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  1. glory
    Petit as the long reliever/swing man is what I thought of immediately when I heard he was non tendered. Seems like a good fit assuming it's cheap.
  2. glory
    AA leaving was a tactical move on his part. It had to be. He has more people on his nuts right now than he ever would have had if he stayed, including Trollosi, apparently. Garbage article only done to rile up Jays fans.
  3. glory
    Career 10.5% walk rate and does have power. There's enough good things to like about him but he hasn't been able to reach his ceiling, and he looked helpless against off speed pitches a lot of times. I don't think he's a bad guy to take a risk on, especially since the Jays seem to have a lot of surplus value in other positions on the field. Just surprised he signed for as much as he did. MLBTR was way off.
  4. glory
    There was an article some time ago saying that AA's assistants were the ones urging AA to sign Smoak after he was non tendered by the Jays last year. Assuming those same assistants are still there (I haven't kept track of who has left), then it's not surprising that they tendered Smoak this time. They obviously like the bat. Maybe their hunch will pay off, but it's a lot of money on a project.
  5. glory
    Yeah there probably will be a deal at some point. I know Shapiro talked about depth, but I can't possibly see Smoak, Cola, Saunders, and Revere all on the team next season. Since no one is going to trade for Smoak making $3.9m, my guess is they are trying to find a taker for Colabello since he provides no positional versatility and Smoak is not going to back-up for nearly $4m.
  6. glory
    Thole won't have a job in baseball without being attached to Dickey. He'll be back on a minor league deal and the league minimum.
  7. glory
    That's probably where he will end up since they are losing Ortiz after the season. It's just a question of how many years and dollars Dombrowski will give him.
  8. glory
    Ackley, Miller, Franklin, and whoever else they tried in the OF. It was a shot at their previous regime.
  9. glory
    I guess the days of middle infielders playing corner outfield spots in Seattle are over. Disappointing.
  10. glory
    Thole wouldn't have a job if it wasn't for the Jays organization having Dickey, so just non-tender him and bring him back for the minimum. If he doesn't take it and decides to go elsewhere, good luck to him. I'm fine with a Smoak/Cola platoon at first, and Smoak is movable if the Jays find a better 1B option. Saunders will be interesting. I'd non tender him and try to bring him back on a cheap deal like the Jays did with Smoak last year, but I'm sure a team like the Royals who need OF's will be more intriguing for him if he's going to sign a cheap deal with someone. It's a risk either way, but I don't like Saunders for $3m coming off the injury he had.
  11. glory
    Well, he's on a team run by Dombrowski, so chances are he could opt out and get more money from Dombrowski bidding against himself. That dude is AA on speed when it comes to player contracts.
  12. glory
    Price is not opting out at age 33, unless player salaries get even crazier by then. Glad the Jays aren't paying that, but sucks to see him on the Red Sox.
  13. glory
    Per Kenny Rosenthal's Twitter: Sources: Eric Wedge a candidate to become part of #BlueJays’ front office after team names new GM. Managed under Shapiro with #Indians. Clarification on Wedge: Role with #BlueJays, if hired, would not necessarily be in front office. Would be in organization in some capacity.
  14. glory
    LaCava is staying with the org regardless, so if he and Atkins are the only candidates, then it seems pretty likely that the job will go to Atkins. It's not like they'll lose LaCava, and it doesn't seem like he wants to job to begin with.
  15. glory
    Exactly. No one will care about Bautista's bat flip HR in 2019 if they team hadn't made the playoffs in 2016-18. If you build a sustainable winner, then the more chances you have at winning it. AA created a one year window. That's about the worst thing you could possibly do in baseball. Doubling down on that philosophy would have sunk this team long-term.
  16. glory
    “We obviously had multiple holes to fill in our pitching staff, and our front-office team felt diversifying the risk among multiple pitchers who could start was important, both due to our need at the (major-league) level and our lack of Triple-A depth starting pitchers.” - Shapiro I think the Jays were always looking at the cheaper end of the free agent pool. GIven their familiarity with Happ, and the fact that he was "fixed" by Searage, maybe it was a combination of value + perceived upside. Regardless, I don't think they ever seriously considered the more expensive FA's.
  17. glory
    Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi 8m8 minutes ago Sources: Jordan Zimmermann's deal with #Tigers expected to be 5 years and around $110 million. @JonHeymanCBS first reported agreement.
  18. glory
    Non tender both Thole and Saunders and bring both back on lesser/minor league deals. I wouldn't guarantee Saunders anything with the injury he is coming off of, and Revere is a better bet than him going forward.
  19. glory
    All you have to do is look at the reaction of the fans when the 2013 off-season happened. Hype sells tickets in Toronto sports. Whether it helps the team win long-term is not even a glimmer in any of their eyes. Toronto fans and media are butt hurt about Alex leaving. These reactions are just a byproduct of that.
  20. glory
    Yeah they still need more AAA depth. MLB: Stroman, Dickey, Estrada, Happ, Chavez AAA: Hutchison, Diamond, ?, ?, ?
  21. glory
    That should read 147 starts by everyone else, not 143 in my earlier post. Regardless, as good as those 11 starts by Price were, they were 11 starts. The Jays got 4 out of Stroman, and (knock on wood) they'll get way more than that in 2016. The rotation is fine. Could use a bit more depth but we got a while to go before April.
  22. glory
    I think it's a solid deal, so if the options are good or bad, then I'll go with good. Nothing spectacular about it, but years and AAV is fine with me. No picks or prospects involved = good.
  23. glory
    The Jays won 93 games in 2015 when they had 143 starts made by Dickey, Buehrle, Estrada, Sanchez, Hutchison, Norris, Doubront, Copeland, Redmond, and Boyd. Need 5 aces to win, guyz.
  24. glory
    Great post or greatest post?
  25. glory
    Trading Dickey kind of defeats the point of depth accumulation, unless his direct replacement comes back in that trade (which likely won't happen). I know DIckey is annoying with his personal catcher stuff, but really, the Jays won't be getting a 200 IP/sub-4.00 ERA starter for less than what Dickey's making. Just bite the bullet and stick with Thole's corpse while hopefully getting a decent depth catcher in AAA in case of injury.
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