Burnaby's highly sought after 21 year-old Brett Lawrie's long wait for a call to the big leagues has finally come. On December 6th 2010, the Jays Acquired the young Canadian for SP Shaun Marcum, ready to deem him as the third baseman of the future. On Thursday, that call finally came with GM Alex Anthopoulos simply notifying him via phone call that "you're our new third baseman" and to meet the team in Baltimore for the beginning of their series against the Orioles on Friday.
In AAA ball in Las Vegas, Lawrie was hitting a whopping .353 with 18 homers and 63 RBIs in 69 games. In addition, the Canuck has 24 doubles, six triples, a .415 on-base percentage and a .661 slugging percentage.
I feel like grabbing a Lawrie jersey now...
