It's painful watching Wells

by valter on Jul 21, 2009 10:07 PM EDT

Low scoring baseball games sometimes are not the most exciting to watch. Even today after the Jays go down 2-1 to Cleveland, it was impressive to witness Cecil repeatedly get out of jams and go seven scoreless innings. As for someone and for the rest of the Jays fans who's just about seen enough of Vernon Wells perform to the lowest level this season, we were not left disappointed as Wells once again did what was expected, which was nothing. The only positive thing that transpired with each time Wells got out, was that the boos directed at him were getting louder.

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I had a dream last night that the Jays trade Halladay to the Minnesota Twins. There was a surprise to the deal which would be announced later. Turned out they also took Wells and gave us Morneau back because they felt sorry for Canada. Then I woke up. Damn.

by BigTimeBlueJayFan on Jul 21, 2009 10:31 PM EDT reply actions

I wish that happened. Either that or Mauer, even though he’s not Canadian. I think if we do trade Halladay, we may have to trade Wells. I think the positive thing about all of this is that Wells is only making around 5 mil this season. So at least he’s not underperforming for his contract just yet. It’s next year where we’ll be screwed!

by suitup17 on Jul 22, 2009 3:26 AM EDT reply actions

no one wants Wells.

Everyone wants Halladay.

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by boo15749 on Jul 22, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions

No one wants Wells? Really? Coulda fooled me . We don’t want Wells either. We want them to take Wells.

by BigTimeBlueJayFan on Jul 22, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions

if we tossed in Wells to a deal

it basically means we won’t get anything back, since we’re dumping a very bad contract and a very good contract, probably would balance out. i think the prospects we’d get would be far more useful than just getting rid of a bad contract

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by boo15749 on Jul 22, 2009 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions

There is a machiavellian side to this, if we wanted to go that path. You realize that, with the absence of guaranteed money to Wells, there would be more than enough to lock up Doc long term at the end of his contract. He likes it here, we like him here. Easy enough to force Wells on anyone who wants Halliday, grab a decent player in return (lets face it, Halliday is the best pitcher in baseball, and Wells isn’t HORRIBLE, he’s just underperforming). We agree with Doc – IN ADVANCE OF THE TRADE that once his current contract is up, we re-sign him and bring him back. We save money, which can then be invested someplace else, and bring Doc back as well. Overall, we rent Doc out to get rid of Wells. If we could convince them to take Rios as well, we’d be golden.

by Blue and White Expat on Jul 22, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions