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(that really isn't the case at all)

 

OK, correction: the most I'm willing to let myself realistically expect AA to acquire without setting myself up for disappointment.

 

Tempered enough?

 

I think we could hope for Tanaka but don't want to have too high expectations.

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An anonymous MLB official told Adam Kilgore that Shelby Miller may be an under the radar trade target, fwiw.

 

Why would the Cardinals want to trade Shelby Miller? I get they have a lot of young pitchers, but still, the kid's a stud.

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Why would the Cardinals want to trade Shelby Miller? I get they have a lot of young pitchers, but still, the kid's a stud.

 

They know better than other teams who among Miller, Wacha and Rosenthal are the ones to keep and who another GM might overpay for.

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Why would the Cardinals want to trade Shelby Miller? I get they have a lot of young pitchers, but still, the kid's a stud.

 

They've apparently had some issues with him in the minors and pulling him out of the postseason rotation apparently didn't sit well with him either. Not saying they'll give him away, but I had read a piece by someone from the St. Louis post dispatch regarding the possibility of trading one of the young pitchers and some of this stuff was brought up.

 

Again, I'm not saying they'd give him away, but trading him might not be as far-fetched as it would seem.

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Dammit lol. You and GD will need to tell me your pick for McCann (Red Sox I assume) so I can enter it manually.

 

And Ortiz retired so I'm good on that front.

 

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Ervin is going to get hugely overpaid I would not be happy with the type of contract he is going to get .

 

Hate to break it to you but Santana is the kind of signing(s) that usually propels the Red Sox or Yankees ( pre luxury tax issues ) to the playoffs. I don't remember Dempster for example being considered a good acquisition for the money last year, and I think Santana will be better then Dempster. We can all hate on the influence of money on winning, but if the Jays don't play ball on at least one overpay this season they won't be competitive.

 

I'd like to see Santana here, because its only money, unless we can bring in Cano/Choo/Beltran + good catcher and need the budget dollars for them. Santana isn't necessarily the best option, but all the negative talk on here is overdone and we lose NO prospects signing him.

 

Almost everyone the Red Sox signed last year was criticized for being expensive, older veteran, not quite right etc. But when you took a solid underperforming nucleus in 2012, added several useful players who knew their roles, and had some huge bounce back years from a couple of pitchers they won everything. Its not impossible for the Jays to do the same thing. They have a very strong offensive nucleus. They have pitchers who could surprise in 2014 ( eg Dickey, Morrow, Stroman, Hutch, Rogers ). The main difference between these two cases is we are definately short one starter ( I'm assuming Morrow and Hutch are unreliable and Rogers is our 5th guy ). Santana may not be everyone's sexy exciting choice but he might look good trotting out every 5th game versus the kaleidascope of fill ins we had to use when our guys went down in 2013.

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I'm not sure if this was posted or not.......I haven't seen it on here, if so my apologies.

 

"The Blue Jays haven't been very active in free agency under Alex Anthopoulos' watch but the Toronto general manager tells Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca that this could change this winter.* "It seems like with all the different things we’re looking to do, half of the scenarios are in free agency, half of the scenarios are in trade," Anthopoulos said.* He feels the Jays also still have enough minor league depth to offer in trades, though the farm system was thinned by last offseason's blockbuster deals." Mlbtr.com

 

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/free-agency-trades-appeal-to-jays-anthopoulos/

 

Yes, in the off season roster thread

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Tomo Ohka Attempting Comeback as Knuckleballer

 

A dispatch from Japanese site Nikkan Sports, translated poorly by a computer into English, reports that “Major landlord” has plans on returning to major-league baseball “in full knuckle learning.” A tweet along those same lines — in this case, however, courtesy very polite outlaw Patrick Newman — suggests that what’s actually happening is former Boston and Montreal and Washington and Milwaukee and Toronto and Cleveland right-hander Tomo Ohka, now 37, is attempting a comeback to the majors as a knuckleball pitcher.

 

Ohka has been pitching of late in Japan’s independent leagues, it would appear. The reader is invited to enjoy recent video footage of him doing precisely that, above — set lovingly, one will note, to a combination of Bush’s 1996 single “Machinehead” and a group of enthusiastic amateur musicians. A second video, in this case from September, depicts Ohka pitching atop an infield composed of what is almost certainly reclaimed coal ash.

 

 

Video -------> http://www.fangraphs.com/not/real-news-tomo-ohka-attempting-comeback-as-knuckleballer/

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So the Braves are going to build a new stadium for the 2017 season, in Cobb County.

 

Turner Field's first season was 1997. That seems too recent to be building a new one. Skydome opened in 1989 btw.

 

A's fans wanna cry

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So the Braves are going to build a new stadium for the 2017 season, in Cobb County.

 

Turner Field's first season was 1997. That seems too recent to be building a new one. Skydome opened in 1989 btw.

 

That's crazy. There's absolutely nothing wrong with Turner Field. It's a pretty nice place to watch a game really.

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Amazing what free money will do. Atlanta taxpayers will scream bloody murder and this will go down fast. How can a City justify this. Do they have a video of the whole council smoking crack ?
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Wow that surprises me. Obviously not his abilities - he's an excellent catcher. Obviously for reliability reasons.

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They have the C spot covered internally, with rookie Pinto/Doumit and possibly Hermann.

 

I hate that Hermann guy. He's playing here at DWL and can't hit or get an accurate throw to 2B.

 

btw Herrmann is a former OF

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Hate to break it to you but Santana is the kind of signing(s) that usually propels the Red Sox or Yankees ( pre luxury tax issues ) to the playoffs. I don't remember Dempster for example being considered a good acquisition for the money last year, and I think Santana will be better then Dempster. We can all hate on the influence of money on winning, but if the Jays don't play ball on at least one overpay this season they won't be competitive.

 

I'd like to see Santana here, because its only money, unless we can bring in Cano/Choo/Beltran + good catcher and need the budget dollars for them. Santana isn't necessarily the best option, but all the negative talk on here is overdone and we lose NO prospects signing him.

 

Almost everyone the Red Sox signed last year was criticized for being expensive, older veteran, not quite right etc. But when you took a solid underperforming nucleus in 2012, added several useful players who knew their roles, and had some huge bounce back years from a couple of pitchers they won everything. Its not impossible for the Jays to do the same thing. They have a very strong offensive nucleus. They have pitchers who could surprise in 2014 ( eg Dickey, Morrow, Stroman, Hutch, Rogers ). The main difference between these two cases is we are definately short one starter ( I'm assuming Morrow and Hutch are unreliable and Rogers is our 5th guy ). Santana may not be everyone's sexy exciting choice but he might look good trotting out every 5th game versus the kaleidascope of fill ins we had to use when our guys went down in 2013.

 

I dunno if I'd want to include Ryan Goins in a trade for Max Scherzer, though.

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Kuroda has openly said he'll play for the Yanks or LAD, he'd cost us 20 million easy, probably still wouldn't come. As for Drew he was offered a QO, so probably an AAV of 11/12 million or so.

 

yeah pipe dream

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