2012 Toronto Blue Jays Thread

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Mike Wilner‏@Wilnerness590
Approved!!!!


I assume this is for the Jays deal.


edit: The Jays deal is confirmed.

 

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Statement from Selig includes this: "I am sensitive to the concerns of the fans of Miami regarding this trade and understand the reactions.......will "continue to monitor" situation, says #Marlins owners have assured him of commitment to build long-term winning team"


Selig: deal "does not violate any express rule of MLB + does not otherwise warrant exercise of any of my powers to prevent its completion"

 

[Fanatic]

AA is meeting the media at 09:30 tomorrow. No players expected to be there.

 

[Kin]

Statement from Selig includes this: "I am sensitive to the concerns of the fans of Miami regarding this trade and understand the reactions.......will "continue to monitor" situation, says #Marlins owners have assured him of commitment to build long-term winning team"


Selig: deal "does not violate any express rule of MLB + does not otherwise warrant exercise of any of my powers to prevent its completion"

I don't think there was ever any real chance it would be vetoed. After all, Selig is the guy who oversaw the last two times the Marlins did this.

 

[Fanatic]

Here is the statement if anyone wants to read it.

Selig's Statement

 

[maplesyrup]

Somebody's a little happy. 

Shi Davidi ‏@ShiDavidi
Jose Bautista: "My level of confidence as an athlete has just been quadrupled and I don?t say that lightly. I mean, it?s the honest truth"

 

[mc]

Somebody's a little happy. 

Shi Davidi ‏@ShiDavidi
Jose Bautista: "My level of confidence as an athlete has just been quadrupled and I don?t say that lightly. I mean, it?s the honest truth"

Never thought I would say this, but I am really excited for the upcoming baseball season.

 

[Fanatic]

Somebody's a little happy. 

Shi Davidi ‏@ShiDavidi
Jose Bautista: "My level of confidence as an athlete has just been quadrupled and I don?t say that lightly. I mean, it?s the honest truth"

Never thought I would say this, but I am really excited for the upcoming baseball season.

Me too. It's pretty nice.

 

[Corn Flake]

Oh Bud Selig.. you sooo crazaaaaay.

 

[Justin]

Statement from Selig includes this: "I am sensitive to the concerns of the fans of Miami regarding this trade and understand the reactions.......will "continue to monitor" situation, says #Marlins owners have assured him of commitment to build long-term winning team"


Selig: deal "does not violate any express rule of MLB + does not otherwise warrant exercise of any of my powers to prevent its completion"

I don't think there was ever any real chance it would be vetoed. After all, Selig is the guy who oversaw the last two times the Marlins did this.

Selig let the mid-season Boston/LA trade go through which had similar circumstances so there should be no surprise that this trade went through. The Marlins didn't win with this group anyhow, and even if this deal gives a massive middle finger to Marlins fans, it's probably better for the team in the long run.

 

[Fanatic]

For what it is worth, the Melky deal is now official.

 

[Fanatic]

Jose Sporting New Threads

 

[hockeyfan1]

Somebody's a little happy. 

Shi Davidi ‏@ShiDavidi
Jose Bautista: "My level of confidence as an athlete has just been quadrupled and I don?t say that lightly. I mean, it?s the honest truth"

Never thought I would say this, but I am really excited for the upcoming baseball season.

Me too. It's pretty nice.

Another happy fan here.  Can hardly wait for next season! 

 

[Justin]

Interesting analysis of the trade from Forbes.com:

All the players, with the probable exception of Buehrle, carry risks. But here?s the thing: the six of them combined for a Wins Above Replacement (WAR ? the number of wins a player is calculated to bring to a team over and above a minimum salaried replacement) of 16.8 in 2012. Their expected total cost in 2013: $54 million. That?s a hefty 71% of the Blue Jays entire 2012 payroll, yet still just $3.2 million per WAR point, well below the $4 million average that each WAR points costs on the free agent market, according to data recounted on various baseball blogs. So it seems that Anthopoulos found a relatively cheap way to upgrade.


http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomvanriper/2012/11/19/gm-anthopoulos-has-blue-jays-back-in-the-game-cheaply/

 

[dappleganger]

John Gibbons to be named manager Tuesday morning according to Bob Elliot.

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/11/20/toronto-blue-jays-to-name-john-gibbons-manager

Wouldn't be my first choice.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Beat me to it.  Never saw that coming - but kind of makes sense if Anthopolous and Gibbons are close from his first stiny.

 

[Justin]

I'm thinking Elliot got duped like Dave Shoalts with the Ice Edge - Man U fiasco. How the hell on earth can it be John Gibbons!? We'd hire this guy AGAIN over Manny Acta, Wallach, Hargrove, Butterfield, Wakamatsu, or Riggleman?

 

[Justin]

John Gibbons brings back memories of Alex Rios, Russ Adams, Shea Hillenbrand, Ted Lilly, Gustavo Chacin, Josh Towers, and Miguel Batista. Those are names I do not want to remember. This team was 305-305 under Gibbons - the pinnacle of mediocrity.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

John Gibbons brings back memories of Alex Rios, Russ Adams, Shea Hillenbrand, Ted Lilly, Gustavo Chacin, Josh Towers, and Miguel Batista. Those are names I do not want to remember. This team was 305-305 under Gibbons - the pinnacle of mediocrity.

He also led the Jays to their only better-than-3rd place finish since 1993.

 

[Justin]

John Gibbons brings back memories of Alex Rios, Russ Adams, Shea Hillenbrand, Ted Lilly, Gustavo Chacin, Josh Towers, and Miguel Batista. Those are names I do not want to remember. This team was 305-305 under Gibbons - the pinnacle of mediocrity.

He also led the Jays to their only better-than-3rd place finish since 1993.

And yet at the time of his firing the Jays were last in the AL East.