JAPAN – The former Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Mench signed a one-year deal worth $1.8 million with the Hanshin Tigers of Japan’s Central League on Wednesday.
Mench, 30, batted .243 in 51 games for Toronto last season. He has a career batting average of .269 with 89 homers and 330 runs batted in during 702 major league games with the Blue Jays, the Texas Rangers and the Milwaukee Brewers.
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