TORONTO (AP) -- The Toronto Blue Jays have signed free agent outfielder Michael Bourn to a minor league contract and will send him to extended spring training.
Manager John Gibbons confirmed the signing before the Blue Jays played host to the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.
The Atlanta Braves released Bourn on April 2. Bourn, who came to the Braves from Cleveland last summer in the same trade that sent Nick Swisher to Atlanta, is still owed $14 million this season.
Bourn, who first reached the major leagues in 2006, also played for Philadelphia and Houston.