AdamGreenwood

You guys are all anti-semites.

I think AA is banking on Melky getting signed by someone else. They don't have the salary to pay Melky $15 million. If he does accept, he'll likely have to juggle things by trading away some salary (likely Happ).

The NFL has zero tolerance for spousal abuse if it has been caught on tape in its entirety and been made public. The NFL also has zero tolerance for killing and torturing animals for the exact length of time the offender is incarcerated.

1B: Encarnacion ($10M) 2B: Izturis ($3M) 3B: Lawrie ($3M) SS: Reyes ($22M) C: Navarro ($5M) BC: Thole ($2M) LF: Cabrera (FA-Resign-$12M) RF: Bautista ($14M) CF: Gose ($1M) DH: Lind ($7.5M) SP1: Buerhle ($19M) SP2: Dickey ($12M) SP3: Hutchison ($1M) SP4: Stroman ($1M) SP5: Sanchez ($1M) RP1: Mcgowan ($4M) RP2: Happ ($6.7M): RP4: Loup ($2M) RP5: Redmond ($1M) RP6: CL: Cecil ($2M) BN1: Mayberry ($2M) BN2: Valencia ($2M) BN3: I've made a few estimates for the arbitration players, but basically, we already have $133 million allocated for 2014. That's assuming we bring back Lind and Happ, and re-sign Cabrera for $12 million. That means we let Janssen, Morrow, Rasmus and Santos go. So, if we stand pat and go with this lineup next year, we're going to have the following problems: - Shortage of quality relief pitchers. - Lack of depth in our starting rotation. Once the young arms falter, the cupboards are pretty bare. - Not getting a lot of production out of second base or center field. -No real closer (although one could develop). I don't really see how the Jays fix this problem. They have several depth issues and not enough money to fix them. I guess this is the problem when you commit a third of the salary to an oft-injured shortstop and a #3 rotation starter.

"If he doesn't find a solution for that nerve issue in his thumb you're going to win this deal huge. " I don't understand what the big deal is with his thumb. Can't he just ask a friend to depress the syringe for him?

It's a shame that Jannsen declined so much in his final contract year. He would have been in line for a big payday. Given declining velocity, a 0 war, and injury problems, a team can't invest that much in him even though he's only 32. I think an offer of 2 years/$12 million would be fair without giving the team too much risk. His arm may not be 100% this year, so we might see an uptick in velocity next year. I think players tend to get written off pretty quickly at the first decline once they're on the other side of 30, but often it's just a bad year from which they can bounce back pretty quickly.

I can't stand having this dumb hick on the team. Can't wait until he's gone. Geez, maybe when you resist listening to hitting coaches for six years, and never find any sustained level of success, it's time to re-evaluate who's responsible.

Good bullpen management. Took Happ out at just the right time. It's funny how the managers are slaves to the saves. No save opportunity=no closer. The second a save becomes possible=bring in the closer.

Can you guys keep your tittie gifs out of the forums, FFS. Some of us are at work. I hope they don't keep Happ in longer than six innings. He seems good for about two times through the order, and then he gets shelled.

"No, I want to throw away a pitcher who has the potential to put up 3 wins in a season for absolutely nothing." 3 wins in a season? So what, a 3-10 record?

Gotta love the consistency: Bring firearms into the basketball stadium and draw them on another player during a gambling disagreement: 50 game suspension. Make racist remarks in a private conversation: Lifetime ban. $2.5 million dollar fine. Forced to sell the team.

This is an abysmally stupid verdict. If Sterling made these comments in public, it would be understandable. But he made them in a private phone conversation which was recorded without his knowledge or consent. So, the message here is that if anyone makes a racist (and we can assume homophobic or sexist) comment in any private conversation, the NBA has a right to ban them for life. If the NBA intends to adhere to that standard, then let's attempt some consistency, and at least ban all the players (Tim Hardaway), rappers, celebrities etc who have made PUBLIC homophobic statements. He is not being punished for acting racist, or for speaking publicly. He is being punished for having racist thoughts, and i am absolutely amazed that no one seems bothered by this level of thought police.

It's a really boring song. I hate it, when it comes on. Get rid of it. It actually makes OK Blue Jays look great, by comparison.

Defensive substitution for San Diego. Young guy named Cashner playing left field.

How is Colin Mchugh shutting down the Mariners with eleven strikeouts and no walks? He's been awful every step of the way. Can you just get eleven lucky strikeouts?

I bet Nunez is wondering why he sacrificed. The Twins score five runs on no hits and no errors.

You know what we should do? Trade away some young talent for some middle relievers. Am I right?

"1 year/$5.4M (2014), plus 2015 $6.7M club option" No way in hell the Jays pick up his option. He isn't worth $6.5 million We've lost enough prospects/cash on this guy already.

I guarantee you that the execs take past health into account when making trades/contracts. If a guy pitches 200 IP every year for thirteen years in a row, that makes him worth more than a guy who gets injured every other year - even if he has a clean bill of health to start the season. Guys like JJ and Reyes are known health risks.

"Anyone can have a stretch of 15 or so starts and look great." LOL. Just pitching lucky for 15 or so starts.

He was scared. He knew that one bad inning meant he went back to AAA, and wouldn't be able to support his family back in....uh....California. Every fringe player and pitcher felt the same. That's not the way you give players confidence. Instead, you make a decision before you call them up and commit to them for a certain time period, regardless of their performance.

He was always decent, but needed a bit of breathing room to relax. He's gotten some luck so far, and won't continue to perform at this rate, but I think he will likely to continue to perform at a #4 starter. I'm willing to bet anyone $20 that he finishes with 3 fWAR or greater.

Here is the thread. http://www.forums.mlb.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ml-bluejays&tid=83075 All along, I said that he could be decent, if they helped him to relax, by not DFA'ing every pitcher who had a bad outing. You can't run a ball team like a Greek restaurant, and fire everyone who screws up. Knowing that your continued existence on the team hinges on four at bats, or an inning of pitching, greatly increases the chance that the player is going to screw up because of nervousness.

Giving away Chavez for nothing, with the sorry excuse of our rotation and depth, and the positive peripheral indicators was inexcusable. Granted, we're not the only team to give him up for nothing. I remember saying that he could be our #4 or #5 starter, and could be better than guys like Drabek, and I was soundly mocked and laughed at.

We decided he wasn't any good after 21.1 innings. During that time, he posted an xFIP of 3.9 and was pitching under the pressure of 'succeed or it's back to AAA'. This year, with the A's he's had three great starts with: ERA of 1.35 WHIP of 0.85 FIP of 2.53 xFIP of 2.30 22 strikeouts 2 walks 0.7 WAR (that's already worth about 5 million, which is likely about 25 times more than we received for him. Were we honestly, so stocked with great pitchers that we couldn't have found a way to keep this guy around?