A couple black holes, but our 25 man roster looks set

[Laika]

you take the best guys, you can always find a Tolleson on the waiver wire

 

Toronto has a thorough track record of taking the guys without options North, unless the talent or performance gap is huge.

[pat_borders]

Farrel did that, Gibbons took the best guys last year

[Laika]

Gibbons doesn't make that decision. Managers will always want the best 25.

[Laika]

Dumb early roster decisions last year included:

 

Esmil on team

Kratz optioned, Thole on team

McGowan starter

Sierra on team?

Eight relievers.

 

Is that it?

 

Anyway, expect more of the same.

 

I wouldn't even be shocked to see AA do something as dumb as waive Smoak and anoint Navarro the DH.

[RealAccountant]

Redmond is the 4th best reliever on this team

 

#playoffsnotachance

[pat_borders]

Redmond is the 4th best reliever on this team

 

#playoffsnotachance

 

Bullpen:

1. C - Sanchez

2. SU - Cecil

3. SU - Loup

4. Estrada

5. Redmond

6. Delabar

 

at least we have a chance now

[intentional wok]

I really have no desire to see Thole on this team. I've dubbed him Dickey's Wife. No one on the team or the organization wants him around, but if you want Dickey...

[glory]

If AA is sincere about Sanchez starting long term, then make him a multiple inning reliever with Cecil as closer. Then they can try to see if he can replace Buehrle in the 2016 rotstion. Of course that will fail miserably, then they can make him a reliever again after that.

[Dick_Pole]

It's funny that people complain about this dude making new threads but it already has 40+ comments in a few hours. He has done what he has set out to do. No fan, not even casuals would expect Ryan Goins in the starting line-up. The misspelling of several names on the roster AFTER an edit is the final dead giveaway.

[KingKat]

I have it like that because Tolleson and Izturis can't be in the minors.

 

Can you explain how that works with Izturis? It is because he was signed on a free agent MLB contract?

[KingKat]

​http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_transactions

 

Veterans' consent[edit]

 

If a player has 5 years of major-league service, he may not be assigned to a minor-league team without his consent. This exclusion applies regardless of whether he has not yet been outrighted once, has remaining options, or has cleared waivers. If the player withholds consent, the team must either release him or keep him on the major league roster. In either case, the player must continue to be paid under the terms of his contract. If he is released and signs with a new team, his previous team must pay the difference in salary between the two contracts if the previous contract called for a greater salary.

 

Thanks! I'd been wondering about this. So options basically become obsolete after 5 years.

[Jonzo]

The misspelling of several names on the roster AFTER an edit is the final dead giveaway.

 

[SaskJaysFan_2]

It's funny that people complain about this dude making new threads but it already has 40+ comments in a few hours. He has done what he has set out to do. No fan, not even casuals would expect Ryan Goins in the starting line-up. The misspelling of several names on the roster AFTER an edit is the final dead giveaway.

 

I don`t find it surprising.

 

He`s likely 14, and a newer fan. Spelling may not be his strong suit.

 

In terms of responses, I think a lot of the posters and lurkers here would rather not post in an old 45-page thread that features mostly 5 posters throwing around inside jokes that no one outside the circle really gets.

 

So, keep em`coming.

[closetjaysfan]

I don`t find it surprising.

 

He`s likely 14, and a newer fan. Spelling may not be his strong suit.

 

/QUOTE]

 

Either that or it is Metalijay back to f*** with us.

[pat_borders]

I don`t find it surprising.

 

He`s likely 14, and a newer fan. Spelling may not be his strong suit.

 

In terms of responses, I think a lot of the posters and lurkers here would rather not post in an old 45-page thread that features mostly 5 posters throwing around inside jokes that no one outside the circle really gets.

 

So, keep em`coming.

 

 

I'm a 30 y.o. chartered accountant but have to admit I almost failed HS English

[SaskJaysFan_2]

I'm a 30 y.o. chartered accountant but have to admit I almost failed HS English

 

Have you ever kissed a girl?

[G-Snarls]

Thanks! I'd been wondering about this. So options basically become obsolete after 5 years.

 

Yes. Then they have to clear waivers or consent to the move in order to be optioned. That's why those fringe guys with 5/6/7 years of service get bounced around so much. They get waived and claimed all the time.

[Deadpool]

Have you ever kissed a girl?

 

He said 30, not 38...

[Ambassador Ch0n]

I don`t find it surprising.

 

He`s likely 14, and a newer fan. Spelling may not be his strong suit.

 

/QUOTE]

 

Either that or it is Metalijay back to f*** with us.

 

Nah Metallijay's latest account is Real Accountant.

[pat_borders]

Have you ever kissed a girl?

 

ya but thanks to POF and tinder

[Ehjays]

He said 30, not 38...

 

LOL....was just about to say the same.

[Deadpool]

LOL....was just about to say the same.

 

I'm just glad we both beat Hipfan with the joke!

[Zaun of the Dead]

Lineup

 

Reyes -- 6

Martin -- 2

Bautista -- 9

Encarnacion -- 3

Donaldson -- 5

Navarro -- 0

Saunders -- 7

Goins -- 4

Pompey -- 8

 

 

 

Rotation

 

Dickey

Stroman

Buehrle

Hutchison

Estrada

 

 

 

Bullpen

 

Cecil -- C

Sanchez -- SU

Loup -- SU

Jenkins

Norris

Redmond

Delebar / Drabek

 

 

 

Bench

 

Izturis

Smoak

Pillar

Dirks

[pat_borders]

Lineup

 

Reyes -- 6

Martin -- 2

Bautista -- 9

Encarnacion -- 3

Donaldson -- 5

Navarro -- 0

Saunders -- 7

Goins -- 4

Pompey -- 8

 

 

 

Rotation

 

Dickey

Stroman

Buehrle

Hutchison

Estrada

 

 

 

Bullpen

 

Cecil -- C

Sanchez -- SU

Loup -- SU

Jenkins

Norris

Redmond

Delebar / Drabek

 

 

 

Bench

 

Izturis

Smoak

Pillar

Dirks

 

How does that work if both catchers are in the starting 9 and Navarro had to replace Martin, do they just give up the DH spot and the pitcher bats?

[Zaun of the Dead]

navarro can catch and have someone off the bench take over the DH

[43211234]

navarro can catch and have someone off the bench take over the DH

 

If your DH moves into the field the pitcher has to hit.

 

Navarro isn't going to be DHing unless Thole is on the team.

[Abomination]

If your DH moves into the field the pitcher has to hit.

 

Navarro isn't going to be DHing unless Thole is on the team.

 

There's almost no reason not to for the right matchups. How many times a year do you see a catcher leave the game due to injury? If once or twice a year you lose the DH for a few innings, it's probably no big deal.

[43211234]

There's almost no reason not to for the right matchups. How many times a year do you see a catcher leave the game due to injury? If once or twice a year you lose the DH for a few innings, it's probably no big deal.

 

Yeah, thinking about it, I agree with you. Between their career splits, Smoak and Navarro favour righties and lefties respectively. I think Navarro should be DHing against every lefty. I didn't realize Navarro's splits were so extreme. Career 78 wRC+ vs righties, 107 vs lefties.

[pat_borders]

There's almost no reason not to for the right matchups. How many times a year do you see a catcher leave the game due to injury? If once or twice a year you lose the DH for a few innings, it's probably no big deal.

 

I'm for that, whatever it takes to keep Thole off this team

[admin]

Starting 9

1. Reyes SS

2. Martin C

3. Bautista RF

4. Edwin DH

5. Donaldson 3B

6. Saunders LF

7. Smoak 1B

8. Izturis 2B

9. Pompey CF

 

Probably a top three 1-5 in baseball.

Potentially one of the top 1-9 in baseball.

Potentially one of the worst 6-9 in baseball.

 

Very unlikely that all three of Pompey, Smoak and Saunders work out how we want. Good chance one or two stink. Though I hope not and believe what you've been preaching, it just seems like odds are against us that everything clicks.