Jays waive Woodward

[MudSnakes]

Report: Blue Jays waive SS Woodward
Associated Press
10/14/2004

The Globe and Mail reported Thursday that the Toronto Blue Jays have waived shortstop Chris Woodward.

A highly placed baseball source told the paper that Woodward, 28, will be given his release if he does not accept an assignment to the minor leagues.

Woodward batted .235 in 2004, with one home run and 24 runs batted in. The Blue Jays will likely platoon the spot next season between No. 1 draft pick Russ Adams and Chris Gomez.

The Blue Jays agreed to a one-year $775,000 US contract with Woodward last December after he hit .261 in 2003 with seven homers and 45 RBIs in 104 games. He had been eligible for salary arbitration.

Source: tsn.ca (http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/teams/news_story.asp?ID=101697&hubName=mlb-blue_jays)

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I can live with this move. Woodward is popular in some circles but he wasn't really contributing on the field. Let's see what the kids can do.

[renuszm]

Woodward sucks. Look back at some of my older posts, even when he was doing well I bashed him. He had a little success in 2003 when the offense was strong, but he hasnt really done anything since. Russ Adams is the future and did more in one month then Woodward did the whole year, and along with Adams, there's also Aaron Hill waiting in the minors. It also looks like a solid duo of middle infielders in Chris Gomez and Frank Menechino, who had their moments this year, will be back next year, so no need for Woodward.