OT: The Toronto Blue Jays

[drewser]

Morosi:

The Braves and Blue Jays have spoken about a possible Stroman trade, sources said Thursday, although there's no evidence of progress in those negotiations.

Do they have any low upside/big league ready bats for us?

 

[MindzEye]

Morosi:



Do they have any low upside/big league ready bats for us?

I want absolutely nothing to do with Shatkins playing dealmaker across the table from El NinjAA

 

[Deckie007]

Boo. Not sure why Drury is needed

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

Boo. Not sure why Drury is needed

He's not, like at all

but i suspect one of Lourdes/Travis/Solarte/Drury/Diaz is moved before the end of the month, maybe 2

and another is moved or buried in AAA prior to 2019

I very much doubt Lourdes/Drury are moved, and i dont think Travis/Diaz fetch shit in a trade.

 

[Deckie007]

Lourdes has crazy high upside, i doubt he goes anywhere. He should be playing at SS everyday until he fails there.

 

[CaptainBolduke]

How do we go from asking for Frazier or Sheffield to settling for this? Some nice prospects in their system...brutal

Shatkins has been in charge for 3 years now. You should know how the work by now. Cheap low ceiling controllable players is what the love. Always have.

 

[Iknowenuff]

Wow, my old buddy Gord Stellick under the Ballard yoke didn't make shit deals like this, like what is even the point? Ugghh, goin to be another 20 years before this franchise is watchable again.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

In fairness, Happ didn’t do us any favors by having a prolonged stretch of shitty starts lately.

 

[zeke]

lourdes cannot play SS.

I am praying he can hack it at 2b.

 

[CaptainBolduke]

Drury and McKinney don't move the needle now and likely won't move the needle in the future either.

 

[UWHabs]

lourdes cannot play SS.

I am praying he can hack it at 2b.

-17.8 UZR/150. Yikes. Worth continue trying in case he picks it up and it was just early MLB jitters, but yeah, more likely a 2B long-term.

 

[Deckie007]

Probably not but the bat could be very good so may as well see what happens for the rest of the season.

 

[Iknowenuff]

I honestly feel sorry for Vlad and Bichette... They deserve so much more.

 

[zeke]

Drury and McKinney don't move the needle now and likely won't move the needle in the future either.

they literally may have been 40-man roster casualties soon.

 

[GEEMAN]

Drury and McKinney don't move the needle now and likely won't move the needle in the future either.

Baltimore didnt get a needle mover for a top 5 superstar player in the game at 26 .

 

[LeafGm]

I want absolutely nothing to do with Shatkins playing dealmaker across the table from El NinjAA

I dunno, I'm kind of a nihilist when it comes to the Jays these days.

I'd find it pretty fascinating & entertaining to see what kind of packet of magic beans AA would fob off on Shatkins in exchange for Stroman.

 

[CaptainBolduke]

I dunno, I'm kind of a nihilist when it comes to the Jays these days.

I'd find it pretty fascinating & entertaining to see what kind of packet of magic beans AA would fob off on Shatkins in exchange for Stroman.

AA has a proven track record of getting good players for peanuts. His Donaldson trade is legendary.

The Syndergaard trade is his outlier.

 

[GEEMAN]

Lets give Drury a chance to play regularly for the rest of the season

 

[worm]

Lets give Drury a chance to play regularly for the rest of the season

instead of who?

 

[MindzEye]

How did they get better return for a 36 yr old middle reliever than they got for a middle of the rotation starter?