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Former Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays Prospect Inks Deal with National League West Team

Shortstop Mason McCoy, who was traded from the Seattle Mariners to the Toronto Blue Jays in July has signed a deal with the San Diego Padres.
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Former Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays Prospect Inks Deal with National League West Team
Former Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays Prospect Inks Deal with National League West Team

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The San Diego Padres have signed former Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays prospect Mason McCoy to a minor league deal.

Per Padres' reporter Dennis Lin of 'The Athletic.'

The Padres signed shortstop Mason McCoy to a minor league deal with a spring training invite, a source said. McCoy, 28, made his big league debut with the Blue Jays in August. He figures to compete for a bench utility job in camp.

McCoy figures to serve as organizational depth for the Padres considering they feature Manny Machado, Jake Cronenworth, Xander Bogaerts and Ha-Seong Kim in the infield already. Perhaps he could be a bench piece though.

He made his major league debut in 2023 with the Blue Jays, playing just six games. and getting one plate appearance. That resulted in a strikeout but he did score two runs.

A former prospect of the Seattle Mariners, he was traded to the Blue Jays in July for pitcher Trent Thornton. 

Per MLBTradeRumors:

McCoy has hit .257/.330/.393 over 2796 career PA in the minor leagues. Twenty-one of his 51 career homers in the minors came with Seattle’s Triple-A affiliate in 2022, though he was unable to keep that surprising power surge going, and the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League might have played a role in McCoy’s sudden extra pop. McCoy is more of a threat on the basepaths, stealing 90 bases in 106 tries in the minors.

The Padres finished third in the National League West in 2023 and failed to make the playoffs one year after getting to the NLCS.

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BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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