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  1. glory
    I don't think there is that much payroll room. Guaranteed deals next year are Martin, Smoak, Tulo, Pearce, Morales, Happ, and Guirrel. For those seven players it is a little over $75mm. Donaldson's arb case alone will take that figure close to $100m, and that's not factoring Stroman, Sanchez, Osuna, Pillar, and Travis in arbitration. Available dough is probably closer to $40-50mm than $65mm.
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    Maybe, but he has a 1.2 WAR and 111 wrc+ right now, plus is probably playing through some sort of injury. Aside from Boston there really isn't a contender looking for a 3B either. The timing doesn't feel right to move him. By this time next year if he is back to 2013-16 JD performance, then even for half a season he might be able to get similar value to what he might have now. It's a risk either way.
  3. glory
    Seriously. Dombrowski is AA on steroids when it comes to trading prospects. And the ones he does keep he will promote straight from A-ball Double-A because why the f*** not?
  4. glory
    I think the issue here is that if trading Donaldson now isn't going to give them the type of return they want/need, then what's the point? If you're going to sell JD at 50 cents on the dollar than you can do that next year too. I don't want to look back 5 years from now and say "at least we got 3 s***** prospects for JD instead of losing him for nothing". Dammit, I want a real prospect or two. If you want to rebuild, you'll need to trade for real prospects. Otherwise you can just let them go for nothing and start from scratch after 2018. I mean, what the hell is the difference?
  5. glory
    I can see NJH's logic only because trading JD now would be selling very low and the Jays won't be getting the types of prospects they need in return for him. The question is how will his value look in the winter? If he has a great second half, then that would help, but if not, then what can the Jays realistically trade? I mean, other than the young pitching, they have nothing to trade. It's actually worse than being just old. They are old and have no value. I can see the logic in keeping JD and giving this group one more shot but only if they can't get appropriate value for him now. Seriously, a fire sale with nothing to trade isn't really all that enticing. We ain't getting what the White Sox got in return for their guys.
  6. glory
    Stroman would have so much trade value right now. If the Jays are going to rebuild, he's the guy to move. They could make a killing right now.
  7. glory
    Well, I mean, we had every right to be. He was awful before this season. Amazing year he is having though. Front office had faith in him and it worked out.
  8. glory
    Man looking at the Jays roster, who the f*** can they trade for any value at all? That's the most depressing part about this team. The veterans aren't worth s***.
  9. glory
    Yeah, Bautista picking up his option while the Jays decline it because no one in their right mind would pay him $17mm would hurt his ego more than a trade. At least a trade you can spin it as "thanks for all the great years with us but we're not winning a ring this year so go get one" type of thing. Bautista announcing he will retire at the end of the season is really the only way I'd want to keep him but that's not going to happen. Even giving 2nd half AB's to a never-will-be like Dwight Smith Jr would at least have a tiny bit of upside if he turns out better than expected. But trotting Jose out there as a shell of what he used to be isn't going to get anyone to buy a ticket to watch a bad team.
  10. glory
    Yeah if he can cover 2b even decently then no more Goins playing everyday when Travis misses 80 games next year. Guirrel turning into a big leaguer asap would be great.
  11. glory
    You're bored too?
  12. glory
    Don't care if the Jays win or lose, but dammit I want Estrada to raise his trade value. Become Acetrada again for at least one more week!
  13. glory
    I don't know who the F Gideon Turk is, but he wrote this on BP Toronto. Estrada for Sparkman would be pretty damn funny in a sad way.
  14. glory
    What is Cavan's upside? Utility IF? It would be cool if all three came up and became MLB players at the same time, but Biggio seems like a longshot.
  15. glory
    Yeah they should not sell for the sake of selling unless it is trying to salvage a bad situation (like trading Jose, Marco, and Liriano). Otherwise, hold out for the best value even if it's a year from now. The prospects they get back are more important than the direction of the team. Try to maximize the prospect return.
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  17. glory
    At this rate if you could get a Matt Boyd equivalent, you'd have to take it. Low upside, bottom rotation guy who can help right away will have value.
  18. glory
    The only argument against rebuilding would be that nobody wants our s*** (Jose, Estrada, Liriano, Tulo, Martin, Morales, etc), or we would be selling real low and not maximizing proper value (JD). It's starting to look like trading Stroman, Sanchez, and Osuna is the only real way of rebuilding, and you can probably move them next year at this time and not lose out on much value. Otherwise, I can't imagine sitting through another season like this next year. This one is bad enough and it's barely half way done.
  19. glory
    Gibby leaving Zeke and Montero on the bench because god forbid one of them pinch hit and Goins take over defensively afterwards.
  20. glory
    Pillar DP followed by Ryan Goins pinch hitting for someone. God damn just end this season.
  21. glory
    Pompey makes Travis look like Cal Ripken when it comes to durability so I wouldn't count on it.
  22. glory
    Was any team going to trade a good prospect for Bautista anyway? He makes $18mm, average at best offensively now, bad base runner, bad defence, bad reputation around the league (whether we like it or not). Not exactly desirable. Estrada and Liriano s***ing the bed hurts a lot more.
  23. glory
    Pearson threw a scoreless inning today. 1 IP, 2 K, 1 single, 0 walks.
  24. glory
    A little bit of both, probably. Shapiro can likely do what he wants within the parameters that Rogers gives him, but the company itself wants to make money, so anything that negatively impacts the bottom line might need to be green lighted first. Like if Shapiro wanted to trade Sanchez for something, then ownership won't care. But if he wanted to trade Sanchez, Stroman, Osuna, etc, and completely wipe out the roster to rebuild, then he would need some type of thumbs up from ownership since that's likely to impact the bottom line short-term. But yeah, I think Rogers prefers a team that can sell hope every year, even if it leads no where. I was hoping Shapiro could change that, but maybe he can't.
  25. glory
    Glad they used a pinch runner on their best hitter who was already on 3rd, rather than on Morales who is at 1B and slow as s***.
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