Blue Jays GDT: ('14 v9) Next Game: vs StL|Jun 7|1pm ET/10am PT| Miller vs Buehrle

[Crustacean]

p.s. the BJ's/Cards game is the MLB.tv free game of the day.

 

[Nasty Nazem]

Yikes, Shelby Miller peripherals are brutal this year.

 

[cyris]

I certainly agree that I wouldn't do Stroman/Sanchez + Hutchison for Samardzija, but I think being practical about it we have:

Dickey - pitching like a #3, at best a #2 from what we've seen this year/last year
Buerhle - pitching like a #1, I'd expect him to regress to a #2/3 as he has been over his career
Hutchison - Happy with him pitching like a #3. Has been both fantastic and less than stellar.
Happ - solid #5.
Stroman - I hope he continues to pitch like he does, but still the most I'd expect out of him is to hold the #4 spot. Keep in mind he has only started 2 games, and will falter at some point this year.
Morrow - lets see what he can do when he comes back.

Who of those 5 can you expect to pitch in a playoff series? You ideally want 3 solid starters going into the playoffs. Buerhle for sure, maybe Dickey, maybe Hutchison, unlikely Stroman, definitely not Happ. Consider the Tigers have Verlander, Sanchez and Scherzer...

I wonder what we would have to give up to get Cliff Lee... though his contract might be too much for the Jays to eat with Romero in the minors. I wouldn't target Samardzija, too expensive... I doubt the Rays trade Price within the division... I wonder who else is out there...

Sheilds maybe?
Still would be expensive but probably not as much as the others with his contract expiring.
I hope to see the jays trade Rasmus to a playoff contender that needs a CF and maybe a little power in the lineup. They could probably get an alright prospect for him and then flip that prospect + some of our own (Sanchez?) for Sheilds. Might be a high price to pay but how many chances like this are the Jays gonna have again.

A move like that would also really help the bull pen. It would move Happ back to the long man and maybe Morrow too when he return.

 

[cyris]

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