GDT(4/4): Toronto Blue Jays @ Tampa Bay Rays - Dickey vs. Price - 7:10 PM ET

[Olerud363]

No he won't be DFA'd... he'll just be sent to Buffalo because he has options left.

[Sparky12]

I'm in the camp where I want my best pitchers to pitch in high leverage situations as they arise. Give me the best chance to win now, worry about the rest later.

 

I completely agree, if we don't use Jansen probably won't ever get a chance for a save anyways

[Angrioter]

No Saves, No Jannsen lol

[OtisNixonFan]

What a f***ing joke. I'd of rather Mickey Storey been out there. At least with all the junk he tosses we've got a shot at a contact out.

[gruber92]

This team can't catch a break and it looks worse with Ortiz pitching tomorrow. LOL AA must be sweating buckets.

 

Yup. What pisses me off even more is the laid back lack of urgency tone in his voice thinking everything will be ok. What a stooge.

[o2cui2i]

This team can't catch a break and it looks worse with Ortiz pitching tomorrow. LOL AA must be sweating buckets.

 

that's no sweat and it's not coming from a pore.

[Chappy]

Yup. What pisses me off even more is the laid back lack of urgency tone in his voice thinking everything will be ok. What a stooge.

 

Well to be fair, he can't seem like he is panicking to the fans and media, that would be pretty bad.

[Boxcar]

but supposedly he said this earlier.

 

I watched that at bat on both feeds and didn't see anything.

[Chappy]

that's no sweat and it's not coming from a pore.

 

How soon until JB demands a trade?

[o2cui2i]

How soon until JB demands a trade?

 

not sure JB can "demand" anything.

[dineke]

Well on the bright side the Blue Jays twitter has stopped using #LovethisTeam.

 

Edit: nvm they're using it... f*** them

[o2cui2i]

I watched that at bat on both feeds and didn't see anything.

 

if they have that recorded, Welke should be suspended, but he should be impaled and covered in acid because he's a POS.

[Olerud363]

I do wonder what the communication is like between Beeston and above Beeston... whatever that is.

 

I mean is there anybody to bust on AA for spending Rogers extra 50 million on this?? I have to think Beeston isn't going to bust on AA... this could of all been his idea (or one of his conultants) anyway.

 

I am sure AA isn't happy. But does he sweat bullets like he would if he had spent George Steinbrenners money?? Or Mark Cuban's??

[havok24]

Sweating buckets can't begin to describe it. This team is toast. Finished. Done. They'll be lucky to even finish 0.500. This with the oldest team in baseball after he punted the farm and petitioned Rogers to increase payroll by 50%. He's now 18 games under 0.500 in his tenure, has maxed out at 86 wins (in his first year), has a bottom-half farm, no payroll flexibility, and only one good young player on the pro roster.

 

I would say he's utterly f***ed.

 

Time to clean house.

[GD]

Sweating buckets can't begin to describe it. This team is toast. Finished. Done. They'll be lucky to even finish 0.500. This with the oldest team in baseball after he punted the farm and petitioned Rogers to increase payroll by 50%. He's now 18 games under 0.500 in his tenure, has maxed out at 86 wins (in his first year), has a bottom-half farm, no payroll flexibility, and only one good young player on the pro roster.

 

I would say he's utterly f***ed.

 

This was really depressing to read.

[Olerud363]

At this point I think they need to fire Beeston. Start with Beeston and his consultants, and any scout who recomended these moves. Keep Gibbons and AA for now, let the new president decide their fate.

[havok24]

This was really depressing to read.

 

Well this is what a lot of us were worried about. None of us expected them to be this f***ing awful, but man we tossed a lot of f***ing value in the can last winter.

[Nox]

Who the f*** does Beeston even report to?

 

Pelley.

[Chappy]

Sweating buckets can't begin to describe it. This team is toast. Finished. Done. They'll be lucky to even finish 0.500. This with the oldest team in baseball after he punted the farm and petitioned Rogers to increase payroll by 50%. He's now 18 games under 0.500 in his tenure, has maxed out at 86 wins (in his first year), has a bottom-half farm, no payroll flexibility, and only one good young player on the pro roster.

 

I would say he's utterly f***ed.

 

And I didn't think I could feel any worse about this team. f***.

[GD]

Well this is what a lot of us were worried about. None of us expected them to be this f***ing awful, but man we tossed a lot of f***ing value in the can last winter.

 

Honestly, the Marlins trade wasn't really even that bad. It's just the Dickey trade that worries me. We may not even get anything back for him at this point.

[dineke]

Sweating buckets can't begin to describe it. This team is toast. Finished. Done. They'll be lucky to even finish 0.500. This with the oldest team in baseball after he punted the farm and petitioned Rogers to increase payroll by 50%. He's now 18 games under 0.500 in his tenure, has maxed out at 86 wins (in his first year), has a bottom-half farm, no payroll flexibility, and only one good young player on the pro roster.

 

I would say he's utterly f***ed.

 

Problem is Beeston would never fire AA and Rogers will probably not fire Beeston because he has a lot of respect in this organization being the first president and all. This organization is f***ed for the foreseeable future.

[Angrioter]

Lester Vs Ortiz

Buchholz Vs Buehrle

Dempster Vs Morrow

 

sweep

[Pete_7]

Problem is Beeston would never fire AA and Rogers will probably not fire Beeston because he has a lot of respect in this organization being the first president and all. This organization is f***ed for the foreseeable future.

 

I'll take over if you want

[Olerud363]

I actually looked it up the other day. Can't remember the name. Vice president of Rogers media I think.

 

I think on the official org chart that guy is directly above Beeston. But I doubt they have a conventional boss/employee relationship. It is more like if you inherit a farm and you don't know about farming, so you get some guy who used to farm to run the farm for you, and your loaded anyway so you don't pay to much attention, and the guy seems to be doing OK, but for all the attention you pay he might be feeding dead prostitutes to the pigs. My impression is it's kind of like that, but I'm not an insider... that's just my feel for the situation.

[Nox]

Honestly, the Marlins trade wasn't really even that bad.

 

Strongly disagree.

[Chappy]

Lester Vs Ortiz

Buchholz Vs Buehrle

Dempster Vs Morrow

 

sweep

 

Well I guess the best I can wish for this season is a .500 record.

[gruber92]

Sweating buckets can't begin to describe it. This team is toast. Finished. Done. They'll be lucky to even finish 0.500. This with the oldest team in baseball after he punted the farm and petitioned Rogers to increase payroll by 50%. He's now 18 games under 0.500 in his tenure, has maxed out at 86 wins (in his first year), has a bottom-half farm, no payroll flexibility, and only one good young player on the pro roster.

 

I would say he's utterly f***ed.

 

Is Lawrie the good young player on the pro roster that you are referring to? Yeah,this team is f***ed.

[havok24]

Honestly, the Marlins trade wasn't really even that bad. It's just the Dickey trade that worries me. We may not even get anything back for him at this point.

 

In terms of value, we got killed in the Marlins trade as well. I kind of understood the trade and was okay with it, but I thought the Dickey trade was overkill.

[Olerud363]

Do we even see Morrow?? Isn't having issues?? Like the other day JJ had issues but we were suppose to see him in a couple of days anyway, but we didn't.

[Metallijay]

Lester Vs Ortiz

Buchholz Vs Buehrle

Dempster Vs Morrow

 

sweep

 

Only one we have a shot at is morrows start, and the pen is spent, brutal. This team is really bad.