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I can't believe the people who voted for JPR . Guy was an arogant ignorant ******* who gutted a respected scouting dept and thought he was the only guy who could judge talent. Ran our farm system into the depths of ineptitude and basically told us the fan base that we were stupid canadians who had no clue about baseball.. I don't agree with AA gutting our minor leagues but he at least built one. I also believe Rogers and Beeston pushed these moves . I don't think AA would have done it had it been his choice . Had everyone stayed healthy and played up to expectations ,we were in the playoffs most would be calling AA a hero . If you guys want a scapegoat get Beeston and the injury God

Their are a lot of reasons what went wrong and i had a post about it . I personally can't fault the coaching staff other than Rivera . I knew there would be changes but i expected murph and Rivera to go. I think Gibbons did what he could with that rotation . Pretty hard to win games when starters only get thru 3 to 5 innnings. The last person I thought would go was Mottola . Only thing it could be is he never got along with the rest of the coaching staff and AA blamed him for the Bonifacio ugliness. Lets face it Boni was Aa,s guy and he hit in KC

This is hard to believe . I was thinking thank god we will finally be rid of Murphy and Mottola can do his thing . This just doesn't make sense. Must have not got along with the rest of the staff

Be Fox,s worst nightmare and yet I believe a lot of fans that won,t watch a Dodger Boston series would watch it . if boston and LA are in it Im going Hunting

Pirates better get to the WS I don,t think I can handle the Dodgers or the Cards

upton time to earn that reputation

How can anyone hope for the BUY a whiner Dodgers .

Ok Braves. Lets get those runs back

Come on Wood get this out

You might have in the start Jay but like almost all players you would have realized it is time to clean up the game . I hate selig too because he acts like he didn't know and once he found out made it his mission to clean up the game . What a load of crap . Dito these writers who won't vote for anyone in the steroid era . They all knew what was happening and Selig is the worst . Doesn,t matter: Aroid had no reason to keep pumping the PEDs and should have took his lumps like everyone else . Instead he tried to buy the evidence and ( unlike Bonds who supported his trainer ) Aroid threw his to the sharks . He thinks he is bigger than the game and I hate the ******* .

As expected no Lugnuts made the top 20 with the MWL being loaded with talent What with Buxton, Correa ,Stephenson ,Seager and McCullers leading the way . Here is all the related Jays chat Ben (Leland Grove): Was Daniel Norris considered for your list? He made marked improvements this season, from what I've read. J.J. Cooper: He was considered. In a thinner league I think he could have made it, but there are enough concerns to keep him off the list in a very deep league. Generally scouts were projecting him as a likely No. 4 starter. He has a chance to have three average or better pitches, but he’s likely to never have better than tick-below average to average command which limits his ceiling. gerry (Toronto): Did any Lugnut hitter get consideration? which has the best potential between Nessy, Lopes, Guerrero, Smith Jr. or Pompey? J.J. Cooper: Smith, Pompey and Lopes got the most consideration. None of the three were all that close to cracking the top 20, but all three are decent prospects.

After gutting a top farm system and acquiring 3 good starters all with warts a injury prone shortstop and a left fielder coming off two Roid aided seasons and two 2nd base candidates it is hard to believe such a disappointing season . Here is what I think went wrong . Add yours ! WBC , With so many changes to the lineup the Jays needed a solid ST where everyone could play together and get used to eachother . Gel as a team . With the WBC taking so many of the starters and guys like Bautista sulking cause they wouldn't let him play things started BAD. Injuries , Starting in ST and continuing right up to the last day this was the worst injury filled season ever . Starting in ST , Lawrie, EE, were injured in the WBC and then Pitching got hurt then Reyes then pitching !! Wow UGLY ! Defense , Bad enough our starting pitching was dismal our defense was 4th worst in the majors . Boni and Izturis couldn't adjust to artificial turf and Melky was a disaster in Left . Reyes and Lawrie went down exasperating the problem and it just snowballed . Add to that JPA was the worst in baseball behind the plate and Thole wasn't better . This made our rotation even worse . Rotation , With no depth and Romero self destructing the injuries were a disaster Ortiz, Wang, Laffey , and the list of futility goes on . 13 starters in a year we expected to have 4 200 inning starters . Offense - 2nd Base , left field and catcher all played below replacement levels , Add to that Lawrie had a dismal 1st half , we couldn't replace reyes and almost every regular spent time on the DL with NO depth to replace those bats . What other ugliness did I miss

Obviously moves will be made .Still with the pitching depth we have this year and better defense at 2nd and LF this team alone is close to 500 say 80-82 . I,m confident AA gets a catcher, a left fielder , and a starter . That puts us at 85 wins . Then it all comes down to guys like Morrow and health . I,ll say 86 and 76 and in 3rd place . What is ugly about that is with a management desperate to win that means moves at the trade deadline costing us valuable talent .

Which is exactly what I have been posting . Odds of signing one of these guys are about 100 to 1 against . Obviously signing McCann would be the single most addition we could make but That just seems too far out to think he would even come here if we offered the most . Also a lot depends on whether Morrow and JJ needs surgery

Meh , nothing is signed yet as far as I know and what would he make as a coach ? They may just want him around at that money as depth and as a coach if they get a decent MIF. Doesn't mean he is on the 25 man . . As for Lind , at 5 mil I,m fairly sure we can't do better . Janssen is a given .

<<'d like to see the Jays take a gamble on Grady Sizemore. Bring him in on a minor league deal and see if he's healthy. I'm shocked no team has taken interest in him, though I guess he probably has the body of a 40 something year old now. >>> I wouldn't mind taking a flyer on Sizemore on a two way hugely incentive based contract which is all he will get anyway . I see Melky as the 4th OF he was before the Roids . McClouth gives you gold glove defense and while he isn't your typical LF power bat he would be cost effective in front of our power bats .

I personally don't want to hear one word from AA till he announces he has fixed the f***ing defense up the middle and in LF . No point in signing a starter till he fixes that God Awful defense . If we have to go into next season with a Coming back from injury overpaid 4th outfielder who's only good seasons were Roid induced and a 1 trick pony catcher who is the worst in the league defensively and at the plate then f***ing blow it up and let us get excited about our farm system again.

GCL 5. Franklin Barreto, ss, Blue Jays Age: 17. B-T: R-R. Ht.: 5-9. Wt.: 174. Signed: Venezuela, 2012. Barreto is one of the most accomplished Venezuelan youth amateur players ever, having performed well at every international tournament he attended since he was 10 years old. That includes the 16U World Championship in 2011 in Mexico when he homered twice against Team USA. The No. 1 international prospect for July 2 last year, Barreto signed with Toronto for $1.45 million out of Ciro Barrios’ program, then led the GCL in slugging this summer in his pro debut, batting primarily out of the leadoff position. Barreto’s hands are quick to the ball with a compact swing. He’s an aggressive hitter within the strike zone with a knack for the barrel and surprising power for his size. He can drive the ball with authority to all fields with the pop to hit 15-20 homers per year. He didn’t walk a lot, but he recognizes pitches well for his age. He has a short, thick build, but he’s also an above-average runner. As international scouts expected, Barreto struggled with his footwork and actions at shortstop, committing 19 errors in 42 games. He has a strong arm, but his future likely is at second base or center field. He’s drawn some comparisons with Red Sox outfielder Shane Victorino. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG 174 30 52 16 6 4 19 13 42 10 4 .299 .368 .529 Interesting parts of the Chat Roger (Washington DC): Hi Ben. Thanks for taking the time to chat. How would you compare the talent on the GCL list with the AZL list released yesterday? Ben Badler: The GCL was way better. For whatever reason, teams with GCL affiliates loaded up with more high school draft picks in the first round, and most of them went out and immediately performed well. More depth and more impact with the international players, too. John (Chicago): Aside from Giolito and Meadows, do you think any other players in the GCL will make the top 100? Ben Badler: The top six all have a chance. That group was clearly a cut above the rest of the league, and in a thinner year, you could put any of them at No. 1 on this list. Ben (Toronto): How close were Hollon & Tellez to making your list for the Blue Jays? Seems like Hollon pitched very well in brief time - also looks like Tellez did well after a slow start. His stats look pretty solid from his last 100 AB's. Thanks. Ben Badler: Hollon was in and out of the league quickly, but Tellez was a close cut at the end. You can see the raw power in BP, the contact frequency is there and he has a good hitting approach for his age. He’s going to have to mash as a 1B-only prospect, but he could be a breakout guy next year. Roger (Washington, DC): Of Barreto, Rijo, Torrens, and Estrada, do you see all 4 making jump to full season ball next year and who do you see making the jump most successfully? Ben Badler: Barreto certainly should, Rijo is advanced enough to do so, but my bet is the Yankees take it slower with Torens and Estrada. They’re going to have a logjam in the middle of their infield next year in their Charleston roster decisions, so I could see Estrada spending a year in the NY-Penn League. And I like Torrens, but with him being so new to catching, only turn 18 next year and having just a so-so year in terms of performance in the GCL, I could see them keeping him back, at least at the start of the year.

We need a defensive catcher who can at least contribute offensively , If we don't get that done then AA might as well start the rebuild early

Having Goins at AAA for depth would be the best but the f***ing guy at 2nd better be able to play defense on turf . When your Rotation is the 2nd worst in Baseball and your defense is just as bad you need to fix both . Fixing the lack of production and the dismal defense in LF is a lot easier than fixing 2nd base. Both positions were an embarrassment

Does everyone think AA has the ability to upgrade all the positions ? Catcher , Starter ( or two) Left field . and 2nd base. Surely we aren't holding our breath on Melky or has he found a new Balco. Goins minor league #,s speak for themselves so I,m actually surprised he is hitting as well as he is . Best we should expect is a 670 something OPS . I look at how brutal our defense was at 2nd base and in Left Field and then look at where we can best improve production and defense . Left Field is a much higher priority than 2nd base and easier to improve in the FA market .

I,m very convinced he won't be worth 20 mil at age 35 let alone the rest of the deal .

And I believed Choo would get 5/15 ,maybe 5/15.5 but looks like the Giants just set a new threshold .

I really don't think we need a protected pick as AA hasn't signed a top FA yet and I expect that trend to continue . On the other hand each slot back costs us draft money plus international spending money . Wining these games has cost us prospects