MLB.com: Bavasi exploring options on [Frank] Thomas

General manager Bill Bavasi said Sunday morning that he would talk to the organization’s scouts who watched Frank Thomas during Spring Training before making a decision on whether to pursue the 39-year-old slugger, released by the Blue Jays earlier in the day.

“I didn’t see him play this spring,” Bavasi said. “But tonight or tomorrow, I will talk to our scouts that did.”
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“We can talk to the player, but we can’t talk about salary until after the waiver period ends,” he said. “But I will say this: we are concentrating more on the 25 players we have here.”
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Switch-hitter Jose Vidro has handled most of the DH chores the past two seasons. After a solid 2007 season, when he batted .314 with six home runs and 59 RBIs, he went into Sunday afternoon’s series finale against the Angels with a .221 batting average, two home runs and 10 RBIs.

Mariners manager John McLaren said he first learned about Thomas’ departure from the Blue Jays “on my computer this morning,” and couldn’t comment further on the situation because “I don’t know the circumstances”.