I think your rant is warranted. Gallo would have been a nice pick up. The Hand acquisition is nothing. He's not going to get us to the post-season. Unless they have other things planned, it seems like some sort of peace offering to the players/fans.
I hope I'm proved wrong, but we seem to be unable to close big trades and get beat out by…
I think your rant is warranted. Gallo would have been a nice pick up. The Hand acquisition is nothing. He's not going to get us to the post-season. Unless they have other things planned, it seems like some sort of peace offering to the players/fans.
I hope I'm proved wrong, but we seem to be unable to close big trades and get beat out by others. Perhaps we ask for too much or value are own prospects too much. Dunno. But holy shit, what the f are they going to do for a playoff worthy starting rotation next year?
Hand is one move, there is still another day for more and plenty of speculation that they're involved, so let's not quite write the story of the Jays' deadline just yet. Also, I don't think that other stuff is accurate either -- I do think that, until now (and maybe even not yet still), they just don't feel like they're good enough justify to pushing more chips in. That's different than not being able to close a deal. They could close them, they so far mostly haven't wanted to.
Let's see what happens in the next day or so, but personally, I think we have too many holes to overcome to make the playoffs this year so I'm happy to not sell the farm for rentals. Stuff that can help next year? That's a different story.
I think your rant is warranted. Gallo would have been a nice pick up. The Hand acquisition is nothing. He's not going to get us to the post-season. Unless they have other things planned, it seems like some sort of peace offering to the players/fans.
I hope I'm proved wrong, but we seem to be unable to close big trades and get beat out by others. Perhaps we ask for too much or value are own prospects too much. Dunno. But holy shit, what the f are they going to do for a playoff worthy starting rotation next year?
Hand is one move, there is still another day for more and plenty of speculation that they're involved, so let's not quite write the story of the Jays' deadline just yet. Also, I don't think that other stuff is accurate either -- I do think that, until now (and maybe even not yet still), they just don't feel like they're good enough justify to pushing more chips in. That's different than not being able to close a deal. They could close them, they so far mostly haven't wanted to.
I think they should want to more, is all.
Let's see what happens in the next day or so, but personally, I think we have too many holes to overcome to make the playoffs this year so I'm happy to not sell the farm for rentals. Stuff that can help next year? That's a different story.