G-Snarls

Lance Berkman is a free agent:

No Ron Washington option??

Bitter St. Louis weather guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbdSwD17tmI&sns=em

Pro scout calls that "defensive liability" and moves on...

GODDAMIT cap filler

Relax though, guys AA is NOT trading Marcus Stroman for Beckam. 0 chance.

#KeepTheStroman

A Google image search for "Marcus Stroman" gave me perhaps the worst picture of AA that I've even seen. So I had to share. http://www.canada.com/cms/binary/6890169.jpg

Plus, he's just so badass... http://thestar.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bf8f353ef016768035e21970b-800wi

And Stroman may be close to major league ready Gotta keep him

Wouldn't it be so "Blue Jays" for AA to beg for $$ from Rogers to sign Ellsbury, then he comes here and only plays 1/3 of next season due to injuries.

Bump. Because of the poll.

Red Sox Notes by Steve Adams, Oct 31 at 11:41 AM CST In today's edition of his daily column, ESPN's Buster Olney reports (ESPN Insider required) some specifics on the two hard runs the Red Sox took at extending Jacoby Ellsbury. According to Olney, Boston offered Ellsbury an extension that fell just shy of $100MM following his runner-up finish in the 2011 AL MVP voting. Agent Scott Boras countered with a $130MM proposal, and the two sides weren't able to strike a deal. Last winter, the Sox again tried to extend Ellsbury, this time for something in the neighborhood of B.J. Upton's five-year, $75.25MM deal with the Braves (Ellsbury had a down season in 2012, hence the decreased offer). Now, Ellsbury is primed to hit free agency, and reports have indicated that Boston may not go far beyond $100MM to retain him. MLBTR's Tim Dierkes opined recently that the question shouldn't be whether or not Ellsbury crosses the $100MM barrier, but rather whether or not he can reach $150MM. According to Olney, the Rangers and Mariners will be two of the most aggressive teams on the Ellsbury market this winter. Here's more on Ellsbury and the 2013 World Series Champion Red Sox... Ellsbury spent the season's final month playing through a severe bone bruise in his left-hand and will undergo an MRI to provide further details, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.

Yes the "official" award (Sporting News, voted on by baseball managers themselves) is Farrell. There's a thread from a week or two ago about it.

Matt Williams officially to manage Nats: http://curlyw.mlblogs.com/2013/10/31/nationals-name-matt-williams-manager/

Yes it was This Jays team still finishes dead last in 2013 even with the mighty Farrell at the helm

Yep. AA and us got trolled bad this year.

Nah man. Not this time.

Yes, as a Jays fan these last 2 years are incredibly painful. For sure.

Yes, as a Jays fan these last 2 years are incredibly painful. For sure.

Yep Credit to the team/players/organization They were the best team in baseball start to finish this year, no doubt They had the balls to dump the overpaid "stars" who weren't performing They made smart FA signings They fixed the bullpen They got a bit lucky with health They play hard all game every game Farrell was adequate. I find it hard to hate him TBH. No ill will. Good job.

Barf

Wow Pedroia with a gift to the Cards Gotta gotta gotta score here

3-0 Sox Over