5 thoughts that I'm gonna have to stretch with....Here we go....
1. The Blue Jays signed former Blue Jay Darwin Barney to a 1 year 1.05M contract for 2016. It's a nice little move for the Jays as it gives them a competent middle infielder to sit on the bench while they wait for Devon Travis to recover from off season surgery. Ultimately you want your bench guy to have an extreme skill and Barney has that in his defense! Nice deal!
2. The Blue Jays also made another player acquisition, but this time it came in the 1st round of the Major League portion of the Rule 5 Player draft when they picked Joe Biagini from the Giants organization their 21st overall pick. I won't pretend to know anything about Biagini outside of what I can see on Baseball Reference, but I guess the plan is to put him in the bullpen and hope that he gains s few MPH with only having to go a couple innings max and could be a replacement for Hendriks. I don't know....Tough to see a guy who hasn't pitched any higher than AA stay the entire year on the 25 man roster, but maybe.
3. I guess it can be said that it's not really that surprising that the Blue Jays didn't end up signing any high priced relievers this past week. Truth is they don't have the $$$ left to do it. They are going to have to settle on guys that are reclamation projects and simply hope for the best.. I little trial by error maybe!
I think it's time to realize that the team in 2016 will ultimately be a by product of "Going for it" in 2015. Say what you will about the 2015 season, but the Jays parted with a number of pieces that may have actually slotted into the 2016 team and offered them alot of savings when it came to building their team.....So I ask this...If you could have Daniel Norris in your rotation right now and not JA Happ and then use his 12M and year to pay two relievers to shore up your bullpen would you give up having David Price for 2 months and most exciting time in Blue Jays baseball in 20 years? It's all hindsight now I guess...
4. I kinda felt bad for all the Sportsnet writers/reporters that they sent down to the Winter Meetings this year! Good love it when they are trying to capitalize on the Blue Jays phenomenon and then they had nothing to talk about! It got pretty bad when they were writing articles about bullpen arms that I have never heard of and how they may by a target for the Blue Jays!
5. I found this picture of Ross Atkins the other day on the Internet.....It made me laugh...
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