Kawasaki recalled. Tepera optioned. Carrera and Valencia DFA'd.

[RealAccountant]

Cola has options? Then this is retarded asset management

[HERPDERP]

if I'm the Yankees I try to get him. Use him against David Price.

[intentional wok]

Yeah, best to dump valuable players while merely speculating your own future moves to replace them. Seems like a sound strategy.

[HERPDERP]

Cola has options? Then this is retarded asset management

 

as far as I can see, yes. He has 3 years in the bigs, and he has yet to be optioned this year.

 

I'm not sure that if we were to option him today, call him up in a month and option him again that makes him exposed.

[jayswin11]

Only logical explanation is they were trying to move Valencia's money.

 

That has to be it but that still blows if you're trying to win it all, not like he's making a ton.

[HERPDERP]

Didn't AA say yesterday or a few days ago that as a GM he realizes now that talent is not the only important thing, but clubhouse chemistry and a winning attitude?

[flafson]

Only logical explanation is they were trying to move Valencia's money.

 

He's on 1.7M this year, about 40% left so that's about 700k. Can that be such an issue?

They took on about 7.5M when they brought in Price. They saved about 2M on Reyes or ~800k for the remainder of the season.

I guess it's possible they had a strict budget to stick to.

[GreekFatAss]

I guess AA couldn't help himself after making some good moves the past week.

[HERPDERP]

Arash Madani ‏@ArashMadani 2m2 minutes ago

Anthopoulos: "Now, at this point, we're in a crucial stretch. An important stretch, and I'll let (Gibbons) have the group that he wants."

 

Since when does a GM take orders from a manager?

[G-Snarls]

Also, Tulo not playing today

 

? something to do with it

[HERPDERP]

Also, Tulo not playing today

 

? something to do with it

 

Then its simple.

 

Option Colabello. Call up Kawasaki.

[crmr]

It would be really stupid if they actually have Kawasaki up here just because he's a 'good clubhouse guy'. Most of the team this year is new and probably don't know/care about his antics anyway...

[HERPDERP]

It would be really stupid if they actually have Kawasaki up here just because he's a 'good clubhouse guy'. Most of the team this year is new and probably don't know/care about his antics anyway...

 

its not so much to be the clubhouse guy but to be the backup IF. Still, Cola should be gone, not Valencia.

[jayswin11]

Did I mention this move makes no sense.

 

And how many guys do we have in our pen now?

Osuna

Sanchez

Hawkins

Lowe

Schultz

Hendricks

Cecil

Loup

 

Now only a 3 man bench

Cola/Smoak

Muni

Navarro

 

This move makes no sense.

Valencia more valuable than even having an 8th RP at this point.

 

Did somebody mess up and accidentally DFA him????

 

I do not understand

[North of 60]

Colabello is officially below replacement level now, he's a liability at this point.

[gbill2004]

AA is very, very drunk...he's been partying hardcore since the Price trade.

[HERPDERP]

Arden Zwelling ‏@ArdenZwelling 4m4 minutes ago

Both AA and Gibby insinuated there's likely to be a move in next few days that would've affected Valencia's roster spot anyway. #BlueJays

 

Pompey.

 

But still. f***ING COLABELLO

[jerb]

 

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‏@ArdenZwelling

Both AA and Gibby insinuated there's likely to be a move in next few days that would've affected Valencia's roster spot anyway. #BlueJays

[jayswin11]

There has to be something behind the scenes we don't know

[glory]

Arash Madani ‏@ArashMadani 2m2 minutes ago

Anthopoulos: "Now, at this point, we're in a crucial stretch. An important stretch, and I'll let (Gibbons) have the group that he wants."

 

Since when does a GM take orders from a manager?

 

AA rarely ever throws anyone under the bus. The fact that he's directly linking this move to Gibbons is surprising. Either he knows it's stupid and is blaming someone else for it, or he's being truthful, in which case he's an idiot for listening to a bigger idiot.

[TwistedLogic]

Arash Madani ‏@ArashMadani 2m2 minutes ago

Anthopoulos: "Now, at this point, we're in a crucial stretch. An important stretch, and I'll let (Gibbons) have the group that he wants."

 

Since when does a GM take orders from a manager?

Since always. It's always been Gibby's say on which players round out the bottom of the roster. A lot of GMs have similar relationships with their managers, and it's always f***ing stupid. I've gone from being an actual fan of Gibby to begin hating him as the manager in such a short time.

[gbill2004]

There has to be something behind the scenes we don't know

Danny Valencia took an upper decker in AA's private bathroom toilet. AA didn't find it funny = Valencia DFA'd. It's that simple.

[jayswin11]

Cola and a RP should have been moved

[BigCecil]

Arden Zwelling ‏@ArdenZwelling 4m4 minutes ago

Both AA and Gibby insinuated there's likely to be a move in next few days that would've affected Valencia's roster spot anyway. #BlueJays

 

Pompey.

 

But still. f***ING COLABELLO

 

 

Valencia has a bit more versatility and will hit more than Colla all said and done. I liked him as a piece and someone else will grab him.

 

As others have said there has to be more to this.

 

Carerra?....no issue with this move.

[gbill2004]

@Wilnerness590: #Bluejays do still have a budget, so I wonder if the Valencia dump has more to do with his salary. Also wonder if NYY grab him. #Jays

[glory]

Valencia going to the Yankees would almost be poetic justice at this point.

[GreekFatAss]

@Wilnerness590: #Bluejays do still have a budget, so I wonder if the Valencia dump has more to do with his salary. Also wonder if NYY grab him. #Jays

 

When even Wilner criticizes something you know it's BAD.

[saskjayfan]

There has to be something behind the scenes we don't know

 

that's what I was thinking. I was thinking whos wife did Valencia nail to get kicked off the team. Im surprised they couldn't trade Valencia whos got an .838 ops for some sort of prospect

[jayswin11]

So the Jays can still trade him right?

[TwistedLogic]

There's no logic in the excuse that we'll see a move in the next few days that would have affected Valencia's spot on the team. Valencia's spot never should have been in jeopardy, because whoever they bring in over the next few days should have been replacing the ******** eighth reliever, not Valencia. Colabello should be down right now, and they should be preparing to move to a seven man pen. How many times does Martin have to end up on 2nd for them to realize that having a 3-man bench is retarded?