G-Snarls

I seriously have to stop making threads like this one

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/following-demotion-tommy-milone-wants-a-s-to-trade-him-072114

What is this??

I guess he's sucking his upper lip down pulling his nose with it

Anyone else think his nose looks like Voldemort's in this picture from thescore.ca? http://blogimages.thescore.com/djf/files/2014/07/santosvsnyy.jpg

Must have been placed on waivers this weekend based on AA's comments

Goddammit

Gibby trusts Redmond and Loup

So he's been on waivers for how long?? (Ie. what's the total time period before clearing)

Oh for sure Lots of teams will be willing to gamble on him

Enter Sanchez

Wow indeed Didn't see this coming

Uggla signs with SF Giants Could have sworn there was a thread on him but can't find

BA on Pompey and others from.this week http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/game-report-four-top-50-prospects-one-night/ Hurl you willing to post it?

This is the very definition of writers throwing s*** at walls Happ > Kendrick

Not Kendrick no

Anthopoulos has payroll flexibility in 2015 JEFF BLAIR JULY 21, 2014, 9:38 AM It was before the Toronto Blue Jays’ home opener on April 4 and Alex Anthopoulos had just tap-danced around a report that several members of the team had agreed to defer salary in an abortive effort to sign free agent Ervin Santana. The Blue Jays general manager was pulled aside and asked whether that meant he wouldn’t be able to sign Colby Rasmus or Melky Cabrera to contracts before they became free agents at the end of the season. "Two different things," Anthopoulos responded. "Those contracts would be extensions. They wouldn’t come into effect this season. It wouldn’t have an impact on our 2015 payroll." As things have materialized, signing either player is, at this time, not a priority for the Blue Jays. But in light of concern about whether Anthopoulos’ hands are tied approaching the trade deadline, the answer was telling. Anthopoulos is in a position to add a player or pitcher with a sizable contract for next year – providing he’s prepared to adjust should he not get an increase in payroll. More to the point, he has flexibility in 2015: refusing club options held on Brandon Morrow, J.A. Happ, Adam Lind and Sergio Santos would save $28.5 million (Lind and Morrow have a $1-million buyout on a $7.5 million contract; Happ has a $200,000 buyout) while Rasmus and Cabrera make $15 million this season and another eligible free agent, Casey Janssen, makes $4 million. Of that group, you’d think the Blue Jays would want to bring back Janssen and Cabrera but both can be expected to test free agency. The rest are hardly core players. Of the remaining core, Mark Buehrle is due a $1 million bump to $19 million while Jose Reyes gets a $6 million increase to $22 million. Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion are earning roughly the same. So, there’s room – even without an increase in the Blue Jays $132 million payroll. Payroll became an issue this weekend when*Bob Elliott of the Toronto Sun tweeted*that the Blue Jays had told teams they can’t add payroll at the trade deadline. A Rogers executive, asked to comment on the report, issued a three word, e-mail response: "News to me." Meanwhile, Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi say the*Blue Jays are continuing to talk to the San Diego Padres about Chase Headley, who is still owed about $5 million this season. Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe says they’re in on Chase Utley. Anthopoulos, for his part, did another tap dance Sunday when pressed about whether he can add money to the 2014 payroll. It’s not as draconian as it seems, since any player added would only be owed a pro-rated portion of his salary for 2014. It was going to take $14 million to add Santana in spring training as a free agent; it could take at most a third of that to make a significant addition at the deadline. Perhaps Anthopoulos is in the same situation his predecessor, J.P. Ricciardi, found himself in: Ricciardi used to say he could ask for more money in-season. Once. I know that’s not going to assuage the concern of Blue Jays fans, but that’s all I have for you.

I had no expectations before reading this.

That said this writeup from (where, BA?) isn't very encouraging. He's no Cespedes.

Because he's 26 the usual international rules/pools don't apply right?