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Originally Posted by fleury
I haven't heard any Damon rumors myself, but I'm personally not a fan of the guy at all. His fielding is absolute junk (I guess as on OFer you can get away with that), and I'm not a fan of his bat although he can come up clutch. I don't think they're in need of a guy like that either (the complacent type). I would have really liked to see the Jays target a guy like Thome who has pop to his bat, but can at the same time accept his role as a bench player at this point in his career. As for Delgado, I used to love the guy back in the day, but he's now a minor leaguer and has zippo to offer with his weight loss (lost the power), and has no speed whatsoever to boot. He also gets me as a crybaby if things don't go his way, and at this point in his career, nothing is going to go his way. I also don't believe in "mentorship" in today's game. Aside from special guys like Halladay, the only things veterans teach young players is how to score with better pickup lines off the field.
So far, I kinda like what AA's doing. He's not half assing the rebuild. He's getting some good prospects and is not misleading the public just to sell tickets. The fans aren't dumb in baseball for the most part. They can tell if a team stinks. The Jays this year should be mediocre, but with the young arms up and coming, they should be pretty solid 3 years down the road. If somehow Lind, Snyder, Hill and Wells can find their power stroke this year, this team could surprise a few people.
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Everyone is entitled to their opinions, yet I think you make good points.
Re: AA, this guy is getting full marks from me so far and then some. I think him discussing the possibilities of such commodities shows another side to him. He has a budget but he is trying to get to a workable contender, IMO. Also, I think he has a larger budget than people consider, but he is as you say getting nice prospects to rebuild with. Why not look at these options? I think the coaching that delgado could provide for the younger hitters would be valuable and the professionalism that Damon would bring could go a long way with such young malleable minds. He also would fill a need, decent speed at the leadoff spot. Delgado is a pro and would play for peanuts apparently. I think the two of us are too far removed from the internal workings of their environments that we will only be able to view the televised games. And can I ask why you don't believe in Mentorship? Is that serious about the pick up lines? I think that is a definitely a big part of it but also there would be some restaurants that Delgado would still be huge at or get huge at. The rogers corp have dough, and are committed to a rebuild. That is an interesting combo, so why not pick up some garbage heap vets and a championship winning leadoff hitter?
I think this team is destined to be mediocre, but I do remember thinking this team would contend and have been disappointed before. This team could catch lightning in a bottle and surprise, but the rotation has to be phenomenal. No more of that 6hr games at Fenway, cecil.