Blue Jays Discussion: RIP Roy Halladay (1977-2017)

[Anthrax442]

What about pitching to Dragons?

Well if the guy is ripped, he'd be eye molested by Arlene

 

[supermann_98]

Jay Bruce? Really?

What this regime's infatuation with .240 hitters who can jack 30 homeruns and do just about NOTHING else?

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Hopefully they can rid themselves of the Morales contract

On one hand that may make management look bad.

However on the other hand, if they can get a decent asset out of him, they could make it look like one of those "spending money to buy assets" deals they made before. Plus they did get a half decent season out of Morales too. Just not the player they needed to be successful.

 

[The Nemesis]

On one hand that may make management look bad.

However on the other hand, if they can get a decent asset out of him, they could make it look like one of those "spending money to buy assets" deals they made before. Plus they did get a half decent season out of Morales too. Just not the player they needed to be successful.

I don't think the optics are too bad a year down the road. Especially because you could spin it as one of those "it doesn't really work for both sides" type things since the intent with Morales was to shove Smoak out of the lineup and that didn't happen and it hamstrung them with the DH position.

It looks bad if you want to shove the guy out the door within a few months, or after year 1 of 5+ year contract, but one off-season to the next is enough time for it to be reasonable especially when it's a 3-year deal.

 

[hoc123]

Looks like AA is back to being a GM

 

[Revolt]

I'm glad AA found a new GM gig. Hope it works out for him.

 

[trellaine201]

Yay I’m happy for him. Great guy. Wants to win.

 

[zeke]

Go Braves Go!

 

[The Nemesis]

Worth noting that Anthopoulos was apparently the Braves' 2nd choice. Prior reports were that he was the org's fallback option if they were unable to lure Dayton Moore away from the Royals.

 

[stickty111]

Worth noting that Anthopoulos was apparently the Braves' 2nd choice. Prior reports were that he was the org's fallback option if they were unable to lure Dayton Moore away from the Royals.

So not the first choice which is not surprising. Looks to be plan B.
So Braves not impressed enough by AA to have him as plan A.

 

[stickty111]

Yay I’m happy for him. Great guy. Wants to win.

So does Shapiro

 

[stickty111]

2 teams pass on AA. 3rd team only has him as plan B. Not a good sign. It shows that the league doesnt think he is that good. Oh well at least he is a GM again.

 

[Nylanderthal]

2 teams pass on AA. 3rd team only has him as plan B. Not a good sign. It shows that the league doesnt think he is that good. Oh well at least he is a GM again.

I mean he was plan B to the guy who's team beat AA's (and won the World Series) ‍

 

[zeke]

Worth noting that Anthopoulos was apparently the Braves' 2nd choice. Prior reports were that he was the org's fallback option if they were unable to lure Dayton Moore away from the Royals.

did they try to lure shapkins away from us?

 

[TheTotalPackage]

I've become a bigger Braves fan today than I ever was before. Good luck, AA.

 

[Anthrax442]

He quit, so he is dead to me.

 

[Discoverer]

It was always just a matter of time before someone hired AA. It'll be really interesting to see which direction he takes the team considering their current situation is similar to the Jays pre-Marlins trade.

 

[BlueForever75]

Maybe AA comes back to the scene of the crime and offers up some prospects alla Synderguard and others for our aging players (Tulo, Martin, Morales).

The Braves do have a young and up and coming lineup. With prospect capital to boot.

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

Good situation for AA to land in. Happy for him. Really good collection of young talent and a top ~5 farm system (Albies, Acuna, Gohara, Soroka, Wright, etc.). Will be interesting if he looks to add more young depth by trading Freeman\Inciarte\Teheran or hold them and try to compete in the near-term. Braves fans should take heart in the fact that what they are lacking (pitching) is AA's specialty.

 

[BlueForever75]

Good situation for AA to land in. Happy for him. Really good collection of young talent and a top ~5 farm system (Albies, Acuna, Gohara, Soroka, Wright, etc.). Will be interesting if he looks to add more young depth by trading Freeman\Inciarte\Teheran or hold them and try to compete in the near-term. Braves fans should take heart in the fact that what they are lacking (pitching) is AA's specialty.

Trade him Happ or Estrada for some of those nice prospects!!!!! Here's hoping AA thinks the Braves are ready to compete

 

[RayzorIsDull]

2 teams pass on AA. 3rd team only has him as plan B. Not a good sign. It shows that the league doesnt think he is that good. Oh well at least he is a GM again.

Or they wanted to talk to Dayton Moore who spent 13 years with the Braves organization to try and lure him back. I am sure you actually don't believe what you said.

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

2018 Top 50 Free Agents | FanGraphs Baseball

An absolute wasteland that can hopefully be avoided, at least for the "top 10" guys. Any player that could be interesting to the Jays (i.e. Martinez, Bruce) will be grossly overpaid. My interest lies with Minor, Dyson, McGee, Neshek, Cischek, Hunter and Kendrick, with the latter six only on one year deals.

Team needs lie in the outfield and backup MI, so hopefully one of Nunez\Gomez\Maybin\Dyson\Jay\Kendrick gets left out to dry late into the offseason and is available for cheap. None should be playing everyday.

 

[phillipmike]

I thought AA passed on Minnesota and another team... i think Arizona comes to mind.

Great hire for Atlanta and good spot for AA.

 

[Eyedea]

Minor is gonna get paiddddddd

 

[Discoverer]

2018 Top 50 Free Agents | FanGraphs Baseball

An absolute wasteland that can hopefully be avoided, at least for the "top 10" guys. Any player that could be interesting to the Jays (i.e. Martinez, Bruce) will be grossly overpaid. My interest lies with Minor, Dyson, McGee, Neshek, Cischek, Hunter and Kendrick, with the latter six only on one year deals.

Team needs lie in the outfield and backup MI, so hopefully one of Nunez\Gomez\Maybin\Dyson\Jay\Kendrick gets left out to dry late into the offseason and is available for cheap. None should be playing everyday.

I'll be honest... at 4/68, I would be interested in Cain. Unfortunately, I expect him to push closer to the Fowler contract.