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Alford back in AAA and 1-3 with a HR so far. The Fisher trade might have sealed his fate on the Jays though, unless he's the 4th OF (out of options after this season).

The Mets have a damn good rotation and a lineup of good hitters. Wouldn't shock me if they went on a legit run to the playoffs.

Kevin Gausman got DFA'd and he's a better pitcher than Sanchez. If we as fans are not hung up on 2016 anymore, then pretty good chance GM's around the league aren't either. Sanchez's value was likely little to nothing. You can still not be happy with the trade as Fisher was going to be out of options after the season so his value likely would have dropped the longer the Astros held on to him, but other than Stevenson (who looks good in A+ and I would have liked to hold on to him), there really wasn't much value going to the Astros. Of course the Astros could fix Sanchez (and Biagini) and make us look foolish, but Pete Walker hasn't made anyone better since he's been here, so chances are it wouldn't have mattered.

Man I wish we traded Giles before Montoyo let him throw 3 days in a row. Might as well rest him the rest of the year and hope he's healthy for 2020.

Paulino DFA for Godley. Hope Paulino clears waivers. Still like the arm as a RP. My hope of him ever being a SP is done obviously. Can't stay healthy in that role.

So after two starts in A+: 9.2 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 4 BB, 14 K, 1 HR. 18 year's old in A+. He'll definitely shoot up the prospect rankings next year (if not this winter).

Font is looking damn good so far (and he's not even wearing a Rays uniform!). Hope he turns into something decent. Not terribly old at 29 and lots of control left.

Yeah, he is actually playing for a contract, so it might be more beneficial to him to be waived and go to another team where he actually should play everyday. That place is not Toronto, certainly if they'll be load managing young players excessively because of him. Galvis too, but I think he's here to stay due to the option.

Yeah my bad just took a quick look at his pitch info/pitch velocity numbers, didn't go into how often he used each pitch. That just jumped out to me. Dude is getting killed when using his FB either way. Not a bad guy to pick up and see if they can fix his pitch selection, but yeah, Pete Walker is not the type I'd feel comfortable fixing anyone.

Vlad and Biggio sitting so that Smoak and Galvis can get in the lineup is just mind boggling to me. Montoyo going to be annoy me the rest of the season with this s***.

5 mph drop in velocity this year. He's either injured or his arm is toast. Can't hurt to see what he has though.

That was the most Trop loss ever.

Probably because it took him 90 pitches to get through 3 innings before, but if he's trying to pitch to contact he'll get creamed. I see him as a RP long term, a multi inning type, and maybe that's where he'll shine. I don't think he's a starter, but no harm in giving him a chance.

Through 5 innings.... Kay: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 6 K, 1 HR, 92 pitches Eh. Better than his first start.

I really want to see a new pitching coach on this team. Not saying a new one would turn these guys into stars or anything, but dammit I'm tired of Pete Walker not having anyone improve under his watch.

Thornton giving up some hard contact this inning.

Anyone else find it absurd that the Jays are using the DH spot to move guys around so that Freddy Galvis can play everyday? I know I can't put anything past Montoyost, but Smoak/Galvis should either be on other teams or used way more sparingly.

I think the philosophy is good but the trading is bad. Everything else, for the most part, has been fine. Drafting, int'l signings, roster management. The free agents are hit or miss (Morales being the main miss) but you'll have bad FA signings here and there. Smoak extension was good foresight, Grichuk extension remains to be seen. I'll give them a slight pass for the bad timing in trades since it could have been an ownership call, but the trade returns definitely pushed the potential timeline back a bit. Maybe not that far back, but still a setback. If they started selling at the 2017 deadline or even pre-2018 off season, that small window of time could have changed the level of talent significantly (ex. Flaherty instead of Merryweather, etc).

List of AA moves with big league implications.. 2018 Kemp (1.6 WAR) to LA for Culberson (1.0 WAR), Gonzalez (N/A), Kazmir (N/A), McCarthy (0.2 WAR) Signed Danny Santana (0.1) Traded for Preston Tucker (0.0 WAR) Signed Peter Bourjos (-0.1 WAR) Signed Ryan Flaherty (-0.4 WAR) Signed Jose Bautista (-0.1 WAR) Traded international bonus money for Jonny Venters (0.2 WAR) Traded for Adam Duvall (-0.5 WAR) Traded international bonus money for Brad Brach (0.3 WAR) Traded for Kevin Gausman (0.8 WAR, 10 starts) That was his entire contribution to the 2018 Braves playoff team that won 90 games. Shatkins (or ShaCava) did more to help the 2016 Jays make the playoffs from a pure value standpoint of players they acquired/signed. 2019 Signed Josh Donaldson (3.3 WAR) ---> good move Signed Brian McCann (1.0 WAR) Signed Nick Markakis (0.2 WAR) Signed Josh Tomlin (0.0 WAR, 59.1 IP) Traded for Anthony Swarszak (0.1 WAR, 24 IP) Signed Dallas Keuchel (0.4 WAR, 4.75 FIP, 56 IP) Then his trade deadline moves that only have a week of sample size If you prefer AA to Atkins, that is one thing. But if you say AA helped the Braves the last two years over practically anyone else who could have walked into that situation? Get the F out of here. I'll give you the extensions. Smart moves by AA, even though taking advantage of dirt poor kids trying to support their families is not something I'd be too cool with, but hey it's not my life.

I think the Rays have to be move, but I also question why Montreal is even a thing after how bad they were at drawing fans the last time, and baseball was a lot more mainstream popular back then.

I don’t think any AA move has worked for the Braves except signing JD. Dude inherited a gold mine.

No one is taking Grichuk's contract. The only time he might be movable is after year 2, assuming he bounces back next year, since they front loaded his deal. At this point I think putting Smoak through waivers is the right call. Either call Tellez up, or use 1B for some combination of Biggio, Drury, and whoever else. Smoak is not someone the team should re-sign and he is taking AB's away from players in a lost season. Cut bait.

If the Rays traded for Sogard, then that means he's legit. I hope the Jays got at least 2 intriguing lottery tickets, but the Rays are run so well I'm not optimistic.

Nate Pearson will be pitching to contact when he meets Pete Walker.

Going from Pete Walker to practically anyone else was going to end up being good for Sanchez. The fact that he went to the pitching factory known as the Astros is just icing on the cake for him.