Being on a s***** team is going to test Stroman's patience. He came into the league in 2014 when the Jays were above .500 and probably should have won a WC spot (the f'n Royals and the A's on the decline? Ugh) and then 2015 and 2016 happened. Now he's on the other end of it.
Osuna forced his way out of Toronto, otherwise the team may not have moved him. For those who want Stroman traded (for rebuilding purposes), another blow up or two from him would probably speed up the process.
Tepera is a run of the mill reliever who had one good season. Gibby will keep throwing him out there in the 8th or 9th but he is what he is. Wish the Jays moved him before he fell off.
Pretty good chance Estrada, Grandy, and Clippard will clear or have cleared. Just a matter of which pile of s*** the Jays will accept in return for them.
JD is the one to watch for. He can't be put on waivers yet until he starts his rehab (I think) so we'll have to wait.
Makes sense to have Gibby’s timeline end with Jd’s timeline. That might have been Shatkins plan. Let Gibby manage the JD teams and then move on after that.
That was Gibby 1.0. The 2015 version was so bad he wanted me to rip out whatever was left of my hair.
Since Shatkins took over he’s been noticebaly better, and harmless overall.
Gurriel was as well before he got hurt. We just have to be patient and wait for this time next year and 2020.
This is just the BS phase to transition into the next one and the front office is not rushing promotions for service times reasons. Once the young blood come up, things will get interesting again.
Who is coming in out of the pen for the 8th and 9th? I don't even know who is in the pen at this point there has been so much turnover. Hopefully Giles gets in.
Gibbons not going to let some AAAA goober ruin a perfectly good tank job.
Gibby 2.0 doing what’s best for the org.
Edit: Biagini only gives up the one run. Fail.
I'm not sure what his upside is, but I'm interested to see what he can do in the bigs. He's shown the ability to draw walks (~10% in the minors) and practically everything he hits is a LD or FB. He doesn't have any split issues as a lefty bat either (hits lefties pretty well).
I'm not going to go all Justin Upton on him, but he doesn't look like a bad player. If the Jays can trade Pillar this winter then I'd be fine with giving McKinney a shot in one of the corners. Not like the team is competing. See what he has.