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Not great news but if you were to pick somewhere to have an injury then the bullpen would be it.

Me too. I was shouting at the radio that Sanchez hasn't pitched above A ball and walked over 4 per 9IP even at that level. Very happy that he got sent down very shortly afterwards.

OK, I'm officially getting concerned now. Pitchers & Catchers report today and there is still no free agent signing. I'm trying to stay calm and believe that AA will get one (or two) free agents but it's getting worrying that nothing seems to be happening. Jiminez, Santana, Drew and Capuano could all really help the team right now, the time is right to give up draft picks and the price isn't going to come down much more, if at all. Please do something to fill the obvious holes. Please!

But, but, but..... look at his 5 Gold Gloves! Seriously though, great player but not the best of all time. Not even the best of my lifetime. Probably top 5 of my lifetime.

I'm really, really close with my guess Sign: Ubaldo Jimenez Acquire: Dustin Ackley Trade: Casey Janssen

AA - sign this guy now! No such thing as a bad one-year deal. Not star signing by any mean but a guy who will give you innings that aren't throw by Redmond, Nolin, Wang, Jenkins, Ortiz etc.

What is Seitzer supposed to say? "I think Goins is a crappy hitter and he's got no chance of providing real value other than as a defensive specialist"? Of course he's going to say the right things and try and Goins some confidence going into the season.

Remember that the Jays are an international business. Currency fluctuations are very well known and are pretty easy to hedge against. This will very likely be a complete non-issue.

I think it's worse than either the AL East or West to be honest. I also think that Detroit are a decent side so they should win it, getting through to the last 4 almost certainly. Their odds are 4.85:1 and I give then a 4:1 chance to win it so my money would be there.

Boringly I'd take Detroit. They are a good team in a bad division and they look an almost certainty to make the playoffs as division winners. I'll always take a team that's going to be in the final four over a team in a good division that need to play a lot more good teams to have a chance.

I was looking at the AL pennant odds.

Sierra can play OF, 1B or DH. I think it's safe to assume that Bautista, Rasmus and Melky are the starting OF and EE gets the 1B position. Lind is at DH so Sierra only has a bench spot. If it's a bench spot then you already have Thole and Izturis so he's fighting for one of the last two spots for him. You need a back up CF and imho Sierra cannot do that job, neither can anyone else on the team right now so he can't have that spot. He's stuck fighting for the last spot on the bench, possibly as a platoon partner for Lind and a pinch hitter for Lind/Rasmsus/Goins/Navarro late in the game Right now I think I'd like to see him make the team, mainly because I really hate 8 man bullpens and him being there means that won't happen.

This is a good time to remind people that all the odds represent is how much money bookies have taken on each team. All the odds really do is to try and guarantee that the bookies will win whatever the outcome. 21/1 just means that your "average" punter hasn't seen any flashy moves by the Jays so they're not betting on them. They've seen the Mariners get Cano and have bet on them purely for that reason.

Yeah, less than 10% is my guess. The aversion (correct imho) to long term deals will stop us offering biggest contract and his desire to win will mean he signs elsewhere.

Ha! Nope, from the first girl I saw on TV that I fell in love with, Daisy Duke