maplesyrup
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2012 Toronto Blue Jays Thread
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Corn Flake
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Rob L said:MLB Trade Rumors @mlbtraderumors
Blue Jays To Sign Melky Cabrera http://bit.ly/ZYUIUy #mlb
What the..................
Where am I??!!!
maplesyrup
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Corn Flake said:Rob L said:
Blue Jays To Sign Melky Cabrera http://bit.ly/ZYUIUy #mlb
What the..................
Where am I??!!!
In T.O. Where hockey is the second most relevant sport.
maplesyrup
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HAHA. The 8 mil. we just got from MIA just paid for Melky (Year 1.)
WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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How is he going to play without the juice though?
San Francisco wanted no part of him after the suspension and I believe they only offered him a few million to re-sign.
San Francisco wanted no part of him after the suspension and I believe they only offered him a few million to re-sign.
maplesyrup
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WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
Well, the jury's out... He won't have last year's numbers for sure... Cheap enough short term gamble though.
Corn Flake
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Rob L said:
I've already heard whining about the price tag. I think we still have to remember that the Jays will need to overpay to lure free agents here, even with a revamped and much more enticing team.
Maybe they get to pay market rate when they are winning division titles again, but until then, a few extra $mil is going to be normal.
Brian Glennie
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It would be fun working in sales for the Jays right now. The team is getting huge publicity around their new dynamite lineup, the AL East is wide-open, there are two wild card spots up for grabs, and your biggest dream - that the Leafs would somehow disappear - has come true!
Corn Flake
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Brian Glennie said:
They will need to open up some new blocks of season seats then. I just took a look online and it's pretty slim pickings. A few options in the 200 level but almost nothing down low or even up high.
maplesyrup
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Nik V. Debs said:
True enough. I'm not betting on similar fantastic numbers though. I still think/hope he can have decent/good ones.
maplesyrup
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Bodog now moved the Jays to 11/1 for the WS. 4th best.
bustaheims
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Now, an upgrade on Lind for the 1B/DH split with EE, and this team is pretty set - assuming the Jays get 2011/2012 Melky, rather than pre-2011 Melky.
maplesyrup
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bustaheims said:
Lind didn't suck when he came back. The line up is good enough now that I can live with him though you're right, an upgrade there would be swell.
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Rob L said:
A couple good months of "not sucking" is not enough to look past a career that has been mostly ordinary at best - especially from a position where significant offensive production is expected. I'd actually rather see Cooper in that role than Lind, and even Cooper is not really good enough.
maplesyrup
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bustaheims said:
... and I thought I had a hate on for Lind. Hey, I'm not going to defend him so fire at will.
maplesyrup
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So now what? The roundtable just suggested moving Colby and putting Boni in CF. I think I'd be behind that... Maybe in a package with JPA? I imagine that would fetch a nice return... A big time 2B perhaps?
Rob L said:
Was it the roundtable or Bob? Bob seems to have had a hate on for Colby since he arrived. Mind you, Colby hasn't done a whole lot to endear himself either other than hit more than 20 hrs.
I listened to Zaun yesterday and he made the point that Buck really helped improve JPA to the point where he is defensively today and that a JPA / Buck combo would be great for this season, with an eventual development of D'arnaud with JPA still around.
I guess that the bottom line is that I am okay with keeping JPA / Buck at catcher. Not sure what I would do with Colby. He really needs to get his act together this season. Not sure how much value he would have at this point.