I think they both probably have Jays on No Trade. I dont think it has anything to do with Toronto or Canada, more to do with that Carpet the Jays play on, and its harm on the knees
But ARGOOOSSSS
You can't seriously think that. Just to fix our defensive catching problems you are willing to create a huge hole.
And for what reason are both not being pursued. If we can trade away Burly, and then sign both would that not be even better? Why do we have to make either/or choices
So suppose Jays sign Martin, so Navarro is now DH, what then. Lineup still has major holes, with almost no offense coming out of 2nd base, LF, CF, and probably 3rd base (Lawrie will be on the DL soon enough I am sure)
Trouble is that even if he does settle for 3/39 it wont be with the Jays
if there is middle ground at 3/42-43 than i hope Jays pursue it
Thanks
Zeeshan
At the end of the day, if a 4/50 deal is out there and AA is unable to reach that with Melky than that is a huge failure. Currently we are looking at starting Dirks in the outfield, plus Pillar is the backup plan for CF is Pompey is not ready. What we are looking at is having an outfield of Bautista/Pillar/Dirks. Thats downright awful. That is last place worthy
So with the acquisition of Travis, safe to assume that Jose Reyes will continue to be the SS for the next couple of years. Terrible, Guy alone cost us a handful of games with his defense. No reason to think his defense will get better, should get worse with age
I dont really understand the numbers you have put up, so I cant really comment on them. However I do believe that 400ABs is at least a large enough sample size to make some observations from.It may not be the perfect sample, but its something to go on.
While I like the trade, I warn people here against highly rating this Travis guy. It scares me to think that with a veteran team in its contention window, we will be going with a rookie 2B who at best case scenerio will hit for league average.
At the same time, Gose was only slightly better than Dwayne Wise. Nothing is lost, and small probability something good is gained.
I wonder how the veterans on this club feel right now. Rookie 2B, doesn't sound like a team trying to win a championship.