Blue Jays Discussion: I'm Tired of the Waiting Game... Let's Play Hungry-Hungry-Hippos!

[Nasty Nazem]

Jonah Keri ‏@jonahkeri 21m21 minutes ago
Source: Burke Badenhop signs with #Reds. Makes $1 million in 2015, and either $4 million club option or $1.5 million buyout for 2016.

So they get Badenhop for a guaranteed 2.5M on a 1 year deal and a 2.5M club option.

I've officially given up hope Jays will get any decent reliever.

 

[topched]

Jonah Keri ‏@jonahkeri 21m21 minutes ago
Source: Burke Badenhop signs with #Reds. Makes $1 million in 2015, and either $4 million club option or $1.5 million buyout for 2016.

So they get Badenhop for a guaranteed 2.5M on a 1 year deal and a 2.5M club option.

I've officially given up hope Jays will get any decent reliever.

Great value for a guy as good as Badenhop.

I'm still holding out hope for Soriano/KRod... But starting to get worried

 

[dredeye]

Sounds like there may be some higher bidders for Shields but he's obviously favouring the padres. I don't see him going anywhere but San Diego at this point. I was sure the yanks would come in late on him

 

[TootooTrain]

Great value for a guy as good as Badenhop.

I'm still holding out hope for Soriano/KRod... But starting to get worried

I hope they don't put all their nuts in the trading Navarro basket. Teams might not have a need until an injury arises early in the season.

 

[Canada4Gold]

Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 1h1 hour ago
One official involved in the Shields bidding does not expect the final numbers will be as high as $80 million/4 yrs. We'll see.

If he's signing for 4 years at less than 20 per we need to be in on that.

 

[dredeye]

If he's signing for 4 years at less than 20 per we need to be in on that.

We may well be but he seems desperate to play for the padres and he has a huge preference to play on the west coast. I think it'll be hard even if we're millions above what the padres are offering

 

[Canada4Gold]

Just heard about the 2 Cuban guys who defected during the Caribbean Series. Read the 30 year old SS probably doesn't have an MLB future, but the pitcher might. Vladimir Gutierrez, 19 years old. Don't really know much about defecting, and how long it would take to be eligible to sign or whatnot, how does that work?

 

[Ronald Ocean]

Don't know how legit Keith Law is but he said Pompey could be a top 10 outfielder one day. Nice little surprise I thought.

 

[Bad News Benning]

Don't know how legit Keith Law is but he said Pompey could be a top 10 outfielder one day. Nice little surprise I thought.

Well if you value great defense in CF more so than offense from corner OF's
he very well could be by WAR standards.

Devo White for instance never put up an OPS over .800 as a jay but you could say he was one of the Top 10 OF's in baseball at the time. In his first three years as a jay he put up wars of 6.6, 6.5, and 6.6. Now compare that to Bautista's three best years of 6.5, 7.5, and 5.3.

Now obviously it's a lot to expect for Pompey to turn into White, but it's not like White was highly regarded at the same age so stranger things have happened. If he can play well defensively and get on base that already provides significant value.

 

[Mach85]

Don't know how legit Keith Law is but he said Pompey could be a top 10 outfielder one day. Nice little surprise I thought.

But Keith Law is biased because he doesn't like Sanchez

 

[topched]

But Keith Law is biased because he doesn't like Sanchez

He is biased. Nice to see him high on someone. I'm willing to give him another chance

 

[Fantomas]

Don't know how legit Keith Law is but he said Pompey could be a top 10 outfielder one day. Nice little surprise I thought.

Oh, he's sooooo generous.

 

[zeke]

Well if you value great defense in CF more so than offense from corner OF's
he very well could be by WAR standards.

Well if you value great defense in CF more so than offense from corner OF's
he very well could be by WAR standards. White for instance never put up an OPS over .800 as a jay but you could say he was one of the Top 10 OF's in baseball at the time. In his first three years as a jay he put up wars of 6.6, 6.5, and 6.6. Now compare that to Bautista's three best years of 6.5, 7.5, and 5.3.

Now obviously it's a lot to expect for Pompey to turn into White, but it's not like White was highly regarded at the same age so stranger things have happened. If he can play well defensively and get on base that already provides significant value.

I'm not sure people realize how good an offensive year pompey just had for a 21yr old. better year than guys like andrew mccutchen and adam jones and others had at the same age.

he's much more than just a defensive prospect.

 

[dredeye]

Apparently shields is close on a four year deal between 72 and 75 million. Not bad

 

[Wilbur*]

Apparently shields is close on a four year deal between 72 and 75 million. Not bad

With the Jays??

 

[Eyedea]

With the Jays??

Pretty much every analyst believes he's signing with the Padres.

 

[TootooTrain]

New turf looks so much more natural. A much softer design aswell from first hand accounts.
Hated the way it looked on tv and inside on sunny days. You couldn't see the ball from the 500s.

 

[Canada4Gold]

^Wilner tweeted a couple really close up pictures of it

https://twitter.com/Wilnerness590/status/563534343424192514

https://twitter.com/Wilnerness590/status/563503479465836545

 

[dredeye]

With the Jays??

No likely the padres

 

[King Mapes]

No likely the padres

That's not how you spell blue Jays

 

[dredeye]

That's not how you spell blue Jays

I consider them my padres

 

[Mitchy]

Shields signs with the Padres.

NBC Sports
@NBCSports

Report: The Padres sign RHP James Shields to 4-year deal worth $72-$76M

Also, there's a team option for a 5th year.


oh, well.

 

[TootooTrain]

Will be fun to see the Padres competitive again. Tough division though.

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

I'm not too impressed with the Padres going into the season. Horrible outfield defense, one of the worst infields in the league. I honestly think they finish 4th.

I do hope they have a good year though. Their fans deserve it.

 

[TNCHL]

In b4 closed