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  1. Bobthe4th
    Vlad at AA: 14 home runs and 60 RBI, .402/.449/.671 in 61 games.
  2. Bobthe4th
    It’s exactly a year today since Tulo played for us, with still no word on when (if) he’ll be back.
  3. Bobthe4th
    It’s a subject to discuss on a message board when the current lineup is already out of the playoff race.
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    There will probably be a couple of trades soon too - e.g. there's no point in keeping Granderson (not that he'll bring anything of real value back).
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    Most people who don’t like the trade think that way because: 1. Drury is only an OK utility player. 2. We already have Solarte and Gurriel, and at best Drury is a slight upgrade on either of them.
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    Yeah no doubt he won’t be the last short term reliever we see either.
  7. Bobthe4th
    I was thinking that even though I’ve seen quite a lot of the Angels this year I hadn’t seen him play for them - after checking we would be his 4th team of the season!
  8. Bobthe4th
    Yup, I agree with all of this.
  9. Bobthe4th
    Ding ding ding! Exactly. As soon as the front office accepted the reality that a Happ trade wasn’t bringing back a top prospect, surely a minor league prospect or 2 is better than an average player wasting a roster spot.
  10. Bobthe4th
    Something that hasn't been discussed much this year is that the Travis of 2/3 years ago no longer exists now his knees are destroyed. I think we'll see him be used less in the future and eventually released / moved. I guess Drury then gives us a bit of depth if Gurriel doesn't continue to improve and/or Solarte is moved on in the summer. I don't like the move personally.
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    I'd be disappointed if Drury is here for four more years, he's not very good.
  12. Bobthe4th
    Cespedes is going ahead with the heel surgery that'll put him out for nearly a year. The Mets seem to have the worst luck!
  13. Bobthe4th
    TBF money means nothing to the Padres at this stage of their development, and they'd rather lose 90-100 games than win 80. None of the moves you mentioned has made much difference to their long term plan of being competitive in 3 or 4 years after which Hosmer's contract goes down to an affordable $13m a year. Every move they make is either to acquire young assets, acquire assets that can be flipped / rebuild value then traded, or in the case of Hosmer for "veteran clubhouse leadership". They love Hosmer for helping the younger players, whether that's worth his contract (it obviously isn't!) isn't really relevant right now when they wouldn't be spending money on anything else. It does look bad though - at some point moves they make have to produce something otherwise they'll be stuck in rebuilding for too long and the front office are going to lose their jobs in a few years.
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    Why?
  15. Bobthe4th
    He’s cheap so might as well keep him. Anyway no one is going to give up anything significant for a 1B in his thirties.
  16. Bobthe4th
    Same thing goes for JD. Machado was shopped by the Orioles but not traded due to lack of decent offers. JD was coming off a year with lots of injuries and probably wouldn’t have got a great return. In hindsight even that return would have been preferable to what we’d get now, but he could have had a good year (he was still elite last year when fit) and rebuilt value and brought in a much better return.
  17. Bobthe4th
    Leonard sat out most of last season, will leave in a year, and might not be too happy about playing in Toronto. Understandable that some people think trading the only all star who’s ever wanted to stay long term, when the East is wide open is a risky move. IMO it’s a good trade, but that doesn’t mean it’s guaranteed to work. AA will always be popular with the general fan because he was the first man to bring success to the Jays in decades (by going all in when he knew he had nothing to lose). Obviously the Shatkins era hasn’t been great at the big league level (mainly through no fault of their own) so you can’t really expect the average fan who doesn’t give a f*** about prospects or fangraphs and just wants to see a winning MLB team to be happy.
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  19. Bobthe4th
    Currently sitting at 0.1 WAR - just shows you how bad they are.
  20. Bobthe4th
    Who is their best position player now - Adam Jones? Schoop? They just don’t have anything in their lineup.
  21. Bobthe4th
    Possibly Happ's last Jays start today!
  22. Bobthe4th
    Haha, I watched this live and thought the same thing. None of the pitches were close either. The 11 straight walked in 2 runs with the bases loaded, and the Yankees fans were booing him mercilessly.
  23. Bobthe4th
    It’s not at all surprising, but it’s still pretty depressing to see a virtually empty stadium. Any hope at all of competing ruined by injuries for the second year in a row will do that to attendances!
  24. Bobthe4th
    Today is the first Jays game I’ve been able to watch live since before the World Cup started. I’ll never tire of watching us beat the Orioles!
  25. Bobthe4th
    The Orioles have finally put Chris Tillman out of his misery - he’s been DFA.
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