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    Look at it this way: during his 8 year tenure with the Jays, "he traded 9 useful players that are still in the majors: Cesar Izturis, Felipe Lopez, Orlando Hudson, Miguel Batista, Scott Schoeneweis, Eric Hinske, Troy Glaus, David Eckstein, and Scott Rolen. Of those that he received, only 4 are still with the Jays: Edwin Encarnacion, Marco Scutaro, Jeremy Accardo and Brian Wolfe." Don't get me wrong. He was great in finding hidden gems. Full Article at Sports Blogs
    he traded 9 useful players that are still in the majors: Cesar Izturis, Felipe Lopez, Orlando Hudson, Miguel Batista, Scott Schoeneweis, Eric Hinske, Troy Glaus, David Eckstein, and Scott Rolen. Of those that he received, only 4 are still with the Jays: Edwin Encarnacion, Marco Scutaro, Jeremy Accardo and Brian Wolfe.
    SOURCE: Sports Blogs 1 month ago
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  1. How about Derek Lowe, Freddie Freeman, James Parr, and Julio Terehan to the Brewers for Prince Fielder?
    SOURCE: Sports Blogs 1 month ago
  2. That babip trend will not trend to the league average, that is one of the things that makes him so good.
    SOURCE: Sports Blogs 1 month ago
  3. I think the Jays ideal plan should have involved trading Halladay to the Sox for some form of excellent package of prospects. Then turning over some package of thier collected prospects for Victor. That scenario would leave them with an elite c/1B for the future and left them with a couple real good pro...
    SOURCE: Sports Blogs 1 month ago
  4. And Ricciardi's teams did win, they just didn't make the playoffs, which is pretty much impossible when you are up against the 2 biggest payrolls in baseball.
    SOURCE: Sports Blogs 1 month ago
  5. Yeah, because Ricciardi so often in his trading history showed how incompetent he was? The guy won every trade he ever made.
    SOURCE: Sports Blogs 1 month ago
  6. The Blue Jays made a play for Victor Martinez before the trade deadline this year, with an eye to contention in 2010.
    SOURCE: Sports Blogs 1 month ago
  7. We sure can. The Jays got more WAR out of Ricciardi draft picks than everyone's favourite talent developers, the Braves, did this year (from their draft picks taken under the same time frame).
    SOURCE: Sports Blogs 1 month ago
  8. Rival GMs expect the Braves to pursue a right-handed hitter to play a corner infield or outfield position
    SOURCE: Sports Blogs 1 month ago
  9. No, that's because we have sense to keep our future 1B when we have a future RF stud who will soon kick every RF's ass as the best RF in the majors!
    SOURCE: Sports Blogs 1 month ago
  10. It must be National Bash on Karlmalone Day.
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