The thing though is Franklin is not exactly a super top shot prospect. So far he has had two stints in the bigs with pretty bad success and was rated as high as 44.
If he's going to another team it's definitely not as a headliner and more as a complimentary piece.
I actually preferred Sierra. Yeah he was s*** when he was with us this year but he's not THAT bad. He had a good quick bat to foul off pitches last year too.
While he definitely doesn't have a spot there, he still has value and the Mariners will want quality in return.
I'm thinking a MLB reliever could get him. Casey or Cecil?
Oh comon don't promote this half truth crap.
He was directly asked about how he would keep the team competitive past the contract window of Bautista/Reyes/E5. Do you think he would say absolutely not? That Bautista will not be a Jay in x years, the same with Edwin/Reyes? How would the players react to that?
Of course he's going to be open-ended. That's out of respect for the players. That doesn't mean he's going to do it.
It is called internet trolling, and these particular trolls are very bad at it.
Why do people troll? Well it's an emotional thing. Some people get a kick out of getting a negative reaction out of people. But this particular troll fails miserably and has been going at it for years. Just move on.
And don't worry about innocents getting banned, I'm sure the mods here take note of repeat IP addresses and obvious posting cues.
Just as long as you are respectful and don't use wins/losses/era/batting average as the holy grail stat, people here will like you!
I wouldn't mind selling off some players at the deadline (Jannsen, Rasmus, Melky, Reyes, Buehrle, Happ, Dickey) so that we can retool the team for next year. The pitching looks bright.
You need to evaluate contracts at the time it is made and not where we're at now. Otherwise you could say today that Tanaka has the best contract in the majors, but he could all of a sudden fall of the cliff and become injured for the next several years.
I bet if you asked about Ricky Ro's contract 3 years ago, no one would have said that it was a terrible contract. Same with Lind and Hill +5 years ago.
The contract that is the worst in baseball is Pujols'. Yeah he was still producing when he signed that contract, but he doesn't seem like a player who would age well. And you're paying him so much for past performance.
They are 3rd in runs because they built such a huge lead in that category during May.
I don't have the stats now but I remember seeing we had something like a -30 run differential during our huge slump.
Where's option #4? Seitzer? That guy is unusually unspoken of when the Jays are not hitting. But remember when we were destroying everyone in May and they kept panning the camera to him, as if he was some God?
Well we struggled in June and now we're struggling in July. Don't give me the injury BS.
Best to expand on preparation, because nagging injuries are nagging injuries and you can't really avoid them. Unless we have fat players in terrible condition always breaking down, then I have a problem. But Navarro isn't injured.