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  1. ElNik2013
    Hey raysjays, it's more likely they're looking to gain the extra year of control on him.
  2. ElNik2013
    Everyone, including the Jays, knew that long term, they'd lose the trade. The deal was made for the now (now being 2013-15). In 2013, Syndergaard was pegged to start at class A+. Starting this year, the loss of the trade becomes more and more tangible. However, this franchise values not going into a season expected to lose 90-100 games because that would mean lower attendance, tv ratings and overall interest in the Blue Jays brand so I firmly believe they went into the 2012 off season with the mindset that they'd improve the team even at the expense of losing trades long term.
  3. ElNik2013
    Regarding Martin/d'Arnaud: I love having Martin, but remember, he was a FA the very off season d'Arnaud and Gomes were traded. Had they "overpaid" him then, I think we'd all love having him even more. But as I said, it was all part of their terrible evaluation of the C position. I think we're all hoping the Martin signing means they've come full-circle on that. As far as the comp pick, yes, AA was very focused on rebuilding the farm system and had identified a way to game the system so he probably overdid it with the Napoli trade.
  4. ElNik2013
    For the record, there's a glitch going on as I didn't say the above....it was the guy with the high fever.
  5. ElNik2013
    Obviously, this includes the Marlins Trade, but you're right. I think people forget the state of the starting rotation at the end of the 2012 season and the 2 old farts have stabilized the patient, so to speak. High price to pay. However, absent those trades, the team would've gone into 2013 expected to lose 90-100 games and given what that would likely have done for attendance and tv ratings, I think they had the mindset that they would improve the team for the next season or 2 at the expense of value and youth. AA's tenure has been a mixed bag of some good trades and some bad ones, but what stands out is his ability to stock the farm system. This has allowed him to trade away a lot of talent while still having a system ranked around 10 in MLB while being a team expected to contend for 3 seasons in a row.
  6. ElNik2013
    I don't think anyone's said that they were/are for the trade. It wasn't just Syndergaard that was traded for Dickey, it was also d'Arnaud + an international signee who's got potential. It was a massive overpay. Some are just correcting your erroneous statement that Dickey isn't even an average MLB starter.
  7. ElNik2013
    Yet you're predicting an ERA over 5 and 1:1 BB:K ratio? I sometimes think some are too down on Sanchez, but then I go back to how disappointing he's been since his Lansing days and remember that some of the posts are based on his MiLB numbers. I think what most are saying is that they want to see improvement in his command and secondary pitches. Right now, all they have is the evidence from his MiLB numbers and he just hasn't been good. I certainly hope he does well.
  8. ElNik2013
    Navarro also helped the O's hit Buehrle around pretty good yesterday, but maybe he also helped him get lucky.
  9. ElNik2013
    Had they kept d'Arnaud, they may not have needed to shell out 82M over 5 years for Martin. Dickey did serve the win-now direction the franchise had decided to go into, but it was still an overpay. Missing out on Yan Gomes's catching skillz goes hand in hand with their decision to commit to JPA. It showed their terrible evaluation of the C position. Hopefully, the Martin signing means they've improved in that area. Although, they could only go up from were they were. Also, didn't the Jays end up drafting Matt Smoral with the comp pick that resulted from trading Napoli? Not saying that would make it a good trade, it's just that AA was probably too focused on getting a his compensation picks.
  10. ElNik2013
    raysjays be right again...hooray!
  11. ElNik2013
    Yankkes just tied it up with 2-out in 9th.
  12. ElNik2013
    A couple of more outings like that and call him up!
  13. ElNik2013
    Who cares, Gibby's teh best you cannot question him.
  14. ElNik2013
    He also didn't get some strike calls on the corners, at least according to the k-zone on SN. He could've given up a couple more runs, but who knows if he had gotten some of those strike calls.
  15. ElNik2013
    You could rinse and repeat this during every one of his starts.
  16. ElNik2013
    Cabrera who?
  17. ElNik2013
    Good to see Gose doing well, always liked him. Apparently, he put on 20 lbs of muscle in the offseason.
  18. ElNik2013
    Cabrera who?
  19. ElNik2013
    That's Buehrle for you; lots of guys on base yet he find a way to strand enough to give you 200 innings.
  20. ElNik2013
    Or some(one) deserve(s) to be banned for their overreactions?
  21. ElNik2013
    Gotta love game threadz and "the sky is falling" posts after a 1-2-3 inning by the offense, especially from guys who have been trusted with the ban hammer.
  22. ElNik2013
    Last year, it had something to do with his s***** season and it's not like he did well in AAA. They probably don't like that every time they've demoted him (last year and this spring), he's bitched about it. He was better this spring, but one could argue Schultz was better than him.
  23. ElNik2013
    If Hynes does the job as loogy and Loup has a typical season, I hope AA sells high on Loup. We'll see what happens, I'm not that concerned about the bp to be honest.
  24. ElNik2013
    Loup needs to be used as a loogy, he struggles against rhb. Maybe Delabar for Hynes and a long-reliever for a position player. I'm actually interested to see what Hendriks can do as a reliever.
  25. ElNik2013
    Can we stop with teh "rookies" crap? Would you feel better if they had Heath Bell or some other "vetrin"? Alright...
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