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I sure hope Melky is on a good HGH regime this offseason cause it was painful to watch him last season . He must have been in a lot of pain and should have been on the DL most of the year .

The thing that is really stupid is the HGH ban . With hundreds of millions every year sitting wasted on the DL every year you would think owners would want to hasten recovery of these players and HGH is one medicine that would go a long way towards that . It doesn't have any of the heath questions of other PEDs and truth be told all I can see that it does is help people stay healthy and age slower . Hell if I could afford it and easily get it I would definitely be taking it .

"""But seriously, sane projections have the Jays around 85 wins right now. That's not the playoffs. But those are mean projections, and if I'm remembering my SABR101 class correctly, it's not exactly unlikely for teams to fall anywhere within +/- 6 or 7 wins of their projections. """""" Hell I hope they are right , I just don't have them at 85 , closer to 81 and that's with some semblance of health .

The NBA is smart enough to realize all the BAD news won't help their image and don't have a stupid ******* as their Comish trying to ensure a legacy he won't get anyway . If someone were to do a poll on every MLB board on who is the most hated man in baseball I think Arod would win but Selig would be a very close 2nd .

He is pretty easy to hate . but I think the biggest reason I hate the guy and I'm overboard on my hate for him is because he acts like he is bigger than the game . Ditto Selig who I hate just as much . Kind of funny that the two most hated people in the game are slugging it out .

Yea , caught it from the people who think adding 1 pitcher to this line up makes it a playoff bound team

This has absolutely nothing to do with AA and everything to do with the fact Tanaka has offers from places he wants to play and toronto isn't one of them .

That was why I said all sarcasm aside . f***ed up the thread as it was to be a poll . I wanted to see if people actually thought we had more than a 10 % chance .

You obviously have more faith in Rogers than I do . And I really wanted a poll on this not just another thread ,. Not sure why it went to a strait thread cause i selected poll

That post wasn't meant for you Jay ! it was directed at the 50/50 post

Well Jay , If I thought tanaka would be willing to come here great but I also worry rogers won't kepp this level of funding now that they have their hockey deal

All sarcasm aside , I think some on this board think we have a realistic chance and I find that pretty funny .

s*** Tried to make this a poll and obviously screwed it up . Does anyone actually think we have a chance at signing this guy ?

Just wondering what people think the odds are . I have already posted I think it is less than 1 %

Lot of money if they stay under the cap . Something also about money they won't have to contribute to revenue sharing that also kicks in and I remember Cashman on MLB radio stating this was more than the lux tax penalties . not sure how this works and maybe someone can shed some lite on this . I think they are going to stay under the cap at least until the trade deadline when if they are in the lead and looking good all s*** goes out the window .

I have read tons of different #,s as to how much the Yankees save for the Lux tax to get under the 189 . This from Baseball America After months of waiting, arbitrator Fredric Horowitz has finally rendered his verdict: Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez will be suspended 162 games—a full season—plus any postseason games, should the Yankees reach the playoffs this year. Rodriguez was suspended last August games for his role in the Biogenesis PED affair, but he appealed the ruling and played the remainder of the 2013 season. While the suspension is a reduction from commissioner Bud Selig’s original ruling of 211 games (the remainder of 2013 plus 2014), Horowitz’s decision is a win for the Yankees in their quest to lower payroll. The suspension strikes from the books all of Rodriguez’s salary of $25 million for this season. Alex Rodriguez Alex Rodriguez has been suspended for the entire 2014 season. (Photo by Bill Nichols) He is still scheduled on Wednesday to receive a $3 million payment as part of the original $10 million signing bonus from the 10-year deal he signed with the Yankees during the winter of 2007. In all, the Yankees save $27.5 million—the average annual salary of Rodriguez’s contract—which will help them reduce their payroll below the $189 million luxury tax threshold, which the team’s management has stated repeatedly as a goal rather than a mandate. They certainly will also save some of the 6 mil bonus payments that he has for HR totals passing certain players . A total of 5 up to 30 million . As Stanton Tweeted The traffic jams on the bridges yesterday were not caused by the governor of New Jersey but by all the champagne delivery trucks heading to Yankee stadium

Well I have to give you that one . We are far from a playoff team. we are an 81 to 84 win team with health and that is a huge question mark . Unlike most on this board I have no faith in Melky , Navarro , Goins or Happ and the bench is very 2nd rate . Assuming Morrow can make 30 starts is like believing in a lottery win . Still the problem I have seen this year is lack of funds but even that is a moot point cause drunken sailors rule the Free agent market .

Vik ,I think we have 4 guys who could pitch as well as Happ in the 5th spot and Too many holes elsewhere but hell i hope you are right It not so much Happ I hate it is the 5.4 mil when Hutch/Redmond replaces those wins for 500 k . Plus he has NO upside . I at least see potential upside from his replacements and 4.9 mil in savings . Right now I see the biggest value in trading Happ as the unloading of the contract . hopefully AA can get a B type prospect back .

Fine as a 5th starter on an average team but not a playoff team and 5.4 mil for a 5th starter when we have lots of options in the 5th spot and 4 holes Glaring holes elsewhere doesn't make sense . That 5.4 mil early in the off season spent well could have added 1 to 2 wins .

Vik , I said he isn't a #5 on a good team and the 5.4 million he is eating up is preventing adding wins in other areas

Definitely a blow to the Rangers and to my FC dynasty team. Harrison with his 2 back surgeries and Lewis questionable plus Ogando,s durability should have them very worried . Happless would give them some depth but I'm not sure they are that worried .He isn't a 5th starter on a winning team so I have to think they will look for better . Happless for a bag of balls and them taking the stupid contract would please me .

I don't have a lot of hope on Tanaka . 1) the risk is huge , 2) ,It will break AA,s 5 year contract rule 3) Darn Sure Tanaka would rather pitch in a Seattle/LA and 4) I just don't think AA has the money plus he never went and scouted him personally . I have sat Seattle many times and watched all their Japanese fans idolizing Ichiro . I,m sure he knows this and the fact they have the largest Japanese population in North America . I really expect him to sign in Seattle . Now if one pitcher was the missing piece then I would not be adverse to giving Jiminez a 3/15 deal but we have 4 holes not 1 and Jiminez will likely get 4 years .

How about Nobody . Tanaka is way too huge a risk at those $$$$ and besides none of the above makes Toronto a playoff team when they didn't fill the 4 other holes . Melky is probably a bench player without the juice and top that coming off a major surgery . Goins is a bench player in the Johnny Mac mode . And they needed TWO top starters not just one . I look at this team as an 81 win team . Add a starter and bring it to 84 wins . What would be the point .

If that were the case he would have already traded Sanchez and Stroman for the Shark . I think he got a mulligan from ownership because they forced the issue last year because THEY and BEESTON looked at the perfect storm senario . If He guts the minors then I will believe it to be true . Towers in AZ has admitted he is under the gun and look how he has gutted his farm system .

Goins, Nolin and a reliever like Cecil would've been more than DET got in return for Foster... I might add that Bowden really slammed Griffin about the article and the executive who leaked it to him . Said he talked with 3 GM,s about the article and all of them said it wasn't true . Said AA is well respected in the game and gets along with MOST GM,s . NOT all but most of them .