PT TODAY: TOR adds Navarro for depth at catcher

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Blue Jays | Toronto adds Dioner Navarro
Chicago White Sox C Dioner Navarro was acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays Friday, Aug. 26, in exchange for P Colton Turner.  Source: MLB.com
 
BHQ take: Navarro returns to TOR where he played in 2014-15, leaving behind a primary catcher role with CHW to become the backup catcher for the Blue Jays. He posted a .267/.315/.390 in 712 AB with TOR across those two seasons, offering much more with the bat than current backup (and R.A. Dickey's personal catcher) Josh Thole, whose .151 BA is the lowest of all MLB catchers with at least 100 AB in 2016. Navarro's 2016 slash line...

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