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  1. glory
    At age 36? I doubt he'd sit out. Does he expect teams to give him more money at age 37 next year after sitting out half the season? He might as well take the best multi year deal he can get and just accept it. Or take the best one year deal he can get and go back on the market next year with a full season under his belt.
  2. glory
    Alex would have been all over that.
  3. glory
    He would have a NTC (10/5 rights) if he signed with the Jays. Not that easy.
  4. glory
    Smoak for Bruce would be a good deal. At least Bruce can actually hit RHP.
  5. glory
    Estrada is a free agent after 2017 just like the rest of their team. I doubt they would have done that. If the Jays still had Hutchison, that probably would have been the type of pitcher they would have went for (think he has 3 years of control left, while Karns has 4).
  6. glory
    Puig is 26 with three years of cheap control left (well, two years of cheap control and one year of arb after that). THat wouldn't be adding to an aging core, that would be giving the Jays a young hitter with upside. I agree that they won't be trading prospects for short-term gain, though.
  7. glory
    Yep, trade for Puig and sign someone like Moss. I'd be fine with that. Don't know what the Dodgers would want for Puig, though. Maybe more than what the Jays would be willing to give.
  8. glory
    Dammit, Dyson would have been a great fit for the Jays. Oh well.
  9. glory
    After 2015 and 2016, there's really no way the Jays can take a step back (at least on purpose) so trying to put a competitive team on the field while building up the farm system is the only alternative. AA created a one and a half year window. Thankfully Shaps took over when he did because he should be able to salvage this without watching the team turn into Ruben Amaro's Phillies like it would have if AA was still here trading prospects for Joey Votto while re-signing Edwin and Jose.
  10. glory
    He was offered 4-80 and ended up with 3-60. The agent looks worse.
  11. glory
    Isn't it widely known that autograph seekers are mostly scum trying to make money? I'm not talking about the kids that idolize players or people with collections, but the ones similar to the one in the Alex Rios temper tantrum video who use kids to get signatures and then get angry when the player isn't kowtowing to them.
  12. glory
    If Philly signs Bautista they will almost certainly trade him mid-season, especially if he bounces back.
  13. glory
    He was quoting a Lauryn Hill song. The only negative of that is the song sucks, but can't hold that against him.
  14. glory
    Stroman fathered Sanchez last winter and now Stroman is the son in the eyes of the Jays media and fans. It's a whole bunch of "who cares" to me anyway. As long as they stay healthy and keep pitching well they can despise each other for all I care.
  15. glory
    They don't (only Beeston did) but Boras guys very rarely sign extensions. Half joking about him being traded but if the Jays decide to take a step back in the next year or two, then he becomes a logical guy to move.
  16. glory
    Sanchez is apparently a Scott Boras client now. So, how soon does he get traded? He definitely won't be signing an extension.
  17. glory
    They might sign Jose to a deal for the QO, or maybe something like 2/35, but $20-25mm for one year? No way that happens.
  18. glory
    Yeah, it should be Morales replacing Edwin and Pearce replacing Smoak. Replacing Bautista and Saunders is TBD. Gibbons seems to hate Smoak as much as the rest of us, so I'm confident that if they are dumb enough to start with a platoon of Smoak/Pearce, it won't last long. The fact that Pompey is projected to be worth more than Saunders next season makes me think that they can replace MS fairly easily. It's Bautista that will need to be replaced, not his 2016 performance, but his projected performance (2-3 WAR).
  19. glory
    Give up a comp pick and spend a good majority of whatever the team has left to spend this winter for one year of Bautista? F That. If they sign him it better be either a really cheap one year deal (think Nelson Cruz a few years ago) or a team friendly deal that gives the Jays an option or two. Otherwise, I'm sure they can spread the money around effectively with whatever is left even with a crap FA market (Moss, Valbuena).
  20. glory
    Well they did jump on Morales and Pearce early in the off-season, likely guys they valued and wanted to get right out of the gate, and were vilified for it because they couldn't predict Encarnacion's market crashing a month later. Damned if you, damned if you don't.
  21. glory
    The Jays may not want to be in a position where they sign Moss and someone else, for example, and then Bautista is out there in March still looking for a job. I don't think that would happen, as JB is too good of a player to not sign somewhere (you would think), but if they see the pick slipping away, then I could definitely see the front office just saying screw it and signing him to a short-term deal. I really wanted 3 1st round picks, but the FA market sucks, and they don't want to trade prospects, so there's not much to choose from.
  22. glory
    With Morales at DH, Smoak/Pearce at 1B, and Bautista's huge ego probably making him think he can still play the OF, is it really a reach to think what I suggested would happen? I'm sure Gibbons will listen to the front office if they specifically tell him to play JB at 1B/DH more than the OF, but if they just give him the pieces and let him do with them what he wishes, then I could easily see JB playing RF everyday with occasional starts at DH. The FO and JB would have to agree to a move to 1B, and really, with Pearce already being a superior 1B defensively, it seems kind of counter productive.
  23. glory
    We already know Pearce is an above average defensive player at 1B, so yeah, I think Pearce at 1B and JB in left is probably the better alternative. Although with Gibbons managing I'm positive JB would play RF everyday because he wants to prove he can still do it and Gibbons would let him. Just have to acquire a good defensive LF (or hope Pompey is ready to platoon with Upton) to compensate for the lack of D from Bautista.
  24. glory
    Trading for Dyson is the only way I'd be comfortable with Jose in the OF. He'd still be awful, but at least Pillar and Dyson would be studly in two of the OF spots. If they do bring back Jose, I think it's more likely we'll see Pearce in LF, Bautista in RF, and Smoak at 1B against RHP, and then Pearce at 1B and Upton in LF against LHP.
  25. glory
    People have criticized them for jumping early on Morales before Edwin's market played out. Even if they don't want Jose back, they can still wait this market out. If Jose signs elsewhere, then they can move on. If he doesn't, and other options do not materialize, then he's a fallback. That's my guess on how they are playing the situation right now.
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