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Um.

So what happens to Laba?

Defoe is official, DeRo is official, Bradley is juuuuuuuuuuust about done and god knows what's happening with Laba.

But we've lost two big parts of that team in Mac and Grabo, added Clarkson, and extended Bozak to give us virtually no cap room. The reassuring part is that with such a great core, a retooling a la the Red Sox could probably work, if we made a few shrewd FA signings and a trade or two after we clear out. The problem won't be building back into a contender, it'll be getting rid of the dead weight. Clarkson and Bozak and such won't be easy to move.

Keep Kessel, Kadri, Gardiner, Reilly, Phaneuf, JVR, and a goalie, and clear the rest the f*** out.

Brentz is a must imo. Boyd, maybe. I've actually completely reworked my list and it's still a work in progress, so here. 1.) Marcus Stroman 2.) Aaron Sanchez 3.) Roberto Osuna 4.) Daniel Norris 5.) Franklin Barreto 6.) Mitchell Nay 7.) Sean Nolin 8.) Alberto Tirado 9.) DJ Davis 10.) Miguel Castro 11.) Jairo Labourt 12.) Dawel Lugo 13.) Chase DeJong 14.) AJ Jimenez 15.) Andy Burns 16.) Clinton Hollon 17.) Dalton Pompey 18.) Matthew Smoral 19.) Jacob Brentz 20.) John Stilson 21.) Thomas Robson 22.) Richard Urena 23.) Rowdy Tellez 24.) Emilio Guerrero 25.) Christian Lopes 26.) Dwight Smith, Jr 27.) Shane Dawson 28.) Matt Dermody 29.) Matt Boyd 30.) Jeremy Gabryszwski 31.) Matthew Dean 32.) Zakery Wasilewski 33.) Deck McGuire 34.) Michael De La Cruz 35.) Anthony Alford 36.) L.B. Dantzler 37.) Connor Greene 38.) Adonys Cardona 39.) Kenny Wilson 40.) Javier Avendando 41.) Yefry Del Rosario 42.) Brendan Kalfus 43.) Ryan Borucki 44.) Shane Opitz 45.) Marcus Walden 46.) Brady Dragmire 47.) Griffin Murphy 48.) Michael Crouse 49.) Evan Smith 50.) Jacob Anderson

so this is happening. wow.

*600 pa

ITT: ... Honestly, I don't even know.

What else is new? lol

Steamer: .284 OBP Oliver: .264 OBP Don't get your hopes up

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http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/new-rogers-deal-launches-mlb-network-in-canada/

Gardner LF Gose CF Bautista RF > Bautista LF Gardner CF Gose RF And I don't think Jose moves to DH yet.

Better safe than sorry. Carry on.

Okay, so I was wrong. Someone really did vote for Benitez and co and it wasn't Le Batard. Wow. Woooooow.

Before anyone gets too upset over this, let's remember that Deadspin supposedly purchased a vote from an anonymous vote in an attempt to make a mockery of the process. This seems like Deadspin.

I don't think he was a longevity play. He was a serviceable starter up until his last year. I don't think he should have gotten in but I see why statheads wanted him in.

Rule #1 of being a Blue Jays fan. If a fan proposal, at any point contains, it will never, ever happen. Nothing actually awesome happens to Blue Jays fans.

good luck w/ that lol

It very much isn't. That's like assessing a starting pitcher based on like 30 innings pitched.

The NHL's restricted free agency is like this, isn't it?

I don't know too much about Johnson but essentially Rasmus for the other three is something I want no part of. Viciedo is at most a platoon guy, and those three combine for like max 2.5 wins, which is an extremely conservative projection for Colby himself next year. Plus, like Abom outlined, they shouldn't do this either. Although the White Sox were linked to Colby once upon a time, weren't they?

White Sox have done real well, off the top of my head Angels and Nats. Oakland too. Really underrated. Texas, maybe, depending on who you ask.

I would very much like Grady Sizemore on a minor league deal