GDT- D-Bags @ Blue Jays - Game 3 of 3 - LBJ to save us edition

[Barkerfan23]

Also dont forget AA is the reason we suck. He traded Synder for Dickey. This is on AA

 

Atkins on the other hand made us very very strong on position players after acquiring Drury and Mckinney for Happ. He said so himself. He said its virtually impossible to upgrade the position players on this team

[BlueRocky]

At least we aren't the Orioles....... uh..... hmmm.....

 

cries

[Barkerfan23]

We might see a 20 spot today

[BigCecil]

Also dont forget AA is the reason we suck. He traded Synder for Dickey. This is on AA

 

Atkins on the other hand made us very very strong on position players after acquiring Drury and Mckinney for Happ. He said so himself. He said its virtually impossible to upgrade the position players on this team

That trade sucked but it would take a lot more than Thor’s hammer to rebuild this team. On the other hand AA did go all I’m on Vlad Jr signing and we are lucky to have him.

[Barkerfan23]

Im ready to see SRF give up a 10 spot rather than seeing garbage

[Spanky99]

Dogg trolling hard in the paint again.

[gruber92]

That trade sucked but it would take a lot more than Thor’s hammer to rebuild this team. On the other hand AA did go all I’m on Vlad Jr signing and we are lucky to have him.

 

The Donaldson trade, the 100% dumping of the Vernon Wells contract and the IFA signing of Vladdy Jr alone will conquer anything that Atkins will ever do in his lifetime.

[DigitalRock]

My first GDT ended badly. Sorry guys, I hang my head in shame.

[DigitalRock]

Richard has that same passive deer in the headlights daze on his face like Drury has. What an absolute disaster of a 25 man assembly, can't wait for Atkins to f*** off.

 

It is looking pretty bad right now, they must be praying for a better second half of the season.

[BigCecil]

The Donaldson trade, the 100% dumping of the Vernon Wells contract and the IFA signing of Vladdy Jr alone will conquer anything that Atkins will ever do in his lifetime.

I thought they were gonna be magicians. Major fanboy anticipation. Not ready to write them off yet but to date I’m not overly impressed. I just wonder how badly Rogers ties their hands.

[Abomination]

Why on earth would you have a pitcher throw an extended session before a day game that he was almost certain to be needed in? That seems like a good way to injure someone.

[Jaysareus]

The Donaldson trade, the 100% dumping of the Vernon Wells contract and the IFA signing of Vladdy Jr alone will conquer anything that Atkins will ever do in his lifetime.

 

Balanced by the trades that brought over Dickey Jose Reyes and the rest of those clowns. That was a disaster

[Jaysareus]

June 28 they're giving away a Randall grichuk doll

[gruber92]

I thought they were gonna be magicians. Major fanboy anticipation. Not ready to write them off yet but to date I’m not overly impressed. I just wonder how badly Rogers ties their hands.

 

I'm nowhere near ready to write off Shapiro, he drafts well and is respected around the league. Atkins on the other hand..

[BigCecil]

Don’t we have like 900 games left against the AL east in the schedule? It’s not going to get any easier is it.

[Captain Adama]

I'm nowhere near ready to write off Shapiro, he drafts well and is respected around the league. Atkins on the other hand..

 

Oh so Atkins has nothing to do with the drafting at all?

 

Ok, cool.

[Superdood]

This has to be the most unwatchable 25 man group assembled in Jays history.

 

All I wanna see is the young kids do decently and continue to get better and hopefully we end up with a top 5 pick in next years draft.

 

If/when they move out Stroman/Smoak etc. I hope they hit a couple of HR's on the returns.

 

Eric Sogard has the highest batting average in the lineup today by a lot... that's just depressing lol

[DigitalRock]

June 28 they're giving away a Randall grichuk doll

 

Sex doll?

[DigitalRock]

Don’t we have like 900 games left against the AL east in the schedule? It’s not going to get any easier is it.

 

Nope...

[DigitalRock]

Gurriel at least doing something.

[Spanky99]

Lourdes swinging it!

[Ex Player]

Jansen with 2 hits is at least a positive sign

[gruber92]

Oh so Atkins has nothing to do with the drafting at all?

 

Ok, cool.

 

Not much.

[P2F]

Not much.

 

So, according to you, the president does but the GM doesn't?

[gruber92]

So, according to you, the president does but the GM doesn't?

 

Shapiro controls the draft, along with the scouting department of course. There are certain provisions Shapiro implemented to the acting GM, and one is that he gets final say regarding the draft as one of them. Atkins was given the reigns regarding the 25 man construction, that's pretty much it. Why do you think AA left?

[Captain Adama]

Shapiro controls the draft, along with the scouting department of course. There are certain provisions Shapiro implemented to the acting GM, and one is that he gets final say regarding the draft as one of them. Atkins was given the reigns regarding the 25 man construction, that's pretty much it. Why do you think AA left?

 

Damn that's some great insider info. I had no idea.

 

P2F, get this man on radio scouts STAT

[Krylian]

I'm nowhere near ready to write off Shapiro, he drafts well and is respected around the league. Atkins on the other hand..

 

Who hired Atkins?

[Boxcar]

Shapiro controls the draft, along with the scouting department of course. There are certain provisions Shapiro implemented to the acting GM, and one is that he gets final say regarding the draft as one of them. Atkins was given the reigns regarding the 25 man construction, that's pretty much it. Why do you think AA left?

 

Pretty obvious why AA left. He was sitting on a house of cards and bailed before it came tumbling down.

 

Oh yeah, aside from that, lol @ this whole post

[5ToolPhenom]

I thought they were gonna be magicians. Major fanboy anticipation. Not ready to write them off yet but to date I’m not overly impressed. I just wonder how badly Rogers ties their hands.

 

I'm personally not seeing what all the hype is about regarding Shapiro and Atkins. They seem pretty run of the mill and by the books. Nothing inherently wrong with that, but I haven't seen much creativity in the roster structure or the in game strategy. Most of the bats they've brought in have been one dimensional. I realize there's a few kids who might pan out, but you need to have a decent roster to implement around them. And I think maybe most importantly, the pitching pipeline looks sparse.

 

Their game-plan of being competitive in 2020 looks like a pipe-dream. Looking at the roster structure, it's hard to imagine this team being good any time soon.

[5ToolPhenom]

Pretty obvious why AA left. He was sitting on a house of cards and bailed before it came tumbling down.

 

I doubt that. It's pretty clear that he was very loyal to Beeston and I don't think it's far fetched to assume that his ego couldn't take the initial dressing down from Shapiro