Given what I've seen, I'm not sure where the 2009 option angle fits into it. I could understand if it were a couple of months into the season, or if Thomas had accumulated enough plate appearances to where he was close to having the option vested.
But if the Jays were relaly concerned about the 10 million dollars, then it's best to release Thomas now. By releasing him now, they could claim that his lack of production was the reason that they released him. If they waited until the optino was about to kick in, it would've probably provoked a union complaint, especially if he was heating up.
What's amazing to me about this is that Thomas was "benched" for one game (Saturday's) and had played all but one other game on the season through Friday. He was also hitting .167.
3 If it were about the money, wouldn't it have been better to cut him during ST? At the very least try to get something for him in a salary dump? Slow start or no, I would think they could've gotten something for him; bp arm, minor league fodder, cash considerations.
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