I've not seen 1 indication that Mark Buehrle does not want to play for Toronto.
He would like to be able to have his family here with him, but I don't think he's ever mentioned
not wanting to play for the Blue Jays.
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He would like to be able to have his family here with him, but I don't think he's ever mentioned
not wanting to play for the Blue Jays.
No- totally-agree
I think highly of him...
I forget the catcher's name- Buck (?)
He talked to the former Marlins about Toronto - telling them they aren't just Toronto's team but all of Canada"s..
Reyes was very unhappy initially.. I folkowed him on Instagram but he later deleted his unhappy comments...
You are right and maybe I wasnt fair bc he has been nothing but professional. ..
But I know how it feels to be seperated from a pet you love.
Mark was encouraging Romero tonight... and I agree he is a good person and Im glad he is a Jay.
Based on earlier media coverage - I think he was unhappy (kinda like Bautista said he will never move here bc he hates the cold...)but I agree it was unfair of me to criticize him.
I still need a lil civic or national pride to care.... these guys give me that.
I think he was unhappy he couldn't live with his family during the season.
He has been a leader on that club, one of the few acquisitions who has lived up to his pedigree.
Solid 2 innings by RiRo tonight, without the Davis error, who knows if that run scores.
You are right.
I will post the links tomorrow but if you know them- look at Rogers, Bautista, Encarnation or Reyes' Instagrams....
These guys love our city....
It just makes me happy to have them (..wow- I know exactly how estorgen-filled that I must sound
) But it makes me a more dedicated fan regardless
Well Jenn, it's good that you're always positive with everything. However, I think it's time we accept reality. As much as I hate to admit, John Farrell is right when he said the blue jays don't know how to handle players development. We have not had any decent prospects since the Gord Ash day's with Halladay, Vernon Wells in his prime, Carlos Delgado, etc.
Did I not tell you the Dickey trade was bad?
As much as you love him, he is not going to get any better than what you have seen him this year. At best, he be in the mid-high 3 ERA range playing in the AL East. I'm already being optimistic when I say that. Roger Center is just not the park for Dickey. Neither is Fenway or Yankee Stadium. Buerhle, I think he's decent. The only downfall is, his career overall numbers is bad against the Yankees. He gives you your 200 innings every year. In general, I don't have a problem with him on the team. He's not as old as Dickey.
However, I do think we need more players that play with passion. I too like Kawasaki's presence. He isn't the most talented player on the team, but he is one of the smartest players on the team. If only guys like Brett Lawrie and a few other guys play with that attitude, we be in a much better situation. Of course, we also need a better starting staff.
I think Toronto teams is curse in general.
Leafs - no cup since 1967.
Raptors - no championship on record lol
Jays - not since 92-93. I was still too young at that time to understand baseball.
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Did I not tell you the Dickey trade was bad?
Buerhle, I think he's decent. The only downfall is, his career overall numbers is bad against the Yankees. He gives you your 200 innings every year. In general, I don't have a problem with him on the team. He's not as old as Dickey.
However, I do think we need more players that play with passion. I too like Kawasaki's presence. He isn't the most talented player on the team, but he is one of the smartest players on the team. If only guys like Brett Lawrie and a few other guys play with that attitude, we be in a much better situation. Of course, we also need a better starting staff.
I think Toronto teams is curse in general.
Leafs - no cup since 1967.
Raptors - no championship on record lol
Jays - not since 92-93. I was still too young at that time to understand baseball.
...you did.
The day after when I was on a Blue Jays high
He has still pitched more innings than most pitchers (think hes in the top 3??) And since the Allstar break he has been more dominant.
Will we have grass next year or not? Zaun is right.. dome needs to be closed when he pitches (tho I saw him win on Canada day....)
Sky dome is 3rd best hitters park which is bad for Dickey... think we have 3rd most hrs here....)
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I like good people on my team because I wanna be proud of the players on my team.
I know nice doesn't win games and I know y all will roll your eyes.... lol
But his play combined with "him".. leaves me with zero regrets.
Maybe he's not our ace but I am glad he is a Jay.
Don't blame McGowan... Sierra should have caught that ball. As for JP he needs to play winter ball. Hitting awful defense worse.
That is sad..... the combines batting average of the 3 Jays catchers has to be under .200 which is even sadder. None of them were/are outstanding defensively either, That position need to be seriously addressed in the off season.
They brought up that catching coach and suddenly he made 2 game ending throws two days in a row..
Im hesitant to totally discount him... again- he loves Toronto and likes playing here.. I believe he wants to be better. ... dont wanna see us lose him if he has real potential. ...
But he needs some help or needs a vetran to be brought in to take over as ft catcher.
..and he needs to stay off twitter.
Btw- john farrels opinion means very little to me (I was chanting "fak u farrel" at the first Red sox game this yearWell Jenn, it's good that you're always positive with everything. However, I think it's time we accept reality. As much as I hate to admit, John Farrell is right when he said the blue jays don't know how to handle players development. We have not had any decent prospects since the Gord Ash day's with Halladay, Vernon Wells in his prime, Carlos Delgado, etc.
Did I not tell you the Dickey trade was bad?
Buerhle, I think he's decent. The only downfall is, his career overall numbers is bad against the Yankees. He gives you your 200 innings every year. In general, I don't have a problem with him on the team. He's not as old as Dickey.
However, I do think we need more players that play with passion. I too like Kawasaki's presence. He isn't the most talented player on the team, but he is one of the smartest players on the team. If only guys like Brett Lawrie and a few other guys play with that attitude, we be in a much better situation. Of course, we also need a better starting staff.
I think Toronto teams is curse in general.
Leafs - no cup since 1967.
Raptors - no championship on record lol
Jays - not since 92-93. I was still too young at that time to understand baseball.
You honestly don't think we have players who the team has focused on for development?
I think Tampa is great at this for sure... and prob better than us... but I dont think there's that much to question in the jays' system.
I don't tweet so I really don't what has or hasn't been said to or about him, however, if JP has problems with fan criticism he needs stay off social media, period.
For the current season. It has been accomplished in past seasons...
TSN quotes current season...
http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=431864
Baseball Almanac quotes records...
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_hr7.shtml
Agree he would help immensely. Making $12,000,000. this year and probably looking for next year. If the Jays were able to sign McCann who would they keep as back up?
Any views on how the September call-ups will affect the off season and next year?
Here's my take so far:
Pillar back down to AAA for more seasoning.
Gose a maybe to stay up next year, but good speed and fielding.
Sierra will definitely stay up, w more work on his defence, if his hitting stays good.
Goins - definitely stays up unless his hitting totally collapses.
This probably means that Izturis is dealt. At this point, I think they are going to showcase Melke next spring and try and get a deal.
With reasonable outings from Rogers, Redmond and Happ, I think the Jays may try and package Dickey as well. The Rogers Centre may just not be a good place for him to pitch given his tendency to give up long flies.
Here's my take so far:
Pillar back down to AAA for more seasoning.
Gose a maybe to stay up next year, but good speed and fielding.
Sierra will definitely stay up, w more work on his defence, if his hitting stays good.
Goins - definitely stays up unless his hitting totally collapses.
This probably means that Izturis is dealt. At this point, I think they are going to showcase Melke next spring and try and get a deal.
With reasonable outings from Rogers, Redmond and Happ, I think the Jays may try and package Dickey as well. The Rogers Centre may just not be a good place for him to pitch given his tendency to give up long flies.
Nope! Compare to our AL East Rivals, we are the worse in players development. If you look at our guys like: Lawrie, Romero, McGowan, Litsch(from before), Drabek, Hutchinson, list goes on. It's either they are injured or have underachieved. We have not really successfully develop any prospects to stars in the last decade. Maybe Aaron Hill is, but yet we let him go.
Tampa Bay is way better in players development, its not even a maybe. We're like almost double their payroll, yet we are like 2x worse than them. I think Joel Maddon did a good job in managing their players, something I feel like Gibby has not done a good job at. It could really be the small things such as asking a player to put a proper bunt down, stealing bases at the right time, look for opposite field hits, etc.
