The woes of May have continued for the Toronto Blue Jays, but J.P. Ricciardi is standing firm while rumors of fire sales and reloads swirl around the baseball blogosphere.Troy Glaus was the hot spot on the trade rumor radar last week, but the recent aggrevation of a bone spur in his heel could hamper interest in … Read more »
Jeff Blair over at GlobeSports.com has hinted that Troy Glaus could be on his way out of Toronto. The Jays have been on a miserable skid of late, and if things don't turn around soon, we might see J.P. attempt to reload by moving Glaus for some pitching. When Glaus is healthy, he makes a big offensive impact. … Read more »
There's mention of a Blue Jays fire sale over at MLB Trade Rumors. Sure, the Jays have been slumping but it's barely May and there's talk of a major reload? Whatever goes down, I just hope J.P. doesn't part with Alex or Adam. Rios just opened the Jays half of the first inning against the Red Sox with … Read more »
Ken Rosenthal has a new piece up this morning that highlights the Dodgers' desperate need for a big bat. How desperate, you ask? Consider this: only the Washington Nationals have fewer long balls than LA. Since the Dodgers have so many other pieces of the puzzle in place to make it to the post-season, it would … Read more »
No news here: the Blue Jays are still in need of some arms to fill their 2007 starting rotation. Back in December, when J.P. was swinging and not dealing at the Winter Meetings, and Wells appeared to be Texas-bound for 2008, I added a Reader Poll that asked which arms the Jays should target. Not included in the list of … Read more »
Several sources are reporting that the Blue Jays and Devil Rays are discussing a trade that would send coveted OF/1B Elijah Dukes to Toronto for pitchers Shaun Marcum and minor leaguer Josh Sowers. It's rumors like this that I find particularly interesting: on the surface it doesn't seem to make much sense, but if you look … Read more »
The Washington Nationals are a team in transition–at least that's what the fans are sincerely hoping. A 5th place team for the past two seasons, the Nats are going young in 2007 with a fresh managerial perspective provided by Manny Acta. I like Acta's go-out-and-get-'em attitude and focus on defense, as well as the team's move to "go young", but … Read more »
Vernon Wells has been the subject of many trade rumors lately, but up until today I had taken them all as just that, rumors. However the Star-Ledger is reporting that the Jays "made Wells available" on Thursday and that Omar Minaya managed to fit in a quick conversation about Wells with Jays' GM J.P. Ricciardi before the … Read more »
First he lost Lilly. Now it appears that J.P. Ricciardi and the Jays have also missed out on righty Gil Meche. So much for J.P.'s confidence that he could reel in both pitchers. Where does this leave the pitching desperate Jays on the last day of the Winter Meetings?Earlier this week, Ricciardi mentioned Jeff … Read more »
Ted Lilly is getting some tremendous attention at the Winter Meetings. I agree with the comments over at MLB Trade Rumors: the market for pitching this off-season is ludicrous. Lilly is good, but he's not worth $12 million/year. I am kind of hoping that J.P. loses out on Lilly and then pursues another arm. There's something … Read more »
"I’ve always have been a firm believer that the game has never belonged to the owners. It has never belonged to the ballplayers. It belongs to that guy who puts up his money up on the window and says, ‘How much does it cost to sit in the bleachers?’ That is who owns baseball. And it has got to be kept that way." - JOhnny Vander Meer, Reds pitcher (1937-49)