Dr. Dinger

I didn't see this posted, from Baseball Prospectus today: David (Montreal): Where would you rate the Blue Jays farm system? Also, what is Anthony Gose's realistic role? Thanks. Jason Parks: Jays list coming up next week at BP. I think Gose can be a major league regular; a frustrating player that flashes a lot more potential than he lives up to. --- tjco1006 (Up n In Rehab Center): Better reports lately on Tirado or Alex Reyes? I know coming into this season you were quite high on Tirado. Still the case? Jason Parks: Quite high on both. The reports have been excellent. Both are projectable with good now stuff. You have to dream on the secondary stuff and command, but the ceilings are high. --- Sara (Tacoma): Higher ceiling/floor between Noah Syndergaard and Robert Stephenson, ETA irrelevant? Jason Parks: Both have number two type ceilings (which is crazy high); Syndergaard with the higher floor right now; ETA for Noah is late 2014; Stephenson the following season. --- Kyle (Ottawa, ON): After watching Noah Syndergaard blossom into one of the best pitching prospects in baseball, could the Blue Jays actually be stupid enough to consider sending Aaron Sanchez or Marcus Stroman to Chicago for two years of Jeff Sarmfhugjhkhjiza? Jason Parks: I hope that doesn't happen. It seems a bit reckless to me. For what its worth, I would take Stroman over Sanchez. --- TulaneCubs (Chicago): How many industrial sized bottles of lotion will you need when you do the Cubs' system rankings if they trade Samardzija for a package of, say, Aaron Sanchez, Marcus Stroman and DJ Davis? Would a deal like that move their system ahead of the Twins? What do you think about Sanchez and Stroman? Jason Parks: That's not a realistic package for David Price, much less for Shark. --- Liam (Dallas): Best pitcher in baseball in 4 years: Kershaw, Darvish, Fernandez, Harvey or Giolito? Jason Parks: Fernandez --- Gavin (NYC): Stretch to say Noah Syndeergaard is a top 10 prospect in baseball? Jason Parks: No. He's in the top ten mix. --- Jim (Toronto): Is Stroman ready to pitch at the back of the Jays rotation come April? Jason Parks: Yes. He was probably ready last season.

We did a pretty good job recruiting solid guys (Boxy being the obvious exception).

Lol s*** that's right I forgot about that!

Nice work. You're first in line for any L1 or DDL dropouts.

Lol remember when I trade raped wilko with Joe Blanton and Mike Aviles in 2012? That was fun. Good times.

Did you win L3?

I'm really impressed with how the blog is gaining traction, nice work lads!

Molina is an elite pitch-framer at least, and they got him dirt cheap. Even with a .266 wOBA, he hit considerably better than Hanigan last year.

He's a 33 year old catcher, the odds are pretty good he's in decline. He was just about the only player in baseball who hit worse than Arencibia last year.

Get both and maybe you have a catcher between them.

It's pretty dire when you're counting on a 33 year old journeyman catcher who just had a 53 wRC+ in 75 games to be your saving grace.

If we give up Sanchez for Smarjja I've gonna s*** a brick.

Not much, but I definitely don't think you're adding to Janssen to get Hanigan. The Reds would love to get a closer and slide Chapman into the rotation.

Agreed. Janssen gets you Hanigan+.

Gattis owners rejoice!

How could you not love Salazar? He's a bad motherf***er.

Wait a second, Nox advocating trading the top hitting prospect in baseball for a pitcher? Theres something very weong with this picture, I'm going to contact the authorities.

The crazy thing is they could probably get Price without trading OT. Wacha/Martinez is probably close.

Apparently its Freese.

Price Waino Miller Lynn Wacha Kelly Martinez Garcia That would be a little overkill.

I wonder what this means for Taveras, with Holliday and Craig cemented in the corners.

lmao

Football is a great sport, but I'm not sure what that has to do with the CFL. I guess if you live in Saskatchewan I could understand, since you'll never sniff an actual pro sports team.

It was a terrible contract before the ink dried, but should they have continued throwing good money after bad?

Free agency, taking on contracts in trades, etc. Toronto has signed marquee free agents before, it's all about money. Most players don't give a s*** about location if we offer them the most money. Point being, we don't have any albatross contracts weighing us down for 5+ years, which is something at least. If we tear it down next winter we can still get considerable returns for Bautista and EE.