I am not sure when will the media begin the process of running Shapiro out of town? It must be faked news when they mentioned that one of his mandate coming here was to turn the Skydome into a ballpark friendly to the fans. Nothing happened. And, now the on field product is in a flux since he's been here.
Blue Jays 2018 Season (Good Riddance 2017)
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Just for you Booty, Loup and Axford also traded just before deadline:
https://www.cp24.com/sports/toronto...s-loup-axford-before-trade-deadline-1.4035260
Jays obviously got what the market price for Happ was. He's no good to the Jays in the last 2 months of a mediocre season. From what I can see, the current strategy involves getting the most high AAA prospects possible, inviting them to spring training and seeing who catches lightning in a bottle. From that PoV, the Happ deal makes sense.
I did a brief run through on some of the prospects the Jays acquired. Of the group Corey Copping, whom they got from the Dodgers, appears to be blue chip. He has a goose egg in the loss column. What do you do with Donaldson? He's been good to us, Shapeyero can't just discard him. Maybe they should give him a one year offer, on provision that he becomes the regular DH. The Jays would be doing Jr a disservice if he became the DH. He might load up on peanuts, popcorn and what not, and end up like Prince Fielder.
On a lighter note. It's been revealed on Sportsnet that Bartolo Colon makes Caroline Cameron swoon! Now it's understandable, I wondered why her put downs of Stud Lord Seixeiro were so meek.
On a lighter note. It's been revealed on Sportsnet that Bartolo Colon makes Caroline Cameron swoon! Now it's understandable, I wondered why her put downs of Stud Lord Seixeiro were so meek.
Buck Martinez sounds like he's bored shitless, the Jays are flies on the windshield yet again. The only excitement is Paul Sorvino promoting Rogers Ignite. Can't wait for this season to end.
I am pretty sure that Gibby will not be back with the Jays after the season.
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Well, so we have heard the bad news about the BJ's...
The good news is that there will be plenty of tickets available for the rest of the season. :yo:
Perry
The good news is that there will be plenty of tickets available for the rest of the season. :yo:
Perry
Speaking of managers, how the hell has Showalter lasted as long as he has in Baltimore? Especially after the one game play-off that he blew by refusing to use Britton in extra innings. Since then, the O's have sucked so bad that now they would be lucky to have a .500 team in the minors.
I wonder if baseball will ever bring in a cap system like the other major leagues. Perhaps if teams start to fold, but until then...
His record is now 1,537 - 1,478 which is not that great. His post season record is horrible at 9 - 14. He may have had a couple of good seasons, but those did not result in winning it all.
His best season was with the Diamondbacks at 100 - 62 and they were mauled 3 - 1 by the Mets in the first round of the play-offs. In 2014 he led the O's to a 96 - 66 record only to be humiliated in the play-offs by the Royals.
He is an average run of the mill manager who cannot handle the pressure in the post season.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/showabu99.shtml
I think both Showalter and Gibbons will be gone after this season. Teams are turning to younger geniuses and/or Joe Maddon the only older genius. They do both deserve to finish the season at this point to avoid the indignity of a mid season firing. I wonder what kind of a manager would Curtis Granderson make? just a thought
We definitely discussed it.Shack and I settled this question earlier in this thread, about 2 months ago! (See my post #1206)
Right, shack?eace:
Perry
Besides Vlad jr., how many of the prospects were acquired before Shatkins arrived on the scene. Even the players drafted in Shatkins initial year were probably scouted and rated by AA's team.
It's a deceiving ranking because of Bichette and Vlad at the top. They've drafted poorly in the 1st round with Harris (2015), Zeuch (2016) and Warmoth (2017). All safe low ceiling college guys that are currently impressing nobody. Pearson (2nd first round pick 2017) seems to be a stud though.
That is shitty logic... and that is putting it mildly! :der:
You have to have highly rated prospects to have a highly rated farm system... and, now, because they have high level prospects, you say that their high level farm system ranking is suspect?
So, in your opinion, what do they have to do to have a highly rated farm system?
Perry
Depth.That is shitty logic... and that is putting it mildly! :der:
You have to have highly rated prospects to have a highly rated farm system... and, now, because they have high level prospects, you say that their high level farm system ranking is suspect?
So, in your opinion, what do they have to do to have a highly rated farm system?
Perry
A depth they could of had if they traded JD etc a could of years ago when they had value. They sacrificed the future for the pretense of a contender. But, they wanted seats filled so they never traded for the future. WTF have we got with the trades we just made? Mediocrity that may not even make the show.
I realize sports is a business but the empty seats for the next couple of years at least was a bad business decision IMHO
