Chris Owings
Chris Owings can play a lot of positions on the field. He’s primarily a middle infielder, but can also play centre field, right field, and a little bit of third base. Defensively, he’s best suited at the shortstop, where he has a very good career fielding percentage of .993.
He has spent majority of his eight year career (six seasons) with the Arizona Diamondbacks slashing .250/.291/.378 with 70 stolen bases. He then signed with the Kansas City Royals in the 2018-19 offseason, but struggled and ultimately got released. Later that season, he got picked up by the Red Sox but he still struggled. Overall on the 2019 season, he slashed .139/.209/.233 with a lot more strikeouts (78) than hits (25).
2020 was a bounce back season of sorts for Owings as he played in 17 games with the Rockies recording 11 hits with a .268/.318/.439 slash line.
He may use the 2020 season as a pathway to seeking a major league deal. Many teams will most likely not offer him a major league contract as they would see his stats being boosted by playing at the very hitter friendly Coors Field, and would look at his previous seasons showing how that’s not the player he typically is.
As he will likely end up on a minor league deal with a chance to crack the big league roster no matter what team he signs with, the Blue Jays could jump in here and attempt to bring him on their side.