So the Blue Jays got 821,000 viewers on Friday night for the game and apparently had close to 900,000 viewers last night for the game. Those numbers are massive.
Roger making his first public appearance. Coincidence he is going on with a TV station that just signed a massive deal to broadcast the Thursday Night games?
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cbs-news-gets-first-roger-goodell-interview-on-ray-rice-suspension_b238443
So if we don't pick up Thole does he even get a job anywhere else? I'm in favour of not picking up the option and then resigning him for half the amount if we are keeping Dickey. This type of thing maybe isn't the person friendly thing to do but we have given Thole a MLB salary so he should be thankful we even have him on the roster.
The latest UZR update cost him like 3 or 4 runs. That Boston game was brutal because he cost his team at least 4 hits. I think you have to move that contract if you even get the slimmest of chances because next year he could be 40 million of dead money.
I would not say Reyes is a legit 3 win player. He is at 2.4 right now and if you use DRS instead of UZR he isn't even worth 2 wins.
The defence has dragged him down so much he likely doesn't reach 3 WAR ever again.
For every young position player prospect that turns out to be nothing there is a pitching prospect who doesn't as well. And even if position players don't hit their ceilings they can still turn into useful players much like Ackley as you mentioned. Pitchers can easily get hurt or become ineffective while position players usually have a much higher floor.
I even thought that this year thinking he just tries to argue for the sake of arguing sometimes. The worst part is comparing Melky Cabrera to Choo for contract expectations this offseason.
Mike Wilner just suggested on Tim and Sid that he would rather have young arms than young position players and that arms have more trade value. Also suggested Kevin Pillar could be a good LF. Funny because Sid (who doesn't know much about baseball) was saying how you shouldn't be caught up in the hype surrounding all the SP because all it takes is one pitch for a disaster to happen.
I can't see Rogers being so stupid to lower payroll..Even if the Blue Jays up payroll by 10-15 million and sign a Free agent people will buy tickets again and there will be "hype". Selling tickets is all about what you do in the offseason and the last 2 offseasons have shown that.
And for all this "hockey" resulted in the Jays payroll being lower. The Blue Jays brand is a separate entity than the Hockey rights.
He still needs to improve a lot. His defence could use some work but hes so young he has a lot of upside. I don't think he ever becomes a star but he can be a very good player on a contending team and make an All Star appearance or 2.
Can you confirm he's a great guy from playing hoops with him in a pickup game? I hate to go down this road but I bet a lot of people said Ray Rice was a "great guy"