


The Blue Jays and Shannon Stewart agreed on a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training on Sunday. The Blue Jays plan on putting him into the mix for the left field job. Prior to his signing, the Jays were going to have a platoon situation between Matt Stairs and Reed Johnson.


Stewart finished the 2007 season with a .290 batting average with 12 HR's and 48 RBI'ss in 146 games season with Oakland A's.

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