mlb.mlb.com - 12/9/2008
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LAS VEGAS -- In their quest to add depth to a depleted starting rotation, the Blue Jays will consider some reclamation projects this winter. Case in point, Toronto met with the agent for free agent Carl Pavano on Monday at the Winter Meetings. Tom O'Connell, Pavano's representative, said he ...
ghostrunneronfirst.com - 12/8/2008
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A.J. Burnett lives for your scorn. His goofy
agent recently announced that the Orioles are among the...
6 teams A.J. has shortlisted as possible free agent destinations and the Braves jumping out as front runners by reportedly offering a guaranteed ...
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Major League Portion First Round 1. Nationals Terrell
Young, rhp, Reds 2. Mariners Reggie Corona, ss/2b, Yankees...
3. Padres Everth Cabrera, ss/2b, Rockies 4. Pirates Donald Veal, lhp, Cubs *5. Orioles Lou Palmisano, c, Brewers 6. ...
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Blue Jays To Meet With Pavano's Agent
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
MLB.com's Jordan Bastian reports that the Blue Jays plan to meet with Carl Pavano's agent Tom O'Connell this week. O'Connell plans to get together with about ten clubs at the Meetings in regard to Pavano. The Marlins and Rockies have been connected to him in the past.
Monday evening update: Sabathia and Pavano
Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog —
According to Dan Graziano, the Yankees met with CC Sabathia today, marking the second time in as many days both side met during this process. Cashman said last night's meeting and today's were both at Sabathias [sic] request, and that Sabathua [sic] was asking him a lot of questions about New York and playing for the Yankees. Sabathia has since left town, having also met with other teams, and gave Cashman no timetable for his decision.Meanwhile, the Toronto Blue Jays plan to meet with Carl Pavano's agent, Tom O'Connell within the next few days. Watch, the Yankees and Blue Jays will trade former Marlins pitchers ...
Winter Meetings: Late Night Snack
Drunk Jays Fans —
Things are still rumbling out there in the desert, and I don't just mean the... uh... whatever might normally be rumbling in the desert. Andrew Brown of Yahoo! says that the Jays are about to use the money earmarked for AJ on Rafael Furcal. Oh really? The same Furcal who turned down the A's offer of four years and $35-$40M? The same Furcal who... well... OK, he had a really good year in very limited (143 AB) time last year. And actually, I guess he's had a decent career. But I'm pretty sure his best years are clearly behind him-- didn't JP say something about focusing their evaluations on the more recent past this time around?-- and I'm just not sure how this makes sense as anything ...
Deep Thoughts Vol. 16: Descent Into Madness...
Sports And The City —
Winter has arrived in Toronto. The kind of cold that chills you to the bone. And with it, the realization that as sports fans in this great, but frigid, city, our nuclear winter is upon us. It's the perfect storm. Think about it. The only team the Maple Leafs can beat these days is the New York Islanders. I don't know about ...
Dumpster diving for Winter Meetings news
The Tao of Stieb —
(And note the name stenciled on the side of that dumpster: A.J. Pain. Too true.) With the decline in the Canadian dollar (which currently sits at 0.7919 cents U.S.), this year's winter confab in Vegas looks to be an exceptionally quiet week for the Jays. The team overspent on a few signings over the past few years of currency-related windfalls (we're looking at you, Mr. Wells). Account for the 2009 raises that are coming for most of the Jays' regulars in the middle of long term deals, and there's precious little room to maneuver for J.P. Ricciardi et al in Vegas, no matter how much A.J. Burnett, David Eckstein, or Frank Thomas money ...
Blue Jays Hot Stove: It’s Like I’m Kreskin or Something!
Bugs & Cranks —
First, can we all agree to officially rename this year’s Free Agent Period the Tepid Stove? I mean really, has anything of interest happened?
Ooh Ooh Ooh - Jeremy Affledt signed! St. Louis got another crappy infielder! Then the Giants continued signing fossils!
Now that that’s out of the way…
The Blue Jays Brass has either started reading my irregularly published columns here at Bugs & Cranks or my extensive training in predicting the future is starting to pay off as reports from the Jays website indicate that the team has meet with the agent for… wait for it… wait for it… ...
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toronto.bluejays.mlb.com 12/4/2008 — The Blue Jays aren't expected to be major players at this year's Winter Meetings, which take place in Las Vegas from Dec. 8-11. Here is a look at where the Blue Jays stand in the Hot Stove season. Club needs STARTING PITCHING -- The Blue Jays plan on ...
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bluebirdbanter.com 11/4/2008 — A while ago we looked at the minor-league season in review , and over the past few weeks we've covered the #30-21 best prospects in the Jays' system, and then the #20-11 . Even more recently, we checked in on how our heroic corvids-to-be were doing ...
Ricciardi: "I don't see us getting involved with anybody"
mlbastian.mlblogs.com 11/19/2008 — For now, that appears to be the Blue Jays' take on the free-agent market. Sure, they plan on making a run at re-signing A.J. Burnett. But beyond that? Toronto might not be much of a player on the open market....
Ricciardi: "I don't see us getting involved with anybody"
hotstove.mlblogs.com 11/19/2008 — For now, that appears to be the Blue Jays' take on the free-agent market. Sure, they plan on making a run at re-signing A.J. Burnett. But beyond that? Toronto might not be much of a player on the open market....
Throwaway Quotes
ghostrunneronfirst.com 12/18/2008 — There is a real sense of negativity surrounding the Jays chances in 2009. I wonder what all this negativity stems from? It couldn't be the loss of AJ Burnett, a signing bemoaned by fans of both the team that lost him AND the team that signed him? ...
The Drunk Jays Fans Guide To The Interwebs Version Two Point Ugh
drunkjaysfans.com 1/23/2009 — It was around this time last year that we first revisited that magical period in the late eighties when a New Coked up Max Headroom invented the internet with a Commodore Amiga. Since then, things have spiraled downward to the point where more than ...
Kasten Endorses Beeston —
Nationals Journal 12/9/2008
The Toronto Sun reports that Stan Kasten endorses Paul Beeston for the Jays job. Short item......Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
