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Snider recalled, Rivera DFA'd 

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Post#2 » by Schad » Sun Jul 3, 2011 7:52 pm

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Re: Snider recalled, Rivera DFA'd 

Post#3 » by Trilogy » Sun Jul 3, 2011 7:53 pm

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Post#4 » by kwamebargnani » Sun Jul 3, 2011 7:53 pm

Next on the list: Patterson, Jo-Jo Reyes
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Post#5 » by evilRyu » Sun Jul 3, 2011 7:54 pm

WHHHHHHHHHAT?? WOWWWWWWWW
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Post#7 » by Relentless88 » Sun Jul 3, 2011 7:55 pm

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Re: Snider recalled, Rivera DFA'd 

Post#8 » by Duffman100 » Sun Jul 3, 2011 7:55 pm

Rivera won't be happy.
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Post#9 » by SargentBargs101 » Sun Jul 3, 2011 7:55 pm

what an amazing day.. wow
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Re: Snider recalled, Rivera DFA'd 

Post#10 » by baulderdash77 » Sun Jul 3, 2011 7:56 pm

Best news yet.

Good by Rivera. Hello some hope.

Seriously I'm really happy to see the team getting rid of the dead weight. We're not going to win this year so we might at least see some young guys develop.
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Post#11 » by Hendrix » Sun Jul 3, 2011 7:57 pm

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Post#12 » by Randle McMurphy » Sun Jul 3, 2011 7:58 pm

kwamebargnani wrote:Next on the list: Patterson, Jo-Jo Reyes

Yep. If I'm the Jays, though, I take this chance to start platooning Patterson with Davis. Snider and Thames should never get benched for either of them.

My best guess at the lineup going forward until Lawrie comes up (if this Snider playing CF talk is true):

SS Escobar
RF Thames
3B Bautista
1B Lind
DH Encarnacion
CF Snider
C Arencibia
2B Hill
LF Patterson/Davis
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Post#13 » by mikero » Sun Jul 3, 2011 7:59 pm

It's about time. Now we just need Litsch to get healthy and replace Reyes.
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Post#14 » by Lateral Quicks » Sun Jul 3, 2011 8:03 pm

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Re: Snider recalled, Rivera DFA'd 

Post#15 » by Hendrix » Sun Jul 3, 2011 8:08 pm

Randle McMurphy wrote:
SS Escobar
RF Thames
3B Bautista
1B Lind
DH Encarnacion
CF Snider
C Arencibia
2B Hill
LF Patterson/Davis

Can't wait till Lawrie comes up. Gonna be a pretty deadly lineup. What is our end game? Something like this?

SS Escobar
DH Thames/Platoon
RF Bautista
1B Lind
LF Snider
3B Lawrie
C Arencibia/D'arnaud
2B Hill
CF Patterson/Davis
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Re: Snider recalled, Rivera DFA'd 

Post#16 » by Randle McMurphy » Sun Jul 3, 2011 8:15 pm

Hendrix wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:
SS Escobar
RF Thames
3B Bautista
1B Lind
DH Encarnacion
CF Snider
C Arencibia
2B Hill
LF Patterson/Davis

Can't wait till Lawrie comes up. Gonna be a pretty deadly lineup. What is our end game? Something like this?

SS Escobar
DH Thames/Platoon
RF Bautista
1B Lind
LF Snider
3B Lawrie
C Arencibia/D'arnaud
2B Hill
CF Patterson/Davis

Pretty much, if by end game, you mean our lineup in September (though D'Arnaud won't be ready until at least mid-season 2012).

Thames should continue to be given full-time ABs, obviously. He may yet prove that he's more than a platoon bat. Eventually pitchers will stop throwing him so many fastballs, though, and he'll have to adjust. When that happens, we'll better be able to evaluate what he's going to do for this team in the future.

Also, still not sure whether this Snider-CF talk is legit or not.
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Re: Snider recalled, Rivera DFA'd 

Post#17 » by Trilogy » Sun Jul 3, 2011 8:16 pm

Lawrie would probably hit between Lind/Snider to split up the lefties.
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Re: Snider recalled, Rivera DFA'd 

Post#18 » by Garmfay » Sun Jul 3, 2011 8:18 pm

YESSS but damn Rivera released on his Birthday!
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Re: Snider recalled, Rivera DFA'd 

Post#19 » by Lateral Quicks » Sun Jul 3, 2011 8:20 pm

Randle McMurphy wrote:
Hendrix wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:
SS Escobar
RF Thames
3B Bautista
1B Lind
DH Encarnacion
CF Snider
C Arencibia
2B Hill
LF Patterson/Davis

Can't wait till Lawrie comes up. Gonna be a pretty deadly lineup. What is our end game? Something like this?

SS Escobar
DH Thames/Platoon
RF Bautista
1B Lind
LF Snider
3B Lawrie
C Arencibia/D'arnaud
2B Hill
CF Patterson/Davis

Pretty much, if by end game, you mean our lineup in September (though D'Arnaud won't be ready until at least mid-season 2012).

Thames should continue to be given full-time ABs, obviously. He may yet prove that he's more than a platoon bat. Eventually pitchers will stop throwing him so many fastballs, though, and he'll have to adjust. When that happens, we'll better be able to evaluate what he's going to do for this team in the future.

Also, still not sure whether this Snider-CF talk is legit or not.


There's a decent - and growing - chance that d'Arnaud breaks with the big club to start 2012, IMO. By the accounts I've read, his defense is there already, and offensively he's been outstanding at AA, especially for a catcher. I see him getting a month or two at AAA to end this year, and if he has a good spring training...
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Re: Snider recalled, Rivera DFA'd 

Post#20 » by Osiris » Sun Jul 3, 2011 8:22 pm

Hendrix wrote:Can't wait till Lawrie comes up. Gonna be a pretty deadly lineup. What is our end game? Something like this?

SS Escobar
DH Thames/Platoon
RF Bautista
1B Lind
LF Snider
3B Lawrie
C Arencibia/D'arnaud
2B Hill
CF Patterson/Davis


I have two amendments to make to your lineup, which has me drooling:

1) I'm thinking that one of Patterson/Davis is gone, with the other being the 4th outfielder; they would platoon in CF with Snider as Thames goes between LF and DH.

2) I'm guessing they tossed Arencibia to the wolves this year because we are so deep at catcher and we'd rather get his ABs up before the rest of the talent makes it's way through. If d'Arnaud shows he's ready next year, we bring him up and platoon him and JPA, with JPA's "off" days spent @ DH (and Thames in LF).

I'm saying they keep Davis, so with that in mind, we have:

SS Escobar
DH Thames
RF Bautista
1B Lind
LF Snider
3B Lawrie
C Arencibia
2B Hill
CF Davis

and

SS Escobar
LF Thames
RF Bautista
1B Lind
DH Arencibia
CF Snider
3B Lawrie
C d'Arnaud
2B Hill


Sexy.

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