Castro, Sanchez, Osuna, and Pentecost for Hamels and Papelbon.
Seriously, if the Jays are going to use Castro/Osuna as relievers at age 20 while burning an option on each of them, then I'd rather use them in trades where actual value will come back.
The Gibby love will dwindle down when he's starting Navarro at DH after 2 weeks, and destroying every arm in the pen as he normally does with overuse.
But hey, he knows how to do a lefty/righty platoon! Extend him!
We have a gigantic 9 innings of sample size from the spring that says Osuna is ready to jump 3 levels at age 20 and pitch in the big leagues.
One outing is way less than 9 innings. He's still ready, dammit.
I think some are wanting to keep Hendriks because after Estrada, he's pretty much the next best SP option on the depth chart. That's more telling of how poor the depth is than how good he is, but still. I'd rather Hendriks start than Randy Wolf.
Agreed. Estrada is going to start games for the Jays this year, barring some unbelievable luck with health. The Jays need as many arms capable of starting as possible.
If Osuna and Castro get a few starts here and there, that wouldn't be bad either. If they are going to be up anyway, then try to get as many innings as possible.
Mike Wilner on Twitter fighting tooth and nail to defend the Halladay trade. Mid-season form in March.
I think the worst part of that whole trade was getting swindled by Ruben Amaro Jr. That alone is cringe worthy. That trade would be like trading Sanchez, Travis, and Pentecost for Clayton Kershaw today.
How does Drabek look this Spring (velocity, command)? His Spring numbers are not terrible and he's out of options.
I remember reading that his velocity was bad early in the spring so I wrote him off, but maybe there is some hope afterall.
Gibby, rightfully so, will never get another managerial job in the Majors. If AA told Gibby to hold his dick while he talks to the media, Gibbons would do it.
Do they really need a month and a half, though? These last two weeks of ST seem highly pointless as the pitchers are pretty much stretched out and the hitters are getting a couple of AB's before sitting for scrubs. Maybe it's just my paranoia of another injury prior to the start of the season, because lord knows they'll play all the regulars and go all out for the Montreal games.
Holy s***, I can't believe there is still a week and a half until Opening Day. Spring Training is way too damn long. Seems like Norris and Sanchez have already started about 10 games each. Enough is enough. Either start ST later or the regular season earlier.