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  1. Terminator
    Winning the AL East gets him off the hot seat. The team was junk when he took over and if he gets them there his tenure will be seen by many to have been a success. I think he needs to do more than that but the Free Pizza fans will be satisfied for a couple of seasons.
  2. Terminator
    Making profits off the team, as you stated, is def a big factor for them. As you said, having an owner who wants to win at all costs, or one who even doesn't mind running the team at a marginal loss each year who can easily recoup those losses when they sell the team for triple what they paid for it, is best. But Rogers overall bottom line, irrespective of whether the team is making profits or not, can play a big role as well. If their overall profits for the last quarter are bad, then it's harder for them to justify pouring more money in to the baseball team even if the team is breaking even or turning a little profit. Another good example, by Dick_Pole above, is that they recently laid off a bunch of employees. The optics of them laying off a couple of thousand people only to pour 5 million in to the team at the trade deadline looks bad. They may be willing to do that still, but the perception of their corporate culture may be difficult to do.
  3. Terminator
    I agree. We need Pillar in there to hit against lefties. Sucks to send Gose down but I'd rather have the guy who can provide platoon value over someone who would merely be a 4th OF.
  4. Terminator
    That writer brings up some good points but he only mentions the rest of the AL East in passing. That right now might be the biggest reason we contend. For all of our warts, all of the other teams have just as many and we have a leg up on all of them a 1/3 of the way through the season.
  5. Terminator
    It's not that they are cheap (although they sometimes can be) it's that they are corporate and corporate ownership comes with it's own set of pitfalls.
  6. Terminator
    I think 90 would be close to a lock. Jays are projected to win 88 right now and no other team in the East is projected higher than 82. We play .500 ball from here on out and we get to 86 wins which could very well be enough to take the AL East. We've got a looooong way to go but the first 1/3 of the season has given us a good jump on the rest of the year. http://www.fangraphs.com/coolstandings.aspx
  7. Terminator
    His intentional walk with a runner on first backfired as well. I still think he's the best but even the best managers make some poor decisions.
  8. Terminator
    Man he is piping these things right down the can.
  9. Terminator
    Excellent slide! He's made some really good slides before if I recall correctly.
  10. Terminator
    Yeah he doesn't even mention the platoon.
  11. Terminator
    Former Jays fans and current Rays Fanboys Hurl, BTS, and Nox got together and watched last night's game. http://memedad.com/memes/191271.jpg
  12. Terminator
    This is pretty much how I feel as an American Jays fan this season.... http://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/melks1.gif
  13. Terminator
    http://i.imgur.com/xFw0Km0.jpg
  14. Terminator
    This lineup has even the normally calm and collected Joe Maddon rattled...
  15. Terminator
    Geezus...Cobb is getting his tits lit.
  16. Terminator
    Good call on Janssen, I misread his Cot's profile. And I agree with you on 2015 and beyond. Some guys will have options picked up, some guys will sign extensions, there will be new players who eat up payroll, etc.
  17. Terminator
    Say what you want about Gibby but his 3-man 2B/3B platoon is a pretty damn good move from a manager. There are probably plenty of managers out there who wouldn't even consider it.
  18. Terminator
    Cool, thanks for that. So we should have some money to make a few moves.
  19. Terminator
    I agree. Janssen does have a 4 million dollar option though. Further to that, after NEXT season, then we have a ton of payroll flexibility. Love or hate AA, he at least only saddled the team with big contracts for 3 seasons.
  20. Terminator
    Melky and Rasmus are FA's next year and then we have options on Happ, Morrow, Lind, Janssen, Santos, McGowan, and Thole. Losing all those guys would open up some holes but that will free up a lot of money.
  21. Terminator
    What is he supposed to say? "If we fall out of it Beurhle is as good as gone"?
  22. Terminator
    I would agree. The rest of the division is down.
  23. Terminator
    Oh man is this enjoyable to watch. Two caught looking and then throwing big fat Ortiz out at first. The only way to make this better is if Farrell has the Sox try to sacrifice bunt their way back in to the game.
  24. Terminator
    There is little doubt that we will need a starting pitcher. By the trade deadline we will know more about this team and if the Juan Francisco/Tolleson/Lawrie platoon is working and if we possibly need another reliever.
  25. Terminator
    I think all 3 of them are grouped pretty close together IMO for their own reasons. I'd probably keep all 3 of them on the big league team if it were up to me.
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