2011 Blue Jays/MLB Thread

[Deebo]

Rosenthal says the Rangers and Jays are talking about Koji Uehara, 2.35 ERA and a .723 WHIP last season.

Seems like he could be a nice addition to the pen.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

It's a minor league deal with a training camp invitation.

And free early-bird dinners.

 

[hockeyfan1]

He made his MLB debut in April 1989.

Thats before Skydome opened! 

I was jsut about to say the he actually played at Exhibition Stadium.

Exhibition Stadium....do I remember thee!  Those were the days of pyjama uniforms and Goerge Bell's "I keel yu, Robertson!"  ;D

 

[Derk]

Morrow signs, 3 years 20-million.

Yahoo Sports

 

[maplesyrup]

@TBrownYahoo
Tim Brown
Source: Prince is very close to a nine-year contract with the Detroit Tigers, according to sources.
3 minutes ago via web

 

[bustaheims]

@TBrownYahoo
Tim Brown
Source: Prince is very close to a nine-year contract with the Detroit Tigers, according to sources.
3 minutes ago via web

9 year, $214M is the word. More coin and more years than I would have gone, but, he's now filling daddy's shoes.

 

[maplesyrup]

So, the AL scooped up the big free agents... Groovy.  :

 

[Kin]

9 year, $214M is the word. More coin and more years than I would have gone, but, he's now filling daddy's shoes.

Man, between him, Cabrera and V-Mart they'll have a bunch of guys who should be DH's.

 

[bustaheims]

9 year, $214M is the word. More coin and more years than I would have gone, but, he's now filling daddy's shoes.

Man, between him, Cabrera and V-Mart they'll have a bunch of guys who should be DH's.

Well, VMart is out for the season, so, that helps the log jam a little bit.

 

[Kin]

9 year, $214M is the word. More coin and more years than I would have gone, but, he's now filling daddy's shoes.

Man, between him, Cabrera and V-Mart they'll have a bunch of guys who should be DH's.

Well, VMart is out for the season, so, that helps the log jam a little bit.

Yeah, but they're all signed to long term deals. I mean, three years from now, they'll have Cabrera, Fielder and Martinez, all over 30 and making...56 million or so between the three of them?

 

[bustaheims]

Yeah, but they're all signed to long term deals. I mean, three years from now, they'll have Cabrera, Fielder and Martinez, all over 30 and making...56 million or so between the three of them?

My guess is one of them is traded before the 2013 season, probably Cabrera.

 

[bustaheims]

So, the AL scooped up the big free agents... Groovy.  :

That's not true - a bunch of them ended up in Miami.

 

[Kin]

Yeah, but they're all signed to long term deals. I mean, three years from now, they'll have Cabrera, Fielder and Martinez, all over 30 and making...56 million or so between the three of them?

My guess is one of them is traded before the 2013 season, probably Cabrera.

That strikes me as unlikely. Cabrera is almost certainly the best of the three and he'll be a five and ten guy.

 

[bustaheims]

That strikes me as unlikely. Cabrera is almost certainly the best of the three and he'll be a five and ten guy.

That's true, but, he'll also have the best trade value. VMart's value will be low after missing an entire season and I doubt they move Fielder 1 year into a 9 year deal.

 

[maplesyrup]

So, the AL scooped up the big free agents... Groovy.  :

That's not true - a bunch of them ended up in Miami.

A couple of them did . Yes.

 

[Kin]

That's true, but, he'll also have the best trade value. VMart's value will be low after missing an entire season and I doubt they move Fielder 1 year into a 9 year deal.

Well, ok, he'll have the most trade value but that's because trading him would hurt the most. Not to mention, you know, his trade value will almost certainly be negatively affected by his ability to veto a trade.

Either way, it makes this signing look iffy a year or two out from now.

 

[bustaheims]

Either way, it makes this signing look iffy a year or two out from now.

No question about that. I think the Tigers clearly over-reacted to VMart's injury on this one.

 

[bustaheims]

The Jays have apparently signed Francisco Cordero to a 1 year, $4.5M contract.

 

[Kin]

The Jays have apparently signed Francisco Cordero to a 1 year, $4.5M contract.

Man, going from no closer to a closer controversy. That's something.

 

[maplesyrup]

The Jays have apparently signed Francisco Cordero to a 1 year, $4.5M contract.

A couple oldies in the pen but still... is might not be a bad one.