I liked Dioner Navarro as a potential value signing in free agency this winter, looking at the catcher for one year and about $2 million (which could easily stretch to $2.5 million to $3 million, with continued acceleration in free-agent salaries this winter) to see if his offensive spike in 2013 had any legs to it.

He does a few things well enough to merit giving him a major league deal and a starting job, including solid walk rates, average pop and above-average throwing, but just hadn't performed anything like this in five years, and the breakout came back in the National League.

The Toronto Blue Jays seem a lot more optimistic about Navarro than I was, giving him two years and $8 million guaranteed, which isn't every-day player money, but is more than just a backup's cost.

Toronto received nothing but grief from the catcher's spot in 2013, where J.P. Arencibia posted a .227 OBP in nearly 500 plate appearances -- the only player with at least 400 PAs to post an OBP under .240 in 2013.