Can you blame him standing next to Brooke, the sweetie?
BTW, I think it's balls, not his dick.
The 2017 Blue Jay season thread
- Thread starter Phil C. McNasty
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BTW, I think it's balls, not his dick.
Yes men? Gibbons is the ultimate yes man. After he got fired the first time no other team would consider him as a major league manger until AA brought him back. The funny thing is he flew to Toronto thinking he was being interviewed for a coaches job. AA hands him the keys to the managers office. What has Gibbons ever won?
As of today the Jays lineup would look like with JBats
2B Devon Travis
3B Josh Donaldson
RF Jose Bautista
DH Kendrys Morales
SS Troy Tulowitzki
C Russell Martin
1B Justin Smoak/Steve Pearce
LF Melvin Upton/Ezequiel Carrera
CF Kevin Pillar
The bottom third of the lineup looks pretty ugly,imho.
Every team will have holes. Just give me good D for the bottom three. Maybe get a good outfielder for left. I don't care about power. Just contact. The rest are fine. 1 base will be a hole this year.
With this line up
2B Devon Travis
3B Josh Donaldson
RF Jose Bautista
DH Kendrys Morales
SS Troy Tulowitzki / ????????
C Russell Martin / ?????????
1B Justin Smoak/Steve Pearce
LF Melvin Upton/Ezequiel Carrera
CF Kevin Pillar
You still need a Backup for C (Martin) and Infield. So not really room for Pompey or anyone else.
Infield would have to be Barney or Goins - no room for both.
Back up catcher - hope they find something more than they have in the org today - may be Navarro would come back cheap.
Of course if you find a sucker to take Smoak and/or Upton and/or Goins. But the the $$ you spent on Morales + Pearce + what you save (if any) on those 3 could cover most of what EE would have needed. EE gives you more flexibility since he can actually play the field whereas Morales will be an adventure at best out there. Too many DH/1B type players.
They will also need bullpen arms (can never have enough) but also some kind of starting pitching depth. Pretty good 1-5 but if anyone gets hurt they are screwed.
Pretty screwed up roster construciton but there's still a few weeks to spring training.
2B Devon Travis
3B Josh Donaldson
RF Jose Bautista
DH Kendrys Morales
SS Troy Tulowitzki / ????????
C Russell Martin / ?????????
1B Justin Smoak/Steve Pearce
LF Melvin Upton/Ezequiel Carrera
CF Kevin Pillar
You still need a Backup for C (Martin) and Infield. So not really room for Pompey or anyone else.
Infield would have to be Barney or Goins - no room for both.
Back up catcher - hope they find something more than they have in the org today - may be Navarro would come back cheap.
Of course if you find a sucker to take Smoak and/or Upton and/or Goins. But the the $$ you spent on Morales + Pearce + what you save (if any) on those 3 could cover most of what EE would have needed. EE gives you more flexibility since he can actually play the field whereas Morales will be an adventure at best out there. Too many DH/1B type players.
They will also need bullpen arms (can never have enough) but also some kind of starting pitching depth. Pretty good 1-5 but if anyone gets hurt they are screwed.
Pretty screwed up roster construciton but there's still a few weeks to spring training.
Evidently a deal is very close for Mr. Bats.
http://m.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article/213596024/jose-bautista-close-to-signing-with-blue-jays/
http://m.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article/213596024/jose-bautista-close-to-signing-with-blue-jays/
Again, this is the year that management is going to give Dalton Pompey an extended shot, unless he fucks up badly out of the gate. So speed there. Not sure if they will try and pick up another outfielder.
