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  1. glory
    Grouping Donaldson with every other trade he has made the last three years (Marlins, Dickey, Price, Tulo) doesn't make the sum better. Trading prospects for four years of arbitration versus prospects for huge free agent contracts attached to players in their 30's doesn't quite mean the same thing.
  2. glory
    That wasn't his point. His point was the roster from a financial standpoint can't possibly keep this group together. From an age standpoint it wouldn't make sense to keep this group together for the expected cost. And the prospect capital traded over the last three years will make it very difficult to replace the departing free agents internally. Shapiro getting blamed for something that was inevitable is definitely unfair, but that's reality.
  3. glory
    The five year deal he initially signed was not a discount at the time. Bautista showed all the signs of a sustainable breakout but given his age and his prior performance it was definitely a risk by the Jays as well. In hindsight he was grossly underpaid, so he does have a reason to test free agency. Regardless, no big shock. I've been saying for months that he's gone after the year. Front office won't overpay for him and Bautista won't sign for less.
  4. glory
    Career high 75 (or so) innings, spent an entire season in the pen last year.....unless they send him down, I don't think they can realistically stretch him out and keep him in the bigs. Wouldn't shock me if he struggles as a RP in 2016 and is sent down to stretch out, but that's the only scenario where I see him starting in 2016.
  5. glory
    AA let Gibbons do whatever he wanted. That's not going to happen with Shapiro/Atkins.
  6. glory
    There's no chance in hell Sanchez gained 20 pounds of muscle in 3 months. If he thinks that, then he's ignorant.
  7. glory
    If Tulo flat out says he doesn't feel comfortable hitting lead-off, then you go with an alternative. Otherwise, he's the logical guy if you want to keep 2-3-4 the same. Batting order matters to some players. If Tulo isn't one of them, then it's a no brainer. Stick him at lead-off and give him the most ABs.
  8. glory
    Wasn't Alex Gonzalez batting 2nd when Buck was manager? It's a toss up between his managing and his announcing as far as which is more terrible.
  9. glory
    I like him as the AAA catcher over Quintero and Jimenez.
  10. glory
    Man I hope the Jays get to a point where they can lose a star to free agency and not miss a beat. it will take some time.
  11. glory
    Not only that, but his three years of control left cover ages 30-32. It's not like he's 26. Jays have no reason to extend him with this many years of control left at his age. Take it year by year and see what happens. Maybe you explore long term talks later on. Doing it after an MVP season only benefits the player.
  12. glory
    Yeah, his arrogance and stubbornness makes it worse, but even when he describes prospects, it sounds like a man talking out of his ass. Sickels is my favorite prospects guy.
  13. glory
    Law doesn't know s*** about prospects. Never has.
  14. glory
    Donaldson gets $11.65m in 2016 and $17m in 2017, per Davidi.
  15. glory
    It would be wise to use both Sanchez and Osuna as SP's but that doesn't appear to be the case with Osuna (at least not in 2016), so Sanchez will have to be the one stretched out. I don't like him as a starter, at least with his current skill set, but the Jays desperately need to develop their own SP's. Work on his repertoire in the spring and see if something can be added/tweaked. We already have an idea that he can be Brad Ziegler part 2, so worst case just flip him back to relief afterwards.
  16. glory
    I'm going to hold out hope that Shapiro can retool on the fly and avoid any down seasons, but yeah, AA detonated 2017-beyond for 2015. Then you factor that, unless some of them are brought back, the Jays are losing Bautista/EE/Cecil/Storen/Dickey/Chavez/Smoak/Saunders after 2016, with not much in the way of prospects to fill those spots (other than Pompey taking over for one of Bautista/Saunders). Not a very ideal situation. I echo the "f*** you Alex" sentiment. Or "thanks for Donaldson, but f*** you Alex" might be better.
  17. glory
    Getting either one to sign before they test the market seems like a pointless endeavor. These guys know they will be the cream of the free agent crop next year along with Cespedes and Gomez. They really have no incentive to stay for anything short of a fair market deal, and the Jays are probably reluctant to do that without seeing how 2016 goes first. Would have been nice if both players were like Halladay and didn't give a s*** about testing free agency, but that doesn't seem like reality.
  18. glory
    Martin's 7/15/20/20/20 five year deal pretty much spells that out.
  19. glory
    http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/lets-craft-an-extension-for-jose-bautista/ 4/75 is reasonable but I don't think Joey Bats would agree.
  20. glory
    http://www.tsn.ca/blue-jays-are-likely-suitors-for-cuban-brothers-1.435442
  21. glory
    He was going to make around $18-19M next season in arbitration most likely, so this move (depending on how the two year deal is structured) might save them a little money, or at least saves them the hassle of going to a hearing next year. The final year of arb in 2018 will be damn expensive, but at least this could plant the seeds for a longer term extension at this time next year.
  22. glory
    That would be my guess as well. I mean, I guess he could take over as manager if they fire Gibbons, but more likely Shapiro probably just likes the guy and wants him in the org in some capacity. With how much this regime has emphasized player development, if they intentionally put someone incompetent in that role, that would be pretty counter productive. Maybe he's better in this role than he was as a manager.
  23. glory
    Wedge did clarify those comments, for what it's worth. I'm not familiar with Wedge as a manager as I never really paid attention to the Indians or Mariners when he was managing them. I'm not sure why they'd stash him in a player development role just so they can wait for a poor start to make a manager change, though. I'm guessing Wedge would have still been available in May or June if they wanted to fire Gibbons, unless he was working for another team before coming to Toronto.
  24. glory
    Bautista is going to decline from age 36-39. It's just a matter of how big of a drop it ends up being. The Jays would be taking a huge risk with that contract. You can find exceptions of players who still have elite seasons in their late-30's, but they are exceptions for a reason. The Jays would be taking a chance that Bautista is an exception and not a norm.
  25. glory
    Floyd on a MLB deal means he's either the long man or the fifth starter. He finished last season as a reliever in the Indians pen, but I don't know whether they'd use him as a middle reliever. I guess we will see.
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