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Day 1, Lind & Wells have already homered. Good start for Wells. Hopefully he rebounds after a bad year. Maybe he'll earn his ridiculous contract this year.Marcum 4 ip, 0 hits. JinxI'm just hoping that their young guys play good and they can get good contributions from Overbay and A-Gon. If the bottom of the order can't produce, they will be in big trouble. The rotation, well, it's a huge question mark this year.

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HMMM we are closer

Chalk one up to Cito messed up the game column.He consistently leaves his pitchers in too long...Its opening day, your starter hasnt pitched 7 innings in spring training. You have a bullpen full of young arms..After the first hit, he needs to pull Marcum..

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Chalk one up to Cito messed up the game column.He consistently leaves his pitchers in too long...Its opening day, your starter hasnt pitched 7 innings in spring training. You have a bullpen full of young arms..After the first hit, he needs to pull Marcum..
Well, he's going to have to deal with this a lot more this year with Halladay gone. His bullpen will probably see about and extra 50 innings of work now.
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Do you guys find it strange that Alex Gonzalez is our shortstop again?Even though its a different guy.

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Do you guys find it strange that Alex Gonzalez is our shortstop again?Even though its a different guy.
I do. Every time I see a picture of him, I can't figure out who it is. Funny that I think of a guy named Gonzalez as a caucasian guy.
Hopefully Vernon Wells can keep up his 200+ HR pace. Maybe they'll have a shot
I still think we can beat Baltimore.4th-place!
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Another 9th inning comeback win..First place baby..If we get some pitching we may have a good year...Its been fun so far.

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2010 Bet Chrozzo / CardCore / rcgs59Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankee's $5.00 / game for series In Toronto June 4 June 5June 6In New YorkJuly 2July 3July 4In New YorkAug 2Aug 3Aug 4In TorontoAug 23Aug 24Aug 25In New YorkSept 3Sept 4Sept 5In TorontoSept 27Sept 28Sept 29Bet is booked
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I hope you are getting at least 1.5-1 odds.
lol I know sucker bet , I am hoping to win something back from last year from these two fools but looks like I am the fool for making the bet in the 1st place. Must be learning how to make bets from serge :club:
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I don't think I have ever seen someone suck as much as Lyle Overbay has sucked this year.
he hit a home run after this..Say more bad stuff.
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Its been a fun season so far..And who can hit 6 solo homeruns in a game...?The Jays thats who

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Its been a fun season so far..And who can hit 6 solo homeruns in a game...?The Jays thats who
who won that game?
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Off to Tampa for a 3 game set...Hope we can take 2 out of 3 over there....We play the Rays and the Yanks play the Orioles...I think the Orioles should get relegated to AAA

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Jays trade Alex Gonzalez, Tim Collins and someone else for JoJo Reyes and Yunel Escobar.Not sure if I love the trade or hate it. I hate that we had to give up Collins. For anyone not in the know, Collins is a lefty who has put up absolutely awesome numbers at (I think) AA this year. He's also about 5'5", so no one has ever given him a chance at doing anything. Still, AA is usually the separator, and he has shown a little of people something this year.Gonzalez is a free agent next year. His value is very high right now. Before this year, getting Escobar for him would've been an absolute steal, so I'm glad to get value there.Escobar and Reyes are both arbitration-eligible for the next few years, so this deal was great cost-wise. I wish we could've left Reyes and Collins out of the deal altogether.This might also show the Jays are realistic about Hechavarria. Some reports had him starting in 2011. Maybe he still will and Escobar will move since defensively he is probably ready. His bat still needs a couple years of work though.

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So...turns out Gonzalez does have a club option at $2.5M for 2011...pretty decent.Collins is actually listed (generously!) at 5'7...and 155 pounds. averaging almost 15K/9 this year.

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Jays trade Alex Gonzalez, Tim Collins and someone else for JoJo Reyes and Yunel Escobar.Not sure if I love the trade or hate it. I hate that we had to give up Collins. For anyone not in the know, Collins is a lefty who has put up absolutely awesome numbers at (I think) AA this year. He's also about 5'5", so no one has ever given him a chance at doing anything. Still, AA is usually the separator, and he has shown a little of people something this year.Gonzalez is a free agent next year. His value is very high right now. Before this year, getting Escobar for him would've been an absolute steal, so I'm glad to get value there.Escobar and Reyes are both arbitration-eligible for the next few years, so this deal was great cost-wise. I wish we could've left Reyes and Collins out of the deal altogether.This might also show the Jays are realistic about Hechavarria. Some reports had him starting in 2011. Maybe he still will and Escobar will move since defensively he is probably ready. His bat still needs a couple years of work though.
I think its a VERY good trade..Its a classic case of buy low and sell high..Escobar is considered one of the best young shortstops in the game. Escobar needed a change of scenery IMO..I have heard mixed stuff about Collins...It would of been fun to see a 5'5 guy striking people out...A lot of people arent convinced he will be a sure fire star..Also interesting to see that the Jays lease in Vegas is up this year...Apparently the altitude and the park is just brutal on pitchers and this is a main reason you wont see Drabek pitching in AAA..He will make the jump straight to the Jays if they feel he is ready..They are looking at other options of a AAA city for next year..
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Also heard talk today that maybe Bautista is the next to go if we can pick up a quality talent like Escobar in return..Bautista has one more year on his contract and if he finishes the year with close to 40 HR and has another year like that next year he will be demanding a contract of roughly $15 mill per which would price us out..If he signed a contract now you can probably offer him $4 to $5 mill for 4 years..but he would be stupid enough to take it.I love Bautista, but if we arent gonna win anything this year, and realistically we arent..it would be perfect time RIGHT NOW to get something in return...

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I think its a VERY good trade..Its a classic case of buy low and sell high..Escobar is considered one of the best young shortstops in the game. Escobar needed a change of scenery IMO..I have heard mixed stuff about Collins...It would of been fun to see a 5'5 guy striking people out...A lot of people arent convinced he will be a sure fire star..Also interesting to see that the Jays lease in Vegas is up this year...Apparently the altitude and the park is just brutal on pitchers and this is a main reason you wont see Drabek pitching in AAA..He will make the jump straight to the Jays if they feel he is ready..They are looking at other options of a AAA city for next year..
I hope so. Las Vegas is one of the best hitting parks in the minors. Like, top 3-5 overall. It is certainly tough on pitchers, and also makes it harder to evaluate hitters.
Also heard talk today that maybe Bautista is the next to go if we can pick up a quality talent like Escobar in return..Bautista has one more year on his contract and if he finishes the year with close to 40 HR and has another year like that next year he will be demanding a contract of roughly $15 mill per which would price us out..If he signed a contract now you can probably offer him $4 to $5 mill for 4 years..but he would be stupid enough to take it.I love Bautista, but if we arent gonna win anything this year, and realistically we arent..it would be perfect time RIGHT NOW to get something in return...
No way Bautista asks for $15M even if he hits 40 homers. That would be insanity. But you're right, he is a good sell-high candidate, like Gonzalez. Gonzalez had a friendly club option for next year, don't know about Bautista.If we can get a guy as good as Escobar looked last year back for Bautista, who is also under 3+ years of club control...yeah we should do that.
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9-0 vs the Orioles..yes its the Orioles, but whenever you go 9-0 against any team thats impressive..Loving Escobar so far..Great defense, bunts for singles and hits grand slams..All in the same series..Also looks like he is having a lot of fun out there..This could turn out to be a huge trade if Escobar plays like he is capable..He may have had Alex Rios disease with the Braves...

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9-0 vs the Orioles..yes its the Orioles, but whenever you go 9-0 against any team thats impressive..Loving Escobar so far..Great defense, bunts for singles and hits grand slams..All in the same series..Also looks like he is having a lot of fun out there..This could turn out to be a huge trade if Escobar plays like he is capable..He may have had Alex Rios disease with the Braves...
just wait till he gets charged an error by the official scorer on a debatable call.......it'll ruin his weekhell, i wish the best for hmi I guess but damn did his attitude piss me off when he was still down here, GL with him tho!
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