Not the new Bisons logo, unfortunately.
The Buffalo Bisons unveiled their new uniforms today in Buffalo– as apparently we already know about– and Alex Anthopoulos and Paul Beeston showed up for the party. And so did Mike Wilner, who has been providing invaluable tweets as the event has progressed– especially since today is the deadline for teams to exchange arbitration filing numbers. It’s the Jays’ policy not to negotiate one-year deals after numbers have been exchanged and the arbitration process has begun, so for the club’s arbitration eligibles, it was a deadline of sorts. After today they could only agree to a multi-year deal– assuming the Jays were offering one– or see the often nasty process through.
As we saw in Archi’s post below, both J.A. Happ and Emilio Bonifacio avoided arbitration by agreeing to terms with the club. Then, while in Buffalo, Mike Wilner laid this on us about Josh Thole– which has now been confirmed officially by the club, via a team release:
Thole gets a 2 year contract with an option for 2015. $1.25 mill each of first 2 yrs, $1.75 mill option with $250K buyout. #Bluejays #Jays
— Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness590) January 18, 2013
