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I honestly had no idea but Wikipedia and CBSS agrees with you.

Spot on Ace.

I'd be down to help ace. Not sure if anyone else has stepped up already though.

The Arecibia line is hilarious. It's classless to blame a poor season on an injury with a month left in the season and when he is still playing. It's classless to call out a decent MLB catcher for not having "MLB quality tools". It's classless to get in to arguments with fans on social media. JPA deserves whatever he gets.

Yes, without a doubt. Negotiating isn't a phony skill. It's a real talent and a big part of the job. You are talking about developing someone from the board in to a GM. There is no one from this board that could step in right now and do a better job than AA has to date, and AA is a bad GM. With experience and education (some probably just need experience) there are lots of intelligent, personable and motivated people on this board that could be a good MLB GM. We aren't talking about what people could be or become, we are talking about what they are. He has a unique skill-set because he has a unique set of experiences. Sure if people on this board actually went for it and got internships and moved up the ladder (which is the point you made in the first place) then yes, they could be better GM's than AA has been to date.

It was a terrible trade at the time and even worse now. Still Dickey was a great get and as you said a guy many teams were in on.

Like negotiating with agents and making trades. It's a lot harder than it seems to make big deals. It's one thing to say what the right move is, it's much harder to make it happen.

No better way to spend your prime than toeing the Arencibia line.

IMO it would be Jose 3b, Eddy 1B, Lawrie 2B in that scenario.

With roster and personnel decisions I agree. There is a lot more to being a GM than that though which is where our comrades would fall short.

To be fair Mathis and Buck were moved for budget reasons in both deals. The point still stands though. All that catching depth moved through the organization and only JP and his sub-major league level tools remains.

It's extremely classless but JPA brought this on himself. Jays fans want nothing more than for this session to be over so they can forget about it. JPA's need for approval and attention seeking brought this on himself.

I like it. The JPA line. Needs to be .260 OBP though. http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2013&month=0&season1=2000&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=14,58&filter=&players=0&sort=14,a

AA's going with JPA and Thole again -- those are his guys.

He'll be in the organization. I'm hoping it's in AAA. It'd be a pretty clear message; "you aren't good enough, things need to change."

I think it's looking very good so far. Going forward I think you should get away from the anime style. The anime and pokemon are Japanese stereotypes and although appropriate and positive I think it's important you develop your brand in these videos as well. Like I said so far so good though. Something similar with Tanaka placed in a Canadian satire (perhaps surrounded by South Park styled Canadians) would be funny IMO. I also think what you've done so far will be great to develop a social media presence. You should develop a very strong professional brand so that when people view your campaign content they know who they are connecting with. Additionally, I think your target audience so far is young adults which is a great audience but you should try and broaden your markets. IMO to be a part of bringing a top flight player Toronto is a great thought and something people can get behind. I think it would go a long way to give something physical for donating to your campaign, t-s***, key chain, mug. It would also be good for publicity as they can lug it around and advertise for you.

He got caught taking adderall as a stimulant. Perhaps it helped his game but it isn't a typical PED.

2 WAR in 83 games, he's having another solid session. He also was suspended for amphetamines not PEDs.

Potential to be bottom 5. They also have the potential to be top 5. If you use their mean probable outcomes that rotation would be to this in the majors most likely. Ruiz will also definitely get close to $10M of not more.

Choo - $18M/season Ruiz - $10M/season Garza - $15M/season -------------------- Total - $43M/season 2014 payroll without FAs - $110M + arb 2014 payrol after additions -$153M + arb That'd put them in to the same neighbourhood as the Phillies and Red Sox. I doubt payroll actually goes up that high but it would help quite a bit. Reyes Choo Bautista Encarnacion Rasmus Lawrie Lind/Melky Ruiz Izturis Dickey Garza Buehrle Morrow Happ/Rogers

I think there is probably 5. I'm not very confident there is the 7 or 8 necessary to get through a full season and I don't believe any of them will be top of the rotation talents next season.

If they think he is a serviceable 2B it wont be because of this sample. AA has basically confirmed as much;

Injuries happen, especially with an old team and Reyes at SS. It's a good thing to have replacement level depth in the upper minors. Those guys are going to get ABs most seasons. That is also Goins current talent level, he could conceivably still improve. I don't really see a reason he wouldn't make a great bench piece even if he only hit ~70-75wRC+.

The Jays aren't going with the status quo for next season. If Goins is the starter it's because they've added payroll and/or talent elsewhere on the roster. It's obviously not ideal to go with Goins and there are several clearly superior options.