Comments on: Tune In Tomorrow

By: dave_12

dave_12 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:10:11 +0000

MW: Who’s better? And there’s plenty of question as to whether he’ll be traded, and there’s definitely some upside to keeping him.

Keep him and get nothing for him when he leaves via free agency

Any of the following pitchers are as good if not better than Halladay

CC Sabathia,Tim Lincecum Johan Santana Cole Hamels ect. But as usual around a trade the hype machine has elevated Halladay as the best by a huge margin over these guys which is ridiculous

MW: Keeping Halladay now doesn’t mean keeping him through the entirety of next season and letting him walk for two first-rounders. No one has elevated Halladay over those other guys by a huge margin.

By: dave_12

dave_12 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:11:34 +0000

Halladay will be traded no question. There is zero upside to keeping him at this point. And with all the hype, he’s been mentioned as being the best pitcher in baseball. He’s very good buy not the best in all of baseball.

MW: Who’s better? And there’s plenty of question as to whether he’ll be traded, and there’s definitely some upside to keeping him.

By: ray b

ray b — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:23:42 +0000

re comment: 73

Ted Lilly had an era of 4.64 as a Jay and a whip over 1.4..His best year was his last before free agency..His ERA was 5.56 in 05′..Not sure how you would call an ERA close to 5.00 a good thing or a good pitcher..I think your assessing the 2009 Lilly..He wasn’t that good in Toronto..

Accardo didn’t make the team out of spring training..But they got something for nothing and it was a good deal and I noted that..

As for Hillenbrand..The guy was an idiot but the trade was good for Riccardi..I’ll give you that one..But I didn’t include a few things such as the release of Carpenter or the fact that Randy Wells is looking pretty good for the Cubs..Both of these guys could be here or at least he could have got something for them..

How about keeping Shanon Stewart over Reed Johnson?..Where is Stewart these days?..Johnson batted .303 for the Cubs last year..Yea these are some excellent choices..Lets break out the party hats, Riccardi for Mayor!!

As for Werth..You forgot to include the fact that he had 16Hr in 87 games in LA..That was the first year after the trade..He struggled a bit after that but looks good now..Not unlike Adam Lind..No way Riccardi gives up on Werth if he was his pick..

I didn’t say his trades were awful but I think you like Riccardi and glorify all his good trades but fall short on some of his bad dealings..

Did any of his so called excellent trades put the Jays over the top ?..I’d say no way..That is the bottom line right?..Results

MW: Results don’t occur in a vacuum, though. They didn’t give up on Werth – he was out of options and wasn’t going to make the team. Lilly might not have been an all-star during his tenure in Toronto (actually, he was his first year here), but he was a solid starter and they got him for Bobby Kielty.

By: jacoby

jacoby — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:49:19 +0000

MW: For someone who just complained about somebody else going through his comments with a fine-toothed comb, you continue to be hilarious. That response that you selected and then whined about out of context was in response to a commenter SUGGESTING THAT HILL BE HITTING THIRD. I have really had enough of you.

I have no idea what you are talking about. “that response that I selected” WAS MINE! I wrote in post 35 “why is hill batting second?” which “commenter” are you talking about? who said hill should bat third? it wasn’t me. no where did I say hill should bat third. I said in post 77 he should bat 4th or 5th. I was “whining”? what are you talking about?

MW: Wow, you’re right. I apologize. You didn’t say Hill should hit 3rd, you simply said “why is their best power hitter batting second?” You didn’t deserve that reaction there, though you have certainly deserved it for a great many of the comments you’ve left here, which is more than likely why you got it.

By: jacoby

jacoby — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:36:30 +0000

MW: This comment made me laugh as hard as I have ever laughed about anything that’s ever been posted here.

glad to oblige!

By: ben

ben — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:12:08 +0000

hey mike,

i don’t know much about other teams prospects so the names that people are throwing around mean nothhing to me. i was wondering if you could give me an idea of what the jays would have to offer to get halladay if the situation was reversed. so what would the jays need to offer if they were in the phillies situation. thanks

MW: Wow, good question. I’d think the Jays would have to offer Cecil, Snider, Rzepczynski and a lower-level prospect.

By: darrell bishop

darrell bishop — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:29:03 +0000

michael,
while listening to the post game show yesterday on the dock in muskokaville with my trusty transistor radio (the weather was much better up north this weekend there than in the city it sounds like) i continually found myself being somewhat amazed by the consistency & commonality of the calls re: one v. wells.
of course it’s not hard to understand the frustration aspect of it by the ball fans of this town. but what gets me is they all seem to be in unison & to steal a term from your profession, “burying the lead.”
cause the real story here isn’t the fact that he’s not good it’s that he’s maybe the worst hitter in mlb at his home park this particular season & challenging for a batting title on the road in the same.
to me, that’s the true frustration pending here. and to add to this very quizical develpoment that we’re all enduring is the fact the opposite is not ocurring. cause’ logic to me dictates he’d most probably be very good at the comforts of his home field & challenged on the road.
i find this most bizarre i must say.

MW: Join the club.

By: Chas

Chas — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:17:08 +0000

Don’t you think Phillies offer- 4 prospects- looked very fair ?

Don’t you think Beeston is in charge of the Halladay trade far more than Ricciardi?

Don’t you think it’s shameful that Sunday’s Dog Day out-drew Halladay’s last start by almost 6,000?

MW: 1 – Fair, maybe. Enough? No. 2 – Not even a little. 3 – Yup.

By: chris m.

chris m. — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:07:40 +0000

Mike…I’m not a Wells-basher or any Jay-basher as you can tell from my past comments. But the “sweater guy” from Friday night and one of your responses to a blogger about this guy left me a little puzzled. You stated that Wells just sucks at home, he doesn’t suck. At the risk of stating the obvious and trying to sound like a wise guy, which is not my intention, the game Friday night was at home and Wells was 0 for 4 with 2 K’s, further contributing to his .170 avg. at home. And it’s just not reality for disgruntled fans to yell “You suck but you’re great on the road.” Now having said all this, I wasn’t there first hand like you Mike, so my opinion is probably worthless. I’m sure it wasn’t the word suck that bothered you, because it’s used here and on Jays Talk aplenty, and if you found it in bad taste, you would not use it or allow commenters to use it.

MW: No, it wasn’t the use of the word “suck”. But to say that any big-leaguer sucks is a little nuts. Regardless, though, to run down onto the dugout, and scream “you suck” basically right into a guy’s face – seriously, what kind of human being are we talking about?

By: OzRob

OzRob — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:44:48 +0000

Hi Mike,
There is so much conjecture and speculation going on about the Jays right now that things are starting to get confusing.

What do you think is JP’s status? Is he going to stay on or will he be out of here when his contract is up? I don’t think he’ll ever be fired and don’t think he should be, but his own comments the other day seem to suggest he won’t be in the Jays long term plans.

So…if he is going to trade Halladay and, as many suggest, conduct a general clean out sale and revamp, what are the Jays thinking in letting a guy who won’t be your future GM determine your immediate future?

I don’t get it. It leads me to think that this will be JP’s last season and that most of the trades will take place in the off season by a new GM.

MW: Really, the only one who can answer that is the new President.