Statitudes

Jose Canseco signed a one-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays last week for $750,000, a significant pay cut from the $4.7 million he earned for hitting 23 homers and driving in 74 runs for the Oakland A's last year. Understandably, many teams weren't interested in a chronically injured, one-dimensional 33-year-old whiffmeister who had played only 95 games a season and hit .275 since 1993. Still, judging by his power numbers in that span—and those of some of his long-ball-launching counterparts—Canseco could turn out to be a Blue Jays bargain.

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