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Which wild card front office do you most believe in?  

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  1. 1. Which wild card front office do you most believe in?

    • Houston Astros (led by Jeff Luhnow)
      10
    • New York Yankees (led by Brian Cashman)
      4
    • Chicago Cubs (led by Theo & Jed)
      68
    • Pittsburgh Pirates (led by Neal Huntington)
      15

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thatoneguy FCL Blue Jays

thatoneguy

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Sandbergs Address: "I would rather be unemployed then work on a sinking ship run my Captn' Amaro."

 

Word for word

 

And yet Amaro calls Phillies fans stupid...

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KingKat

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Sandbergs Address: "I would rather be unemployed then work on a sinking ship run my Captn' Amaro."

 

Word for word

 

Wow!

Smokey College Ball

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The Marlins and Mets trades were completely opposite to AA's MO up to that point. It's certainly possible he was being directed, and that's not an uncommon opinion.

 

The popularity of your opinion doesn't make it any more valid! At the time many Jays fans reached for an answer as to why he chose to go that way... I was actually one of them but eventually I was able to take the blinders off and look at things more objectively instead of diluting myself with baseless speculations. There's nothing to suggest that AA was pushed into making the Dickey deal. He even rationalized the deal by declaring the team ready and claiming that Dickey was the piece that will get them over the top.

 

Besides, I wouldn't say it was a complete 180. He did make that Happ trade a few months before and although not as impactful of a move, it did show some signs of a change in direction. And let's not forget about some of the mistakes he's made since then in failing to address glaring holes. He was basically good at collecting assets when there was no pressure and has pretty much chocked since attempting to go for it.

 

Also, stop being an ******* in responding to my posts.

 

I'm free to act however I like as long as it's within the rules. You're the one who's resorting to name calling simply because you can't handle a dose of the truth wrap around a bit of sarcasm.

o2cui2i Vancouver Canadians

o2cui2i

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that's enough.... Jimcanuck and Smokey, both of you stop. put each other on ignore if you have to but quit the bickering.

 

 

I'll give the both of you a time out if you don't end it here and now.

jays4life19 MVP

jays4life19

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Justin Nicolino vs. Dodgers tonight (tough assignment).

 

Second start!

 

Edit....i thought you said first start. i'm dumb. Yeah it is... I'm liking Van Slyke in DFS tonight vs him.

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Dick_Pole

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Many on this board were criticizing the trade immediately after it was announced, recognizing the poor value.

 

I didn't particularly like the trade, but I liked what it represented - Rogers finally opening the purse strings so the team could compete. Of course my opinion was heavily influenced by two things:

 

1. 7 years of Ricciardi bickering: "WAAH WAHH WAHH we can't compete with the Yankees and Red Sox because of their big payrolls WAHH WAH".

 

2. I liked the trade because I assumed that this was the first step in Rogers going towards the $200M payroll area. The goal was an expensive, inefficient playoff team, but a playoff team nonetheless. The problem then became that the Jays appear to have some imaginary hard stop at an amount much lower than that which in retrospect makes the trade look really stupid. If we were told in December 2012 that the payroll was going to be $120M US and not a penny more, that 3% who didn't like it would likely have ballooned to 97%, myself included.

o2cui2i Vancouver Canadians

o2cui2i

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I didn't particularly like the trade, but I liked what it represented - Rogers finally opening the purse strings so the team could compete. Of course my opinion was heavily influenced by two things:

 

1. 7 years of Ricciardi bickering: "WAAH WAHH WAHH we can't compete with the Yankees and Red Sox because of their big payrolls WAHH WAH".

 

2. I liked the trade because I assumed that this was the first step in Rogers going towards the $200M payroll area. The goal was an expensive, inefficient playoff team, but a playoff team nonetheless. The problem then became that the Jays appear to have some imaginary hard stop at an amount much lower than that which in retrospect makes the trade look really stupid. If we were told in December 2012 that the payroll was going to be $120M US and not a penny more, that 3% who didn't like it would likely have ballooned to 97%, myself included.

 

so what you are saying is that we got trolled by Rogers?

 

http://i.imgur.com/nXQV0nj.gif

43211234 FCL Blue Jays

43211234

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Canada's blackout hasn't existed for a few years, for whatever reason. It could re-emerge at any time but right you can watch everything.

 

They seem to still have it in the states. People complain about it a lot.

 

I've heard the crtc required the blackout to be lifted for the mlb network to come to canada. Or something along those lines.

jays4life19 MVP

jays4life19

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Second start!

 

Edit....i thought you said first start. i'm dumb. Yeah it is... I'm liking Van Slyke in DFS tonight vs him.

 

Van Slyke goes yard! Hells yes!

flafson First Round Pick

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Why would the Red Sox intentionally walk some rookie called Jake Elmore? I understand that first base was open but common...
Atothe Vancouver Canadians

Atothe

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Why would the Red Sox intentionally walk some rookie called Jake Elmore? I understand that first base was open but common...

 

double play and he's a righty while breslow is a lefty. Understandable

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