Lee & Utley or Price & Zobrist..Or no one, miss the playoffs, lose the fanbase!

[jays76]

the Rays would jump at that and run away laughing

 

I'm not even sure the Rays would bite on that.

[jays76]

smh

 

Considering the Cubs targeted Stroman & Hutch + for Samardzja, Price+Zobrist is going to gut everything we have and then some. Would I made that move above? Not a chance.

 

Ride the season out and hopefully get a streak going with healthy players returning. Fire AA in the off season, bring in a GM with the balls to fire sell the team and build around every player talked about in this post + Lawrie. I'll be a satisfied fan seeing the Jays just play meaningful ball this September creating a bright future in the off season then a gutted team for a wild card playoff berth.

 

Well if we get a streak going and make the playoffs AA won't be going anywhere.. Your in favor of tearing it all down and rebuilding, I respect that but it would take another half decade minimum to sniff the playoffs and for me 2 decades now has been long enough. I want one last push before that rebuild comes, and with our bash bros EE & Joey Bats why wouldn't I? We've built a team around them but are a couple of pieces short, get the pieces and go for it. If it doesn't work this year or next then gut it.

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I'm not even sure the Rays would bite on that.

 

Lmao the Rays never bite at that.

[jays76]

Lmao the Rays never bite at that.

 

What do you think gets it done?

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What do you think gets it done?

 

I think BTS has mentioned Stroman/Lawrie a few times but that would be disastrous for us as a franchise.

[jays76]

I think BTS has mentioned Stroman/Lawrie a few times but that would be disastrous for us as a franchise.

 

Yup that's too much and wouldn't even make sense for us, we need to add an infielder without losing our best one and there's no way we could lose Stro & Hutch (just Hutch though and I'm in). I could live with losing all the prospects- Sanchez, Pompey, Nolin, Norris because they won't have an immediate and consistent effect on this team competing for the playoffs (Sanchez possibly being an exception after last night but also a reason to sell high). Hutch would be a loss from the rotation but I'm not overly sold on him at this point in his career and we are replacing him with a CY pitcher who's probably one of the hottest in baseball at the moment. This trade makes perfect sense for us and also for a team that's rebuilding but TB is surging a little now and I'm sure they're in limbo about shipping either of those two out. Like we both agree on though I don't think this package gets it done but damn would it be nice!! Especially with the lengths and affordability of their contracts, it'd be a perfect push for the post season this year and next before Price is a UFA and gets crazy deniero thrown at him.