2015 Blue Jays Regular Season Thread

[puffnstuff]

Who bats lead off now? Travis?

[Trojan97]

Pros:
-Fantastic player (4.5-5 win type)
-Pure class act/leader in the lockerroom. Donaldson/Tulo/Martin as a new core in the lockerroom is a fantastic group.

Cons:
-On the hook for his huge salary going forward. Makes 20 mil through 2019. Then 14 mil in 2020, ending with a 15 mil team option in 2021 with a 4 mil buyout.
-Has had trouble staying on the field recently, barely played at all in 2011 and only played 91 games last season.

After the excitement of the Miami trade and the subsequent failure to produce by many of the pieces acquired in that trade I'm hesitant to plan the parade. For me it's going to come down to what prospects were given up and whether a legit starter is brought in. If this is the major move, the team is still screwed regardless. Time will tell

[ben voyonsdonc]

Assuming that everything stays as it appears right now, the Jays have a pretty impressive infield.

[transplant99]

Jon Morosi

✔ @jonmorosi
Jose Reyes likely to be flipped by #Rockies. Colorado has highly regarded shortstop prospect Trevor Story at Triple-A.

[RedHot25]

Miguel Castro rumoured to be going with Reyes

[KelVarnsen]

@Ken_Rosenthal: Sources: #Rockies owner Dick Monfort had told Tulo that he would not be traded A) w/o being consulted and B) to place he didn’t want to go.
@Ken_Rosenthal: Will be interesting to hear Tulo’s reaction. As others have mentioned, he might not be enthusiastic about playing on turf in Toronto.

[Caged Great]

Castro is one of the pieces going to the rox

[ben voyonsdonc]

My money is that Pompey goes too.

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Who bats lead off now? Travis?

Yes

Travis
Donaldson
Bautista
EE
Tulo
Martin
Colabello
Smoak
Pillar

[Harry Lime]

nm

[Blarg]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

Yes

Travis
Donaldson
Bautista
EE
Tulo
Martin
Colabello
Smoak
Pillar

That is a ridiculous batting order.

[RedHot25]

Sweet for historical sake . As per Rosenthal: mets 3rd team

I assume Reyes going back there to unite with Wright on the left side of their infield

[ben voyonsdonc]

Hard to lose a quality arm in Castro but Tulowitzki is a pretty big upgrade on Reyes.

[RedHot25]

Also of historical note: apparently in '05 draft most jays scouts wanted Tulo. JP Riccardi wanted Rickey Romero instead...

[RedHot25]

Jpn heyman fro CBS:two more minor leaguers will go to rockies in deal. so deal is tulo and hawkins for reyes, castro & 2 minor leaguers.

[jschick88]

Some rumors on twitter saying Hoffman is in the deal.

[Galakanokis]

I like it less if Hoffman is included. Good young pitcher.

[ben voyonsdonc]

Yep. Seems like Hoffman is moving. Hard to give up quality prospects without addressing main organizational need.

I'm sure AA has plans and I hope that he can swing a deal for a pitcher.

[Caged Great]

Hoffman has actually been kind of crap this season since returning from injury. Lots of potential, but nothing in terms of results thus far.

[Caged Great]

The pen looks a lot better now

Schultz
Sanchez
Hawkins
Osuna
Tepara
Hendricks
Cecil
and possibly Joba

A lot better than it was before.

Now they need to get an okay starter or two and they're golden.