Unless your talking about the very common there/their mistake that billions of people make that I could care less about fixing since I wasn’t aware I was in grammar class.

MW: You know what? I’ll give you the spelling thing. That you don’t know the difference between there, their and they’re is as much a grammatical error as a spelling one. So congrats on being one of “billions” who can’t be bothered to properly use the language in which they’re communicating. You don’t seem to know the difference between your and you’re, either. I deleted the rest of your post because you were insulting. Ironic, I know.

MW: Wait, are you guys serious?

MW: Holds. Didn’t I answer that last week?

8 years of no playoffs, and has still failed to surpass a win total his predecessor had in a season,

Numerous media blunders, signing Wells to one of the worst contracts in all of baseball instead of trading him when his value was high,

Paying other teams to take his mistakes in trades (Koskie, Hinske to name a couple).

Getting very little return in his initial firesale(Mondesi, Quantrill, Lopez, Izturis, Gonzalez, Fullmer, Borbon),

Crippling the team financially with his back loaded contracts,

And a long list of “gambles” that didn’t pay off. Ryan, Thomas and Prokopec that had already been mentioned.

No wonder attendance is down big time this year. There just going to keep spinning there wheels as long as JP is in charge and the fans know it.

I wonder if they regret not going with Dave Dombrowski, you know the guy that took a 119 loss team to the World Series in just 3 years.

It is just insane JP still has a job.

MW: Your spelling is atrocious, and it takes away from your arguments. You can’t throw guys like Ohka, Zambrano, etc. out as marks against Ricciardi, because every team brings in a bunch of guys like that every year, and rarely do they work out. Your mind is already made up.

MW: I spoke to some of his arguments.

Right.

MW: OK, let me rephrase that. I’ve spoken to all of his arguments dozens of times in this space - if not hundreds. Go back and read.

MW: I wouldn’t say safe, I’d say it could happen. Remember what this team was supposed to do this season.

I think Barajas should have gone on the DL with that hamstring injury. He looks really gimpy out there. Also, he’s just not very good to begin with.

His backup Chavez is also superior defensively and basically the same offensive performer.

Do you think the Jays will see this as a major area to address in the off-season or will they be content with mediocre production out of the C spot?

MW: I would hope it’s something they would address and you’re right, Barajas should have gone on the DL. They thought that J.P. Arencibia would be ready to take the reins by late this year, but that doesn’t seem to be happening.

MW: Rios is having a poor year and Wells is having a very poor one. Overbay is having a terrific season. When a player struggles, it doesn’t necessarily mean he’s “no longer that good”. It could mean he’s having a bad year.

The guy is a machine.

MW: I’m not the one to ask about that.

Seems like you’re busy, no blog entries these days? Sad series loss to BAL. Anyways, I have a few noobish questions about baseball, nothing to do with the Jays. Hope you can answer them! And thanks for all your hard work!

1. Can a rookie pitcher win a Cy Young Award?
2. Can a relief pitcher win a Cy Young Award?
3. Why argue with the umpire when all you might get is an ejection, and no change to gameplay?
4. What’s DER (fielding)? How do they calculate it?
5. What’s 3.1 plate appearances? I know it’s the minimum for something, but what’s the 0.1? I know in innings, it’s a third, but what is it in this situation?

Thanks. Looking forward to your reply. xD

MW: 1 - Yes. 2 - Yes. 3 - Good point. 4 - Defensive Efficiency Rating. According to Baseball Prospectus, the formula to calculate it is: 1 - ((H + Reached On Error - HR) / (PA - BB - SO - HBP - HR)). 5 - In this situation it’s actually what it’s supposed to be - one-tenth.