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  1. baloojayz
    It was Edwin running, that was probably a DP
  2. baloojayz
    I actually don't mind what Arod did. When Edwin "slid into second" last year and was borderline out of the base path to break up the throw, I had no problem with it whatsoever. The second I saw the replay on the Bautista play I said to myself: Why the F*** did he do that, without any knowledge of the new rules. It looked like a BS move and imo sets bad precedence if s*** like that is allowed to pass.
  3. baloojayz
    If only this Senior Financial Analyst hedged against USD instead of spreading BS rumors we might have had that much to play with.
  4. baloojayz
    Pretty much. From all I gather, it looks like they (Rogers) wanted Duquette to take over for Beeston. With all the BS they unexpectedly faced with Baltimore, they were pissed off and finally managed to set their sights on Shapiro. Being so blinded by their frustration with Duquette and their excitement landing Shapiro, they probably didn't realize getting Shapiro on board meant letting AA go. So they told Shapiro to offer AA a contract (if he was cool with it-he said yeah) expecting him to accept/negotiate, were surprised when he rejected, but at the same time didn't really care too much because Shapiro is their guy and they would do it even knowing AA's "preferences". The whole reduced autonomy seems like BS given what he's doing now. Really sounds like AA put up with working under/with Beeston, and given the choice of whether to do it again for 5 years with Shapiro said no.
  5. baloojayz
    Merry Christmas everyone!
  6. baloojayz
    Considering what we gave up, I think its safe to say AA was the only GM in the league that even knew Donaldson was available and he knew this because he was the reason why.
  7. baloojayz
    Why would the league care about the only Canadian team suffering from a weaker exchange rate? I'd assume all their conversations are in and about USD. This is on Rogers if true. I know small business owners that hedge against exchange rate fluctuation, it is highly unlikely Rogers doesn't hedge.
  8. baloojayz
    Yesss, I love Shapiro, the new Jays are gonna have so much depth. Frekin AA only cared about winning.
  9. baloojayz
    There has to be more to this...even idiot GM's know the value of first overall selections.
  10. baloojayz
    Professional athletes are a different category of rich people to me. Yeah I was talking about sports in general. Read about Zack Kassian recently as well.
  11. baloojayz
    Is it just me or is there something wrong with the support system for major league athletes. These guys have it made and yet are off doing stupid s***...
  12. baloojayz
    Josh Johnson 2.0 (Jose Fernandez)? I think we're done trading away young SP in any case.
  13. baloojayz
    Isn't it easier to assume we cannot trade JB or EE at this point? Even so who would trade away young pitching for older players with no control? esp considering they are both DH's at this point. If anyone is gonna be traded for cap relief it's either Tulo, Dickey or both. Doubt it's Dickey given we just signed Thole and have no backup catcher and need SP. I know this thread and the winter meetings thread is full of stuff that has no chance of happening, but still...
  14. baloojayz
    Hate to crush winter meetings hype and excitement, but lol, 2 things here... We have about 4-5M to spend given the rumored internal spending cap imposed by Rogers. The Canadian dollar doesn't look like it's going to make a miraculous recovery any time soon. And Alex is out in favor of Shapiro. Big longterm contracts probably aren't happening no matter whom it is and how much they want to play in Toronto
  15. baloojayz
    Atleast for me, it was never about the Happ contract looking bad/good but more that it meant we were not going to go after #1/2 SP in FA. The Happ contract itself means very little, we either overpaid slightly or get a little bit of value.
  16. baloojayz
    Lol especially after not wanting to QO Estrada this year...
  17. baloojayz
    Why haven't the O's signed Davis?
  18. baloojayz
    No thanks to the sell low on Tulo
  19. baloojayz
    Woah...that's a bit of a surprise
  20. baloojayz
    Was hoping they would go with Colabello and use the remaining cap to stack the pen. The Jays are scary with a stacked pen. We've got guys in the rotation that can give us 5 decent innings every time out.
  21. baloojayz
    I don't know if we would have been better off if AA never took the Helm, but there is no doubt that this is just a huge mess. What was the point of gutting the system if they just give up now? Nothing against Shapiro but the timing of his entrance + AA departure was just brutal. I'm sure Shapiro is very competent and has a few moves to make yet, but the only way any of this will make sense to me is if they A) Trade away offence and semi-rebuild Swing a trade for a young #1/2 pitcher Also we are not the same team as KC, different division or not. Our offence has a very high variance because of its dependence on the long ball (compared to KC). We won't benefit as much from "solid" pitching.
  22. baloojayz
    I'm hoping that Price is the kind of guy that won't see a difference between 120M and 150M, see them both as huge paydays, ditch his agent and sign with Toronto. I am prepared to be disappointed.
  23. baloojayz
    Does this mean 3 X Jesse Chavez instead of 1 David Price?
  24. baloojayz
    So far I think giving up Syndergaard and Norris are the only two I wouldn't have done and it's very easy to say that looking back. We do need another starter even with Sanchez in the rotation. Not a bad idea to look at spending the 13M or so on a position player/bullpen pieces and hope one of Sanchez/Osuna can make the jump to SP but we still need a guy like Buehrle on a cheap 1 yr contract.
  25. baloojayz
    Hendriks was no more impressive that Janssen. These guys aren't that hard to find guys... With us acquiring Chavez, things are looking good for us to go out and sign a #2 starter now right? (not sure how much they have left to spend, but considering Chavez is cheap) Stroman FA/trade Estrada Dickey Chavez
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