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A GM who has been on the job for six years and his high water mark in wins was with the team he inherited minus Roy Halladay (2010....meaning that team may have been capable of better if they kept Roy) is not doing his job. Of course you judge him on wins, especially since he shitcanned the future to win in 2013-15.
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JPR built much better teams, though. His MLB moves were fine. His drafting sucked. AA is the opposite, and when your calling card is drafting, and you proceed to make the type of trades he made in 2012-13, then that's pretty much the end of the road.
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"Defense is improved" yet you have LOLabello in LF. That's not possible. No point in trading Reyes with Bautista because the Jays need talent more than they need salary relief. Bautista alone gets them better talent.
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In the post-Gillick era, JP Ricciardi was the best GM in franchise history. That says something. AA is not Gord Ash bad, but he's not good, either. Just be thankful for Donaldson, and now put the keys in another GM's hands to see if he can right this ship one way or another.
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I'm not sure what exactly you are looking for. Winning a weaker (than normal) division doesn't mean AA's doing a good job. However, the Jays based on run differential and other factors should be much better than their record indicates. When they employ a manager that doesn't know who his best relievers are, values offense over defense leading to stupidity like Colabello in the outfield, is dumb enough to think Navarro is a good enough hitter to justify the lost runs on defense by putting Edwin at first, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, it's not a surprise that their record in one run games is so bad and they are playing well below their run differential. AA and Gibbons both stink. A better GM would have rounded out the roster better, and a better manager puts this team in a better position to win the close games. They both need to go.
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Sure, and that's why AA needs to go, but a manager that knows who his best players are, and knows how to construct a lineup that actually makes sense defensively would help save some runs over the course of a season, and possibly add wins over 162 games. Liam Hendriks is the team's mop up guy, and he's probably been the best reliever on the team after Osuna. Colabello has a 142 wRC+ and .428 BABIP over 216 plate appearances and has a whopping 0.2 WAR because Gibbons plays him in left field where his defense is so bad that it nearly negates the unsustainable offense he has provided. Then there's the bullpen usage, Navarro love, and other moronic things he does on the regular. This team is poorly put together, no denying that, but it's poorly managed as well. It has more than enough talent to win a division like this even with the roster's warts.
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I never said Alex put together the best Jays roster in the past decade. I said Gibbons has managed them. In other words, 2006-08. I'd rate 2013-15's rosters as being far better than 2009-12, though. Gaston and Farrell managed teams in 2010 and 2011 that were trying to lose and still finished .500 or better. Gibbons can barely do that now with $50m more in payroll added to the roster. The 2008 team had the best pitching in baseball and were below .500 with Gibbons. The 2015 team has the best hitting in baseball and are currently below .500 with Gibbons. But those are just coincidences, of course. Nothing to do with managing.
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He traded two short-stops, one making $5m a year with two team options and another Cuban signing with six years of control left, for one that was 30 and owed nearly $100m over the next five years. It made absolutely no sense financially or from a player evaluation standpoint. Reyes would have had to have been worth 5-10 wins more than Escobar for that to make sense, and without looking it up, I'd be surprised if Reyes was worth more than a win above Escobar since the trade happened. Nevermind Hechavarria. The Marlins trade does not get the flack that it deserves due to the trades that happened before (Gomes) and after (Dickey). That trade was horrendous at the time, and worse in hindsight.
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Maybe, but I think he can still get a deal around 2/30 from a team in the off-season. He's been excellent the past 3 years with Toronto in a park not exactly conducive to his game. Depends on whether he is willing to give up millions. Dude is still money and teams will want him in the off-season.
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Hendriks gives up a single or two and gets pulled from the game. Gibbons doesn't even know who his best players are. It's incredibly frustrating.
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Saw that coming a mile way. Gibbons doesn't learn that the hit and run in that situation is too risky.
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I'd like to hold on to Buehrle beyond 2015, but old man deserves way better than this organization. Either qualify him and get a pick, or trade him for a good prospect and let the man pitch on a contender like he deserves to.
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Was this really surprising though? John Gibbons has managed the best Jays rosters in the past decade and gotten them no where. It's not all f***ing fluke and random s*** beyond the manager's control. At some point you look at the damn manager as an issue. Not the main issue, as talent/roster is still the most, but it's still an issue. John Gibbons and Pete Walker remaining employed for three years now in a period when the team wants to compete says everything you need to know about this team.
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Bautista should rest. Dude has been playing hurt all season. He deserves it. Now we just need to convince Donaldson to avoid the home run derby.
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I'm too much of a sucker to give up on this team, but yes, if AA trades any prospect of significance to make an unlikely run this season, then f*** him and the organization. Until November when the off-season starts. Then I'll be reeled back in. As always.
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Two reasons: 1. They go for cheap alternatives who don't have a track record of success. 2. Meddling ownership that spends money only when they want to, and takes that money away when they want to, etc. The Jays need to strike gold with an unproven GM who can win on a small budget, thereby rendering ownership meddling meaningless, or get a proven GM. Dombrowski or Duquette would be heading into a territory the Jays have not gone in over the past 22 years. Do it. Just don't give up Hoffman to make it happen.
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It would be a good move, as long as AA follows Beeston out the door. Dombrowski has a track record and always seems to make good trades (the Travis deal was obviously his way of giving Toronto a better talent before he comes over).
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This series will be one of the few times to not get the SP's pitch count up. The less of the Royals pen we see, the better. Get to the starter early and often if possible.
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Seeing Syndergaard's statline tonight made me sad. Cheer me up, Blue Jays.
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If I was in AA's position, yes. As a fan, I think it sucks.
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Any trade AA can realistically make would be a long term disaster that won't even guarantee short term success. F that. Keep the prospects and don't make the same mistake that was made a few years ago. Unless he can get someone with many years of control left, I'd rather be do nothing.
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Reyes can be moved for a sack of balls for all I care. The other two depends on the return. The longer the team waits, the less their value becomes. If those two are still Jays by this winter, and a new GM is finally in place, then the team might be better off giving the core one more shot. I doubt they'll get a huge prospect haul for one year of control.
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I agree. Fire Alex, let a new GM take one more crack with this core in 2016, and go from there. AA did a few good things this past winter (Donaldson and Martin specifically), it's just that his weakness of roster management and allocating money got in the way as usual. Give a better GM this core and some money to fit some better pieces around it, even for a year, and maybe things get better. But yes, Gibbons is not the only stench coming from this organization. AA needs to go as well.
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GDT - Bluejays vs White Sox. 2.10 pm.
glory replied to jaysforlife19's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
s*** if Dickey pitched like this more often, he would be fine. Today's game is all on the offense. -
GDT - Bluejays vs White Sox. 2.10 pm.
glory replied to jaysforlife19's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Jays are about to be 3-8 in their last 11, and 10-14 since the winning streak. Being a .500 team really bites.