FireAlexAnthopoulos

2013 Jays payroll: $118,244,039 (top 10 in the league) Teams since 2000 who were top 10 in payroll, finished in last place, and didn't significantly decrease payroll (as in falling out of the top 10) the following year: 2000 - Texas Rangers (71-91, 73-89 in 2001) 2001 - Texas Rangers (73-89, 72-90 in 2002) 2002 - Texas Rangers (72-90, 71-91 in 2003); New York Mets (75-86, 66-95 in 2003) 2003 - New York Mets (66-95, 71-91 in 2004) 2004 - Seattle Mariners (63-99, 69-93 in 2005) 2005 - Seattle Mariners (69-93, 78-84 in 2006) 2008 - Seattle Mariners (61-101, 85-77 and still no playoffs in 2009) 2010 - Seattle Mariners (61-101, 67-95 in 2011) Recent history has shown that continuing to spend a lot after overpaying for a bad team doesn't really have any positive effect. Often, these teams would end up mired in last place again, or at least second-to-last. The one team that managed to follow a last-place season with an over-.500 one without slashing payroll was the Mariners in '09, and even then, they didn't sniff the playoffs. It's abundantly clear that blowing this team up and rebuilding is the right course of action.

We don't need "clutch" relievers right now. This is an atrocious team with no farm system. The prospects we'd be getting are more valuable than a "clutch" reliever.

Wut? I haven't been on here very long and have barely even interacted with you. Failed to motivate the team - we have a bunch of overpaid quitters and losers with zero accountability. Created an atmosphere where the team can just keep screwing up and making dumbshit errors with - again - zero accountability. Complete failure to instill the importance of fundamental baseball into his players. Dumb lineups, dumb call-ups. Lax, cavalier attitude with no sense of urgency while the team is collapsing around him. Any other team would have already fired Gibbons a month ago minimum. Not only that, he already failed before in Toronto, including getting in fistfights with his own players. There was ZERO interest in him as a manager from other teams after his first firing. How on Earth could Fat Alice possibly have expected bringing back this clown to go well?

AA on trade deadline: "From our standpoint, we’re having dialogue, I think it’s going to be quiet, I really don’t see us doing anything." BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Care to explain how he's done a good enough job of motivating his team, putting his players in the best position to succeed, and making smart decisions? Or do you just plan on calling me "Dumn" for stating the obvious?

This team sucks! "clap, clap * *clap, clap, clap*

Dodgers are pulling a Blue Jays.

"Poor Gibby"? Maybe Gibbons should stop sucking at his job and then he'd be worthy of sympathy.

I officially don't like Bautista anymore. He's a washed-up, SELFISH career loser. Get him off this team!

It's Gibbons' fault for trotting that washed-up turd out there, and Alice deserves blame too for signing him.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA! THIS TEAM SUCKS! Is Fat Alex going to blow it up now or what?

Weren't we just up 6-2? Now it's 8-6? Wow, this team f***ing sucks even in (potential) fluke wins. If this is what they call putting in full effort after that team meeting, this team is even worse than I thought.

They're pretending that they care after that meeting. Don't worry - the sloppy play will be back in full force soon enough.

The only reason the MLB is considering this is to get the Yankees out of that deal. Probably colluded with their favorite team to come up with this.

I can, however, say that because his OPS, wOBA, wRC+, and wRAA are plummeting by the year, it's a pretty safe assumption that he's declining.

I see these losers' fake "we're playing like a real baseball team from now on after that meeting" act didn't even last four innings. Oh, but don't worry - we've "clearly got the talent," according to Alice Anotherloss, so the right move is to stand pat.

FIRE HIM NOW! The fact that he's not selling is a disgrace!

A smart GM in Alice's position right now would at least try to sign both. I'd call it a high risk/high reward move, but what's the risk, really, besides losing money? Not like the Jays haven't wasted a ton of money already on this s*** team.

Meh, not too concerned with what the Red Sox are doing, because: 1. The Jays suck regardless. 2. The Sox still might not even make the playoffs considering how good the Rays, Orioles, and Rangers have been. 3. Ellsbury is likely gone after this year, and the chances of getting another year like this out of Lackey, Victorino, and maybe Iglesias are slim to none.

Again? Are they TRYING to put together a team of former Yankees and guys who used to be good in the early 2000's? Cashman's been making AA-esque moves lately.

It's been 20 years of no playoffs. If the fans WEREN'T complaining and being "insufferable," the Jays organization would really have a major problem on their hands. They should feel lucky to still have a passionate fanbase that cares despite the front office putting out a s***-ass product for the past 20 years.

Signing this Gonzalez guy would actually be a good move. He seems to be highly-regarded, he's still fairly young, and at least he's not some washed-up old loser veteran. If he's good, great. If he sucks, throw him out there anyway for the tank effort. Which means, of course, that AA won't do it. The chances are probably higher that he'll sell off the rest of the farm system for an old scrub pitcher.

Mainly because they don't care. Too busy thinking up home run celebrations.

Not to worry, folks... AA just needs to "retool."

Wilner is just a pathetic homer. I don't know how anyone could sit through that game and not agree that this team needs to be blown up.