Management should have had the courage to be sellers at least a couple of times over the past five years. You say the Jays have been ‘winners’ and that is what Ricciardi said at the winter meeting. But playing above .500 and winning are two different things in baseball. We have been hurt badly by management’s refusal to trade for rebuilding prospects while signing underachieving free agents. I don’t think I would have seen it as throwing in the towel if, say in 2007, Ricciardi had traded for prospects rather than standing pat. But even if I had yelled about it for weeks, it would have been the right thing to do and he should have had the courage to do it. If this is to be the lost year we were told about in the winter, then let it be truly lost. throw in the towel now and trade for something we could use later.

i just want to get your thoughts on getting back carlos delgado and when they were on that nine game losing streak on the road i notisted that they were more comfterbal at home in their winning enviorment.

Mitch sowsky.
peace

MW: Carlos Delgado is recovering from surgery on his hip, so I’m not sure how great an add he’d be right now.

Enough with the constant requests to bring in Pedro Martinez. Pedro is done. Let the young kids get their innings.

No point in bringing in Nick Johnson either if it is going to cost you some valuable kids. The time to add was months ago when the team got off to the great start. JP missed the opportunity. With the ridiculous amount of injuries the pitching staff has sustained, the Jays would be better off to just ride out the season and reload for 2010. Lets hope JP has the nerve to make a couple key moves to improve the club for 2010.

MW: We shall see. The major failing of Ricciardi’s tenure, I think, has been his inability to make the trade deadline deal for important future pieces.

MW: It would depend on who is hitting second, but probably. Hill doesn’t get on enough to hit third, for me anyway.

Now if they Jays dangle Rolen at the trade deadline and is taken by another team, Will the Jays end up signing an Adrian Beltre?

Bottom line, Jays need production i.e a solid 4, 5 and 6 hitters.

MW: The Astros and Padres will both ask for the moon. They’d start with Cecil and Snider and then go from there. Nick Johnson will be available in the off-season, we’ll see if the Jays are interested, since they do have Lyle Overbay under contract. I should hope they don’t sign Beltre. I mean, the defense is terrific, but people are giving Vernon Wells a hard time for his offense?

Speaking of young pitchers, does it not make sense to limit the innings pitched? So as to give everyone an equal chance of wearing out body parts. YOu know 2 innings a piece for those not a starter and maybe only 5 or 6 for a starter. We need a new recipe, we are clearly destroying out pitchers.

MW: Two innings apiece for reliever and only five or six for starters? I don’t think that’s the best way to do things. The Jays follow basically the same recipe that everyone else does. No, it’s not time to bring in Pedro.

the biggest sign is that he is late on fastballs on fastball counts. once you cannot get around on the old number 1, even when you are looking for hit…there is no refuge. now it may just be a little streak he is in where the balls are getting on him but he was doing this in cleveland as well. didnt see him much last yeat but i would guess that was a problem then as well.

the team has nothing to lose than bringing back snider up once he shakes off the rust. it makes more sense to have a future piece of the puzzle hacking away than it does a has been.

MW: They definitely should bring Snider back as soon as he gets back into the swing of things, but Looch was hitting over .300 with Vegas, and was hitting .275 with Cleveland this season. It’s three games.

Yes, but I would settle for top 8 picks for 5 years in a row or something like that.

How long do you think the Jays will wait before releasing Delucci? Would they consider bringing up Ruiz and releasing Delucci before Snyder is ready?

thanks,

David

MW: I don’t know, but I’d like to see Ruiz get a shot. It’s only been three games, though, people really need to calm down.