I'm not a fan of this trade either.......... Wells is a gold glove winner with the same offensive stats. Jays are better off trading for Adam Dunn IMO. Package Rios with the Cat or Hill or Adams, then trade Batista for Mench if possible. Trust me you'd have your potent batting order then.Empty Wallet said:
AJ to join BJ's
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I would even go out on a limb and sign Frank Thomas.. he would make a good everyday DH he still has a few hits left in him. And if you keep him from playing first base he should be able to go injury free.
Great signing JP. This deal finally gets the Jays a dependable second arm in the rotation following Halladay
Except he's not dependable. He's been in the majors 7 seasons, only pitched more than 200+ innings twice...I will however choke on my words if he proves me wrong. I am not a Jays hater, I'm just scratching my head over these lucrative deals...
Except he's not dependable. He's been in the majors 7 seasons, only pitched more than 200+ innings twice...I will however choke on my words if he proves me wrong. I am not a Jays hater, I'm just scratching my head over these lucrative deals...
Well, lucrative is definately the word, but I think Toronto needs to do this because we are in a different country. Otherwise, why would you want to come here? We need to over pay, it sucks but that is just how it is. Look at all the other sports too. Its a shame, but it comes with the territory.
2/3 of the best FA's? No way.
Burnett "top" starter on the market, I'll give you that. But not Ryan, Wagner is much better than Ryan, I dont care about the whole age thing...and as Phnine eluded too, they got these FA's by overpaying!
Burnett "top" starter on the market, I'll give you that. But not Ryan, Wagner is much better than Ryan, I dont care about the whole age thing...and as Phnine eluded too, they got these FA's by overpaying!
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what he should be doing is trying to offer Batista and Hinske around before he continues to overpay other free agents to come and play to Toronto, i mean for the kind of money that he is overpaying them...... is not like we are asking them to go and play in Iraq
so you are saying that is okay to overspend NOW when his contract is being renew ???
sorry but i am sick and tired of hearing " we will get them next year"
show me a team that is capable of competing with tha Yanks or the Sox and i will shut up then
sorry but i am sick and tired of hearing " we will get them next year"
show me a team that is capable of competing with tha Yanks or the Sox and i will shut up then
To an American, you might as well be going to Iraq. If it's not the usa then it's a mysterious outside land.salsamarc said:
I was wrong AJ is here!
I like JP. The Jays minor league system is the envy of all of baseball. That takes time my friends. 4 years into his job I think he's done outstanding. If he stays here for a Pat Gillick like period of time then he will get Pat Gillick results. It took Gillick 16 yrs to win a WS and 9yrs to get to the playoffs. JP inherited a disaster and has turned it around. He's on the right track and Godfrey knows it.
well i guess all we can do is wait and see
but until he gets a power hitter and get rid of Hinske or Batista (better yet both) i will remain skeptical
but until he gets a power hitter and get rid of Hinske or Batista (better yet both) i will remain skeptical
A Cj
There is CJ Nitkowski. There must be a DJ somewhere somehow, lol.
As for Ryan guys, yes, he has one year of saves under his belt, but he had a really good year the year before, he just wasn't the closer, and the year before that, he was about a 3.40 ERA, which probably meant he got schelacked a few times. Don't just go by the saves. I'm not saying he Mariano Rivera, but even he was a setup man for Wetteland at one point. Ryan was the set up man for Julio before hand.
There is CJ Nitkowski. There must be a DJ somewhere somehow, lol.
As for Ryan guys, yes, he has one year of saves under his belt, but he had a really good year the year before, he just wasn't the closer, and the year before that, he was about a 3.40 ERA, which probably meant he got schelacked a few times. Don't just go by the saves. I'm not saying he Mariano Rivera, but even he was a setup man for Wetteland at one point. Ryan was the set up man for Julio before hand.
Cheers to that! Do you think we were this excited about the Jays this time last year? I for one am checking the 'net five times a day just to see what JP is up to to make his team better. I will definately be seeing more games this coming year over the 3 I've seen in the past two years.benn said:
I think we'll need to save some money in our budget for when Doc becomes a FA in two years so JP may just stick to trades from here on out. I'd be surprised if there's another big money signing. We do have a great farm system (probably every team has a star from our farm system) and current roster players that we can dangle for a big bat or two.
I'd laugh my ass off if they go and get Damon (I hope not). According to this link, http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_y...LYF?slug=rs-hitters120505&prov=yhoo&type=lgns their top ten available hitters aren't that palatable.
an even better article about the Jays shopping spree:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_y...slug=cnnsi-stillshopping&prov=cnnsi&type=lgns
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_y...slug=cnnsi-stillshopping&prov=cnnsi&type=lgns
well according to that article we have no chances with Manny Ramirez and no interest in Frank Thomas BUT it may be a chance (which seems to be the rule so far in these signings) to take on Nomar Garciaparra he was a great infielder and Toronto could use him at SS
O- Hudson at second, Garciaparra at SS and Koskie at third sounds pretty good plus it would be interesting to see him play against Jeter and A-Rod once again.....now if we can only get something in exchange for Hinske and Batista then maybe we will have one heck of an infield next year
O- Hudson at second, Garciaparra at SS and Koskie at third sounds pretty good plus it would be interesting to see him play against Jeter and A-Rod once again.....now if we can only get something in exchange for Hinske and Batista then maybe we will have one heck of an infield next year
Well, neither Nomar nor Piazza are the studs they used to be and frankly, this a weak FA batch. But at the right price, they could be useful. The rest of the list seems to be young guys with power but no average. And kids like that either take a long time to develop or don't develop at all.
