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Nick Goody was DFA'd by Cleveland. Would be a nice BP pickup for the Jays!

Grandal would rake in Colorado and significantly improve the pitching staff with his framing, though the Rockies aren't spending any big money like you said. What an awful organization considering they have Arenado, Story, Dahl and Blackmon to build around. If the Jays signed Grandal, moving Jansen for Gray would be awesome. Rockies need a good framing catcher and Jansen does offer some offensive potential and would be cheap. Gray has ace potential if he puts it all together. A change of scenery is what he needs.

Odorizzi had success pitching in the AL East when he was with Tampa, so I could see why Toronto is interested.

Getting Raptors season tickets back in 2014/2015 was one of the best decisions I made.

Michael Jordan's Secret Stuff didn't work this week.

I'm shocked he hasn't signed with a CFL team for a year to showcase his talent.

OG isn't getting a max contract just yet. Lowry if he stays around after 2020/2021 will take a pay cut for sure. VanVleet will get a big raise next season though. If Masai is still in Toronto, the Raptors have a good chance at signing Giannis. If the Bucks don't win a Championship in the next two seasons, he's out of Milwaukee for sure.

Would love Bogdanovic, Aldridge or Gallinari if they were available.

At least the Raps fought back within 4 points and made a game of it. Sloppy 1st quarter cost them and turnovers. Lowry was amazing! Siakam needs to stop fouling out. I swear he's always playing with 5 fouls near the end of the game. If he wants to be an elite player, he can't do that anymore. Gasol has been awful. Hasn't found his shot yet and is causing too many turnovers. They need to play Ibaka more minutes instead of Gasol. Powell has been a disappointment early on. Need to start limiting his minutes if this continues.

Kevin Love is putting up crazy numbers early on as well. 16.8 RBG last time I checked. Dummond has been a beast though in the early going.

I messed up on most haha. Though some predictions were close. Clevinger if healthy could have finished in the Top 5 Cy Young voting. I picked the Nationals to have the best record in the MLB this season, though they did win the World Series so I should at least get a point for that one

We've seen over the last couple of seasons some teams who were in the "rebuild" phase move ahead of schedule. Nobody thought Atlanta was going to win their division in 2018. Nobody thought the Astros were going to win the AL Wildcard in 2015. Nobody thought the Cubs were going to make the postseason in 2015. Those teams had young stars who made an impact quickly once they arrived. Hopefully we could say the same about the Blue Jays when it comes to Vlad, Bo, and Biggio. If there are solid players/pitchers via free agency who can be had for cheap and make the team better as a whole, without blocking any young significant player, the Blue Jays should pursue those options. I don't want to see players like Socrates Brito, Alen Hanson etc. getting AB's or playing time whatsoever in the month of April, when far better upgrades are available during the offseason and likely for a reasonable price. Many people still think the Blue Jays window to contend is going to be in 4-5 years down the road. Doesn't have to be and likely won't. Depending on how well their top young positional players perform and if they make some key free agent signings or trades, its possible that window could be moved up maybe to 2-3 years like it was with the Braves and the Cubs.

I would still take that in a heartbeat!

EE posted a 2.5 WAR this past season. Tellez was at 0.1 WAR. That's a huge upgrade. In terms of cost, EE would be great value on a 1-year deal.

I somewhat agree. Will be interesting to see how he performs against tougher teams. The road trip out west next week will be a big test. I still think Siakam can settle into a 23-24 PPG/10-12 RBG player when all is said and done. I'll take that in a heartbeat.

EE would be a nice fit at DH back here in Toronto. I doubt he costs more than 10-12 million on a 1-year deal. Could be a nice influence on Vladdy Jr and some of the other young hitters as well.

The Nationals are pretty evenly matched with Houston on paper IMO. It's not a huge upset by any stretch of the imagination. The Nationals have a really good team. A rotation led by Scherzer, Strasburg and Corbin is one of the best in baseball.

Want to see this series go 7 games! Go Astros for Game 2 haha!

For Siakam?

James Neal with 7 goals. Nice waiver pickup

I would like to see the Rays take on the Yankees, but agree a Nats/Astros World Series would be sick.

Agree. Joe Kelly should not have been pitching that early in the game. Dodgers had far better options.

I said the Nats were going to upset the Dodgers. They were a dangerous team for them in the DS. Dave Roberts bullpen management after they took Walker was out was brutal.

Was just looking at his stats, and EE has 414 career home runs. Never realized he was that close to 500. Impressive, considering he never really broke out until later in his career at 29. You think he could reach that milestone? He still looks like a solid bet to deliver 30 + HR's per season as long as he's healthy.

Go Rays!