John_Havok

Good gamble there by Reyes, nice gun by the geriatric

Reyes again, keep that line moving

Attaboy Boni, way to make yourself useful once a month

It's a rule tat could certainly use a tweak. For example if it's a clearly uncatchable ball and it's like that where it catches the back heel of a guy who needs that foot on the ground to avoid falling on his face... Ump should have the discretion to let it go. I get why the rule is in place, which is to prevent balls that are going right a defender to be deflected away by a runner, u when the closest defender is 10-15 feet away with no shot at it and the contact clearly doesn't impact the ability to make an out, it should be allowed

No s***

Shawn Hill, followed by Brad Mills, Jason Frasor, Scott Downs and Kevin Gregg

Thanks for the report. I was in Porstsmouth last week and wanted to make the drive to Manchester to see them but they were on the road.

Shiza.good start Reyes

Attaboy Reyes. Now steal that s***

I think it's a bad thing when the commercial break is longer than your half of an inning.

Seriously? You really think none of those "old time" guys weren't on whatever stimulants they could get their hands on at the time. Nobody gave a rats ass then because the media was nothing but local newspaper men who's living was paid for by the owners, so nobody bit the hand that fed them. You're delusional if you think all those guys are clean as a whistle

Oh probably. I was more so just using his name to illustrate who is on the roster right now with the 140 million dollar figure that was just put out there by the brass. Even if it is Pillar, makes no difference to payroll since he and Sierra would both make league minimum. Probably a better option than Sierra though from a performance standpoint

Another option, turfing JPA and trading Janssen, saving 6m to put towards a catcher like Ruiz who you might be able to get for 5-6, upgrades defense behind the plate and doesn't really downgrade the pen.

Hypothetical, somehow trade Cabrera, resigning Davis at 3 million and having a Gose/Davis platoon in LF. Save 5 million, upgrading defense in LF and not losing out on a ton of offense from this year from that position. Also keeps a speed option on the bench. Use the 5 million to try and upgrade the bench... Lets face it at 140 million, we're going to see basically the same product on the field next year, and hope for a different result, unless AA makes some significant moves in the offseason, which is possible, but unlikely to be the kind that would open up the kind of payroll needed to land a guy like Choo, who would be perfect for this team.

So the jays are right now at 110 million without any arb raises or option pickups, including the buyouts of DeRosa and Lind, and assuming Davis is not re-signed, Boni and Lincoln non-tendered and DeRosa bought out. Lind will be picked up for his 7m option probably(add 5m), and I think Colby coming back on a short term extension is likely (maybe the same type of deal that Edwin got, just maybe a few less dollars). Counting on him for 7 million in 2014 is probably close, maybe even conservative. So now up to 122 million. 1st time arb guys who will certainly be retained are Rogers and Cecil. Both so far without injury issues, one of them a reliever only, the other was a reliever turned starter. Recent compatibles from 2012 and 2013 place Cecil about 1m, Rogers maybe 1.5. So that's 124.5 million. League minimums for those in their first 3 years would total about 12 million, so we're up to 136.5 without even considering what these clowns will give JPA, probably 2m is close. Hope he's traded or outright released, but lets say they do retain at 2m and Janssen at 4 million option, that's 142.5 million and here's your roster. C - JPA 1b - Edwin 2b - Izturis SS - Reyes 3b - Lawrie LF- Cabrera CF - Rasmus RF - Bautista DH - Lind Bench (using current roster guys only) Kawasaki Thole Sierra Gose SP(without options) Dickey Morrow Buerhle Happ Rogers BP Janssen Santos McGowan Delabar Cecil Loup J. Perez SP depth - Hutchison, Drabek, Nolin, Jenkins Pen depth - Weber, Redmond, L. Perez, Wagner, Schwimer, Jeffress Other position players: Goins, Gomez, AJ Jimenez. 38 spots on the 40 man roster. 2 empty spots on the 40 man with huge needs on the bench, rotation, catcher and LF unless you still believe in Cabrera.

Yeah. It will be really interesting to see if they make the QO to JJ. You'd think he'd be a prime candidate to bounce back to some sort of respectability in 2014. There's no real interesting arbitration issues... Cecil and Rogers will get their 1st arb deals, maybe Lincoln also but they won't be expensive. JPA might get his too unless the guys running this team grow a brain and realize he's pretty s*****. Trade or non-tendering him and Bonifacio should be no-brain moves. Re-signing Davis is still an option and they could probably get him for 2.5-3

That's just it... The payroll is going to be round 140 with pretty much the same team on the field as this year. Announcing that it's going to increase to 140 really means nothing

At this point I still think the Jays will give him a shot at starting, just limiting his innings this year since as you said, he's thrown a lot of innings in college. I would expect a starting job at Dunedin or Lansing in 2014. His low walk totals are encouraging

Tbh, I don't think people care enough about stuff like this. Internet and wireless is the future of pretty much everything, and Canadians get raped front and back on both for substandard services when you compare to other countries. Lack of competition is a bitch.

I wouldn't really call it a breakout until he stays healthy through the end of the year. But, despite his numbers not being sexy and having been injured every year at some point since being drafted, he's been moved up a level every year.

Shane Opitz is quietly putting together a decent season at High A at a good age/level. Bit of a SSS since he was injured to start the year (seems to get hurt every year, so health might be a concern) but so far at age 21 in High A, 108 AB - .306/.369/.426 left handed MIF, listed at 6'1 180 so a chance to grow into perhaps average power. 17K, 12 walks. Over his last 10 games .344/.421/.500, 5 walks, 5 K. 3 SB with 1 CS Also nice to see perennially injured Kenny Wilson on his rehab tour. He'll be off to New Hampshire again soon.

Roid rage.... he could've hurt someone on his backswing taking out that phone.

I temper my expectations. High A ball is a far cry from the majors, even AA and AAA. More free-swingers and less patient hitters the further you go down the minor league ladder. Not saying the numbers aren't great, just that until he does it against some better competition, it's cautious optimism at best.

So his pitch count was probably what, 75?