Blue Jays seeking replacement for Beeston

[Angrioter]

Is Duquette supposed to be Ricciardi 2.0?

 

Also, what exactly would the tampering charges be? I have a hard time believing they would be so harmful that it's worth Jeff Hoffman.

 

He's not Italian

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eqiUMHUDdwY/UBr241bLy1I/AAAAAAAAADQ/A63SvNqA_Zo/s1600/wilner.jpg

[TwistedLogic]

You literally have to look no further than Giolito to realize what a f***ing stupid mistake it would be to trade Hoffman right now.

 

I know that AA loves Hoffman, but I'm not sure they would consult with AA on the compensation. If they see him having a conflict of interest in the situation because of the likelihood of Duquette's presence meaning lesser job security for Alex, they may leave him out of the fold completely.

 

Normally these things are kind of easy to predict. You say "well there's absolutely no precedence for this, nobody could be dumb enough to give up a chip like Hoffman for a guy like Duquette, it's simply not happening", but this f***tard Ed Rogers is a very uncomfortable and unpredictable wild card that we know nothing about, and his existence creates some very bothersome doubt.

[Angrioter]

In business everything can happen!! ---->

[SpeedyGose]

He's not Italian

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eqiUMHUDdwY/UBr241bLy1I/AAAAAAAAADQ/A63SvNqA_Zo/s1600/wilner.jpg

 

Wilner's twin brother?

[Angrioter]

Jim Bowden ‏

Actually Jeff Hoffman can’t be PTBNL for Duquette because it’s more than 6 months from transaction he’d still be ineligible to be traded

WFT

[flafson]

 

 

[King]

Jim Bowden ‏

Actually Jeff Hoffman can’t be PTBNL for Duquette because it’s more than 6 months from transaction he’d still be ineligible to be traded

WFT

 

Time to get off of twitter Bowden.

[GD]

Jim Bowden ‏

Actually Jeff Hoffman can’t be PTBNL for Duquette because it’s more than 6 months from transaction he’d still be ineligible to be traded

WFT

 

Then how was Trea Turner dealt

[Angrioter]

Wilner's twin brother?

 

Nooooo. Wilner is more handsome.

[Atothe]

Is Buster Onley angling for the Orioles somehow?

[Angrioter]

Then how was Trea Turner dealt

 

Hoffman signed July 2nd

Trea Jun 13th

[King]

• Jim Bowden ‏@JimBowden_ESPN 2m2 minutes ago
  Jeff Hoffman signed on 7/2/14 he is not eligible to be traded until 7/2/15. PTBNL have to be named within 6 months of transactions #BadRule
   
  lol, what a moron. 6 months from now is July 22nd.
   
   
  

[Angrioter]

[StroShow]

Jimbo can't math

[Angrioter]

• Jim Bowden ‏@JimBowden_ESPN 2m2 minutes ago
  Jeff Hoffman signed on 7/2/14 he is not eligible to be traded until 7/2/15. PTBNL have to be named within 6 months of transactions #BadRule
   
  lol, what a moron. 6 months from now is July 22nd.
   
   
  

 

[TwistedLogic]

Jim Bowden: Bad math class never mind

Jim Bowden: 6 months to July 22nd…Hoffman eligible to be PTBNL

 

lmao, this f***ing idiot is a disgrace to every writer and every executive that has ever existed. How does he have a job?

[flafson]

Maybe they should change that rule from 6 month to 10 months, maybe then Hoffman will be safe.

[TwistedLogic]

Looks like he deleted some of his tweets, but I got a screencap from the page I hadn't yet refreshed (read bottom-up):

 

http://i.gyazo.com/3ce1053ae68af77f34e2cfccebe09d1a.png

[GD]

This was the General Manager of a Major League Baseball team

[flafson]

Who cares about tampering, gonna take years and they will settle on a bit of money.

Bit of money is better than giving up Hoffman.

[Pulk_Pull]

Haha I'm not buying Olney either.

 

Although I fully expect the O's hangout to eat up this rumour while bashing Rosenthal for reporting what everyone already knew.

 

Talk about eating and s***ing out of the same mouth.

[RealAccountant]

Lol just leave him now...leave the Is with a gm.that does not want to be there

[RealAccountant]

I think the Os will def get something out of it

 

Way more than what we got for Farrell that's for sure

[flafson]

The reporters on MASN are already ranking Hoffman inside the O's farm system...

[L54]

Hey guys this kind of feels like the Dickey trade when all of the smart Blue Jays fans were like "lol no way they'll get d'Arnaud AND Syndergaard, maybe JPA and an arm" but then the worst case ontario happened

 

Great show.

[Frenchsoup]

This idiot Edward Rogers has twitter. Tweet all your hate at @EdwardSRogers

[glory]

As God as my witness, if Hoffman is traded for Duquette, I am no longer a Jays fan. The last 22 years have been miserable enough. This would be the icing on the cake. I could live with overpaying a Major Leaguer, but an executive? f*** you, Rogers.

[Pulk_Pull]

Everyone needs to calm down, there is no way an Exec gets traded for a top 10 draft pick.... right?

 

This Hoffman BS and tampering charges are all angling to try and get the best package. Hopefully the Jays sit back and watch the O's squirm as they continue to try and manoeuvre an offseaosn where their GM wants to be elsewhere.

[Boxcar]

Is Buster Onley angling for the Orioles somehow?

 

All these old schooly reporters love the Orioles.

[itaos]

Buster did used to write for the Baltimore Sun, after all...

 

And he's been wrong about plenty of stuff recently. I'm not too worried yet.

 

I was wondering why Olney was pushing the high compensation issue so hard. Thanks for making the connection.