Blue Jays State of the Franchise meeting

[MGD24]

A guy I know is at this meeting tonight...AA is speaking, along with Alomar, with questions from the fans being answered.

Some of his tweets tonight have included; http://twitter.com/georgekouvalis

Quote of the night "Alex is a work-alcoholic" - Robbie Alomar

Some money saved on the Vernon deal will be going back into player development. international signings and farm system #mlb #jays #toronto

"Can we sign a Vladdy Guerrero this year?" - fan

AA Respone condensed - we don't want to sign free agents that will take away playing time for up and comers

Beeston saying that mlb has looked into expanding playoffs. #mlb #postseason

A pic from the event - http://yfrog.com/h2fbkoj

[hyper316]

there goes my hope for vladdy... so E5 at DH is considered up and comer? smh

[rtcaino]

$140 million??

[MGD24]

Other messages I've seen from the meeting

AA: "From a negotiating standpoint, your word is paramount. We're not going to break that commitment. Our word is part of our brand."

Beeston: "We are in a market that should be able to have a $140 or $150 million dollar" (payroll)

AA: "We really don't want to get in the way of @jparencibia9. He can't get better in Triple-A."

AA: "The same way Jose broke out, we think Edwin - if he gets 500 or 600 ABs - can have a breakout season."

AA: "We have talked about acquiring a 3B, nothing pressing, but we're not putting it to bed." Says anything can change w/ 1 phone call

AA: "We feel we acquired what we needed and what works for us."

Farrell: "We can't sit back and wait for the home run." Says he wants more speed, and unpredictability, on the base paths

Farrell says Morrow will pitch 20-25 more innings this season. "The thing we have to monitor every night is the stress on pitchers."

[evilRyu]

thanks for the updates MGD24.. hoping to catch some audio coverage on the Jeff Blair show tomorrow

[Avenger]

Shi Davidi who's quickly becoming my favourite baseball writer in the country already has a piece out on the state of the franchise.

Jays GM’s vision gets thumbs up from fans

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_yl ... se-5783669

Toronto Blue Jays season-ticket holders gave general manager Alex Anthopoulos's winter performance a ringing endorsement during the club's annual State of the Franchise gathering Thursday night.

Despite trading away all-star centre-fielder Vernon Wells(notes) primarily for financial flexibility in coming years, and dealing 2010 opening day starter Shaun Marcum(notes) for Canadian infield prospect Brett Lawrie, a group of about 500 fans largely approved the team's direction and focus on the long-term.

[evilRyu]

Shi Davidi who's quickly becoming my favourite baseball writer in the country already has a piece out on the state of the franchise.

Jays GM’s vision gets thumbs up from fans

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_yl ... se-5783669

Toronto Blue Jays season-ticket holders gave general manager Alex Anthopoulos's winter performance a ringing endorsement during the club's annual State of the Franchise gathering Thursday night.

Despite trading away all-star centre-fielder Vernon Wells(notes) primarily for financial flexibility in coming years, and dealing 2010 opening day starter Shaun Marcum(notes) for Canadian infield prospect Brett Lawrie, a group of about 500 fans largely approved the team's direction and focus on the long-term.

thanks for the link.. my favorite quote:

"What we won't do is short cut," he told fans, "because once we get it there, it will be a freight train and it's not going to stop."

Too awesome.. he really does have a direction, and sticking to it.

[rtcaino]

John Farrel on the Fan.

Mainly talks about where he is living, and blows some hot air about player development.

http://www.fan590.com/ondemand/media.js ... 25539_2824