gbill2004

Any interest in Paplebon if the Phillies paid say half of his remaining salary?

Interesting. That article says the Jays have 20 million remaining after arbitration salaries are paid out to eligible players. You can do a lot with $20 mill. And if the payroll goes up to $150 mill as some have speculated, that's $30 mill left to spend.

Are you guys for real?

Report says negotiations with Boras aren't going smoothly and that term is the sticking point.

@JonHeymanCBS: ever-improved jays prioritizing closer. looking at trades 1st, then will consider free agents.

@Ken_Rosenthal: Source: Jason Grilli to #Braves.

Plus 3 other players/prospects.

Martin as the 4th?

Pretty sure that was Beeston being quoted there.

What's Hill's contract situation?

Here's a scouting report: Scouting Report: After starting 15 games for Mahoning Valley after he was drafted in 2009, the former Arizona Wildcat was shifted to a bullpen role. He became the closer for Lake County midway through the 2010 season, and filled that same role for Kinston in 2011 and Akron in 2012. He’s racked up 70 saves in the past three seasons, and has posted a 2.26 ERA since leaving the starting rotation. In addition to the solid ERA, he’s posted an extremely impressive WHIP of 0.938 as a reliever. Guilmet throws from a unique arm angle, coming at hitters from straight over the top with a very high release point. He’s primarily a two-pitch pitcher, working off of his fastball/splitter combination. His fastball sits in the high 80’s, and tops out at around 91. He commands it extremely well within the zone, and does a nice job spotting the pitch to get ahead in the count. His out pitch is his splitter, a pitch that has excellent action down through the zone that is accentuated by his arm angle. The pitch generates most of Guilmet’s strikeouts, and when hitters do make contact with it a ground ball is generally the result. Every once in a while, he’ll slip up and the pitch will hang in the zone, and that’s when he can get hit hard. Guilmet also throws a slider to give him a pitch with some horizontal movement, but pitches mostly off the fastball/splitter combo. Guilmet is one of those guys who’s results outpace his scouting reports. Looking solely at his raw numbers, you see a guy who looks like a dominant minor league closer. But when you see him pitch, you see a guy who succeeds based on fastball command and a deceptive delivery. He’s not unlike former Indians minor league reliever Cory Burns. Burns has put up even better numbers than Guilmet in his minor league career, but was roughed up pretty badly in his lone cup of coffee in The Show. Guilmet has already seen both his strikeout and groundball rates drop after his promotion to AA, and as he continues to climb the organizational ladder he will find it tougher and tougher to get by on command and deception alone. It’s tough to be an effective reliever without at least an above-average fastball, but the Indians are hoping Guilmet can continue to buck the trend at AAA Columbus this season. Glass half-full: A solid backend reliever Glass half-empty: Guilmet’s lack of velocity catches up to him, and he tops out at AAA

His average fastball velocity according to Fangraphs seems a little low at 89 mph.

Yes that's the point of physicals. You are very funny. Weren't there rumblings of Donaldson having some back issues?

Interesting the Jays didn't put Donaldson through a physical. Hope this doesn't come back to bite them.

The minute Howard signed that contract it was seen as one of the worst contracts even given in sports history. How Amaro didn't lose his job over it, I'll never know. Makes me wonder how some of these guys gets jobs as GM's...

Wow you're super funny! Thanks DB.

@Ken_Rosenthal: Source: #Cubs claim OF Shane Peterson from #Athletics.

@flasportsbuzz: Marlins and Yankees have been discussing trade that would send Eovaldi and Garrett Jones to NY for Martin Prado and P David Phelps.

Is there a penalty for going over?

The final piece is now in place...time to start planning the World Series parade!

Exactly. That tweet is unclear.

Pretty sure he was quoted as saying his preference was to play in the East.

Or he just didn't want to play in Seattle.

@JonHeymanCBS: melky is said to have had a 4-year offer. but he decided he preferred #chisox. 4-yr team is unknown.

@ShiDavidi: CLARIFICATION: #BlueJays get comp pick after 1st rd for #WhiteSox's $42/3 deal w Melky Cabrera. #Yankees get next pick for David Robertson