Jays Pass the Dutchy, Sign Rick Vandenhurk

The Blue Jays have signed recent Orioles ex-pat Henricus "Rick" VandenHurk to a split contract, and have placed Alan Farina on the 60-day DL to make room on the 40-man roster.  Purely a depth move, similar to, say, Wilfredo Ledezma last year.  This is hardly news, much like absolutely everything else that's happened over the last two weeks.

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