Bargain Basement Shopping?

by bunner on Jan 13, 2011 11:09 AM EST

Just read a note on MLBTR about the remaining DH crop and it is still very intriguing. Any one of Manny Ramirez, Jim Thome or Vlad Guerrero would be a welcome addition to the Jays lineup in my opinion. And to a lesser degree I wouldn't mind seeing Damon, Branyan or Glaus here to.

I think AA realized back in October when the Manny Ramirez to Toronto rumours were flying around that there wasn't a huge market for aging DH's that can't play in the field so waiting out the market has probably brought the asking prices lower and they may continue to drop the closer to Spring Training we get. It would have been nice to add a bit bat with some defensive value but the Jays had options to who they could add and moving Bautista to 3B, Lind/EE to 1B and Davis, Snider, Wells in the OF isn't that bad if Manny, Thome or Vlad occupy the everyday DH spot on an incentive laden 1 year deal.

Personally, I like Vlad, Manny and Thome in that order for the Jays, what does everyone think? Will AA add a big bat before Spring Training? If so who?

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I love Vlad, that big smile of his when he is swinging at balls that bounce before the plate makes me laugh everytime.

I think I go Manny/Vlad/Thome myself though.

I think Thome is going to be slightly more expensive and I think Manny and Vlad may be best bets.

Although I would have serious injury concerns with Vlad, I know he wouldn’t be playing the field but even just running the bases on the turf might wear on those knees of his at this point.

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by JohnnyG on Jan 13, 2011 11:29 AM EST reply actions

Manny – for the dreadlocks

Vlad – for Count Dracula

and Thome – ’cause if you have 16 Shawn/Sean/Shaun on your team, you got to have at least one Jim…

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by HESS2479 on Jan 13, 2011 4:05 PM EST reply actions

Shaun's gone, though

"Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!"

by jessef on Jan 13, 2011 5:23 PM EST up reply actions

Worst case scenario:

We sign Johnny Damon as DH. Be our leadoff guy. He’s old, but gets on base at a good clip and scores runs. He’s also the “locker room presence” people want or need.

by ddbumpus on Jan 13, 2011 5:23 PM EST reply actions

Whos asking for locker room presence?

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by JohnnyG on Jan 13, 2011 5:56 PM EST up reply actions

Just "those people"

There’s always people that get a hard on for locker room presence and beyond the box score value. I just think he could be a productive hitter overall, even at age 93.

by ddbumpus on Jan 13, 2011 8:36 PM EST up reply actions

for "Locker room Presence" I'd rather sighn JohnnyG than JohhnyD...

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by HESS2479 on Jan 14, 2011 12:00 PM EST up reply actions

I do know how to rock an IPod.

Everybody Polka!

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by JohnnyG on Jan 14, 2011 12:10 PM EST up reply actions

JohnnyG does a great job

keeping the B^3 locker room loose. It helps counteract the clubhouse cancer that is Tom Dakers

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jan 15, 2011 1:05 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs

rec'd

I wish I could rec multiple times. That was gold, Jerry, gold.

by SuckaMD on Jan 16, 2011 2:00 PM EST up reply actions

Hey.....

by Tom Dakers on Jan 16, 2011 4:58 PM EST up reply actions

see, anything you say here

just cements your reputation as a clubhouse cancer. see how that works?

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by hugo on Jan 16, 2011 5:04 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs

Rec'd both your replies for being an evil spirit...

And Tom, “Clubhouse Cancer” is more than I got…

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by HESS2479 on Jan 18, 2011 6:44 PM EST up reply actions

I hope we get Chavez now. I didn’t even bring it up since we never appeared to have any interest in him, but apparently he’s worked out for us now. He’s an awesome defender at 3rd (when healthy), and I think he could really rock here if he could stay healthy, and we could potentially have another Scott Rolen-esque guy on our hands.

Failing that, I’m pulling for Thome (although, he’s hardly ‘bargain basement’).

For true bargain basement guys, I wouldn’t mind:
Joe Crede
Andy LaRoche
Jermaine Dye

Generally, guys that we could get on the cheap.

by Sivvi on Jan 13, 2011 7:22 PM EST reply actions

Andy LaRoche is awful at baseball. Joe Crede, meh. would be much happier with E5 (E3?) or JoBau. Dye has actually been remarkably productive considering his age but why displace Bautista, a top-5 in baseball hitter last season, or Snider, who is our best young hitter?

efficiency is nice (getting bang for your buck) but for winning it’s so much more important to have better players

by benk on Jan 17, 2011 2:44 PM EST up reply actions

Encarnacion's our DH, deal with it

I don’t think we’re going to pick up anyone who can’t play the field just because they held a “big bat” a few years back. Encarnacion is our DH and serves as an option at first and third; deal with it folks. Chavez is the kind of flier I expect management will take, Dye could be another- Bautista would be happy to give up his RF slot if he knew it was to add Dye to the mix. If Chavez stayed healthy 3/4 of the year he’d fill the spot more than adequately til Lawrie has learned how to play the position, and maybe garner something in a trade depending on where we’re at in the standings. I’d still like to see a trade for Gordon (KC) or something of that ilk. Crede or LaRoche, don’t bother

by khaleeji on Jan 14, 2011 6:15 AM EST reply actions