Jays get Josh Donaldson for Lawrie, Graveman, Nolin and Barreto

[goeb]

Well...this season comes down to pitching.

 

Jays will most likely have the most potent offense, but pitching is the wild card here, and we all know you can't go too far without adequate pitching.

[Abomination]

Would we have been a better team with Lawrie at 2b and Headley at 3b + all those prospects..

 

Probably not, but I would have been happy with that as well.

[TheHurl]

Lol at Lawrie getting over 500 PA's.

 

I think the 115 wRC+ is the more ridiculous number but I'm a Lawrie hater

[fatcowxlive]

Jose Reyes -> $22,000,000

Josh Donaldson -> $4,500,000* (?)

Jose Bautsita -> $14,000,000 (!!!)

Edwin Encarnacion -> $10,000,000 (!!!)

Russell Martin -> $7,000,000 (!!!)

 

Total: $57,500,000*

 

Some fun math:

 

2014 WAR vs 2015 salary:

Jose Reyes -> 3.3 WAR -> 6.67M per WAR

Josh Donaldson -> 6.4 WAR -> 700k per WAR

Jose Bautsita -> 6.3 WAR -> 2.22M per WAR

Edwin Encarnacion -> 3.6 WAR -> 2.78M per WAR

Russell Martin -> 7.8 JFaS WAR -> 897k per WAR

 

Total: 27.4 WAR -> 2,098,540 per WAR. Unbelievable.

[King]

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 18s18 seconds ago

i dont understand what oakland is doing. but that isnt a reflection on oakland. i rarely understand what they are doing.

 

lol

[jays4life19]

Everyone should be calling to get a Jays Flex pack. Playoff tickets are going to be a bitch to get after 20 years of no playoffs.

[HERPDERP]

It's been over an hour since the news broke and I'm still f***ing hyper and excited

 

and we're definitely not done. Still need to address the bullpen AND a lefty bat

[HERPDERP]

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 1m1 minute ago

i dont understand what oakland is doing. but that isnt a reflection on oakland. i rarely understand what they are doing.

[GD]

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 18s18 seconds ago

i dont understand what oakland is doing. but that isnt a reflection on oakland. i rarely understand what they are doing.

 

lol

 

Well at least he realizes he's stupid

[Maahfaace]

wow, crazy deal. Lawrie and his red bull addiction injury proneness can hit the road

[TheHurl]

Everyone should be calling to get a Jays Flex pack. Playoff tickets are going to be a bitch to get after 20 years of no playoffs.

 

Deja Vu, all over again.

[Maahfaace]

This just in, Red bull sales in Oakland just doubled.....

[GD]

The real question here is do I get a Martin jersey or a Donaldson jersey?

[jays4life19]

I always hated Lawrie as a person, but he was a Bluejay so i put that aside. Since he's now on Oakland he can go f*** himself.

 

 

....on the other hand he got us Josh D, so i kinda like him still.

[Maahfaace]

Everyone should be calling to get a Jays Flex pack. Playoff tickets are going to be a bitch to get after 20 years of no playoffs.

 

need a bonafide starter before the Jays are a lock for playoffs. I expect Buehrle to take a huge step back this year....

[fatcowxlive]

The real question here is do I get a Martin jersey or a Donaldson jersey?

 

Both

[eastcoastjaysfan]

The real question here is do I get a Martin jersey or a Donaldson jersey?

 

[jays4life19]

Deja Vu, all over again.

 

I definitely wasn't saying that after the Marlins trade.

[GD]

You guys are assuming Lawrie will never stay healthy. Clearly Donaldson is the best 3B in the AL. Last 2 years best in Baseball. Can anyone argue at this point that he might be the best. Somebody needs to look up his charts to see how many of his fly balls in Oakland would be homeruns in Rogers Centre. It would be nice to add a big lefty bat to break up all the RHB. Lind would look nice right now.

 

Good idea. I dunno where those charts would be.

 

Both

 

I'm a poor jew tho lol

[bronson44]

I always hated Lawrie as a person, but he was a Bluejay so i put that aside. Since he's now on Oakland he can go f*** himself.

 

 

....on the other hand he got us Josh D, so i kinda like him still.

 

Being able to freely hate Lawrie's guts is a nice side benefit to this deal.

[Abomination]

need a bonafide starter before the Jays are a lock for playoffs. I expect Buehrle to take a huge step back this year....

 

With Martin, Buehrle might actually take a step forward this year.

[HERPDERP]

Beane says that #Athletics were pretty adamant they weren't going to deal Donaldson but #BlueJays essentially overwhelmed them.

-susan

 

THATS OVERWHELMING?

[Chappy]

With Martin, Buehrle might actually take a step forward this year.

 

Martin is going to make all our starters better, especially Buehrle.

[wardhenke1]

I like the trade and the signing of Martin. The more (good) white guys on the team the better.

 

However, I am haunted by the ghosts of Marlins past. We were getting a number 2 or even a number 1 pitcher (Josh Johnson), a number 3-4 pitcher (Buerhle), the best SS in baseball (Reyes and yes he was described this way after his time at the Mets by many writers/fans), and some useful spare parts in Bonifacio and John Buck. All we had to give up was Alvarez, Hechavarria, DeSclafani, Marisnick and Nicolino.

 

We all know how this turned out. I refer and defer to this excellent article: http://www.bluebirdbanter.com/2014/2/20/5429994/hindsight-is-20-20-was-the-marlins-trade-a-mistake

 

So, I'm not going to jump on board with this just yet. Not. Just. Yet. Lawrie, Graveman, Sean Nolin and Barreto. We'll see. We will see.

[Maahfaace]

I like the trade and the signing of Martin. The more (good) white guys on the team the better.

 

However, I am haunted by the ghosts of Marlins past. We were getting a number 2 or even number 1 pitcher (Josh Johnson), a number 3-4 pitcher (Buerhle), the best SS in baseball (Reyes and yes he was described this way after his time at the Mets by many writers/fans), and some useful spare parts in Bonifacio and John Buck. All we had to give up was Alvarez, Hechavarria, DeSclafani, Marisnick and Nicolino.

 

We all know how this turned out. I refer and defer to this excellent article: http://www.bluebirdbanter.com/2014/2/20/5429994/hindsight-is-20-20-was-the-marlins-trade-a-mistake

 

So, I'm not going to jump on board with this just yet. Not. Just. Yet. Lawrie, Graveman, Sean Nolin and Barreto. We'll see. We will see.

 

 

 

Kinda racist there....

[fatcowxlive]

I like the trade and the signing of Martin. The more (good) white guys on the team the better.

 

However, I am haunted by the ghosts of Marlins past. We were getting a number 2 or even number 1 pitcher (Josh Johnson), a number 3-4 pitcher (Buerhle), the best SS in baseball (Reyes and yes he was described this way after his time at the Mets by many writers/fans), and some useful spare parts in Bonifacio and John Buck. All we had to give up was Alvarez, Hechavarria, DeSclafani, Marisnick and Nicolino.

 

We all know how this turned out. I refer and defer to this excellent article: http://www.bluebirdbanter.com/2014/2/20/5429994/hindsight-is-20-20-was-the-marlins-trade-a-mistake

 

So, I'm not going to jump on board with this just yet. Not. Just. Yet. Lawrie, Graveman, Sean Nolin and Barreto. We'll see. We will see.

 

The difference is we aren't getting an injury prone ex-star and a bunch of expensive old guys, but a young controllable best 3B in baseball. Those don't come too often

[Chappy]

Beane says that #Athletics were pretty adamant they weren't going to deal Donaldson but #BlueJays essentially overwhelmed them.

-susan

 

THATS OVERWHELMING?

 

Bareto must be what got them excited and Lawrie can at least give them a passable player with a couple depth arms for good measure. Still a terrible trade for the A's but Beane must have some sort of plan here.

[King]

 

Top dude aint Franklin Barreto lmao

[burlingtonbandit]

Whoever just called into the Fan590 had probably the best call I have ever listened to on Sports Radio. Listed all his points respectfully with clear facts and did it in under 2 min.

[Statman]

Alex is back baby! This is one of the greatest moves by a GM in the history of the sport and the irony is IMO AA fleeced Beane. It's a ballsy trade on AA's part too because of the negative reaction it can have with the casual fanbase (Canadian, Merchandise etc).