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Re: Passan: Kendrys Morales has been traded to the Oakland A’s 

Post#21 » by phillipmike » Thu Mar 28, 2019 1:29 am

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Re: Passan: Kendrys Morales has been traded to the Oakland A’s 

Post#22 » by Lateral Quicks » Thu Mar 28, 2019 2:21 am

Seems like a good clubhouse guy, but not sorry at all to see him go. Zero positional flexibility, no speed, and a declining bat. Not much to like about his on-field play, and hopefully the worst signing of the Atkins/Shapiro tenure. I'd much rather watch Tellez and Hernandez get the playing time. Also this makes it possible for the Jays to carry a 5th outfielder if they decide to go that route - possibly one of Pompey, Alford, or even Biggio.
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Re: Passan: Kendrys Morales has been traded to the Oakland A’s 

Post#23 » by Brinbe » Thu Mar 28, 2019 2:33 am

Good, get rid of your dumb mistakes. Not that it excuses the idiotic signing in the first place. They should now trade Pillar, Stro and these other vets now while they maintain some marginal value.

This FO couldn't have misjudged this market more if they tried. Instead of going young years ago and embracing a rebuild, they instead offered nothing but a stale treadmill of a team, which Toronto fans can sniff out from a mile away, and they've actively given people a reason to stay away. They should stop trying to play like Jays fans are dumb and are only in it to see name stars or some bs like that. Jays fans want a clear direction and an investment in being the best team it can be.

The real season opener isn't until Vlad Jr gets called up and I bet the attendance at that game will be a bit more than what we'll see tomorrow, because we know better.
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Re: Passan: Kendrys Morales has been traded to the Oakland A’s 

Post#24 » by phillipmike » Thu Mar 28, 2019 2:35 am

Alford makes the team as a result.
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Post#25 » by C Court » Thu Mar 28, 2019 2:37 am

Bad news for Morales is that it won’t be as easy in the USA for his family and friends from Cuba to visit and watch Kendrys play baseball. It was relatively easy for them to visit him in Canada.
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Re: Passan: Kendrys Morales has been traded to the Oakland A’s 

Post#26 » by phillipmike » Thu Mar 28, 2019 3:39 am

Centre Court wrote:Bad news for Morales is that it won’t be as easy in the USA for his family and friends from Cuba to visit and watch Kendrys play baseball. It was relatively easy for them to visit him in Canada.


Morales played in the US for all his career outside of 2017 and 2018. And in half the games of both those seasons the location of those games were in the US.

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Post#27 » by C Court » Thu Mar 28, 2019 4:07 am

Yes and there were difficulties getting his family into the US. He had family staying in Toronto for long stretches over the last two years with no issue.
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Post#28 » by Scott Hall » Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:30 am

So Alford is getting called up not Tellez
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Re: Passan: Kendrys Morales has been traded to the Oakland A’s 

Post#30 » by The_Hater » Thu Mar 28, 2019 12:03 pm

Skin Blues wrote:It's about time. We waited since last spring to do this just so we could save $2M and get a small amount of int'l bonus money. He'd have been DFA'd in December 2017 if he was an Anthopoulos signing rather than their own.

-0.4 WAR in his two years with the team. Thank you for your service, Kendrys.


I’m not sure it took this long because the Jays purposely waited, more likely they had no market until now.
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Re: Passan: Kendrys Morales has been traded to the Oakland A’s 

Post#31 » by Raps_Swingman » Thu Mar 28, 2019 1:33 pm

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Skin Blues wrote:It's about time. We waited since last spring to do this just so we could save $2M and get a small amount of int'l bonus money. He'd have been DFA'd in December 2017 if he was an Anthopoulos signing rather than their own.

-0.4 WAR in his two years with the team. Thank you for your service, Kendrys.


I’m not sure it took this long because the Jays purposely waited, more likely they had no market until now.

I'd tend to agree. Oakland had a need and came calling, probably knowing KM was on the market anyways....
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Post#33 » by So_Fresh » Thu Mar 28, 2019 1:53 pm

Smoak or Pillar trade incoming??
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Re: Passan: Kendrys Morales has been traded to the Oakland A’s 

Post#34 » by The_Hater » Thu Mar 28, 2019 1:57 pm

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The_Hater wrote:
Skin Blues wrote:It's about time. We waited since last spring to do this just so we could save $2M and get a small amount of int'l bonus money. He'd have been DFA'd in December 2017 if he was an Anthopoulos signing rather than their own.

-0.4 WAR in his two years with the team. Thank you for your service, Kendrys.


I’m not sure it took this long because the Jays purposely waited, more likely they had no market until now.

I'd tend to agree. Oakland had a need and came calling, probably knowing KM was on the market anyways....


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Post#36 » by phillipmike » Thu Mar 28, 2019 2:02 pm

Centre Court wrote:Yes and there were difficulties getting his family into the US. He had family staying in Toronto for long stretches over the last two years with no issue.


Its strange, have a source? I dont see why it would be harder for them.
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Post#37 » by phillipmike » Thu Mar 28, 2019 2:03 pm

So_Fresh wrote:Smoak or Pillar trade incoming??


Norris isnt ready so he isnt on the 40 man so the Jays are running a 7 man pen with Rowdy now up.
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Re: Passan: Kendrys Morales has been traded to the Oakland A’s 

Post#38 » by Tanner » Thu Mar 28, 2019 3:51 pm

Davidi saying the jays getting a mil in international money for Morales. Between this and the smith trade, we got $1.5mil in international money. They must have someone in mind to use it on.
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Post#40 » by Ado05 » Thu Mar 28, 2019 3:51 pm

Schad wrote:As the MLBTR article notes, you can only trade intl bonus money in tranches of $250k+. So, between moving Dwight Smith Jr and Morales, we've picked up at least $500k. That ain't nothing; gives us at least $5.5m or thereabouts to work with.

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