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UrkillingmeSmalls
“Anything the Indians do now will be done to help them win in 2013, not just in 2012.” — really worthy of tagging the Cleveland Indians in this post?
harrigang
It tells me they won’t look for a rental player.
California_RedBirds
Lets all be realistic, Josh Johnson is going nowhere. For what the Marlins are asking in return for the pitcher, no GM will bite especially if the reported amount of multiple top prospects for Johnson is accurate. Maybe if Johnson wasn’t so injury-prone, more teams would consider making a trade but his health history doesn’t help the Marlins chances.
johnsilver
Doubt it was the injury as much as his inconsistency this year. If he had been consistent this year, rather than poor H/R splits, regardless of the health and pitched like the JJ of old? he was the best available SP on the market and only true #1 available. That would have made teams ignore the injury risk to a great extent with him not missing a start this season.
All for naught, as he hasn’t been consistent, but JJ prviously, even in seasons when he missed considerable time offered something that Garza, Greinke, Dempster etc.. Could never hope to as far as talent. Could exclude Hamels since many figured Philly would eventually sign him LT anyway.
IndianaBob
Greinke probably has more raw talent than Josh Johnson. JJ has been more consistent when healthy, but Greinke has been healthier.
jill
Thank you Buster for finally checking out what the Blue Jays have to say about Escobar. It’s fair to bring up his past problems in Atlanta and unfair to not bring up his lack of problems with the Jays. I do remember when Escobar arrived in Toronto, Bautista was assigned to mentor him. His job was to make sure Escobar understood everything that the Jays expected of him. So credit to the Jays, Bautista, and Escobar for making it work out.
ukJaysfan
Agreed – It’s about time this rumour got sorted out.
ColoradoBravesFan1
If Escobar is cost controlled under a good contract and provides excellent defense at SS and provides better than league avg offense… why are the Jays looking to trade him? Do the Jays have a better SS waiting in AAA? If not then maybe Escobar is not as good of a “team guy” as the Jays management is letting out…
jill
The Jays have NEVER said he’s available. It’s all rumor and speculation.
bla
They do, Adeiny Hechavarria, many scouts believe that he has golden glove defence and above average speed. His batting has also been good in the minors as he has a .314 batting average, but that is not his strenght.
JerisG24
“Players under team-friendly contracts, like Denard Span, are much harder to acquire in trades.”
Nothing gets by Buster Olney.