Blue Jays Sign Buffalo-Native INF Jim Negrych to Minor League Contract
Published on November 20, 2012 under International League (IL1)
Buffalo Bisons News Release
The Toronto Blue Jays today announced that they have signed free agent and Buffalo-native INF JIM NEGRYCH to a minor league contract with an invite to major league spring training.
Negrych, a product of St. Francis High School where he was a two-time All-Western New York player, appeared in 91 games with the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs last season. He averaged .261 (73-264) with nine doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 39RBI. He was named to the International League All-Star Team and went 1-2 in the 25th Annual Triple-A All-Star Game that was played at Coca-Cola Field.
Negrych has played eight career professional games at Coca-Cola Field against the Bisons while with the Indianapolis Indians in 2010 and the Chiefs in 2012. He has hit safely in seven of those contests with a .371 (13-35) average, a double, a home run, three RBI and four runs scored. In his Coca-Cola Field debut on June 17, 2010, Negrych singled in his first at-bat and then hit a two-run home run off Bisons starter Pat Misch in his third at-bat for the only runs in a 2-0 Indians victory over the Herd.
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