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  1. glory
    It's a minor league deal. $1mm if he makes the team with $500k in incentives.
  2. glory
    I would be surprised if it was a major league deal. Probably a minor league deal where he will get $1.5mm if he makes the team.
  3. glory
    Happ is signed through 2018. Estrada and Liriano will be free agents after 2017. Biagini filling one of 2018 spots would be a big boost.
  4. glory
    They seem to be discussing a minor league deal. Ben Nicholson Smith was just stating what his salary would be if he made the big league roster. That makes more sense.
  5. glory
    The team has no SP depth even with their existing five starters. Subtracting one of those five for Latos does nothing to improve the depth and makes the rotation worse. No way that's the reason for their interest here. More likely they want a swing man to fill whatever role Chavez had last season. Maybe this means they don't have faith in Bolsinger and plan to see if he can clear waivers before the start of the season (assuming it's a MLB deal). My guess is it's a minor league deal if it does happen.
  6. glory
    I don't mind if the Jays take it slow with Pearce in April since he's coming back from injury, but dammit he better be starting everyday at some point.
  7. glory
    Stroman won his arbitration case. He gets $3.4mm.
  8. glory
    Biagini in AAA, Floyd in the pen.
  9. glory
    "The Jays’ off-season signings again were economically prudent, but Jose Bautista is 36, Kendrys Morales and J.P. Howell 33, Joe Smith 32. Meanwhile, first baseman Justin Smoak occupies a spot that could go to a better bat (Pedro Alvarez?) and the bullpen could fall under immediate scrutiny if Howell and/or Smith do not throw well in the spring." That was Rosenthal's quote. I don't think that's suggesting the Jays are after a 1B.
  10. glory
    Tabata is s*** but whatever. Just a minor league deal. Maybe they can tweak his swing or something.
  11. glory
    I don't even blame Gibbons for this. No reason to tender Zeke a contract, much less give him over a mil to produce replacement level performance when the OF market is cheap as dirt right now. I was always expecting Gibby to platoon those two (one bats left, the other bats right, numbers be damned). The front office could have avoided it though.
  12. glory
    Maybe a team will claim him thinking he's Alex Rios circa 2006.
  13. glory
    Manfred making Bud Selig look like the greatest commish of all time.
  14. glory
    Justin Smoak better be a late bloomer. Rarely see such a low AAV by baseball standards ($4m) look so terrible.
  15. glory
    My god....Manfred is an idiot.
  16. glory
    I think they might option him because they don't want to lose Sparkman and they can't really afford to lose Bolsinger. So that puts the pen as Osuna, Grilli, Howell, Smith, Bolsinger, and Sparkman. If Biagini starts in the bigs instead of AAA, then that's your 7 guys right there. If Biagini starts in AAA as a SP, then that opens up a spot for Loup. I think Floyd as a RP has potential. Just call up Loup after Floyd's arm falls off.
  17. glory
    Loup has an option left I think so he may not be a lock. If Biagini starts in AAA: Osuna, Grilli, Howell, Smith, Floyd, Bolsinger, Sparkman If Biagini starts in the bigs: Osuna, Grilli, Howell, Smith, Biagini, Bolsinger, Sparkman
  18. glory
    Sure, and the football season is shorter too so the games mean more. My point was fans don't care how long a game is as long as they are a fan of the sport. Baseball is not going to attract fans by shortening games. The length of the game might be the most trivial part of the game since all major sports run 3 hours, or close to it. If baseball accepted its regional relevancy then this wouldn't be an issue. If they want to be more mainstream and attract more eyeballs to the game then it will require much more than shortening games by a few minutes a night. Mike Trout is one of the greatest players of this generation and non fans or even fans of other teams probably wouldn't be able to spot him in a crowd. That's the issues MLB needs to fix.
  19. glory
    Why not? They could still use umps for the bases since they can challenge safe/out calls, but fixing the calls at the plate should be a top priority.
  20. glory
    Manfred isn't fixing the issues. Baseball's popularity isn't going to sky rocket because the game is 2:55 long rather than 3:00 long. Football games are long as hell with seemingly twice as many commercials and their popularity continues to be strong. Keep baseball the way it is and accept the fact that it's probably more of a regional sport now, and not mainstream. They got huge numbers for the Cubs World Series despite the games being long with a lot of pitching changes and so on. The sport is what it is. Getting rid of throwing 4 pitches is fine, and getting rid of the AS game determining home field in the WS was long overdue, but outside of that, STOP. The one thing they could do to fix the game is robo umps to make sure calls are accurate, but instead they want to focus on other things that are meaningless. That seems to be Manfred's MO.
  21. glory
    If he's not on the 25 man roster, then he'll have to clear waivers. So the only way he can start the season in AAA is if they option him and he clears. Basically, he has to start the season in the big leagues. If not, then they have to expose him to waivers.
  22. glory
    They can send him down whenever but he'll have to clear waivers. He has no options left.
  23. glory
    The current sixth starter is Bolsinger, and after him it's probably Harrell and Oberholtzer. That's not particularly good. I think stretching Biagini out in AAA is a logical idea, assuming the team feels he can be an average starter or better.
  24. glory
    If they can get a win out of Smith and Howell, that is significant, especially for the cost. This is how to build a pen regardless of payroll. The Jays were not going to sign Chapman, so this strategy was the next best alternative.
  25. glory
    I'd be shocked if they add $9m to the budget with Bruce. Highly doubt it.
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