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I can't believe what a fall from grace he's had What's his contract? He's their Ricky Romero

They want But I don't see a trade match

Answer without looking up: how many games did Jose Reyes play for the Jays this year before getting hurt? (It's less than you probably think)

Woohoo He's almost here.

White Sox Getting Calls On Veterans By Steve Adams [June 21, 2013 at 1:42pm CST] We learned earlier today that the Cubs are "open for business" and ready to sell, and it sounds like Chicago's other team may not be far behind. Jon Heyman of CBS Sports spoke with White Sox GM Rick Hahn recently, who confirmed that other teams have begun to express interest in his players: "We are getting phone calls, and they will probably become a little bit more voluminous if we don't turn it around pretty quickly," White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said. Heyman's sources indicate that Alex Rios and Alexei Ramirez will at least be discussed, with one rival general manager telling him that Rios will draw more interest. Rios,32, is owed $12.5MM in 2014, the final guaranteed year of his contract, though his deal contains a club option as well. Ramirez, 31, is controlled through 2015 and owed $9.5MM in 2014, $10MM in 2015 and has a $1MM buyout on his $10MM club option for 2016. Heyman also speculates that names such as Jake Peavy, Jesse Crain, Matt Thornton, Matt Lindstrom and perhaps even Gordon Beckham will become available if the White Sox do indeed take the position of sellers this July. Crain, of course, is on a historic run, having fired 28 shutout innings over his past 28 appearances with a 37-to-7 K/BB ratio in that time.

I like these http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/live-blue-jays-chat-friday-at-1-p-m-et/

I think I've accepted that Kawasaki is best used as depth and not an every day MLB player

He's such a negative Nancy, eh?

Can I get a translation please???

I've been thinking about this a bit and I can't decide - is more attention from the US Media good or bad for this team? Most of the season so far you barely saw the team mentioned outside of Sportnet, TSN and the Canadian papers. ESPN, CNNSI, Fox Sports and such would show highlights and scores and it seemed most broadcasts I saw almost totally ignored the Jays. (Maybe my perception but it seemed glaring) A run like this could put us in the spotlight. I think it has already started to happen, in fact. What do you think? Good or bad?

He missed his chance. Curse you Anthopuolos

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YntY1kyKo4o/SaFH2dZH-GI/AAAAAAAAGxc/433qLdc-CTk/s320/chicago-cubs-crotch-grab.jpg

Love it

I'll settle for 4/5 of the rotation being good during any given stretch, and a shut-down pen.

Yup Ramirez plz Get rid of Bonifacio

Can you get that in L.A.? (hehe)

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin says

A great non-signing by the Texas Rangers

Hamilton's win probability added (WPA) -- which measures the percentage by which a player improves or worsens his teams chances to win -- was -.477. In other words, Hamilton reduced the Angels' chances of winning by 47.7%. Hamilton has struggled all season. He's batting a career-low .213 with 10 home runs, 24 RBI, 73 strikeouts and a -0.2 WAR in 69 games. He ranks in the bottom 10th (7th) in the majors in percentage of swings outside the zone (40.6%).

In case no one has mentioned elsewhere Josh Hamilton set some sort of record for futility the other day: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/angels/2013/06/19/josh-hamilton-has-nightmare-performance-against-the-mariners/2438423/ Josh Hamilton's forgettable game one for the books Scott Boeck, USA TODAY Hamilton's line: 0-for-5, 3 GIDPs, 2Ks and 7 LOB He became the second player since 1916 to strike out twice and ground into three DPs in a game Hamilton's now batting .213 with a .269 on-base percentage Josh Hamilton's nightmare season hit rock-bottom Tuesday night in the Los Angeles Angels' 3-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners in 10 innings. His line: 0-for-5. But the Angels outfielders' performance at the plate was one of the worst in baseball history. The 2010 American League MVP grounded into a double play in his first three at-bats, then struck out in his final two -- including to end the bottom of the ninth with the game tied 2-2 and runners on first and second. He stranded seven base runners.

I didn't know this I just always remembered him being kind of tough on us in his White Sox days

"I don't blame people for being upset," Anthopoulos said. "It's sports. The only way you don't get criticism is to win." - How does this = "AA doesn't want to hear your s***"?