Deadpool

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I thought that sounded odd, timing wise, but what am I gunna do? google something?

Bad trade, but Mike Sirotka does not approve of your hyperbole. Awful at the time, awful in hindsight. Not a good trade, but Napoli exceeded expectations and didn't have a place on the team (also, he was basically free in the Wells deal) This was a fantastic trade at the time. Halladay had made it clear that he was leaving the team and getting 3 guys with that kind of upside was a steal. 3yr/$10M is peanuts in baseball, and Izturis would have been a fine utility infielder at that price. There are almost no assets in the preceding that will make any sort of MLB impact. Yes, Happ is overpaid for what he is. The Marlins deal was great for the Jays for the most part, I've already covered the Dickey move above. Davis is a fine bench piece, but $10M/2yr is a little more than I would personally have been comfortable paying him to pinch run, since our outfield is pretty solid and we have Gose as well. Relief pitchers are so incredibly volatile that this was impossible to predict. This seems like a very small issue. a) Aviles is making $3.5m/year, Izturis is making $3. Gomes wasn't really a guy who anyone saw being more than a fringe MLB backup guy with some positional versatility. Just... No. You know who moving expensive/complaining/fan antagonizing Rios made room for in Right Field? He was terrible here, everyone wanted him gone. I certainly don't miss him. These are all pretty good things, I agree (though, you sort of shat on the Marlins deal earlier in your thread...) Drafting is a crapshoot. And I'm not really sure you can fault a guy for taking high upside pics and not signing them and also fault him for taking guys who would sign who are lower upside... *shrug* I'm also not sure you can say "he drafted this guy in front of a guy he also drafted" as though that's a bad thing, that's simply strategy. When I used to follow drafts more closely, my board always looked far different from what any team drafted. This is nonsense. It takes two to tango, and I think the "we could have had Santana if we'd wanted him" myth has been tackled repeatedly. I do think the Darvish thing was quite dumb, as was not ponying up a bit more for Chapman... Gibbons is a much better in game manager than the last 2 guys we've had... I'm not crazy about how he uses his bullpen, but he has limited tools with which to work. Anyway, I'd be totally indifferent with firing him, as long as he was replaced by an improvement... I can't really say for sure that is a thing that is likely to happen... Last time we all wanted a GM gone it was Ricciardi and when AA came in he was seen as a saviour etc. It would have been really nice had he addressed the bench in the off season, perhaps if one of those rumoured trades involving Santos had actually happened we'd be in a better spot, but those fell through because of medical issues (or so the story goes...) so "trade your closer for a pitcher who failed his physical" is probably a worse move than "keep your closer" on paper... Is he perfect? Not by a wide margin (I felt this past off season, in particular, was incredibly weak) but keep things in perspective, a lot of your points just don't jive with the way I see things (again, all opinion, but my opinion is the best one, dammit!)

Ridiculous.

As a matter of principle, I never hope for a band or artist to break out unless I'm somehow involved.

I hope, for his sake, that he's been good with his money...

Bautista (8 HR)- Dylan, Jonn, o2cui2i, JaysAllMighty, jays4life19, jaysguy34, Chappy Edwin (2 HR) - GD, Spanky99, vdub Colby "f***ing" Rasmus (6 HR) - Lawrie (6 HR) - King, Orgfiller, Deadpool Francisco (3 HR) - Melky (5 HR) - Stangstag Reyes (1 HR) - Navarro (1 HR) - Kratz (1 HR) - Angrioter Thole (0 HR)- Tolleson (0 HR) - Getz (0 HR) - Gose (0 HR) - Which inning will the jays hit a home run? (pick one) 1 - Jonn, o2cui2i, Spanky99, JaysAllMighty, jays4life19, jaysguy34, Chappy 2 - Deadpool 3 - vdub 4 - Dylan, GD 5 - King, Orgfiller 6 - Stangstag, Angrioter 7 - 8 - 9 - PICK AND PASS

Bring back Bruce Walton? I seem to recall the pitchers loving him, and having decent success under him. According to the fount of knowledge that is Wikipedia, he's an AAA pitching coach at the moment...

I understand that it used to be the norm to bring rookies up in the pen and have their earn their rotation spot (Hentgen being the example that Buck and Pat tend to drone on about from time to time) but I just don't see the point in getting a pitcher's arm used to going on a regular schedule, only to change to an irregular schedule with the idea of putting it back on a regular schedule again...

Having a "slave to the save" closer is a very bad idea that should have ended years ago.

Are you f***ing kidding me? Holy ass.

More inconsistent umpiring. Yay!

The umps are terrible this season, just like they are every season.

No thanks to the ump, but phew.

I'm fine with lunchbox getting a hit, but that double is less enjoyable.

Geebuz, another green light on a 3-0 count for a guy hovering around .200...

That's how I like my Reyes. Hitting and stealing.

" I enjoy playing the game when I’m not thinking."

Pretty sure he simply means "meets the legal definition of retarded". There is such a thing, it's just not usually phrased in that way anymore... http://definitions.uslegal.com/m/mental-retardation/ <-- quick google search, I have no idea the reputation of that particular site...

I'm thinking that Lawrie and Reyes should change positions.

Fair enough. For the record, I likely would have picked Francisco for today...

Missed this one... Streak still counts for the next game, right Dylan?

As if Cole isn't just throwing fastballs down the middle to Morrow.

Cleatus Power!

Someone took a P on the mound! /dadjoke