Blue Jays claim OF Cole Gillespie, designate Kenny Wilson for assignment

[G-Snarls]

[HERPDERP]

So he's gonna be joining us on the 25-man? I don't see the point of just getting rid of Wilson if we want to put him in the 40 man

[sh3156]

Depressing news. Is this guy going to take Glenn's place,

 

Expectations: will waste another 20AB, and will do nothing

 

Life goes on. Instead of acquiring proven bats, acquires another scrub

 

Career wise this guy is worse at hitting LHP than RHP

[G-Snarls]

So, there's our new 4th OF / RH platoon bat

[jaysfan2014]

 

Bye bye to Brad Glenn or Mastro.. Gillespie is at least an upgrade (not much, though).

 

.254/.312/.324, can play all three OF spots. Anything is better than Glenn/Mastro.

[sh3156]

Bye bye to Brad Glenn or Mastro.. Gillespie is at least an upgrade (not much, though).

 

.254/.312/.324, can play all three OF spots. Anything is better than Glenn/Mastro.

 

He is not an upgrade over Mastro.

 

Anyone is an upgrade over Glenn

 

This is not how you win baseball games.

[jaysfan2014]

Depressing news. Is this guy going to take Glenn's place,

 

Expectations: will waste another 20AB, and will do nothing

 

Life goes on. Instead of acquiring proven bats, acquires another scrub

 

Career wise this guy is worse at hitting LHP than RHP

 

Not enough sample size. With Seattle, he was hitting .280/.357/.320, mostly playing vs. left handers. As I said, this is an upgrade, albeit a small one, over Mastro/Glenn.

[Candy Maldonado]

good work AA, now the team is complete

[G-Snarls]

Marginal upgrade but reasonable and close to zero cost

 

Now we can focus on getting Prado or Beltre

[Candy Maldonado]

Was there a legit Beltre rumour or did people on this board just start mentioning him?

[sh3156]

^ I cant see Texas trading Beltre. If they are really selling, I would trade the farm for Beltre and Darvish. They can have anyone not on the 25 man roster.

[bzapple]

Was there a legit Beltre rumour or did people on this board just start mentioning him?

 

The latter. People are assuming that because the Rangers are out of contention this year, they must be willing to blow up their team, even though they'll likely have a good shot at contending next year once they get healthy again.

[G-Snarls]

The latter. People are assuming that because the Rangers are out of contention this year, they must be willing to blow up their team, even though they'll likely have a good shot at contending next year once they get healthy again.

 

Add the fact they have a beast of a 3B prospect and it MIGHT make sense for them to trade Beltre though

 

(though they were reluctant to trade Kinsler or Andrews for like a full year after Profar was ready, so they may be against gambles of that sort in principle)

[G-Snarls]

[North of 60]

Sometimes I wonder if AA is focusing on building a winner in AAA instead of in the ML.

[G-Snarls]

Sometimes I wonder if AA is focusing on building a winner in AAA instead of in the ML.

 

Improving the MLB squad will help Buffalo too, by keeping guys like Mastro and Kawasaki down there

[G-Snarls]

Sometimes I wonder if AA is focusing on building a winner in AAA instead of in the ML.

 

Joking aside I think he's just trying to obtain that 4th OF/RHB on the cheap, and save his prospect capital for upgrading the infield and/or starting rotation. And that makes sense to me actually.

[Angrioter]

Gillaspie brothers hit like motherf***ers, but Gillespie isn't big deal

[o2cui2i]

Joking aside I think he's just trying to obtain that 4th OF/RHB on the cheap, and save his prospect capital for upgrading the infield and/or starting rotation. And that makes sense to me actually.

 

agree.... as long as Gillespie doesn't get himself out in the few chances he does get it will be fine. Hopefully Jose can get healthy and maybe Rasmus can bust out. Glen, Mastro and Pillar just aren't good enough. those 3 had the chance to bust onto the scene and get themselves a career that didn't involve bus trips and shady hotels... but apparently that's the limit of their ability.

[ElNik2013]

One of the RHB off the bench should be Pillar, but he's probably black listed now for being mad at being ph for. He'll probably be traded away for a bag of balls now.

[o2cui2i]

One of the RHB off the bench should be Pillar, but he's probably black listed now for being mad at being ph for. He'll probably be traded away for a bag of balls now.

 

Pillar is not the answer. He wasn't hitting either, but once he's been down 10 days he'll be back

[ElNik2013]

Pillar is not the answer. He wasn't hitting either, but once he's been down 10 days he'll be back

 

 

He may not be "the" answer, but he's better than Glenn and maybe Mastroianni, certainly better than this guy they just picked up.

[G-Snarls]

He may not be "the" answer, but he's better than Glenn and maybe Mastroianni, certainly better than this guy they just picked up.

 

How can you be certain that Pillar is better than Gillespie?

[ElNik2013]

How can you be certain that Pillar is better than Gillespie?

 

 

I'm not certain, but given how he's hit in the minors vs LHP, I'd rather give him a shot than certainly a guy like Glenn. I really haven't looked at what this new guy has done vs LHP in career, so I could be wrong, but I'd rather give Pillar a chance.

[o2cui2i]

How can you be certain that Pillar is better than Gillespie?

 

Because!!! lol

 

As good as any other reason

[o2cui2i]

I'm not certain, but given how he's hit in the minors vs LHP, I'd rather give him a shot than certainly a guy like Glenn. I really haven't looked at what this new guy has done vs LHP in career, so I could be wrong, but I'd rather give Pillar a chance.

 

Pillar will still get a chance. Mastroianni and Glen will be gone if they can't do something SOON.