Jays acquire Escobar & Reyes for Alex Gonzalez + others

[guvernator]

If you have a 94mph fastball, the best curveball in the blue Jays system, and are striking out 15/9 innings then who cares how tall you are?

Drabek has the best curveball in the system. Sickels was actually calling drabek's curveball best in the minors in the offseason.

[Avenger]

If you have a 94mph fastball, the best curveball in the blue Jays system, and are striking out 15/9 innings then who cares how tall you are?

Conversely, If you have a 94mph fastball, the best curveball in the blue Jays system, and are striking out 15/9 innings, who cares about that if you're just going to be a bullpen arm?

Not me, especially when there's a good chance he'll never pan out.

You never realize how valuable a good setup/closer is until you don't have one.

For instance, I wager that Downs gets us a better return than Buck or Bautista.

that's because Downs comes with draft picks and some MLB GM's have a bad habit of overvaluing relievers.

[gp2015]

Not concerned about Gonsalez, it's Tim Collins that sounds like a potential steal. The only knock on him seems to be that he's 5'6, but Linecum is roughly the same size, and he does alright.

Once we deal away Downs/Fraser/Gregg, we're stuck without a legitimate closer/setup guy for the forseable future, no?

Lincecum is 5'11". Comparison fail.