Candide

i left work early at 6:30pm (i live in London) just to watch this game. not for scoreboard watching, but for handsome jake watching

"Every baseball career is full of ups and downs but let me tell you, the kid is a battler and he's only 24! He'll take this as a learning experience and come back stronger than ever."

Hutchison sucks. i quit my yahoo fantasy pool because he was one of my pitchers. when he misses, he's missing by like 2 feet.

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i live in england so i watch these games only through live stream. but my stream is down reading the live feed in this thread is pure lulz though. probably not a bad thing that i can't watch the game right now.

Stroman Dickey (innings eater) FA Hutchison (crappy innings eater who is still young enough to rebound slightly next season) Osuna keep Sanchez in the pen. i think if the Jays can't re-sign Price, they're better off trying to acquire a #3-4 guy and stack the bullpen with guys who could serve as a #5 if Hutchison/Osuna struggle and/or injuries occur. Kind of like Estrada this season. realistically, if Travis is fully healthy, Pompey is ready to platoon with Pillar/Revere, the offence has a chance of repeating its success this season. that should be good enough for another WC-contending season

i wouldn't tinker with the core lineup of Travis-Tulo-Bautista-EE-Donaldson-Martin. that's 2/3rds of the batting order that is going to drive the offence for the next 2-3 seasons. would rather take my chances in free agency for a SP and/or trade other assets than to give up EE in spite of his down year.

nah, dude just has bad control.

bad news for the Angels, but could be good news for the Jays' WC chances: http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/story/_/id/13364127/cj-wilson-los-angeles-angels-expects-season-ending-surgery-remove-bone-spurs-elbow

if MB doesn't retire and wants to stay in Toronto, would you sign him to a 2 year $24M contract?

voted approve. Tulo deal was superb. Price deal was also great. Revere and Lowe deals were solid. overall, if we didn't have the benefit of hindsight, I still would have done the Marlins deal. it wasn't spectacular, but a very solid deal at the time and most people on this board agreed. the only deal that i thought was hot garbage at the time was the Mets deal. that was probably the worst trade made in the past decade and most of us saw that from a mile away when it was consummated. take it out of the equation, and AA has done a very solid job to date in terms of managing assets, trades, and having a good staff to draft/develop prospects.

nm. saw a poll. no need for two

yeah. that's what i figured - Norris + Pompey + Boyd for Cespedes and Price. makes sense since Wheeler is not part of the trade now. that would have been an insane price for a rental

Good player, but Zach Wheeler is a hefty price. I'm sure AA wanted him, tigers probably wanted Norris + Pompey/Alford + Boyd?

we'll know in 25 minutes who goes the other way for Revere. my guess is DSJ+ or SRF+. I prefer Pompey over Alford but like them both. flip Alford + for another #4-5 starter??

even if the Jays don't manage to retain Price, would you say that this team still has a 2-3 year window provided that they sign some pitchers this off-season? the offence still looks like it has elite potential next season. hurts to lose all of those prospects this year, but in the end, they did get Donaldson, Tulowitzki, and Price. not too many people would have expected this at this point last year; at least, the future was mortgaged for guys who have played at an elite level in their respective positions for a sustained period of time (i.e. 3-5+ seasons), something that wasn't really the case with Dickey, Johnson, and Reyes. with this in mind, I approve of the recent trades to push for contention even if the Jays fall short this year. 2016 LF: Pompey CF: Pillar RF: Bautista 3B: Donaldson SS: Tulowitzki 2B: Travis 1B: EE DH: Smoak/Valencia C: Martin Bench: Carrera, Saunders, Colabello, Goins, etc. SP: Stroman, Hutchison, Sanchez, Dickey (if retained)/Osuna, Estrada. Probably need a #2 and #4 Bullpen: Cecil, Osuna (if not stretched to SP), Schultz, Tepera, Hendriks, Loup. Probably need a closer or set-up man if no one takes the reins in 2015. with a lot of players coming off the books, I could see the core intact and AA retooling with free agent signings. the guys that the Jays gave up with the exception of possibly Norris probably wouldn't have made the team until 2017 at best. At least by keeping guys like Stroman/Sanchez/Travis/Pompey who can contribute now, there's at least another 2-3 years of realistic playoff potential. The rebuild probably won't start until 2018, which by then some of the vets would still have value and the remaining prospects (if they make it) could start to contribute - guys like Pentecost, Alford, DSJ, etc.

I'm trying to think of which other Blue Jays were as polarizing of a figure as Sanchez is today. Arencibia comes to mind, as does Lawrie. AJ Burnett as well. But can't think of any one else, really, and none of those three have garnered as much debate as Sanchez has to date.

not baiting at all - genuine interest to know more. you guys seem high on Buehrle, but his career numbers suck too versus other 200+ game winners. how/why is he to be perceived different from Sanchez?

It's still early in the season, but we are almost at the halfway point of when the 2015 All Stars are selected. Who do you guys think will make the cut? I'll keep a running tally in the OP. My predictions. 3 All Stars. Who makes it and deserves to: - Donaldson (a lock given his performance to date and position) - Martin (same as Donaldson) - Bautista (he'll heat up by mid-June and will get the fan votes) Who won't make it but deserves to: - Travis (I think he'll end the season with an .800 OPS and 15 HR, 80 RBIs and be the unanimous ROY. but guys like Cano, Kinsler, Altuve, and Kipnis will get the ASG nod) - Encarnacion (he's already heating up and will have ASG worthy numbers by late-June, but given that 3 Jays are locks, might be hard-pressed to make it ahead of Cabrera, Hosmer, Abreu, and Davis) - Osuna (I don't think he'll implode like Castro did and he's already performing like a top-end reliever. But he won't make the cut this year. Perhaps someday in the future as a starter)

hey bros, it's me again. who is the escape goat: Pete Walker, who has never won anything in his life, or Russell Martin, the free agent catcher who has taken each of his teams to the playoffs? http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/559825079537311726/5D18BB9587FC9D9334E704860A51C90DCD843633/

to salvage the season, would you make the following trades: i) Pentecost, Nay, and Jimenez for Papelbon ii) Hoffman, Castro, and Urena for Hamels

is Kendall Graveman the next Josh Towers? anyone else kind of sad to see how far Brett Lawrie's star has fallen since his rookie year? I remember some posters on the mlb message board were comparing him to Mike Trout in terms of projected WAR.

how did Jimenez go from being so dominant to so horribly mediocre so quickly? I don't recall any serious injuries. excited about Sanchez's debut! I think he will surprise tonight

6.2 ip, 3h, 2bb, 4kk, 1er.

he's my favorite on the staff. i will watch every game he pitches this season and i live in europe. proven success to date but sufficient upside. Buehrle and Dickey are reliably mediocre, Sanchez and Norris are too unknown and unproven, but Hutchison's bed is just right.