Logan Forsythe Is Available! Be Still, My Heart!
The baseball Twitterverse’s teenage reporting phenom Chris Cotillo has informed the world that “a number of teams” have called the Padres to ask about the availability of Logan Forsythe. As MLBTR’s Jeff Todd explains, Forsythe is superfluous in San Diego. The Padres have Headley at 3rd and Jeb Jerko at 2nd, which functionally plugs up the only two positions where Forsythe would seem to have a chance to be a...
Bird Seed: Jays Want No Part of #Tanakafest, Kershaw Extended, Bye-Bye A-Rod
Bird Seed is your regular recap of recent baseball happenings, information, rumours, and how it all affects the Blue Jays. After a very, very quiet period lacking much real news, the MLB off-season has picked back up with some big news. Starting us off is the ongoing saga that is Masahiro Tanaka. The newest rumor making its rounds around baseball is that 5 teams have submitted their offers to Tanaka’s agent, Casey Close, and...
Bird Seed: Tanaka Saga Continues, Coaching Change, Gibbons, Jays “in the lead” For Top Pitchers
Bird Seed is your regular recap of recent baseball happenings, information, rumours, and how it all affects the Blue Jays. Hey all, glad to be back after taking last week off for the holidays. Hope everyone had a great winter break, and for those of you that are back at work or school: I feel your pain. Starting us off, the Blue Jays have announced that Pat Hentgen has “stepped aside” as bullpen coach, and that AAA...
Bird Seed: Choo Signs, #BalfourRage, D-Backs/Sox Make a Deal, More
Bird Seed is your regular recap of recent baseball happenings, information, rumours, and how it all affects the Blue Jays. Sorry for the Monday upload, a day later than normal. We’ve got one wild storm out in TO. Stay safe, everyone. Another major domino has fallen in free agency, with OF Shin-Soo Choo signing on with the Rangers for $130 million over seven years. Choo, a wee bit old at 31, is coming off of a near career-year,...
Bird Seed: Infante, Trumbo, Others on the Move
Bird Seed is your regular recap of recent baseball happenings, information, rumours, and how it all affects the Blue Jays. As we learned this morning, second baseman Mark Ellis has signed with the St. Louis Cardinals, according to Derrick Goold. No financials have been reported and the deal is not yet official, but assuming all goes well in his upcoming physical, this eliminates another second base option for the Blue Jays. Ellis, a...
Trade ’em All, Al
Trade ’em all, Alex. You might never get a bigger opportunity. A couple of Winter Meetings leakages have Blue Jays fans acting anxious. Alex Anthopoulos has seemingly indicated that he would trade Aaron Sanchez or Marcus Stroman for a controllable starting pitcher, and the media hive-mind has also somehow become privy to the fact that Colby Rasmus might be getting “dangled” for starting pitching. Dick Griffin and...
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