Blue Jays Pick Up Option on Edwin Encarnacion, Decline Option on Jon Rauch
by Tom Dakers on Oct 31, 2011 5:49 PM EDT
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I think we all knew this was the way things were going to go. Edwin Encarnacion will make $3.5 million in 2012 (I'd work for half that).
Jon Rauch will become a free agent. Rauch had a 4.85 ERA in 53 games this year, and had 11 saves in 16 chances, but finished the season on the DL after knee surgery.
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You're naturally coloured shocked
Check yoself before you rec yoself.
by Gerse on Oct 31, 2011 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
(being an electric rodent and all. not a racial thing)
Check yoself before you rec yoself.
by Gerse on Oct 31, 2011 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
annnd
lulz. how did he not understand that pun?
by Joffrey's Loop Hole on Oct 31, 2011 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions
ba dum tsh
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
- Niels Bohr
I just wished Jon Rauch was as successful as his war face is.
In honor of the Jays 2nd Baseman who played with fire in more ways than one.
by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Oct 31, 2011 6:18 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I wish his WAR was as successful as the Rauch face.
by JaysSaskatchewan on Oct 31, 2011 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I doubt WAR wants to mess with Rauch
It won’t like it when he’s angry.
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- Niels Bohr
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by Pikachu on Nov 1, 2011 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I say Edwin hits 40 jacks this year
Mark it down on your day planners.
For 2010, 2011 or 2012? Don’t we say that every year?
by JaysSaskatchewan on Oct 31, 2011 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Nope but I'm saying it now
For 2012. Its going to happen!
The day we trade this guy is the day hes going to go off and be an All-Star. Him and Thames.
what if we trade them for a better All-Star?
Or a guy who doesn’t get voted to the All-Star team, but is actually a better player?
this definitely happens every year
by scrambles the death dealer on Nov 1, 2011 1:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I doubt he even gets to 30.
It could happen… but 40 is a reach. Only 2 players hit 40 or more homeruns last year.
by Sniderlover on Oct 31, 2011 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
But still Edwin has some mad pop in his bat
Some of the balls he hit off the wall last year were essentially bounced in the dirt. If he developed an eye he would be unstoppable.
his eye isn't bad
his BB% this year and last were around 8 IIRC, and earlier in his career he walked over 10% of the time. not a great eye, but not bad at all. what he really needs to do is cut down on his infield flies
AA will find a way
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well, here -- it doesn't work in titles
Check yoself before you rec yoself.
And CC is off the market, well he was never on the market
looks like he got 1 extra year extension beyond his original 4 years contract
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http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/10/yankees-extend-cc-sabathia.html
Rent this for cheap!!
by Bowling_Guy25 on Oct 31, 2011 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Apparently the vesting option is about his shoulders
so if he is healthy or the problems are not shoulder related, he would get another $25mil
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Yep, as long as nothing is wrong with his shoulder
the 7th year will vest, so basically he can have elbow problems or TJ and still get the $25 mil, atleast that is what everyone is saying
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Similar term and dollars
as A-Rod remaining on their contracts. Except A-Rod will be 41 :)
by JaysSaskatchewan on Oct 31, 2011 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
There is some speculation in Ottawa
about a Jays’ minor league team there. Here is the article from the Ottawa Citizen.
by JaysSaskatchewan on Oct 31, 2011 8:16 PM EDT reply actions
Gold Glove finalists
No Jays and no Jeter :)
by JaysSaskatchewan on Oct 31, 2011 8:26 PM EDT reply actions
What!???!? A snub of intergalactic proportions. He's NOT a pylon at SS.
BTW, where’s CoPa on the list?
In honor of the Jays 2nd Baseman who played with fire in more ways than one.
by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Oct 31, 2011 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Ahh what the hell? Cabrera? Oh come, Escobar (both of them) and Ramirez are much better options.
by Sniderlover on Oct 31, 2011 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
mlbtraderumors has their intial predictions for the top 50 FA
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/10/2012-top-50-free-agents-1.html
Interesting that the Jays are considered to be the “predicted” winner on three of them.
Yu Darvish
David Ortiz
Eric Bedard (?)
Of the three, the one I’d want the Jays to get is Yu (assuming he’s posted.)
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Nov 1, 2011 12:15 AM EDT reply actions
I think getting all three would substantially benefit the Jays
the problem would be 2B.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Nov 1, 2011 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Bedard doesn't require compensation so you have a point
I thought he was type B.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Nov 1, 2011 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
The Jays can keep Johnson
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by Minor Leaguer on Nov 1, 2011 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
I have to thank AA for his ballsy move signing Jose for that 6 year deal
The Jays would be up Excrement Creek if they got into a bidding war for Jose’s services.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Nov 1, 2011 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
One last time...
Anyone have that GIF of Rauch turning into the Hulk the day Farrell ripped his jersey off? Man, good times… how many days until pitchers and catchers report again?
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