Blue Jays Discussion: Off-Season Pt V: Spring(er) has Sprung: Jays sign OF George Springer (6y/$150m)

[BigBlu]

Yay! We get to keep Lourdes!

 

[shaner8989]

How do you know she was reporting false info? She got fed wrong info which is not her fault. The other insiders reported the same thing and I don't think many are saying they should be fired.
She isn't going anywhere.

Thats a reporters job.. She did no DD at all. You can't just assume everything you hear is legit. This is a perfect example of horrible reporting.

 

[BAM]

Thats a reporters job.. She did no DD at all. You can't just assume everything you hear is legit. This is a perfect example of horrible reporting.

No it just reaffirms what everyone already thought about you.

 

[The Iceman]

DANG...I would have loved bringing him back.

 

[The Nemesis]

So reporting false info is perfectly ok and professional? No it's not. She should face consequences. She was completely wrong and this was a hugeee mistake. People have lost their jobs for less.

She didn't report "false information". At least not in the sense that you're implying. When reporters get blasted for false info it's for making things up or lying about what they heard. Willful deceit usually for their own ends.

By all accounts what happened to Hazel is that someone fed her bad or incomplete information. That happens all the time in situations where you're relying on someone else to be your source. Especially when it's a source you've otherwise normally trusted or been able to count on the reliability/accuracy of.

If you were holding the entirety of baseball media to this standard there would be no baseball media left because everyone gets tripped up by this at some point or another. I'm sure you can go back through the scads of reports by Ken Rosenthal, Jon Morosi, Jeff Passan, Buster Olney, or even the other Jays reporters and find at least one instance where they cited something as true that later turned out not to be. Better fire the lot of them, I guess!!!

Should it happen? Probably not. But in a perfect world there wouldn't be this rush to break the story the way there is, leaving a cushion in which to do due diligence. You make the best of what the situation is.

Additionally none of this excuses the way you've handled the complaint, which has been in pretty poor taste.

 

[metafour]

DANG...I would have loved bringing him back.

To do what, exactly? Get clobbered in this division? Happ is like 38. We already have enough 1-WAR starter types.

 

[Cor]

Hazel should be jailed IMO.

 

[mrJT]

Keep Gurriel and bring in Ozuna, beastly outfield options.

 

[Morgs]

I would love to get Ramirez to play 3rd base.

What a pickup that would be and after that grab a pitcher.

Have you heard anything about Ramirez? My buddy just told me he heard something about him to the Jays so it's weird I'm seeing his name come up twice in like 10 minutes.

Havent heard or seen any news about him, but a man can dream

 

[The Nemesis]

DANG...I would have loved bringing him back.

He's kinda sucked for 2 years now. Don't let the superficially low ERA last season fool you. He did not have a good year under the surface and was the beneficiary of some noticeable BABIP luck.

 

[Emerica]

Disappointing but at the end of the day getting Brantley was probably a luxury more than anything.

 

[The Nemesis]

Hazel should be jailed IMO.

She should be sent to Monster Island.

Don't worry though. It's only a name.

 

[MattySnipes]

What a pickup!

 

[TopChedder]

Have you heard anything about Ramirez? My buddy just told me he heard something about him to the Jays so it's weird I'm seeing his name come up twice in like 10 minutes.

Havent heard or seen any news about him, but a man can dream

I heard they were looking at him but nothing substantial as of yet.

Would be a insanely good pickup.

 

[canucksfan]

Hazel should be jailed IMO.

Lock her up!

 

[Da Cool Rula]

Hazel should be jailed IMO.

Life is prison!!!!

 

[DropTheGloves]

Lock her up!

If Lou was still working for MLSE he could just send her to Robidas Island, a fate worse than death.

 

[Da Cool Rula]

Thats a reporters job.. She did no DD at all. You can't just assume everything you hear is legit. This is a perfect example of horrible reporting.

Do you issues with FEMALES doing the job?

 

[supermann_98]

If Brantley rumour is true and we assume Gurriel is traded for a SP.

CF - Springer
SS - Bichette
LF - Brantley
DH - Hernandez
2B - Biggio
3B - Vladdy
1B - Tellez
RF - Grichuk
C - Kirk/Jansen

Still think we need a 3B to round things out and push Grichuk out of the lineup, but looks pretty nice.

Signing Realmuto would let you deal a young catcher in a deal for pitching and would also look SICK in that lineup right there

CF - Springer
SS - Bichette
LF - Brantley
DH - Hernandez
2B - Biggio
3B - Vladdy
1B - Tellez
RF - Grichuk
C - Realmuto/Kirk

No holes that lineup

 

[phillipmike]

 

[Isaac Nootin]

So reporting false info is perfectly ok and professional? No it's not. She should face consequences. She was completely wrong and this was a hugeee mistake. People have lost their jobs for less.

You're completely wrong almost daily, yet.....here you are.

 

[jetsforever]

Unfortunately this feels more like we lost Brantley than gained Springer, which is the most important part.

 

[Mr Knies Guy]

Do you issues with FEMALES doing the job?

That’s a leap and a half.

 

[Gargyn]

That’s a leap and a half.

No kidding. Talk about making stuff up for an agenda. Nothing about his comments indicated a bias against women. But whatever floats your boat.

 

[zeke]

Don't mind missing out on Brantley. That's the B level type signing i would complain about before. And he's an awkward fit in our lineup.

But Bauer is the play, even if we must overpay.