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My guess is it's for DJ Davis. Side note: Maybe Revere bats lead off until Travis comes off the DL

Almost ZERO chance of an extension.

Go get Soria and Cespedes while you're at it!

Just listening to the Friday edition (July 10th) of Baseball Tonight Podcast, Buster Olney threw out if he was San Diego he'd be looking to be a seller and would put everyone out there (mentioned Cashner, Shields, Kimbrel, Upton) among others... Any ideas what kind of offers it would take to pry 2 (or maybe 3) from there? Seems very Marlins 2.0 of trying to get guys who just signed long term contracts with a new team and after it's not working trying to put them on our squad.

I'm in the "time is now" camp. If you get Hamels/Papelbon now, we can compete 2015 AND 2016. Plus you look at the rest of the division and outside of the Red Sox and the Rays pitching, I'd argue no one else has a great farm system that will blow away the competition in the coming years. So even if we are middling around starting 2017 it will be absolutely worth it, especially if it means a division title and a playoff run (with a World Series ring possibly at the end).

Cueto and Chapman would make us legit. If we could even re-sign Cueto on a 5 year deal I'd do it. Giving up Norris plus will hurt, but a potential rotation of: 1) Cueto 2) Stroman 3) Sanchez 4) Hutchison 5) Hoffman* (assuming we can still hold onto him) is worth whatever else the Reds make empty from our system.

I thought I had a guess in last year...yah well. JaysRap - 88 (against my better judgment)

By Jayson Stark http://espn.go.com/blog/spring-training/post/_/id/2473/stroman-could-make-a-difference-in-al-east

Damn you AA!

Washroom attendant?

I threw out $150 but our payroll is still sitting below what we spent 2014. We can creep up to 140-145 and not collapse Rogers.

I know we talk about salary restraint for payroll, but let's look at our books going forward (coming off): 2015 - Buehrle: $19M, Dickey: $12M (assuming they don't pick up his option), Navarro: $5M, Romero: $8.1M, Thole: $1.75, Izturis: $4M, 2016 - Batista: $14M, Encarnation: $14M (we probably pickup both options though) 2018 - Reyes: $23M Look how much bleeping money is coming off after this year!! Then we have guys on arb cases going forward (Donaldson), guys on rookie contracts (Stroman), other guys we probably just roll another 1 year deal on... Plus we have a decent farm system so really - if you want to leave even more flexibility for guys to come up from the farm and fill out this roster then a contract like a Rickie Weeks or a John Axford on a 1 year won't kill us! Protect your depth! It makes too much sense not to even increase the payroll heaven forbid for 1 year to $145 - $150 million in 2015 because you know you're going to have so much room going forward, and at the same time - short term gain of making a serious run at contention! And not just hoping for health or guys stepping up.

Janssen to the Nats: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/01/nationals-to-sign-casey-janssen.html

Beeston on Jeff Blair coming up at 9AM today. (Tue Jan 27th)

Looks like the Astros about to get Gattis from the Braves: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/01/astros-two-other-teams-in-aggressive-pursuit-of-evan-gattis.html What I don't like about this deal is it would leave the Stros with 4 catchers on their 40 man roster, meaning they'll more than likely deal one of them while we're trying to sell off Navarro just to complicate our trading power!

White Sox too. Can't imagine they really want Flowers starting again.

Marlins appear to be as well, no?

Could send them Izturis as well to help with salary numbers.

Some Jays talk from 2 chats: MLB Trade Rumors and Fangraphs. Steve Adams, MLBTR: Comment From Ryan Will zobrist be traded now or will tampa move him back to rf? via·about 7 hours ago Steve Adams I'd think Zobrist is more available now than he was before. Giants could use him in left and as insurance if Panik regresses too heavily.Jays could use him at second. He'll be a huge commodity if they get serious about moving him. I'd lean toward them trading him if I had to guess. Comment From Fred How many relievers does Preller need? is he loading up for even bigger deals? via·about 7 hours ago Steve Adams Perhaps, but there's nothing wrong with having a stacked bullpen. He could always add a bunch of cheaper arms and deal Benoit to a team looking for a closer (e.g. Toronto) Comment From torontojeff inter-divisional trading aside, what would Jays need to pay to land 2 years of Zobrist and a pick if he leaves? via·about 7 hours ago Steve Adams Zobrist is a free agent next winter. This is his final year of control. And he'd still cost them one of their top arms, I'd imagine. Then again, I'd have said no way the Padres could get Myers without dealing one of their top three prospects and they managed to pull that off. Comment From Daveek42 Where do you see Dionner Navarro at the start of the season and what (if any) do you see the Jays getting in return? via·about 7 hours ago Steve Adams He'd be a nice upgrade for the White Sox over Flowers, who shouldn't be a starting catcher on any team. Blue Jays should be able to land one solid, B-level prospect for him. Not a Top 100 style guy but someone who could slot into their Top 10 prospects or so. Could also just flip him to a team with a need at catcher for one year of a good but expensive reliever to put at the back of their bullpen. Comment From Ari Krigel Do you expect the Royals to trade Holland (or Davis/Herrera)? Holland is great, but at $9.5mm, could the Royals find a team with a great prospect (or prospects) and the ability to take on the salary? via·about 6 hours ago Steve Adams I don't expect them to, but I think they should. If the Blue Jays want to add a closer, Holland is the best target they could go after, and he'd be a massive upgrade at the back of that 'pen. And Toronto has a nice group of pitching prospects. via·about 6 hours ago Steve Adams Jays could also offer to take some of Infante's salary to lessen the prospect return they'd need to give. Dan Szymborski, Fangraphs Chat Comment From Mike Where does Asdrubal Cabrera end up? 12:42 Dan Szymborski: If he doesn’t end up in Toronto, Jays fans should be annoyed. Dan Szymborski: (Unless of course, the Blue Jays come up with someone better) Comment From The Dude Should Jays fans really be annoyed if they don’t sign Cabrera? It’s not like he’s very good. 1:10 Dan Szymborski: He can be a solidly average 2B overall. That’s a massive upgrade for them. Comment From Dustin Buster Olney, in a blog post a few weeks ago, mentioned that the Orioles should really shoot for the stars with Toronto with regards to compensation for Dan Duquette… And he mentioned Strohman, among some other possibilities. Obviously this is not the precedent that has been set, but couldn’t it be argued that a really great GM/President (which it appears clear that Toronto is valuing Duquette as) would be FAR more valuable than any player, making this a realistic thing for Baltimore to look for? I know this sounds crazy. BUT WHAT IF IT’S BRILLIANT. 1:23 Dan Szymborski: I would not trade Stroman for Duquette. If Blue Jays actually offered this, I’d be driving over to Baltimore to help DD pack his bags myself.

We need Cabrera on a 1 year deal before someone else snatches him up. Then go flip Navarro for BP help. December was "early" but now it's the last week of the month going into January. Then 6 weeks Spring Training and you'd hope you have your roster set plus some invites.

My Dad took me as a wee laddy, but damned if I remember alot of it. For some reason I remember a Baltimore Orioles game, Kelly Gruber and the score being like 15 - 1.

What started as a baseball discussion quickly derailed into political discussion - which is fine, just not a baseball discussion as KingKat points out. Thread should be moved so those who want to continue can, and maybe the next Cuban players thread sticks to the baseball aspects and effects on major league rosters.

Great win for the boys tonight. Hopefully we can keep stacking W's because come Monday the sked gets U-G-L-Y. Also on a side, 3OT game of Grizz vs Spurs as of now - damn I wish that game was on!

I believe Miller turned down less to go to the Yankees. Granted it was the Astros, but it's not just as easy as having the money - the player has to want to go as well.

I see it says 84 wins for the Jays. But of note though: Red Sox - 87 Tigers - 86 Indians - 85 Angels - 84 If we don't win out the AL East, we have to know what the other teams around us project out as well if we're competing for a WC.