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  1. glory
    With two rotation spots open and almost every single one of the 4/5 options struggling, it's going to be a s*** storm when Santana signs somewhere else. I'm already pissed off at AA/Beeston/Rogers and it hasn't even happened yet.
  2. glory
    Yep. Rogers does not want to spend a dime this off-season. This news will make them look incredibly cheap, especially when Santana signs a bargain for another team.
  3. glory
    Alex, make this happen. Just do it.
  4. glory
    Hopefully Romero is given a real shot at winning a rotation spot. Everyone else in contention looks like absolute crap this Spring (except for Hutchison....who should be in AAA anyway).
  5. glory
    2009-11 Romero would completely change my opinion of the Jays rotation. No pressure, Ricky.
  6. glory
    I know. The Jays should have signed him though. I would have signed him and Bedard. Would have cost nothing and would have kept Hutch in the minors.
  7. glory
    Yep. I have a bad feeling they are risking Hutchison's health due to their cheapness this off-season. The guy was lacking pro innings before he got hurt. Now he comes back from surgery and they expect him to throw MLB innings right out of the gate? The Jays can't afford to go easy on him if he is in the Majors and everyone is fighting for their jobs. He'll be throwing 90-100 pitches a start against the best players in the world with a ton of pressure. I can't imagine a worse scenario for a rehabbing starter who, in any other organization, would be eased back in rather than thrown to the wolves. The sad part is, they didn't even need to sign Santana. Just sign freakin' Paul Maholm to eat up some innings and they could have put Hutchison in the minors and still had someone at the MLB level with a history of being able to get MLB hitters out.
  8. glory
    The minor league season is shorter and less demanding on the arm (i.e. Hutchison can work on his stuff without worrying about hurting the big league club). I think the Jays should have kept Hutchison and Stroman in AAA all of 2014, but since they are better options at #4-5 than anyone on the MLB roster, it's going to be hard to keep them down. That doesn't make it the best long-term move, though.
  9. glory
    Paul Maholm, Chris Capuano, and Erik Bedard combined will make less *guaranteed* money than Happ next season (not factoring incentives). Does that not bother anyone else? Playoff teams are signing equal or better pitchers than Happ for less money without even a guarantee of a rotation spot, while the Jays pencilled Happ into the rotation in December.
  10. glory
    Agreed. I hope they bite the bullet and sign Santana, and I'm not even a fan of his. The Jays need more 200 IP arms.
  11. glory
    Morrow staying healthy is more important than his ST results. He needs to actually make it to the regular season and stay healthy enough to throw 200 innings. It's a long shot, but Alex decided to bank his season on it, so he deserves whatever he gets.
  12. glory
    That 25 pounds of "muscle" Morrow added has sure helped him so far.
  13. glory
    Why didn't they increase payroll after 2010 when they won 85 games? Or after 2011 when they won 81 and with Darvish/Cespedes available? Why did they wait until after 2012 when they won 73 games and had as many injury and performance question marks as they did?
  14. glory
    Sure from a marketing standpoint it was a huge success, but the timing was always pretty bad. Practically everyone except for Encarnacion was coming off either a down year or a partial year due to injury. Hutchison and Drabek were to miss all of 2013. Their best prospects were in Double-A and below, so no help was on the horizon for at least a year or two. I understand they wanted to try to win with Bautista and Edwin, but the roster was not talented enough to go for it yet. Maybe if Lawrie had panned out, or Hutchison was healthy/effective, etc, but too many question marks and not enough certainty.
  15. glory
    When Arnsberg was here, everyone got injured too, but at least they pitched well before getting hurt. Practically everyone regressed last season save for Mark Buehrle, and every starter (healthy or injured) was giving up taters like it was 1998 again. I'm not saying it was entirely Walker's fault, but it happens with this organization all the time. Aaron Hill was terrible for two seasons here, then spends 45 seconds with Don Baylor and turns into a 5 WAR player overnight. This coaching team needs to be held accountable, especially if they wanted to scapegoat Chad Mottola (who appeared to actually do well with some players). Walker has no business being on this team after last year. Pitchers continue to regress under his watch.
  16. glory
    Rogers only knows how to do two things: 1) spend money at the absolute worst time and 2) when it doesn't work after a year or so start dumping contracts. Dickey is smart to put two and two together publicly. When Alex did nothing this off-season, the writing was on the wall. Rogers is bracing itself for another 75 win season to justify a firesale. If the team ends up winning instead, great, more money in their pocket, but don't expect ownership to help anymore.
  17. glory
    I'm still baffled as to how Pete Walker kept his job after last year. Sure not everything that happened was his fault, but if they were going to let Mottola go, I'm not sure how Walker could get another year. Not a single pitcher has improved since Walker took over.
  18. glory
    Starters: Dickey, Morrow, Buehrle, Hutchison, Happ Bullpen: Janssen, Santos, Delabar, Cecil, Loup, Rogers, McGowan, Redmond Infielders: Encarnacion, Lind, Goins, Reyes, Lawrie, Izturis Outfielders: Bautista, Rasmus, Cabrera, Sierra Catchers: Navarro, Kratz
  19. glory
    Redmond should be kept as depth. Him and Rogers can be long relief/spot starters on this club, which will be needed throughout the season and if/when J.A. Happ has thrown 100 pitches after 4 innings in some starts. But anyone expecting Redmond to be as good as he was last year will be disappointed. I think best case he is a long reliever in the bigs.
  20. glory
    So Izturis at 3B and Getz makes the team, or Izturis at 3B and Kawasaki makes the team? The latter can play short, so he might have the advantage. Yes, I know this is premature, but with Lawrie, you have to think about these things.
  21. glory
    I think he will end up in the bullpen eventually. He doesn't have the command to make it as a starter, but maybe as a short reliever who only has to throw an inning he will be able to dial it in a little bit. His days of being a starting option at the MLB level are over.
  22. glory
    2 ground ball outs (one DP) and a walk for Drabek (4 strikes, 7 balls).
  23. glory
    Can Redmond outpitch Happ over the course of a full season? I'm not talking about comparing one inning in Spring Training, but realistically over the course of a season? Redmond doesn't have much MLB data to work with, while Happ has a ton of data that shows he is below average.
  24. glory
    AA would have offered three years with two team options.
  25. glory
    I think Ricciardi's tenure was screwed up due to Burnett's contract and injuries. If Burnett didn't have the opt-out and Marcum/McGowan stayed healthy, that 2009 team (which somehow had an 84 win pythag despite its s***** pitching after Halladay and Romero) would have been a legit contender. The 2008 team was criminally underrated; a 92 win pythag in an insanely stacked division, with the best pitching in baseball. If they could have kept that group together and healthy, I would have liked their chances in 2009 and 2010 of at least being the playoff conversation. Ricciardi's teams were good. Not good enough, but good. More than I can say for AA.
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