Jays like Andrew McCutchen

[BigLeagueChew]

They have Showalter though.

[mini]

I'm gonna go ahead and put this here...

The entirety of what the source told us is below:

Blue Jays pushed hard for Watson before the deadline Friday. They hoped that if the Bucs were not able to make a deal with him they would look to deal him instead. Blue Jays have tried to talk a mega-deal with Pirates about Cutch and Watson. Names coming back would have been Guerrero, Reid-Foley, Biagini, Tollez, Harold Ramirez. These were the main names involved obviously nothing has gotten done. With the Jays close to signing Bautista that likely ends talks for now.

http://rumbunter.com/2017/01/16/pittsburgh-pirates-toronto-blue-jays-discussed-mega-deal/

[bluerap23]

I'm gonna go ahead and put this here...

The entirety of what the source told us is below:

Blue Jays pushed hard for Watson before the deadline Friday. They hoped that if the Bucs were not able to make a deal with him they would look to deal him instead. Blue Jays have tried to talk a mega-deal with Pirates about Cutch and Watson. Names coming back would have been Guerrero, Reid-Foley, Biagini, Tollez, Harold Ramirez. These were the main names involved obviously nothing has gotten done. With the Jays close to signing Bautista that likely ends talks for now.

http://rumbunter.com/2017/01/16/pittsburgh-pirates-toronto-blue-jays-discussed-mega-deal/

Looks like a legit source. Apparently Bunter is well connected in the Pirates organization. Not sure how I feel about that deal, but Watson is an excellent lefty to have in the pen. If Biagini was going the other way it may indicate that the Jays were not that sold on him being able to repeat the magic.

[Santoki]

I'm gonna go ahead and put this here...

The entirety of what the source told us is below:

Blue Jays pushed hard for Watson before the deadline Friday. They hoped that if the Bucs were not able to make a deal with him they would look to deal him instead. Blue Jays have tried to talk a mega-deal with Pirates about Cutch and Watson. Names coming back would have been Guerrero, Reid-Foley, Biagini, Tollez, Harold Ramirez. These were the main names involved obviously nothing has gotten done. With the Jays close to signing Bautista that likely ends talks for now.

http://rumbunter.com/2017/01/16/pittsburgh-pirates-toronto-blue-jays-discussed-mega-deal/

Looks like a legit source. Apparently Bunter is well connected in the Pirates organization. Not sure how I feel about that deal, but Watson is an excellent lefty to have in the pen. If Biagini was going the other way it may indicate that the Jays were not that sold on him being able to repeat the magic.

Wouldn't that be far too much to give up for those two? I just can't see Shatkins selling basically 3 of our top prospects for McCutchen and a reliever (even a good one). If they did, that would pretty much debunk any of the stories where Shapiro yelled at AA for selling the farm.

Either way, I'm personally glad that didn't come about if that was the deal on the table. I'm assuming it wasn't or Pittsburgh would have already pulled the trigger.

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I think this team needs a lot more than McCutchen to seriously contend for the world series this season. Moving Guerrero Jr would be a short-sighted/treadmill move unless they plan on following up this move with others, which is unlikely since we're trying to rebuild our farm system.

All the Jays need to contend for a World Series this year is to become one of he 10 teams to make the playoffs. At that point it's a virtual crapshoot who wins it all. And they can definitely make the playoffs without McCutchen.