Blue Jays Discussion: Trade deadline approaching - Will the Jays be buying? Answer: Yes they will. TULO!

[RyanOhReally]

Donaldson. obviously.

Got my free one from Mother's Day. Thin material, but still a solid jersey.

 

[Muston Atthews]

Let's go for it. Let's get an arm or two

 

[Swervin81]

Wtf. I fell asleep early on the couch and this is what I wake up to. Pure insanity. Hate losing Hoffman but them the breaks. Crazy that someone here said his name the other day and I said where would he even play lol. We joked about Reyes. AA you never cease to amaze me. He is determined to win with pitching

T'was me

 

[TF97]

as long as we can hang onto heavily coveted Jonathan Diaz I'm down for anything.

I've heard the kids got wicked pop and a terrible terrible glove. Wait... maybe it was the other way around

 

[TF97]

I'll make a new thread since this one is over 1000

 

[dredeye]

No, can't trade picks in baseball (well, not regular picks. There are some picks that can be traded, but the specifics escape me at the moment). But we could end up with a FA that would require a 1st round compo pick if signed (can't think of who off the top of my head. Buehrle I guess?)

Yea it would be a comp for Buerhle if they qualify him

 

[dredeye]

T'was me

Well then throw out more crazy names. Your witchcraft is remarkable

 

[SDig14]

Must. Get. Pitchers.

 

[Canada4Gold]

T'was me

I blame you(about Hoffman) that you didn't go into all the details. Clearly you could dictate the entire trade if your wanted to. Instead you stopped short and left room for the Rockies to get Hoffman in there

 

[Epictetus]

New Thread: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1934389

 

[The Nemesis]

He most certainly is, when he's healthy and playing to his capabilities.

"when healthy" is the part that keeps him from perfection. But his bat is perfectly capable of playing well at DH as he ages. This isn't some sort of "his bat is good for a SS, but poor at other positions" type deal. his bat is damn good for basically any spot in the lineup, and for at least a few more years he's going to provide a big defensive boost at short and a real arm firing on those shots to the hole. instead of Reyes' sort of noodly soft tosses. Donaldson/Tulo/Travis/Smoak around the infield just might be teh best defensive IF in the game.