Blue Jays Come to Terms With Jeff Mathis

Wally West · Post #1 » by **Wally West** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:27 am

Blue Jays agree to sign Jeff Mathis to one-year $1.5MM guaranteed deal, I have learned. Had been arb eligible.

flatjacket1 · Post #2 » by **flatjacket1** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:28 am

Another good value signing. IMO he'd win us more games than JPA (unless JP improves a lot).

torontoaces04 · Post #3 » by **torontoaces04** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:29 am

flatjacket1 wrote:Another good value signing. IMO he'd win us more games than JPA (unless JP improves a lot).

Good one! (You were joking, right?)

Wally West · Post #4 » by **Wally West** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:30 am

He's gonna have a career year backing up JPA next year. New ballpark, working with Dwayne Murphy, it's almost inevitable. Good signing.

flatjacket1 · Post #5 » by **flatjacket1** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:31 am

torontoaces04 wrote:
flatjacket1 wrote:Another good value signing. IMO he'd win us more games than JPA (unless JP improves a lot).

Good one! (You were joking, right?)

Nope. Playing Mathis over JPA gets us an extra like 30 runs based on framing pitches alone. Add in passed balls, game calling and wild pitches and it starts to get close. Their OBP's are similar (both terrible).

Homer Jay · Post #6 » by **Homer Jay** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:32 am

Not too much to worry about here, he's a one year place holder for D'Arnaud... maybe not even that if D'Arnaud is up in August like Lawrie this year. Then trade him to a team with catcher injury problems... which always happens.

He just shouldn't swing....ever! Just go up there looking for walks.

flatjacket1 · Post #7 » by **flatjacket1** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:33 am

Homer Jay wrote:He just shouldn't swing....ever! Just go up there looking for walks.

Agreed. He might hurt himself.

Skin Blues · Post #8 » by **Skin Blues** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:39 am

The thread title conjures up an image of Farrell with his head in his hands, accepting the inevitable; Jeff Mathis is going to be on the 25 man roster all season.

Randle McMurphy · Post #9 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:43 am

As long as JPA doesn't get hurt, this should be fine. I don't want to imagine a world where Jeff Mathis starts regularly, nobody needs this team to become the Angels.

Graham's Cracker · Post #10 » by **Graham's Cracker** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:55 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:As long as JPA doesn't get hurt, this should be fine. I don't want to imagine a world where Jeff Mathis starts regularly, nobody needs this team to become the Angels.

I wouldn't, mind being the halos right now

dagger · Post #11 » by **dagger** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:57 am

Graham's Cracker wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:As long as JPA doesn't get hurt, this should be fine. I don't want to imagine a world where Jeff Mathis starts regularly, nobody needs this team to become the Angels.

I wouldn't, mind being the halos right now

I wouldn't mind trading owners with the Angels. This just about sums us up.

jonmorosi Jon Morosi
#BlueJays, leading the league in press releases, avoid arb with Jeff Mathis. Deal is $1.5 million.

Myth111 · Post #12 » by **Myth111** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:05 am

The cool thing about sports is nobody forces you to be a fan of their team. You are more than welcome to become an angels fan.

flatjacket1 · Post #13 » by **flatjacket1** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:56 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:As long as JPA doesn't get hurt, this should be fine. I don't want to imagine a world where Jeff Mathis starts regularly, nobody needs this team to become the Angels.

The only difference between the two is JPA hits a jack every 21 PA compared to 94 PA for Mathis.

Mathis makes up a lot of ground defensively on JPA and is coming to a hitters ballpark. I bet Mathis post a OBP north of .260 this year.

Post #14 » by **Schad** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:14 am

Blue Jays Fans Also Come to Terms With Jeff Mathis.

jrsmith · Post #15 » by **jrsmith** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:19 am

They should use the games Jeff Mathis plays in to prep the pitchers for national league games. I don't see anyone doing much worse than his horrendous .480 ops.