Indians invite Chris Colabello to Major League camp

The Cleveland Indians signed free agent 1B/OF Chris Colabello to a Minor League contract with a non-roster invitation to Major League spring training camp on Tuesday.

Colabello, 33, owns a career Major League average of .257 (187-727) with 35 doubles, 28 home runs and 111 RBI in 225 Major League games since debuting with the Minnesota Twins in 2013. His best season came in 2015 with the Toronto Blue Jays, hitting .321 (107-333) with 19 2B, 15 HR and 54 RBI in 101 games and was Toronto's starting first baseman in 10 of their 11 Postseason games.

His 2016 campaign was spent in the Blue Jays organization around an 80-game suspension starting in April for violating MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

Blue Jays' Colabello suspended 80 games

Statement from the Blue Jays website.

Blue Jays first baseman Chris Colabello was suspended for 80 games without pay on Friday for violating Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Colabello tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, a performance-enhancing substance.

After a breakout campaign a year ago, the 32-year-old Colabello had been struggling at the plate this season, batting .069 (2-for-29) in 10 games.

Colabello, who played seven seasons of independant ball before signing with Minnesota in 2012, batted .321 with 15 home runs and 54 RBIs in 101 games last season for the American League East-champion Blue Jays. He hit .282 and slugged a pair of homers in Toronto's postseason run.