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The Mushroom experiment should have ended weeks ago. Yet he is still playing. FYSMC gibs!

ACTUAL TOP 10 CATCHA!! cf

I am surprised to hear you say that. Considering you have a picture of Arnold, you should probably be the person who appreciates his avatar most on this forum. ..well, at least 2nd to king.

Sure, if it wasn't trade-deadline time. But when the title is, "HOLY s***, IT'S (kinda) HAPPENING!!!" and we've had a previous thread title called "Something's happening!" (http://www.bluejaysmessageboard.com/threads/4132-Something-s-happening!) which ended up being the JD trade, one's emotion will get take over. So still, f*** you suck my cock good sir.

I was joking. Sorry, I thought the "but .. yea .. he'd cost quite a bit" would have cleared that. I'd easily part with anyone of our top prospects/pitchers for him. No question.

Mkay, so NorthOf49 should never be the GM. Remember that folks! But if Carrasco is being dealt, yeah, he'd cost quite a bit lol. I would be surprised if Clevland wouldn't try and move Salazar first.

The reports on Alfrod are very encouraging. One has to imagine where he would be right now had he given up football earlier. Oh well, at least he is focusing on baseball now and looks to be up-trending nicely.

Could have also been Boyd. Sure BB would have loved him and sure Boyd would have, like most pitchers, excelled at O.co.

I thought this was related to a trade. Still cool, but I felt I've been mislead. Darn you TL! *shakes fist*

This. I am starting to come off the wagon as well. The pen management is also questionable. Up by 5+ runs and he brings in Schultz, Osuna? Put in Tepra and Loup (vs righties) in a 2-1 game? A good manager doesn't really cost team games and unfortunately I think Gibby has. I like the dude as well but his loyalties with certain players is costing the team.

Holy s*** Travis!!

#umpshow I'll take it.

ColaBLOW!

Rally-Up-That-Pitch-Count-Tista!

GIDPCarnacion

Fair enough. We'll just have to wait and see now what AA does and if we do in fact get Shields (I know we were speaking in hypothetical and no specific rumor) and if so how it goes.

Look, all I want is a ambidextrous pitcher who is Kershaw from the left side, Halladay from the right, can hit like Bonds and run like Henderson, be 20-22 years of age with a 15 year team friendly contract. Is that so hard?

That is fair. I think he is having a pretty good season too. So far, his HR/FB rate is a at a career high and likely a anomaly so his other peripherals may look better by seasons end. The biggest concern is those 200 IP since 2007. He could certainly be a exception like Burly! but my fear is him breaking down and the team having a large contract limiting the Jays from keeping other players. It feels like a RA Dickey type move as you'll have to give up at least a Norris and Pompey to get him with a Reyes-like player and decline heading into the final 2 seasons. If this team also isn't inclined to taking on a large contract, I would still keep the prospects, aim for someone cheaper to help the push into the offseason and spend the $20 on a UFA like a Samardzija, Price, Zimmermann, Kazmir, Fister, Cueto, Kennedy, Iwakuma, etc. To me the cost of Shields, the future of Shields (my own bias opinion ) and the other opportunities available in UFA make him a pass. E: Also, I know there is no promise a UFA would come here. So if Shields is still on the table and you miss out on the UFAs trade for him or someone else using Norris/Pompey in the offseason.

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Why would you want Shields? He is steadily declining, has a pretty albatross contract which won't help in keeping Bau/EE and could pull a Verlander (sudden decline) with all his IP.

AA: Triple A depth? You mean my bench.

DD is still the GM right? He should prove his loyalty to the Jays by accepting DJ Davis.

I hope the Jays would jump all over that. Imagine Gausman would be Arrieta 2.0 situation. Its a shame he keeps on being jerked from the rotation to the pen.

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