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  1. Find someone blocked on another team and use them as the utility infielder. Someone like Tony Kemp or Profar. Goins can EAD.
  2. I read that at the deadline the Jays were asking about Grichuk. Might have been nothing, but he hits the ball hard, hits a lot of flyballs and line drives, but just strike outs a s*** ton. Seems to fit what the Jays look for and maybe could fix like they did with Smoak. Cards have excess outfielders. Maybe there's a match.
  3. He won't get more than one year so there's a chance. Depends on how much he likes the Jays org.
  4. I hate you *******s for getting my hopes up for Otani now. I know it isn't happening but dammit now I think there's a chance. If Shapiro pulls this off.....
  5. The tank taking a break to f*** with the O's is fine with me.
  6. Speaking of Royals free agents, Lorenzo Cain would make sense for the Jays, but I'm sure he'll get paid a s*** ton. Likely way more than the Jays would be willing to offer. He's a better player than Fowler and the jays were interested in him, so i'm sure they will kick tires but ultimately miss out/pass when the price gets too big. Would be a good fit in right, though.
  7. Hernandez is turning 25 soon and has spent a bunch of time in AAA. Pompey was fast tracked to the bigs at 21 and then handed a starting spot because AA didn't know what depth was. If Teoscar starts in the OF in '18, then Alford, Pompey (if he's still alive), and someone like Davis or Fields or Ceciliani or whoever will be in the Buffalo OF. The depth there is actually pretty decent. Just start Hernandez and sign or trade for a more established outfielder to play the other corner. Puts less pressure on Teoscar and adds even more depth.
  8. Yeah I agree with this. You can live with Teoscar's growing pains as long as they go out and get a LF/RF (whichever corner Hernandez doesn't play) in trade or free agency. Jays need to start having some young cheap position players on the roster. Hernandez doesn't need more AAA time. He's ready. Whether he turns out to be any good or not is the question.
  9. Teoscar, yes. Urena, no.
  10. Dayton Moore having a soft spot for Kendrys enough to take the 2/23 he has left on his deal would be wonderful.
  11. Look at Gonzalez's minor league numbers, especially age 21 in AAA.
  12. Not now, but a year from now if another young option presents itself? Why not? If he bounces back in 2018, then that's a different story, but if he's still trash, then better to just cut your losses.
  13. If Tulo continues to suck, then he's going to be released, most likely. No team is going to trade talent for him or take his contract, so just cut your losses.
  14. I thought AA's best skill was risk taking. Some times it worked against him, but I don't think any other GM pulls off the Donaldson trade other than him. With this front office, we probably won't see another JD type of trade, but we also won't see Thor pitching somewhere else. It's the trade off for super risky vs. conservative. With that said, still glad he is gone. At least I don't have to worry about Vlad or Bo being traded for Joey Votto or Stanton now.
  15. If they don't rebuild, and it looks like they won't, then just keep doing what they have been doing the last two years. Small/short free agent signings to plug some holes on the roster. If they are in the race next July then trade some meaningless prospects for immediate help (like they did in '16) or if they are out of it, then sell at the deadline again like they did this year. Extending Donaldson for anything beyond 4 years would be foolish, and he's not going to settle for anything when all he has to do is wait a year and be on the open market. It's not going to happen. That's why trading him now is the best solution, but I guess backdooring into the WC next year is a possibility given how bad the AL is beyond the top 4 teams, so they'll try for that first.
  16. Teams are smarter now. They will look at FIP and WAR over blown saves and ERA. Should have traded him at the deadline in hindsight, but he will probably still have value in the winter. Waiting until next trade deadline could be risky. He's already seen a velocity dip, combined with anxiety issues. Trade him this winter and maybe you can still get a Juan Soto type plus others.
  17. Sell high. Teams that aren't good don't need closers, and Osuna having three years of control left makes him a more attractive trade chip.
  18. I don't think they will get into specific player decisions, but even team direction is going to hurt us. The Jays have a real opportunity to set the stage for the 2019, 2020, etc, roster by trading JD, Osuna, Happ, and others for players who can come up the same time as their other top prospects, but if they are stuck having to fake a contender to keep ticket sales up, then it's going to hurt. If they want to fake a contender while trading JD/Osuna/Happ, then be my damn guest. I don't care if they want to fool the casual fan into buying tickets. As long as they don't fall back into the 1995-2014 trap.
  19. Yeah it's basically the Mike Trout Angels of the past few years. That's my fear with 2018. Shapkins are going to need one hell of an off season to put this team back into the 85-90 win projection next year.
  20. Hope you're right, though I don't think anyone gives up a haul for one year of JD. Still rather trade him than watch him put up a 6-7 war season on a .500 team and then leave. I fear Rogers is already driving team direction.
  21. That is from Heyman's latest article. Aside from the derp about the Jays not being far out of the race this year (if you call never being .500 and having one of the worst run differentials in baseball being close), not all that surprising considering who owns this team. Rogers wants dat cash. Although I wonder what a deal that improves 2018 even looks like. No team is going to trade any good existing players for one year of Donaldson as it would hurt their own ability to compete. It would have to be a Gord Ash type of trade then, something where the Jays are taking back vets to keep chugging along the .500 mark while the other team is getting the best player in the deal. No thanks.
  22. Just in general, the position players this front office has acquired have been really, really bad defensively. Even the good defensive players like Pearce have been asked to play out of position to completely negate their value on D. I forgot to add Salty who makes Montero look like Martin by comparison. For an org that looks at advanced stats, WAR, etc, it's puzzling that they keep going after bad defensive players, and I say that as a huge fan of this front office.
  23. Between Morales, Pearce, Bautista, Montero, and Refsynder, has Shapkins completely forgot about defence this season? Their other moves involved extending Smoak, who typically isn't a good defensive player, and almost trading for Jay Bruce who is typically a s*** defender. I guess Upton and Barney should count.
  24. This season has been too long so might as well make individual games last an eternity too.
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