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Somehow it must be Fatcow's fault

Full story from Morosi (yeah I know many don't like him) in case not all posted yet: - Who will (and should) blink first in Jays-Cubs Samardzija stare-down? The Toronto Blue Jays have the prospects to trade for Jeff Samardzija right now. Samardzija, the Chicago Cubs' Opening Day starter, is available on the midseason marketplace, after he rejected the team’s most recent offer of a contract extension. The Jays are interested enough that they’ve scouted him extensively this season. Their pro scouting director, Perry Minasian, attended his start Monday at Wrigley Field. Furthermore, the Cubs have evaluated the Jays' farm system, and there are strong indications they would trade Samardzija to Toronto if the Jays offered Triple-A right-hander Aaron Sanchez, Double-A left-hander Daniel Norris, and Class-A center fielder Dalton Pompey. The problem: The Jays maintain they won’t include Sanchez, Norris and Pompey in the same offer for Samardzija — or any other available player, including Tampa Bay ace David Price. The Jays may be willing to trade one or two players from that group. But not all three. At least, not yet. Thus, with one month and change before the July 31 non-waiver deadline, Samardzija is a Cub. In that way, the Samardzija Stalemate is becoming one of the key subplots of Trade Deadline 2014. Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos never has been at the helm of a first-place team this late in the season, and he’s hearing calls to act from a fan base — indeed, an entire country — that hasn’t witnessed October baseball in 21 years. But patience has served him well so far in 2014. He kept right-handed pitching prospect Marcus Stroman despite offseason trade inquiries, and now Stroman is thriving in the major league rotation — including a command performance (eight innings, one earned run) in a win over the Yankees on Monday night. The Jays will probably upgrade their rotation before the deadline, although not necessarily with Samardzija. They are said to prefer Price (2012 American League Cy Young Award winner; definitely available) or Philadelphia’s Cole Hamels (three-time All-Star; possibly available). The track records of Price and Hamels more closely approximate those of Zack Greinke, Cliff Lee and CC Sabathia — who won Cy Youngs before teams parted with multiple high-end prospects to acquire them in recent years. Samardzija, 29, has yet to make an All-Star team. The Cubs, meanwhile, are led by two executives — Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer — who own World Series rings because of their deadline acumen. Epstein, you recall, was the GM bold enough to trade Boston icon Nomar Garciaparra 10 years ago. Samardzija isn’t as desirable as Price, who’s performed better while proving himself in the American League East. But the Cubs realize that, given the scarcity of available pitching, they’re justified in high asking prices for Samardzija and fellow starter Jason Hammel — even if the Jays (and perhaps other teams) don’t regard Samardzija '14 as the equivalent of Sabathia '08 or Lee '09. In Monday’s no-decision against the Reds — six innings, one earned run — Samardzija proved again why he warrants such close scrutiny from Blue Jays scouts. His uncommon repertoire includes a slider that reached 88 mph and devastating split-fingered fastball; those swing-and-miss pitches allowed him to escape trouble in the middle innings.

Phillies Sign Grady Sizemore By Jeff Todd [June 24, 2014 at 5:02pm CDT] 5:26pm: Sizemore’s deal calls for him to make the MLB minimum if he is called up, tweets ESPN.com’s Jerry Crasnick. Of course, the Red Sox are already obligated to pay Sizemore $1.25MM. 5:02pm: Sizemore’s opt-out can be exercised if he is not in the majors by the All-Star break, tweets Chris Cotillo of MLBDailyDish.com. 4:25pm: The Phillies have signed Grady Sizemore to a minor league deal, the club announced. He will join the club’s Triple-A affiliate, and will have an opt-out opportunity in July, according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com (via Twitter). After coming on strong in the spring and early portion of the season, the 31-year-old faded for the Red Sox before being released. Through 205 plate appearances with Boston — his first since 2011 — Sizemore posted a .216/.288/.324 line. Once an above-average baserunner and center fielder, Sizemore’s marks in those areas were at or below average. Nevertheless, the former All-Star did show flashes of his former excellence and managed to stay on the field. For a Phillies club that has received average-to-awful performances from its current outfield alignment, the move provides another option moving forward.

1. Any day 2. Not a moment too soon

What does MB have to do to get some run support???

Described their makeup and how highly scouts think of them Said both having all star seasons Showed basic stats and level of play Mentioned Norris promotion to AA Said they could be with the big team sooner than later Then went off on whether you should trade these guys for Shark or not. LOL. Tabby couldn't make up his mind. Then they discussed Jeff Kent and showed the Word Series banners.

Good job MB NOW SCORE SOME RUNS FOR THIS MAN!!!

Buck and Tabby discussed Pompey and Norris during the broadcast

No you're not. Easy mistake to make. But I fixed it because I (like many I expect) didn't realize this was a new GDT at first

Need some Edwin magic

Fixed thread title

This is where AA calls JP Riccardi for advice and JPR reminds him that a window like this might only come along once in his tenure as GM...

His value can only drop and their season is toast.

Sorry to make another thread. Gut feeling is he gets dealt well before the trade deadline.

Onley - ESPN Insider Only the Tampa Bay Rays know for sure what will be deemed acceptable for David Price, or when they'll be ready to say yes. But rival officials are monitoring the market in the way that meteorologists follow weather patterns, and they believe that the Rays are prepared to move the former Cy Young Award winner. As in, right now. The Rays aren't actually close to trading Price, according to sources. But the climate is right, given Price's impending free agency after 2015 and Tampa Bay's shockingly poor play this season. The Rays' loss Monday pushed them to 12 games behind the Blue Jays in the American League East, and they are 10½ games behind in the race for the second wild card -- stunning, given the consistency of Tampa Bay's success in the past six seasons. From 2008 to 2013, the Rays averaged 91-plus wins per season, reaching the playoffs four times. But the Rays would have to go 60-24 the rest of the season in order to achieve 91 wins, and given the loss of Matt Moore and the struggles of the rotation (19th in ERA), Evan Longoria, Wil Myers and others, there is little reason to believe Tampa Bay is poised for that kind of turnaround. And now, Price is back to throwing the ball at a star-caliber: He has 43 strikeouts and four walks in 31S innings, with nine earned runs allowed. His velocity is climbing: In his first six starts, his average fastball velocity didn't reach 93 mph, but in five of his past eight starts, his average velocity has been 93.4 mph or higher. With Price healthy and pitching well, it makes sense for the Rays to move him while they can, rather than repeatedly absorbing the inherent risk of injury with each of his starts. The Cubs, for example, had intended to trade Matt Garza in summer 2012, but he was hurt before the July 31 deadline, and they had to wait another year to make a deal. The expectation of rival officials is that sometime in the days ahead, some team is going to call Rays general manager Andrew Friedman with the right offer, with enough pitching included to fill Tampa Bay's organizational need. Casual fans tend to believe that Tampa Bay's strength is drafting and developing, but the Rays actually have done their best work in making trades. Maybe it'll be the San Francisco Giants, who have good minor league pitching. Or the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have attractive trade targets in prospects such as shortstop Corey Seager and outfielder Joc Pederson. Maybe the St. Louis Cardinals, who just lost two starting pitchers to the disabled list and have a large menu of outfielder and pitching prospects to dangle. The forecast of rival evaluators: The conditions are almost perfect for a David Price trade. Right now.

Gerard Gallant (whom I've met - great guy) former head coach of the Memorial Cup Champion Saint John Sea Dogs now head coach of Florida Panthers.

I don't think that's a National League team.

No sweat. Should be in our top 10 by the end of the year if he keeps this up??

Ummm crazy idea: Trade for AJ Burnett as a rental? Could/would he block the trade or be willing to play for us for 2-3 months??? Prob doesn't want to leave even though I'm sure he sees the Phillies are going nowhere. Though it sounded like he was ALMOST interested in Toronto this off season until he decided to move near home. He doesn't seem like a particularly driven guy but if he saw a chance for a good late career kick at the can???

Never

I really liked the fans I've sat with at Bush Stadium and in Jupiter for ST. But may have just gotten lucky.

For some reason I thought he was playing mostly 1B and some corner OF. My bad. So he's actually a no-bat corner infeilder. Yeah, no one wants that. Not even the Astros aparently. Also, I mistakenly posted his 2013 MLB stats This year he's OPS'ing .751 in AAA Norfolk as a 1B/DH "Just a guy" now I guess

LOL yes I'm just f'n around though

LOL Sure why not! Maybe "Big 2's" can be the new thing instead of big 3's You can only aford to have 1 bench player but so what