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Spanky__99
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Nah, the rumour according to Morisi, is they're trying to move Andrus. Yet, in this circumstance Profar or Odor make sense.

labadee FCL Blue Jays

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When is the train from Pearson airport to Union Station going to be done?? As a guy who travels to Toronto several times a year I can't wait for that to get done.

 

Should be done by the Pan Am games. So Next year?

Sammy225 FCL Blue Jays

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Tough series coming up against Detroit

 

We get Sanchez, Porcello and Verlander but not Scherzer.

 

Or as i like to call them..... Edwins next victims.....

o2cui2i Vancouver Canadians

o2cui2i

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Tigers have been scuffling a little. Hope the jays can give them a proper beating and keep the good run going.
TheHurl Toronto Blue Jays

TheHurl

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Jeff Luhnow is a complete open book and hype machine on social media, if you don't follow him...you should. He gave away tickets for the debut of Springleton today
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G-Snarls

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Boston looks legit

 

Yankees are about to go on a bad slide I think. 12 game road trip against decent teams and they're not looking good outside of Tanaka. Hope they fall back.

Chappy Dunedin Blue Jays

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Boston looks legit

 

Yankees are about to go on a bad slide I think. 12 game road trip against decent teams and they're not looking good outside of Tanaka. Hope they fall back.

 

Yeah I agree. Right now it looks really bad for the Rays considering Myers is now gone, granted they still have some very good arms in that rotation, but I'm not sure it's enough at this point to do anything more than maybe get back to .500 by seasons end.

 

The Yankees rotation looks terrible outside Tanaka and their lineup isn't going to scare anyone anymore. I think they will start to fall back. The O's I think will hover around .500, while the Red Sox likely make a strong push.

eastcoastjaysfan Dunedin Blue Jays

eastcoastjaysfan

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LOL @ that Pillar article

 

"“I got a call from the areas scout immediately after my pick was announced and he told me how much money they were going to offer,” said Pillar. “He said $1,000, so I asked for $2,000. He said no. Then I asked when I was going to leave and he said tomorrow. I said I'd be there.”"

 

In an era where players argue over millions, this guy tried to get an extra 1K. Good for him, hard work paid off.

Chappy Dunedin Blue Jays

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LOL @ that Pillar article

 

"“I got a call from the areas scout immediately after my pick was announced and he told me how much money they were going to offer,” said Pillar. “He said $1,000, so I asked for $2,000. He said no. Then I asked when I was going to leave and he said tomorrow. I said I'd be there.”"

 

In an era where players argue over millions, this guy tried to get an extra 1K. Good for him, hard work paid off.

 

He should hopefully get a chance to platoon with Gose next season in CF, at least I hope.

Olerud363 FCL Blue Jays

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That team 2000 team also had a monster offense. Delgado, Cruz, Mondesi and Batista all had 20 homers before the All-Star break. Team ended up choking. Let's hope history doesn't repeat itself >.<

 

Though it is worth noting, that team didn't get into first place until the end of June, and only held that lead for a weekish before getting pushed down again.

 

 

 

Can't take anything for granted, the Royals had lost 4 in a row and had just been swept by the Astros before they beat us in two games.

 

 

 

Thanks for this, I had no idea Pillar was only signed for $1,000. Really good for him that he made it this far. Hope he sticks somewhere atleast as a 4th OF.

 

Hi Mr. Twisted Logic.

 

I hate to argue with you, and I know I can be a jerk sometimes but in fact the 2000 team had an average offense. The problem was nobody new it because the organization has always been run by idiots.

 

I know it is very hard to believe that a team that hit 240 homers and scored 860 runs was average. They were 10th in on base percentage, 8th in runs.

 

They were 5th in runs with 883 in 1999. But for some strange reason the Sarge was fired (see Mottolo, and Histle)

 

Cito Gaston took over and made them worse. The teams offense regressed a bit to average. Cito took a team and made it worse. However the media kept saying Cito was awesome.

 

Weird stuff. The offensive levels in late 90s, early 2000s, and the Nasdaq level was so high it screwed up everybody's thinking. 860 runs was nothing special for 2000.

 

2000 team was just another "pull the f***ing ball" lots of homers, lower on base percentage, average runs kindof team.

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That team 2000 team also had a monster offense. Delgado, Cruz, Mondesi and Batista all had 20 homers before the All-Star break. Team ended up choking. Let's hope history doesn't repeat itself >.<

 

Crazy stuff. Looked kindof good June 2000 but Cruz, Mondesi, and Batista all ended up with negative value within 2 years. Batista was released June of 2001 (waiver pickup), Mondesi given away to the Yanks in 2002, Cruz released after 2002. Delgado was viewed as an albatross despite the fact he played well enough (just not at 2000 level).

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Crazy stuff. Looked kindof good June 2000 but Cruz, Mondesi, and Batista all ended up with negative value within 2 years. Batista was released June of 2001 (waiver pickup), Mondesi given away to the Yanks in 2002, Cruz released after 2002. Delgado was viewed as an albatross despite the fact he played well enough (just not at 2000 level).

 

I wasn't talking about the final stats for the season; the offense was a monster up until that point where they gave up their lead. Other then Delgado having one of the best years ever as a Blue Jay, the other guys regressed and Mondesi missed half the season. That being said, two guys that haven't been mentioned, Stewart and Fletcher, were both excellent that year.

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Studs

 

http://i.imgur.com/NDZY8Rl.png

 

http://i.imgur.com/BJpIvEm.png

 

Damn Singleton

 

http://i.imgur.com/CQuzG8g.png

 

I benched Wong (Grand Slam) for Singleton lol

Trade Singleton + Jaime Garcia for Marte

NorthOf49 FCL Blue Jays

NorthOf49

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Bogaerts just went deep again. Stud.

Off one of 2014's breakout pitchers, no less. TJ House has really shut down the Red Sox lineup outside of Bogaerts.

jaysfan2014 Dunedin Blue Jays

jaysfan2014

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Firesale coming any day now :)

 

And the Blue Jays are looking like a win now after Nathan imploded (again).

 

Worse for Tampa, Henderson Alvarez threw a CG shutout on just 88 pitches.

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