SAAviour

I can't bring myself to vote, going back and forth between yes and no. Probably means it's a fair trade. My problem with it is Alford could turn into a beast and if he keeps this up in AA and AAA then we will be selling low despite his hot streak. I wonder if Tribe fans would laugh at that offer...

Looks, looks, looks....like a saaviour to me! It's a bird, it's a plane, no it's that mother f***ing pimp Marcus Stroman throwing a baseball!!

Sanchez to the pen is likely because the price of pig f***er and K-rod is too high, so might as well get raped for a starting pitcher trade then for an old reliever.

Sign me up for that deal. But Stroman ain't going no where!

"The issue is whether Toronto has enough talent to strike a deal. The Blue Jays would need to include most or all of their top prospects because the system is thin. I'm talking left-hander Daniel Norris, second baseman Devon Travis, outfielder Dalton Pompey and possibly a relief prospect" No way AA is doing that for 2 players and 35 mil in contacts. f*** this writer!

I was hoping Sonny Gray, shark, and stroman...but dickey, hutch and doubront is good to.

I agree unfortunately. The worst part is thanks to the teams play I don't think trading significant prospects for a rental makes any sense now so AA has painted himself into a corner and needs to find a contollable pitcher. I won't vote until July 31st but the clock is ticking and AA knows it. And remember, the grass is not always greener on the other side, be careful what you wish for. I'm scared who they would replace AA with!

Pure speculation.... Bautista to DL, 4 days of all star break lessen the games missed, with Pompey getting the call as he didn't play tonight. Gives bautistas shoulder time to rest, and Pompey a 2nd chance with less pressure knowing he's only up until Jose is back no matter what happens.

He'd watched baseball a long time and knows it's a funny game, that's all really.

I have been trying to figure out what the f*** is wrong with this team...we score a historic amount of runs and get the worst pitching in baseball....the pitching begins to rebound and we can't score a run in 25 innings. Sometimes I truly believe we are cursed, sometimes I think it's my fault for laughing at my dad in 93 when he said "enjoy the winning, they might never make the play offs again in your lifetime" and I laughed at him, told him he was crazy. Anyway, thank you nextyear for answering my questions...we suck again this year thanks to one of our best players, Devon Travis.

How many games back until we switch the theme of this thread to what can we get for Bautista etc....

Latos with a side of Shark please.

The Marlins are telling teams that they are prepared to field offers for a variety of short-term assets, Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald reports. Specifically, Miami is prepared to find deals for pitchers Mat Latos, Dan Haren, and Brad Hand as well as utilityman Jeff Baker. Each of the players listed above, with the exception of Hand, is set to hit the open market after the season. With the Marlins sitting behind every team in baseball except for the woeful Phillies, Spencer says the organization has “reached the jumping-off point” for acting as a seller. Latos and Haren obviously have the most potential appeal of the players listed. The starters have had rather different seasons thus far, Latos underperforming generally promising peripherals (4.90 ERA, 3.84 SIERA) and Haren doing just the opposite (3.34 ERA, 4.11 SIERA). The 27-year-old Latos is said to have shown a promising velocity uptick in recent starts, though he’s owed the balance of a $9.4 salary this year and has an unsettling injury history. Haren, 34, continues to see his average fastball drop towards the mid-80s and has benefited from a low BABIP and high strand rate, but he still doesn’t walk anyone and the Dodgers are on the hook for all of his salary. While Miami might hope to achieve some real value for those pitchers, it is not clear that there’s much to get back for Hand or Baker. Working mostly as a reliever, the out-of-options Hand has scuffled to a 5.80 ERA over 40 1/3 innings, though he has suffered from the exact opposite BABIP/LOB rates that have aided Haren. As for Baker, the 34-year-old rates at or below replacement level for the last several years. He’s not very highly regarded for his glove, and is mostly useful against lefties, but has not really even hit them all that well this year. One other player that Spencer notes could be moved is former closer Steve Cishek. He’s been much better since returning to the big leagues, but still looks like a non-tender candidate after the season and is hardly the most certain relief asset a contender could find on the market. Cishek is playing on a $6.65MM salary this year, so Miami will likely need to pay a good chunk of that to find a taker.

J Donaldson for Sale, and Sales first pitch as a jay blows his shoulder.

Yeah, im also hoping Jose says no to all star game.

No, about 2 weeks ago he'd grab it after swings, he was swinging with one hand (not his 2 handed swing), and I assume it hasn't healed fully though he isn't grabbing anymore. I just think they should let it heal 100%. If we can get EE to have just one month like last May we could real off 10 in a row or something close.

I'm speechless.

No, but he can be placed on waivers, go unclaimed then removed from 40 man roster. Maybe the way his last games have gone he'll even get claimed.

EE's shoulder isn't right, if possible he should sit the next 3 games and get an 8 day stretch off. Only problem will be his already messed up timing will be worse after the break.

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Would help if Fatty could frame a low strike for hutch today.

Very possibly the correct stance, it's just going to suck to waste a historic offence.

If not 4 years of hutch for Cueto would you prefer 6 years of Hoffman? Or what would u give up? I guess it's impossible to know what it will take to land anyone with all teams around 6 games out.

2 options at 12 mil I believe.

How about 4 years of Hutch for half season of Cueto. I'd do it. Then get shark and I think we'd be fine. Cueto Shark Buerhle s*** s*** Maybe find a way to get kazmir to, our pitching is f***ed!