We've made up 5 games in a month and have joined Boston 1 game back of O's. I be thinking that's a "serious run at the playoffs"...
Blue Jays: 2016 Edition
- Thread starter Perry Mason
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Saunders has a beautiful long swing.
Aren't you glad we didn't sign Jimenez a few years back?
Baltimore pitching is horrible. It's going to be like batting practice against Gallardo & Chris "Launching Pad" Tillman the next few days.
Aren't you glad we didn't sign Jimenez a few years back?
Baltimore pitching is horrible. It's going to be like batting practice against Gallardo & Chris "Launching Pad" Tillman the next few days.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/2016-payroll-salaries.shtml
Baseball is a business and the Jays salaries are at the link above. We have a total payroll of just under $150Mil this year. The key column is 2017. we have committed to Tulo ($20m), Martin ($20m), JoshD ($17m), Happ ($13m) and Estrada ($15m). That's $85M for 6 players.
Rogers probably won't let Shapiro go above $160m in 2017. The FA under 2017 means that player is going into Free Agency and is due a big raise. In particular, Joey Bats is prob going to get $27m per and Edwing about $23 per for 4 years each. $85 + 50 = $135m is over 85% of the estimated payroll for just for 8 players.
Other FA's like Chavez, Cecil, Smoak and Saunders are also due pretty big raises and will prob get something like $5m to $10m each.
So then, why not trade Tulo or Martin to free up space for EE and/or JB. Well, other teams won't want to take on those big salaries without exchanging some in return. So we're kinda stuck with them or we give them up in a lopsided trade.
If I had to make a wild guess, I would say they will sign one of JB or EE but not both.
More to Shapiro's style is to sign a young-ish guy who has a breakout year. If Saunders continues to have a big year, I can see them giving him $40m over 4 years.
The Jays had a near-done deal Saunders for Jay Bruce but someone failed a physical. They are both having monster years.
Gallardo had our number last year, and Tillman is likely an All-star this year. I remain cautiously optimistic.
I'm not sure the Jays can sign both EE and JB, it may all come down to numbers. EE is tearin opposing pitchers new assholes but JB is the clubhouse shaman. Look at how many of the Jays hitters have adopted his swing and EE depends on him to deal with the press. EE is not the book lernin type like JB.
I've heard The Manalist say that Sancho will be going to bullpen, they don't want a repeat of Brandon Morrow's fate. If Morrow is the guidepost for developing Sancho, then I have to agree. Morrow had nasty stuff when he was first called up. But he was, like Sancho, rushed through the system and he blew out his arm. Now he's attempting to find a minor league place. It will be either Floyd or Hutch that takes his place in the starting rotation.
I've heard The Manalist say that Sancho will be going to bullpen, they don't want a repeat of Brandon Morrow's fate. If Morrow is the guidepost for developing Sancho, then I have to agree. Morrow had nasty stuff when he was first called up. But he was, like Sancho, rushed through the system and he blew out his arm. Now he's attempting to find a minor league place. It will be either Floyd or Hutch that takes his place in the starting rotation.
lol!!!!I just hope the Blue Jays fire Gibbons and Jacoby before the season gets away from the team.eep:
yeah, but it's still way to big of risk to sign a guy when his contract is not even over. Who knows what could happen to the guy between now and September/October.
If Shanny can use his Jedi mind tricks to move Tulo then he should be the Pres and GM of the Jays.So, if the Leafs managed to dump the massive salaries of Phaneuf and David Clarkson, then the Jays should maybe bring in
Brendan Shanahan to move Tulo?
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Yes.
Also started winning when Tulo went got injured which is not a coincidence.
Edwin's stock is on the rise and your numbers seem right. OTOH with JB slumping and getting injured, his stock is dropping by similar amount.
Freed up Barney playing time and he's running with it. Given that he is a career less than .300 OBP guy it's not sustainable though. Clearly we are a better team when Tulo is in the lineup.
