We know where the man is physically located—at the Bay of Quinte, midway between Kingston and Toronto. This little fishing village is home to the Triple-A Herons where Walt James plays his baseball these days. But it wasn’t always this way for James as but two years ago he was east of this sleepy village, stealing bases, hitting extra base hits, and posting a 3.8 WAR for the Kingston Comets, part of the GLBL.

A year later the Architects claimed him off waivers from Kingston but his stay was short in Chicago as his 7 at-bats hardly constituted a cup of coffee, to quote the iconic former catcher Joe Garagiola. The Waveriders inked him to a one-year deal on April 1 (you can read whatever you want into that signing date), but Owen Sound did not get what they thought they were buying as Walt totaled 20 hits in 109 at-bats with this batting line:  .183/.217/.211. Having committed just 1 error in his entire career, short as it’s been, this guy can flash the D, definitely run, and hit better than the virtual replacement player by a long shot. Just 32, one can only wonder what went wrong.