2023 Trade Deadline

[Stangstag]

Teo would have been nice to get back but it seems the Ms are still trying to compete this year. They traded Sewald but the bullpen is still solid.

[Jonn]

Honestly stunned right now they didn't add a bat of any kind.

[glory]

Maybe a Davis Schneider callup could be the right handed bat?

 

Or maybe DeJong is just going to be the right handed bat and Whit kicks out to LF when necessary.

 

If Schneider gets called up and plays a fair amount then I’m cool with this. Disappointed but at least we’d get to see a prospect who might be decent.

 

If it’s status quo, then ********.

[Spanky99]

How does that happen with a major league baseball front office?

 

They likely didn't expect Ed-Rod to not waive his no trade clause to go the Dodgers. lol

[M.E.]

Why?

 

I can tell you why I am. I don't believe in what I thought was going to be a quality line up can turn it on and deliver for this season at this point. I feel like they wasted another season and the hope that I had is destroyed.

[JFD]

Man I'd be choked if I were a dirty O's fan.. Jack Flaherty lol

[Terminator]

This is the worst/least active trade deadline I can remember in the past 10 years. Not many big moves and like 0 blockbuster type trades.

 

Oh and I told you all Ohtani wasn’t going anywhere.

 

Yeah there just weren't a ton of sellers. And of those sellers, even fewer had things of value to actually trade.

[Spanky99]

E-Rod vetoing a trade to the Dodgers is crazy he must hate them.

 

He said he wanted to stay on the East Coast close to family, I think he just wanted to f*** over the Tigers, they had some issues earlier in ST, bet that's it.

[Masterbather]

I can tell you why I am. I don't believe in what I thought was going to be a quality line up can turn it on and deliver for this season at this point. I feel like they wasted another season and the hope that I had is destroyed.

 

At the end of the day, your stars have to be your stars. Vladdy he has to be better, Springer has to be better, even Kirk needs to step up. You simply can't gameplan around some of your best players underperforming, you can't cover for that.

[Stangstag]

Sooo…

 

Orioles didn’t add a good starter

Yankees added nothing

Whitsox didn’t trade Cease

Royals didn’t trade Sal

Angels didn’t trade Ohtani, added instead

Cubs didn’t trade Stroman or Bellinger

Cardinals sold half the team

Padres didn’t trade Snell

 

Wacky deadline this year. Jays actually did ok compared to most teams.

[Spanky99]

I can tell you why I am. I don't believe in what I thought was going to be a quality line up can turn it on and deliver for this season at this point. I feel like they wasted another season and the hope that I had is destroyed.

 

Well then, thanks for pointing that out.

[gruber92]

No shot the Jays didn’t add a much needed RH OF bat right

 

Davis Schneider, bring him home.

[Stangstag]

I can tell you why I am. I don't believe in what I thought was going to be a quality line up can turn it on and deliver for this season at this point. I feel like they wasted another season and the hope that I had is destroyed.

 

And 1 more slight upgrade in the lineup would have changed your mind??

[Carlos Danger]

I hope to hell we are not going to war with our bench bats being Espinal, Biggio and DeJong... beside from one of Belt/Kirk/Jansen.

[Spanky99]

I hope to hell we are not going to war with our bench bats being Espinal, Biggio and DeJong... beside from one of Belt/Kirk/Jansen.

 

lol

[Omar]

Ryu sucked since 2021. I would manage expectations.

 

You're telling Masterbather to manage expectations!?! His expectations are already lower than a serpents belly.

[keggy]

I hope to hell we are not going to war with our bench bats being Espinal, Biggio and DeJong... beside from one of Belt/Kirk/Jansen.

 

Assuming Bichette is okay, Espinal needs to go at some point. His skillset is completely redundant with Dejong on board.

[Terminator]

If Bo is back and healthy soon, carrying both DeJong and Espinal might not make a ton of sense.

 

Mancini and Nelson Cruz are a couple of right handed bench bats we could take a look at. We could call up Schneider as well.

[Carlos Danger]

Urias. who used to be decent, went from the Brewers to the Red Sox for nada.. Granted, Urias was in MILB, but nice depth piece for the minors.

[G-Snarls]

If Bo is back and healthy soon, carrying both DeJong and Espinal might not make a ton of sense.

 

Mancini and Nelson Cruz are a couple of right handed bench bats we could take a look at. We could call up Schneider as well.

 

Yeah

 

As soon as Bo is back, Espinal is redundant

[Omar]

Obviously the Bichette injury required a course change for Atkins and he had to plug a hole, and that right quick. He would have added another impactful bat otherwise. Overall, this team is poised to have a good last third of a season. One of Ryu, Manoah, Kikuchi or Bassitt has to really emerge and separate themselves to own the #3 spot in this rotation. Going into the playoffs with question marks after Gausman and Berrios is not a good place to be.

 

Don't despair of the bats folks. Pitching and defense will lead us to the promised land. Book it.

[Delgalladay]

So was this a reset the trade deadline market year? Seems like teams didn’t want to over pay like the past couple seasons.

[gruber92]

So was this a reset the trade deadline market year? Seems like teams didn’t want to over pay like the past couple seasons.

 

Yup.. Good on the buyers to not give in to outlandish proposals. Should help balance the market moving forward.

[Spanky99]

If Bo is back and healthy soon, carrying both DeJong and Espinal might not make a ton of sense.

 

Mancini and Nelson Cruz are a couple of right handed bench bats we could take a look at. We could call up Schneider as well.

 

Espy could be optioned. Are Mancini or Cruz a viable option? As a RHB bench bat that's fine I guess.

[Jonn]

Espy could be optioned. Are Mancini or Cruz a viable option? As a RHB bench bat that's fine I guess.

 

Mancini is toast. Cruz is midly intriguing as a Bench Bat. Especially considering who they are currently using in that role.

[Terminator]

Espy could be optioned. Are Mancini or Cruz a viable option? As a RHB bench bat that's fine I guess.

 

Yeah I'm not sure about either of them but they could be options.

 

Regardless, with Kirk hitting better lately, he and Jansen can be the right handed bat we need by DHing against lefties.

 

Then by adding DeJong we've at least got a ton of multi-positional players, some of whom bat left and some of whom bat right.

 

So when Bo is back to full strength, we should be able to platoon and sub enough so that the DeJong's, Espinal's, Biggio',s Belt's, etc. at least have the matchup advantage in most of their plate appearances. Whit being able to play 2B and the OF helps a lot in this regard.

 

In another month the rosters expand so we can add another bat to take the pinch hitting madness even further. Maybe Clement or Schneider.

[Spanky99]

Mancini is toast. Cruz is midly intriguing as a Bench Bat. Especially considering who they are currently using in that role.

 

Yeah, I doubt Mancini is toast, but he needs a reset on this season. Cruz wouldn't cost much of anything.

[Dale]

I think Toronto management etc. just like to say Teoscar. Thank goodness we did not get him back. He has a good, not great bat, and is a poor fielder at best.

[Jonn]

Yeah, I doubt Mancini is toast, but he needs a reset on this season. Cruz wouldn't cost much of anything.

 

He got completely mind f***ed after all those defensive woes. And he's been utter s*** since he went to Houston. Like its long extended period time of s*** now.

[Stangstag]

So glad I don’t have to hear about Tommy f***ing Pham anymore