Toronto sends Troy Glaus to Los Angeles NL and Adam Lind to Kansas City for Clayton Kershaw from Los Angeles NL and Mark Teahen from Kansas City , while Kansas City sends Brian Bannister to Los Angeles NL for Andy LaRoche to complete the trade.
Now, I know 3 way deals are highly unlikely but this would be an interesting one. Toronto would get some young pitching and a quality replacement for Glaus, who would give the Dodgers some immediate pop at 3rd. Bannister would give the Dodgers some more pitching depth, or perhaps an attractive piece they could use to broker another deal. Kansas City also benefits by adding the very talented Andy LaRoche and up and coming Adam Lind. A win-win-win kind of deal.
Showing posts with label Blue Jays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blue Jays. Show all posts
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Loving the Leadoff
The Toronto Blue Jays won their fourth straight game on Monday night as they beat the Twins 8-5 giving Roy Halladay the win. The real story though has been Vernon Wells and the aged veterans, Matt Stairs and Frank Thomas.
After four games in the leadoff slot in Toronto's lineup, Vernon Wells is one fire. Leading off through four games, Wells has 3 home runs and 8 RBI, boosting his totals to 9 and 42 on the year.
Blue Jay fans are hoping this is the end of Wells season long struggle at the plate, and with he, Matt Stairs and Frank Thomas tearing opposing pitching up in the past week, maybe the Jays aren't quite done yet?
After four games in the leadoff slot in Toronto's lineup, Vernon Wells is one fire. Leading off through four games, Wells has 3 home runs and 8 RBI, boosting his totals to 9 and 42 on the year.
Blue Jay fans are hoping this is the end of Wells season long struggle at the plate, and with he, Matt Stairs and Frank Thomas tearing opposing pitching up in the past week, maybe the Jays aren't quite done yet?
Sunday, June 24, 2007
A near no-no
Dustin McGowan of the Blue Jays was three outs away from joining Mark Buehrle and Justin Verlander in the 2007 no hitters club, but he lost it on Rockies outfielder Jeff Baker with a single in the ninth. McGowan still went on to throw the complete game shutout.
While McGowan has been maddeningly inconsistent all season long, perhaps the most interesting part of this near no-no is the fact that he got roughed up big-time in his last outing as he faced the Dodgers but could only go 1.2 and gave up six runs on eight hits. Bizarre.
And truthfully, if I had to have guessed any Blue Jay who would have pitched a performance like this, it would have been McGowan’s fellow upstart Shaun Marcum who has been more consistent and has a solid 3.38 ERA. Shows what I know.
The Rockies can’t be too happy with the sweep at the hands of the Jays as they were riding a big high after taking the Yankees for a three game sweep at home earlier in the week. Matt Holliday’s 2 of 14 performance in the series didn’t help matters.
While McGowan has been maddeningly inconsistent all season long, perhaps the most interesting part of this near no-no is the fact that he got roughed up big-time in his last outing as he faced the Dodgers but could only go 1.2 and gave up six runs on eight hits. Bizarre.
And truthfully, if I had to have guessed any Blue Jay who would have pitched a performance like this, it would have been McGowan’s fellow upstart Shaun Marcum who has been more consistent and has a solid 3.38 ERA. Shows what I know.
The Rockies can’t be too happy with the sweep at the hands of the Jays as they were riding a big high after taking the Yankees for a three game sweep at home earlier in the week. Matt Holliday’s 2 of 14 performance in the series didn’t help matters.
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