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  1. xposbrad
    Main reason I don't make the deal is I use those trade pieces for a SP. I just don't see Tulo playing SS in 3 years, he'll be a very expensive DH. I think the first 3 years the Jays have a solid player, but ages 34-36 are going to be the problems years for Tulo. But, the bigger reason I don't make the trade is that I'd have gone after a stud SP.
  2. xposbrad
    This is not a deal to like long term. Tulo has his bad hip and is signed for quite a lot when he is not going to be able to play the field. He's most likely headed to the DH spot in a couple of years if not sooner. Hoffman/Castro should have been used to get a stud pitcher, not a declining SS with a big contract.
  3. xposbrad
    Is there 1 rumor on mlbtr that doesn't mention how the Jays are tight budgeted or can't take on the full salary for X player? Where are they getting these facts from on why certain trades are having issues with certain players because the Jays have financial constraints?
  4. xposbrad
    Carerra was trying to draw a throw because he knew Pillar was a goner in a run down. Someone was going to be out unless Seattle made a throwing error, either Pillar or Carerra. Either Pillar in the run down or Carerra trying to draw a throw, it's done with.
  5. xposbrad
    Fiers = cheap , the Blue jays are apparently on a tight budget. It's not about obtaining quality for this team, it's about obtaining good value salary wise right now.
  6. xposbrad
    Shields' contract was backloaded after this year. I would trade for him just because he will cost nothing, SD wants to dump him, he shouldn't cost more than a low level B prospect at the most. It's Kimbrel who will require a decent prospect/player in return.
  7. xposbrad
    AA has no choice. Go for a Cueto and increase your odds of making the playoffs, or hold firm and try to make the playoffs with the current team with very weak pitching. Yes, in the long run it will hurt giving up the prospects but it has been soooooooooooooooooooo long since Toronto has tasted the playoffs I don't think anyone is worried about the long term right now. This team needs to build excitement and the playoff hunt does that. It's a damned if we do, damned if we don't type scenario. AA should have gotten the budget upped in the offseason to have signed Shields but now we are forced to trade prospects because they didn't do that, seems like it happens every year though they are missing pieces they could have gotten in Free Agency lol.
  8. xposbrad
    Not with the way he's been pitching this year. I think you could get away with 2 lower prospects for him. The Marlins want him traded 100%, they are always looking to dump guys. I think they have 0 interest in resigning him, since that's what they do with their players.
  9. xposbrad
    I wouldn't cry if EE was traded for a nice young controllable arm. There are moves that must be made regardless if he has 1.5 years of a team friendly deal left. That's exactly why you trade him now, when he has value. The jays need to trade players and get back younger guys when the time is right. We need pitching in the short term, and the Yanks/Red Sox will be all over the FA pitchers next year. Jays don't have that luxury of having unlimited pockets like the dodgers.
  10. xposbrad
    I think most people would agree on that. If we are going to deal a prospect we believe has high upside, it better warrant the return ie. a Cueto or Hamels (who is signed beyond this year). What do people think on Latos, if he cost just a couple B level prospects? There are just too many good FA pitchers next year that will cost 0 prospects to give up the farm this year on a HOPE that we have a shot. There are a lot of teams that are 2 star players away from being very competitive, that's the case every year. Some teams need 2 big bats because they have the pitching, the Jays need 2 big arms, it's no different.
  11. xposbrad
    Hamels + Cueto and MAYBE they have a shot. It doesn't make sense unless he gets 2 stud pitchers, because otherwise wait until the offseason and sign some of them, 100% agree with you.
  12. xposbrad
    Ya at this point, even Hamels couldn't save the pitching on this team. They legit need 2-3 quality starters.
  13. xposbrad
    Might as well really blow your load if you are limited next year. I hope Rogers opens the wallet here.
  14. xposbrad
    Dodgers are cleaning up ..wow, must be nice to have an ownership who wants to spend money like that
  15. xposbrad
    Yes, the Jays won't spend the money to take a risk on IFAs, we know that. They rather make midseason trades and acquire players for needs they should have addressed in the offseason via FA. There's also a reason they haven't made the playoffs in 20+ years and will continue to not make them. Other teams are willing to spend money to take risks, and the Jays are just not one of those teams. Maybe the Jays really need to go via crowdfunding to put a winning team on the field.
  16. xposbrad
    I'm still not understanding why the BP need wasn't addressed in the offseason instead of sending a prospect to PHI to cover salary.
  17. xposbrad
    Thread needs to be renamed Fire Gibbons + AA Now!!
  18. xposbrad
    This team should be sellers not buyers.
  19. xposbrad
    He's 29, a FA in '17. I don't see the point since the Jays aren't competing this year without pitching. This team needs to target players with more team control.
  20. xposbrad
    The only thing I fear is that this shoulder problem might be a tear, labral/rotator. Then we're screwed.
  21. xposbrad
    He's also projected to be at 2.9 war this year, what was he the previous 2 years? Again, you are arguing with yourself, I am not saying he's garbage, that would be retarded. I am factoring in his age and trade value. If you read my posts, I am talking about how the time has come to trade him, I don't care what his wrc+ is, it won't matter when the Jays don't make the playoffs again. It's time to trade him to a contender so the Jays can retool.
  22. xposbrad
    So then the jays would have no problem getting a huge haul for him then. I'm sure you agree that not trading him would be a pretty big mistake given his age and where the Jays are in terms of competing vs. what he could bring back in a trade package right now.
  23. xposbrad
    Ya the last week he's 4/22. You can spin whatever you stat you want on that. He doesn't look the same at the plate, he's swinging at pitches he wouldn't normally. His 19.4%k rate is higher than it's been in 5+ years. I am not saying he's playing like crap, just, that his age will eventually start catching up to him as it does to most players in their mid 30s.
  24. xposbrad
    I can't believe that he's 34? Or that he's off to a slow start? Or that he's having shoulder/arm issues? Or all 3? lol
  25. xposbrad
    EE/JB and throw in Edwards to that package. Edwards + Johnson would be 2 amazing mlb ready pitchers for this club next year. Ya ya, we have a lot of pitching depth (some might say, but no one has proven anything), but these 2 guys look like top end starters.
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