Random MLB Signings and Spring Training Invites

The Los Angeles Dodgers have invited Jeff Weaver to their Spring Training shindig with a minor league deal after the right-hander went 6-4 with a 3.65 ERA in 28 games for them last year. The 33-year-old is a career 99-118 with a 4.67 ERA over 10 seasons in the big leagues.

Weaver would earn $800,000 next year if he's added to the 40-man roster and could see $100,000 in performance bonuses if he doesn't suck.

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Reed Johnson Lands on the DL

The Toronto Blue Jays placed their leadoff hitter, Reed Johnson on the 15-day disabled list Friday due to soreness in his back, retroactive to Thursday. Johnson had appeared in seven games this season - batting .265 with one home run and seven RBIs - but sat out during the Jays' 5-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night.

Johnson, 30, missed two weeks of spring training with the same injury after setting career highs in batting average (.319) and on-base percentage (.390) in 2006.