Jayson Nix Passes Waivers, Accepts Assignment To Blue Jays AAA Affiliate

Good news, everyone! Jayson Nix is still with the Blue Jays! In a mostly inconsequential move by a mostly inconsequential player, utilityman Jayson Nix has passed through waivers (no surprise there) en route to being DFA’d, and has accepted the A part of that acronym, forgoing free agency and opting instead to report to AAA Las Vegas for a minor league assignment. This makes it a possibility that Nix, who is hitting .169/.245 this season with 4 home runs, could be back with the Blue Jays sometimes this season, Mike Mccoy style. It’s neither a good or bad thing, really – if anything, it’s probably more good than bad. The Jays will have some bench depth in case a whole bunch of guys fall to injury, or if they decide to convert Mccoy (0.00 ERA in ’11!) to a reliever to help the embattled bullpen…