The Toronto Blue Jays have reportedly agreed to send 1B/3B Matt Hague to the Hanshin Tigers of the Nippon Profesional Baseball League in Japan. According to Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smith, the Blue Jays will receive $300,000 in the transaction. Hague starred for the AAA Buffalo Bisons in 2015, earning International League MVP honors before receiving a long-earned call-up to the Blue Jays late in the season.
Originally an 11th round pick of the Cleveland Indians in 2007, Hague has bounced around as a career minor leaguer outside of 43 MLB games split between Pittsburgh and Toronto. This hasn’t been for a lack of success at the plate, though, which Hague showed in 2015 with a slash line of .