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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.

TheHurl Toronto Blue Jays

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Alright time to start the Around Baseball Thread 2015.

 

Not until pitchers and catchers report. We have rules around here, we aren't about to throw away our integrity for a few weeks.

 

Now back to 4B and his drunken rants.

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Question if you do not qualify a player no draft pick comes back if he signs elsewhere, right?

 

If so do thing if we agree to not do so, that James shields would take a one year deal at 14-18 mill?

 

No, I don't think it's a significant factor holding him back this year. Someone will cough up 4 years and 70 million, if not more. One year older and the risk of injury wouldn't outweigh the small amount more he might be able to get imo.

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After playing in Japan in 2014, Cuban third baseman Yulieski Gourriel will return this year to the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, where he will be joined by his younger brother, 21-year-old shortstop Lourdes Gourriel.

 

The BayStars announced today that they agreed to contracts with the two brothers, who are Industriales teammates in Serie Nacional. Yulieski, 30, is a longtime star in Cuba who entered the 2014-15 season ranked as the No. 1 player in the country. After sitting out early in the Serie Nacional season upon his return from Japan, Gourriel is hitting .322/.422/.575 in 102 plate appearances this season. He played for the BayStars in 2014 and batted .304/.349/.536 in 62 games.

 

While major league scouts are already extremely familiar with Yulieski, of greater interest to them will be the ability to get more in-person evaluations of Lourdes Gourriel, a rising star in Cuba who’s hitting .326/.402/.486 in 214 plate appearances this season. While scouts have long admired Yulieski’s talents from a far, there has mostly been resignation among them that he would never leave Cuba due to his family situation. However, if at some point in the near future relations between the United States and Cuba continue to improve to the point where the embargo is lifted and teams are able to sign Cuban players more freely, Lourdes Gourriel would be a priority player for MLB clubs.

 

The Cuban government allows certain players to participate in foreign professional leagues, with the government brokering those contracts and the players returning to Cuba when their season abroad concludes. Outfielders Alfredo Despaigne and Frederich Cepeda, along with righthander Hector Mendoza, all signed with Japanese teams last year as well, and it’s believed they will return in 2015.

 

The Gourriel brothers are both in Puerto Rico right now for the Caribbean Series, which begins today.

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Janssen put out a thank you letter to the Toronto fans. Man, I'm going to miss that guy. Declining performance or not, I'm really glad I got to see his last game in a TO uniform this past September.
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Janssen put out a thank you letter to the Toronto fans. Man, I'm going to miss that guy. Declining performance or not, I'm really glad I got to see his last game in a TO uniform this past September.

 

Yup, I was there for his MLB debut. I believe it was against the Angels and he ended up going 5-6 innings.

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Janssen put out a thank you letter to the Toronto fans. Man, I'm going to miss that guy. Declining performance or not, I'm really glad I got to see his last game in a TO uniform this past September.

 

 

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The lack of catching in Arizona makes me sad that AA hasn't shipped them Navarro yet for something useful.

 

Sadly I don't think they realize their own need. They are just going to run with whatshisface prospect who can't actually catch.

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Sadly I don't think they realize their own need. They are just going to run with whatshisface prospect who can't actually catch.

 

They are going with one guy who is up there with JPA in terms of the bat, a guy who hasn't played above A ball, just to wait for a guy who is horribly defensively and strikes out at a ridiculous rate. Ugh.

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The lack of catching in Arizona makes me sad that AA hasn't shipped them Navarro yet for something useful.

 

Martin can catch Dickey. Navarro will be our backup catcher and DH (5M backup lol)

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angrioter, are you here?

 

http://imgur.com/a/hkxDR

 

Yes, I was there.

 

Robinson Cano was the organizer of the event, attended by Nelly Cruz, Jordany Valdespin, Carlos Santana, Rogers brothers, Edwin Encarnacion, Jean Segura, Jose Cano, the US ambassador and his husband (Fags).

jaysfan2014 Dunedin Blue Jays

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btw Axford signs MILB deal with rockies...

 

fu AA

 

Actually, AA and other teams may have been scared off by Axford's control issues (5.9 BB/9IP last season). Of course, the Rockies have a lot of trouble with their pitching..

jaysfan2014 Dunedin Blue Jays

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Not sure, but a minor league deal is what he deserved.

 

Pretty much. Even the Jays, who need a closer, don't want him. (BTW, one of my coworkers is related to him.) Pitching depth in Colorado is pretty bad.. and Axford is no guarantee to make the team either.

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Once it became clear that he wouldn't land a MLB deal, Axford probably had a few MiLB deals to choose from. Maybe he and his agent felt they had a better shot in Colorado. I woudn't assume the Jays weren't interested.
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Once it became clear that he wouldn't land a MLB deal, Axford probably had a few MiLB deals to choose from. Maybe he and his agent felt they had a better shot in Colorado. I woudn't assume the Jays weren't interested.

 

Considering there's very little pitching depth in Colorado, he thought he had the best chance there.

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