G-Snarls

If you DFA him now to make room on the roster and bench you have what, 10 days to trade him? Someone will probably want him.

Doesn't look like it How was Italy?

Oh yeah Though OTOH Bautista never got to even though they would ahve obviously taken him if AA had allowed it

I couldn't give a s*** if we lose Jeffress really f*** trade him to Cincy now after the Chapman injury Edit: For the record I'm not even remotely suggesting that he can replace Chapman or that they would use him as their closer. Just that they'll need a BP arm and might find him an intriguing option.

I presume you're directing this at the team and not the poster. Reyestheroof was obv being sarcastic.

Moving Sierra in CF discussion here Discuss amongst yourselves

Well yeah they're essentially 4 9ths of the starting lineup for the Domincan Republic national team.

And regardless I'm not that worried about scoring runs I'm worried about injuries to guys with no good backups (Lawrie, Rasmus) and the starting rotation. FFS was adding a quality bench player and ONE mid rotation starter too much to ask for?!?!?

Poor Chapman. Brutal.

Australia games

I suppose the best counterpoint to my argument is that they clearly OVER estimated JP Arencibia. It's hard to give them any "credit" for sensing TDA would bust in light of that. I do think they felt he was very injury prone and had legitimate long term health concerns though.

I have no doubt the Jays FO had decided D'Arnaud was seriously over rated. I don't think they ever planned to keep him around.

Cardinals Make Pete Kozma Available In Trades By Mark Polishuk [March 19, 2014 at 7:41pm CST] The Cardinals have made shortstop Pete Kozma available, ESPN New York Adam Rubin reports (Twitter link). Kozma was St. Louis' regular shortstop last season but gave the Cards only replacement-level production (0.0 fWAR and -0.2 rWAR), which led to the signing of Jhonny Peralta to a four-year, $53MM contract over the winter. Kozma, who turns 26 in April, hit just .217/.275/.273 with one home run in 448 PA last season and he only produced a .652 OPS in 2752 minor league PA. While Kozma doesn't provide much pop, he is a strong defensive player, with a +9.9 UZR/150 over 1263 career innings at shortstop. Moving Kozma would leave the Cardinals somewhat thin at shortstop behind Peralta; infield utiltyman Daniel Descalso only has a handful of career games at short but he could be the top backup option. The newly-signed Aledmys Diaz is starting at Double-A and is perhaps better suited as a second baseman. Shortstop has been one of the busiest positions on the rumor mill in recent days, given that the Tigers and Mets have been looking for upgrades, the Diamondbacks shopping Didi Gregorius, Stephen Drew's continued presence on the free agent market and the alleged discord between Jimmy Rollins and the Phillies. In regards to the Mets, Rubin doesn't think New York is interested in Kozma since he isn't a clear upgrade over incumbent shortstop Ruben Tejada.

It would be if planned for and properly used. But it wasn't obviously. After the 2013 fiasco I think most of us conceded that a bump to ~150M was needed to be competitive and save face in 2014. A slight overspend free agent signing and a smart trade involving some salary leaving could have put us in the thick of it.

He said on radio it's shipping now and has showed up in some stores

Mega interview with Keri on PTS now about the book

Beeston: "None of your business". LOL for days.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/what-does-new-rogers-ceo-mean-for-jays/ Shi Davidi: The new chief executive officer of Rogers Communications Inc., visited the Toronto Blue Jays last month as part of his company-wide review, and team president Paul Beeston doesn’t expect the change atop the company’s management to affect the current or future plans of his ball club. Guy Laurence took over from the retiring Nadir Mohammed—who signed off on the significant payroll jump necessary to pull off the blockbuster deals with the Marlins and Mets two off-seasons ago—back in December. The former head of Vodafone UK has said he expects to present the results of his review to the Rogers board in May before making his strategies public. How the Blue Jays will play into that strategy is uncertain, but Beeston believes the principles guiding his team’s operations will be “seamlessly moving from one (CEO) to another.” “(Laurence) was very supportive,” Beeston says in an interview. “He comes in knowing that Rogers owns the team 100 percent, he asked very good questions in a very collegial manner, and I thought he got a huge learning curve on the game itself. We were all impressed and all encouraged.” As for which areas of the Blue Jays business Laurence inquired about, all Beeston would say is, “That’s none of your business.” While Mohammed brought continuity to the CEO’s role after succeeding the late Ted Rogers, Laurence is expected to take a different approach with the various Rogers platforms. The Globe and Mail described him in a recent profile as “an unconventional executive who upturned traditional work cultures with madcap management tactics.” Whether such an approach trickles down to the Blue Jays is another question mark, although it’s worth noting Laurence’s predecessors largely gave the team room to operate as it saw fit within its allotted budget. Mohammed provided special approvals for the deals with the Marlins and Mets that pushed the club’s payroll from roughly $80 million in 2012 to $120 million in 2013, under the understanding internal growth alone would take the commitment up to $135 million for 2014. Given the lack of external additions made by the Blue Jays during the off-season, some have wondered if GM Alex Anthopoulos’s had his hands tied financially amid the transition from Mohammed to Laurence. Beeston insists that’s not the case, and supporting that assertion is the fact that the Blue Jays were near a $14-million, one-year deal with Ervin Santana before he signed with the Atlanta Braves.

Buck and Jerry both pointing out how silly it is to have a 3 man bench

Seitzer obviously a God among hitting coaches (or Goins just had a good day)

Goins having a Pedroia-esque day at the plate

Wow Lincoln is missing the plate by like 3 feet

Yeah, it's spreading and needs to stop FFS Buck