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Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:27 pm
by polo007
http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/2012/0 ... carnacion/The Toronto Blue Jays could become sellers at the upcoming trade deadline, according to Jon Morosi of Fox Sports.com.
With five losses in their last six games, the Blue Jays are quickly falling down the AL East standings and Morosi believes GM Alex Anthopoulos could move players who might not fit into the team's long-term plan.
"They're not really in the mix right now," Morosi told Brady & Lang on Sportsnet 590 The Fan Thursday morning. "So, I would say the likes of (Edwin) Encarnacion, any bullpen piece and Kelly Johnson. Those are the types of guys that you could see get moved. The marginal value of winning 84 games over winning 77-78 games is fairly negligible."
With the team's inconsistent play and Brandon Morrow being placed on the disabled list, Morosi sees the Blue Jays slipping out of the playoff race.
"This year, a lot of things had to go right for the Blue Jays to contend realistically," Morosi explained. "Certainly Morrow staying healthy was one of them. That to me is a huge blow. Now it magnifies the pressure on the younger guys in the rotation. We're already seeing the cracks there in terms of what we'll see from Drabek or Alvarez in the second half."
The Blue Jays are 6.5 games behind the division-leading New York Yankees in the AL East. The team has a 31-32 won-loss record and currently sit in a fourth-place tie with the Boston Red Sox.
Listen to Jon Morosi Thursday on Brady & Lang:
http://pmd.fan590.com/audio_on_demand-2 ... erview.mp3
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:48 pm
by torontoaces04
Maybe we could create a personalized thread for all of polo007's articles. Obviously the information is appreciated, but the board is getting pretty messy from all of them.
Maybe like a 'Blue Jays Media Articles Thread?'
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:53 pm
by Aimless Outlook
Nah, it's not like stuff is flowing off the first page. There are only 5 threads that have been posted in today.
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:09 pm
by RapsFanInVA
I have $40 on the Jays winning at least 82 games. We better not be sellers!
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:11 pm
by torontoaces04
Aimless Outlook wrote:Nah, it's not like stuff is flowing off the first page. There are only 5 threads that have been posted in today.
This isn't the Raps board. 5 threads in a day is a s***-ton.
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:16 pm
by Avenger
torontoaces04 wrote:Maybe we could create a personalized thread for all of polo007's articles. Obviously the information is appreciated, but the board is getting pretty messy from all of them.
Maybe like a 'Blue Jays Media Articles Thread?'
or we could just not post links to JP Morosi's stuff.
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:32 pm
by MGD24
Avenger wrote:or we could just not post links to JP Morosi's stuff.
+1
The guy doesn't know anything, he is always guessing. It's like he's just trying to drive traffic to the site.
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:33 pm
by torontoaces04
Avenger wrote:torontoaces04 wrote:Maybe we could create a personalized thread for all of polo007's articles. Obviously the information is appreciated, but the board is getting pretty messy from all of them.
Maybe like a 'Blue Jays Media Articles Thread?'
or we could just not post links to JP Morosi's stuff.
...but then we'd miss 'gems' like Escobar for Balfour! 
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:43 pm
by Graham's Cracker
Aimless Outlook wrote:Nah, it's not like stuff is flowing off the first page. There are only 5 threads that have been posted in today.
Agree. Doesn't seem like enough traffic to be a concern. I appreciate new information on the boards.
Just my opinion.
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:55 pm
by Brinbe
Sell sell sell
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:15 pm
by dballislife
cant sell garbage
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:39 pm
by Raptor_Guy
If we trade Edwin this team will begin to be unwatchable and you know Jose would be pissed. Just seems like a really bad idea unless we get some sort of huge offer.
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:34 am
by akakalakin
Sell the GM first then make trades.
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:45 am
by Tyrone Slothrop
Really dumb to talk about this before the all-star break.
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:53 am
by akakalakin
When our team sucks it is not really dumb to talk about it.
It is really dumb to stick your head in the sand.
Trading JP & Colby & KJ so we can bring up Travis Echa sketch and goose ain't gonna cut it.
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:05 am
by Tyrone Slothrop
akakalakin wrote:When our team sucks it is not really dumb to talk about it.
It is really dumb to stick your head in the sand.
Trading JP & Colby & KJ so we can bring up Travis Echa sketch and goose ain't gonna cut it.
I'll take you off my ignore list just so I can hear you attempt to explain what the **** you're trying to say with this post.
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:28 am
by Kaizen
He appears to hate AA and blames him for everything based on the prior post. I have no idea what he was trying to get across in the second one.
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:38 am
by akakalakin
I don't hate AA, just think he should be fired tonight.
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:14 pm
by Al_Oliver
akakalakin wrote:I don't hate AA, just think he should be fired tonight.
why? and who would replace him?
Re: Jon Paul Morosi: Jays could be sellers at deadline
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:16 pm
by flatjacket1
I would hope so. We were "sellers" last year at the deadline and landed Colby. We might be looking for another young controllable player.
Trading KJ/Edwin makes sense unless you want to pay them big bucks next year and not sign a FA.