08-02-2017, 03:01 PM
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#2301
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Toronto
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C'mon bullpen. Hold your ####! Don't mess this one up.
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08-02-2017, 03:01 PM
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#2302
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Franchise Player
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Lol its never easy is it?
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08-02-2017, 03:04 PM
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#2303
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Toronto
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Ok good. Just one more inning to dodge.
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08-02-2017, 03:04 PM
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#2304
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Franchise Player
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Huge K by Biagini
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08-02-2017, 03:07 PM
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#2305
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Toronto
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JD go boom!!!
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08-02-2017, 03:07 PM
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#2306
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Franchise Player
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JD is hot.
5-1
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08-02-2017, 03:14 PM
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#2307
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Franchise Player
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Does any team get more pathetic blooper hits than the white sox? Jesus anyways
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08-02-2017, 03:22 PM
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#2308
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Franchise Player
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2 on no one out bottom of 9.
Osuna in now.
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08-02-2017, 03:24 PM
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#2309
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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BLUE JAYS aRE GOING TO BLOW THIS!!!
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Watching the Oilers defend is like watching fire engines frantically rushing to the wrong fire
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08-02-2017, 03:26 PM
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#2310
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Franchise Player
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Theres the Osuna we knoe amd love. Jays win!
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08-02-2017, 03:35 PM
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#2311
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Resolute 14
The biggest reason, as Kel's post indicates, is that MLB waivers are revokable. You put a claim in, the team just pulls the player back and then you negotiate a trade.
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As a hockey fan where everything is very rigid and simple, I sure get a kick out of all the little quirks of baseball (the work day games being the most hilarious), but this one is just awesome.
"The following player is on waivers"
"We'll take him"
"Okay, now we'll revoke that. Would you like to perhaps work out a trade with us?"
"Well I guess if you revoked our claim then we'll go that route"
"Excellent".
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08-02-2017, 03:59 PM
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#2312
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Franchise Player
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I wonder if Bautista retires after this season.
Last year he battled injuries, but this year he is just terrible.
Hard to believe he is our lead off hitter right now.
There can't be any way the Jays FO picks up his option for next season, especially with all the OF's and potential DH's they have under team control.
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08-02-2017, 04:10 PM
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#2313
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jayswin
As a hockey fan where everything is very rigid and simple, I sure get a kick out of all the little quirks of baseball (the work day games being the most hilarious), but this one is just awesome.
"The following player is on waivers"
"We'll take him"
"Okay, now we'll revoke that. Would you like to perhaps work out a trade with us?"
"Well I guess if you revoked our claim then we'll go that route"
"Excellent".
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Tigers just put Verlander on revocable waivers to see if anyone bites.
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Watching the Oilers defend is like watching fire engines frantically rushing to the wrong fire
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08-02-2017, 06:04 PM
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#2314
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jayswin
As a hockey fan where everything is very rigid and simple, I sure get a kick out of all the little quirks of baseball (the work day games being the most hilarious), but this one is just awesome.
"The following player is on waivers"
"We'll take him"
"Okay, now we'll revoke that. Would you like to perhaps work out a trade with us?"
"Well I guess if you revoked our claim then we'll go that route"
"Excellent".
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The Jays/Padres trade of Randy Myers trade in the late 90's was a hilarious example of the ridiculousness of this waiver rule.
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08-02-2017, 06:37 PM
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#2315
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In the Sin Bin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RatherDashing
Do teams who are lower down in the standings ever use their waiver priority to block trades? Or is there an unwritten rule not to do that?
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If there was, the union would probably be all over it as collusion. Mostly, a team not in the playoff race wouldn't bother since these deals are usually for guys on expiring contracts, so there's nothing to gain by putting in a claim then trying to trade for them.
That said, there was really no way David Cone should have been available to us in 1992.
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08-02-2017, 07:03 PM
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#2316
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Ontario
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The risk in making a waiver claim is if the team waiving the player just says - he's yours. Example: Alex Rios
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08-03-2017, 07:07 AM
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#2317
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Bautista is on revocable waivers as per Rosenthal.
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08-03-2017, 10:40 AM
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#2318
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Calgary, AB
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Jays are 5.0 games out of the WC.
Long shot. But they were 7 a couple days ago. Games left against every team they need to leapfrog except the Angels.
I've kind of counted them out, so I'm surprised that it's only 5 games. I don't think they can do it, it would take a lot plus some luck but it would be fun if they could somehow keep within some sort of a race.
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08-03-2017, 11:06 AM
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#2319
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Toronto
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It's painful watching Joey Bats play baseball right now. He can barely even move now and because of that can't play outfield very well at all anymore AND his bat has been consistently dreadful as well, making weak contact more often than not.
He just can't really play major league calibre baseball anymore. All he's good for at this point is the odd hint of what he used to be (as in the increasingly more rare big time dinger or a nice strong throw from the outfield).
Sad to say, but Bautista is done.
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08-03-2017, 12:54 PM
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#2320
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiggy_12
Jays are 5.0 games out of the WC.
Long shot. But they were 7 a couple days ago. Games left against every team they need to leapfrog except the Angels.
I've kind of counted them out, so I'm surprised that it's only 5 games. I don't think they can do it, it would take a lot plus some luck but it would be fun if they could somehow keep within some sort of a race.
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They'd be 9-1 in their last 10 if Osuna hadn't blown two saves this past week, and as a result only 3 games out.
Of course that stretch also includes two improbable walk off grand slam Jays wins, so I guess it evens out. But still, feels like such a season of missed opportunities.
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