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  1. glory
    The salaries being a wash is what prompted more prospects to be added. Why would the Astros trade by far the two best players in the deal (Happ and Lyon) plus take back the deadweight salary without being compensated for it? The Jays paid with quantity, not quality. And one could argue Happ was showing something different in Houston. His walks were down, GB rate was up, and strike outs were high, but he had an unsustainably high HR rate. Maybe they felt he could reach a different ceiling than what he was projected to reach at the time. He's been solid in Toronto for a 5th starter, but never really took that leap forward. Whatever. The trade was still not bad. Hell, had the Jays kept Carpenter, it would look a lot better right now.
  2. glory
    If anyone in the Happ deal ends up being as good as Happ, I will be surprised. I can't believe people still sweat that trade. Happ is mediocre but come on. Half the prospects in that deal were likely included so that Houston would take Cordero and Franciso's worthless contracts. Yan Gomes' OBP now at .309. His BB:K rates are not good enough to sustain high batting averages so I'm not surprised his numbers dropped. He is still everything we wished JPA was, though, with much better defense.
  3. glory
    It is pretty clear the Jays will be using him as their "deadline acquisition" once they fail to get anyone. Putting him in AAA was a Hail Mary move by the organization hoping his stuff would click with a different pitching coach and he'd be able to contribute in the Majors this season. Hope it works, but he doesn't look ready. Hopefully the arm slot change does something positive.
  4. glory
    The Rangers suck.
  5. glory
    If the Jays play .500 ball over the next 11 games (5-6 or 6-5), I think they'll be 1st by the break. If they do their typical nosedive, then it's probably the Orioles.
  6. glory
    Haven't read much of this thread, but how about Gregorius and McCarthy? Cheap young SS/2B and a rotation option. Both undervalued or underutilized.
  7. glory
    I know, but my point was I would rather trade what's left of the farm for elite players than mid rotation starters.
  8. glory
    Though I will add I would prefer to keep the prospects. I don't want there to be a window period. I'm just saying if they are adamant about trading prospects for short term gain, then make sure it is for elite talent.
  9. glory
    My thoughts exactly. If AA is going to gut the farm system to win now, then trade your top guys for Price and Zobrist. Adds way more wins than Shark, and we know those guys (Price most importantly) can pitch in the AL East.
  10. glory
    Here is where AA acquiring no depth this past winter is going to hurt.
  11. glory
    I never said he was great, but the numbers themselves were not bad. 9.11 K/9, 3.28 BB/9, 0.7 HR/9 (these numbers not counting the 8 walk start). I'm not expecting anything from Morrow, but he's getting paid this season regardless and the other trade options are not much better than him.
  12. glory
    The Jays are paying Morrow $8M this season. They will try to get value out of his arm, and rightfully so. Outside of that 8 walk start, I don't think he was bad this season. If he is healthy, which is obviously a big if with him, then he is just as good as a July 31st pick-up (unless the alternative is David Price or a healthy Cliff Lee). I mean, are we really excited about Hammel, Kendrick, McCarthy, etc? The Jays won't be spending money this season. Hoping for Morrow to come back and Sanchez to help out in the 2nd half is probably the likely scenario.
  13. glory
    Yeah I'm not big on umpire bashing. Tanaka getting more respect than Stroman is to be expected, much like Buehrle usually gets a bigger zone when he pitches. That's not to excuse Gose's AB to end the game (that should have been a walk), but usually umpires are just incompetent in general, which is to be expected when we have the benefit of pitch trackers and they are going off human judgment and bias. The Jays had an amazing May and the umpires were just as bad. That's baseball, until they start using robots (which I actually endorse).
  14. glory
    How about Gavin Floyd? Braves apparently willing to move him, and from what I remember he has pretty good numbers against the AL East.
  15. glory
    With Rasmus back soon, I think they can afford to carry Muni's bat in a platoon at 2B. Francisco on the bench is still a weapon, but all his ratios are nose diving (walks down, K's up). Not worth it with his s***** defense. When he was hot with the bat , it was OK. Not anymore.
  16. glory
    Sick inning by McGowan. Nice.
  17. glory
    The Jays are 3-6 since their offense went into a tailspin (2-6 in their last 8). A win tomorrow makes it 4-6. That is not a bad "bad stretch". Every team will have those. It's the 9 game losing streaks like we saw in 2009 that will bury teams. As long as the Jays avoid that during their hitting slump, they might be able to climb back up when the hitting corrects itself again. Just bad timing for a slump right when they face Baltimore and New York. Would have been nice to have those teams a week and a half ago.
  18. glory
    The Yankees are one game out in the loss column now. We really need the A's to lay the hammer down tonight and tomorrow.
  19. glory
    I think the Jays will stand pat. They promoted Sanchez because they will use him in the rotation in the 2nd half, and if Morrow gets healthy, that's another arm they will say is "just like acquiring someone at the deadline". I don't know how much longer they can get away with Lawrie at 2B and Francisco at 3B, but if they make a move at all, I think it will be for a vet 2B (i.e. Mark Ellis). Too many teams are still in contention, and the ones that won't be have either undesirable pitchers (Arizona) or pitchers that are too expensive (Phillies/Lee). But if they want to prove me wrong and get Lee and Utley in one massive deal, then I'll take it (assuming Lee is healthy).
  20. glory
    It seems like every starter except Buehrle's walk rate went way above normal the moment they breathed the same air as Walker. I'm still surprised he kept his job after 2013.
  21. glory
    I was wrong. I wanted the Jays to qualify him as long as he passed all the medical exams, which at the time the Jays had to decide to QO him, was probably not 100% clear yet. Good move not to take that risk, in hindsight. If only we could turn back time and not make that Miami trade with Johnson involved. I'd imagine a trade for Reyes and Buehrle alone would have cost much less.
  22. glory
    Nick Franklin sent down. He is represented by Boras, so it won't happen, but there has to be a trade that both teams would do.
  23. glory
    I think the issue here is that they told McGowan to start throwing 80+ pitches from his first start onwards. They should have realized that he wasn't completely stretched out yet and went slower with him, even if it meant having a tandem #5 starter for a few weeks while McGowan's pitch count slowly increases. Instead, he's been asked to throw 90 pitches right out of the gate as if he had a full Spring and hasn't been MIA for nearly six years. A desperation move that predictably backfired. I think you have to start Happ at this point, whether you like him or not. Don't start the service clock on Stroman or Nolin yet, as I imagine if/when a blow-up happens after this season, we will need them for six years as cheap labor.
  24. glory
    Dickey to Seattle for Franklin and Maurer. Who says no first?
  25. glory
    "With respect to my ass......" That's probably how he would start any statement he'd make about this thread.
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