Jays working on 3 team deal revolving around Saunders/Bruce; Jays ML player failed physical not Saunders per Rosenthal

[Skin Blues]

Pompey is in the running for LF, so he's fighting for the job. What's wrong with that?? I personally don't think much of him, and didn't last year either, but they are not counting on Saunders for the full season. As for Saunders playing 40 games, that's 1/4 of a season. He's been worth roughly $12-14M in a full season the past few years. If he spends 3/4 on the DL (an over-estimation, even for a guy like him) he's worth $3-4M. Obviously if he only plays 9 games again or whatever it was it'll be a bust but the chances of that are slim to none.

[McBlunt1]

Saunders will get hurt again before the end of Spring Training just watch. Pompey is our Everyday LF Yikes. Good Times BlueJays fans

[Raptor_Guy]

Saunders will get hurt again before the end of Spring Training just watch. Pompey is our Everyday LF Yikes. Good Times BlueJays fans

We still have a pretty stacked team so yes, good times indeed.

[The_Hater]

Saunders will get hurt again before the end of Spring Training just watch. Pompey is our Everyday LF Yikes. Good Times BlueJays fans

The Jays could roll most anyone out into LF and they will still look like a top 3 MLB offense and a top 3 MLB defensive team. It's not exactly the primary problem people need to worry about for 2016.

[dballislife]

i think pompey has potential, hes a elite fielder imo...and he has a nice smooth compact swing with some pop

[McBlunt1]

i think pompey has potential, hes a elite fielder imo...and he has a nice smooth compact swing with some pop

Elite Fielder? [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY] [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY] you must be blind

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[Lateral Quicks]

i think pompey has potential, hes a elite fielder imo...and he has a nice smooth compact swing with some pop

Elite Fielder? [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY] [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY] you must be blind

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I wouldn't come to any conclusions on his defense based on the month sample early last year. His head wasn't right and it adversely impacted his play.

He has great speed and a decent arm, and I've heard good things about his defense in the minors. I'd be surprised if he didn't end up being an above-average defender in the bigs.

He's got ~350 plate appearances in Buffalo under his belt, and ~150 in the bigs. If his time isn't now, it's soon. This team, as stacked as it is offensively, can afford to extend one or two players a long leash.

[rarefind]

i think pompey has potential, hes a elite fielder imo...and he has a nice smooth compact swing with some pop

Elite Fielder? [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY] [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY] you must be blind

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While not elite, he can certainly be a capable corner outfielder.

[c3luong]

Saunders will get hurt again before the end of Spring Training just watch. Pompey is our Everyday LF Yikes. Good Times BlueJays fans

We still have a pretty stacked team so yes, good times indeed.

Yep, if you think things suck for this coming season, just wait a couple of years...

[The_Hater]

i think pompey has potential, hes a elite fielder imo...and he has a nice smooth compact swing with some pop

Elite Fielder? [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY] [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY] you must be blind

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I always shake my head at people who write off young players based on a small rookie season sample. We're talking about a young player who played so well in the lower minors that he skipped AAA on his way to the majors. Just because he didn't light the world on fire in 100 MLB AB's doesn't mean his future is suddenly non-existent. Just check out the numbers for Roy Halladay and Carlos Delgado in their rookie seasons.

[T-d0t]

so is this deal absolutely dead?

[phillipmike]

"Also from Nightengale’s piece, he notes that the Reds were willing to pay roughly $8MM of Jay Bruce’s $12.5MM salary as part of the abandoned three-team trade that would’ve sent Bruce to the Blue Jays, Michael Saunders to the Angels and prospects to Cincinnati. It was expected that the Reds would have to eat some money in any Bruce deal, given that the outfielder is coming off two consecutive subpar seasons. Saunders is making $2.9MM in 2016, so adding Bruce would’ve cost Toronto around $1.6MM in extra salary (not counting the $1MM buyout of Bruce’s $13MM club option for 2017)."

Makes a lot of sense now. I prefer to pay Bruce 4.5M than Saunders 2.9M. Or 5.5M if you buy him out (4.5M in 2016 and 1.0M in 2017) or pick up his option for 2017 at 13M... Good insurance with Bautista and Saunders as free agents.

Hopefully Saunders can stay healthy, if not i would definitely be interested in Bruce if Saunders starts sucking. Gives you insurance in 2017.

[cram]

i think pompey has potential, hes a elite fielder imo...and he has a nice smooth compact swing with some pop

Elite Fielder? [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY] [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY] you must be blind

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I always shake my head at people who write off young players based on a small rookie season sample. We're talking about a young player who played so well in the lower minors that he skipped AAA on his way to the majors. Just because he didn't light the world on fire in 100 MLB AB's doesn't mean his future is suddenly non-existent. Just check out the numbers for Roy Halladay and Carlos Delgado in their rookie seasons.

Yep, last I checked Carlos Delgado had a better career than Kevin Maas (anyone remember how he shot out of the gate?)...

[BJaysRaps]

Elite Fielder? [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY] [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY] you must be blind

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I always shake my head at people who write off young players based on a small rookie season sample. We're talking about a young player who played so well in the lower minors that he skipped AAA on his way to the majors. Just because he didn't light the world on fire in 100 MLB AB's doesn't mean his future is suddenly non-existent. Just check out the numbers for Roy Halladay and Carlos Delgado in their rookie seasons.

Yep, last I checked Carlos Delgado had a better career than Kevin Maas (anyone remember how he shot out of the gate?)...

and eric hinske