Late Night Bantering

by Tom Dakers on Dec 8, 2009 1:33 AM EST in Toronto Blue Jays News

Not much for big news. Rod Barajas turned down arbitration, to the surprise of no one. The one that did surprise me was that Carl Pavano did accept arbitration with the Twins. I thought he was looking for a 2 year deal.

Fabio Castro who spent last year playing for Las Vegas was signed by the Red Sox today, he will apparently have a shot at making the bullpen there.

Ivan Rodriguez signed a two year contract with the Nationals for $6 million. The number of catchers out there for the Jays to sign keeps dropping.

Alex Anthopoulos talked about the possibility of a three way deal for Roy Halladay which makes some sense since it might be hard to find a team that wants to trade for Doc that wouldn't want to drop some salary to make room for him, while I doubt the Jays would want to pick up a lot of salary.

Speaking of three way deals, the Tigers, Yankees and Diamondback were talking a deal:

The deal would send Curtis Granderson to the Yanks, along with a prospect or two from the D'Backs. Arizona would obtain Edwin Jackson from the Tigers and Ian Kennedy from the Yankees. The Tigers would obtain Max Scherzer from the D'Backs and Austin Jackson, Phil Coke and Michael Dunn from the Yanks.

Trouble with trying to hit on a three way deal is that there is an extra party to get cold feet.

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interesting to see that Austin Jackson was in the discussion. I have read some Yankee blogging that was adamant about not moving him.

by aagoodfella on Dec 8, 2009 8:59 AM EST reply actions

Nationals

They seem to be making some interesting moves. I don’t expect to see them in the post season any time soon, but they seem to be adding a solid core of veterans to try and stabilize that sinking ship.

by dexfarkin on Dec 8, 2009 9:23 AM EST reply actions

I agree...

I like what they are doing in Washington allowing some solid vets to help the youngsters develop. With Strasburg drafted and the #1 overall pick in the upcoming draft which will contain Bryce Harper that team could be pretty darn good, pretty darn soon.

by bunner on Dec 8, 2009 9:51 AM EST up reply actions

They Should

They’ve really wasted some key building years making ridiculous moves. Looks like Rizzo really has an idea what he wants, and they’ve got some dangerous bats in Dunn, Willingham, and Zimmerman. If they pick up Garland, they’ll have at least a little stability at the front of the rotation, a couple of experienced relivers, all throwing to a very knowledgable veteran catcher. This team could develop into the realm of ‘decent to good’ very quickly.

by dexfarkin on Dec 8, 2009 10:06 AM EST up reply actions

Finally getting rid of Bowden has been their best move...

by Tom Dakers on Dec 8, 2009 10:20 AM EST up reply actions

Seems like...

Bears the question, do the Nats still have basically the same farm system they did as the Expos? It might just be perception, but the Expos seemed to be one of the top systems for developing talent during the 80s and 90s as I remember.

by dexfarkin on Dec 8, 2009 10:57 AM EST up reply actions

They were in the 80's and 90's but

when the MLB took over they didn’t want them to spend any money on anything, so nearing the end the well went dry. Add in a couple of GMs that just wanted to make friends with people on the other teams and then Bowden, things changed. They have had a bunch of high draft picks lately so I’d imagine they have some talent.

by Tom Dakers on Dec 8, 2009 11:12 AM EST up reply actions