How could the Jays fit in EE?

[Spanky99]

Well Morales and Smoak are going to make 15M next year and the year after. For a little bit more we could have had Encarnacion. So yes, it's a bit of a blunder.

Who are you replying that, too?

[MikeM]

Who are you replying that, too?

Basically replying to Eddie lol. I can see why he's upset tbh. It's not like we replaced him with Rizzo or something.

[Spanky99]

Basically replying to Eddie lol. I can see why he's upset tbh. It's not like we replaced him with Rizzo or something.

I see, you had me baffled there.

[TheHurl]

Oakland would be stupid to sign him considering they would also have to give up the 33rd overall pick. Their top 10 pick is protected.

33rd pick is not that big of a deal. They have very little on the payroll and if their pitching works out the way they hope, they might compete. If it doesn't you deal EE for more pitching.

[burlingtonbandit]

If you could choose to take over as GM for any franchise right now is Oakland your last pick? Everything about them just seems so meh.

[Spanky99]

If you could choose to take over as GM for any franchise right now is Oakland your last pick? Everything about them just seems so meh.

Houston.

[xposbrad]

Well Morales and Smoak are going to make 15M next year and the year after. For a little bit more we could have had Encarnacion. So yes, it's a bit of a blunder.

Yep, that's a good point, although they would still need roster players. That's probably why the Jays won't make it far next year, they wanted to just move on before waiting it out and they ended up with Plan B.

[Brownie19]

Houston.

I think this joke went over my head.

[KingKat]

If you could choose to take over as GM for any franchise right now is Oakland your last pick? Everything about them just seems so meh.

Tampa is a really bad situation. Weak market compounded by a horrible stadium situation. It's to that franchise's credit that they are not a perpetual doormat but they have the worst setup and no obvious path to improvement.

[Boxcar]

Tampa is a really bad situation. Weak market compounded by a horrible stadium situation. It's to that franchise's credit that they are not a perpetual doormat but they have the worst setup and no obvious path to improvement.

They really need to move that franchise. Portland, Montreal, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Raleigh, whatever. Astros can be moved to the central and Tigers to the East if they need to accomodate a Western team.

[intentional wok]

They really need to move that franchise. Portland, Montreal, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Raleigh, whatever. Astros can be moved to the central and Tigers to the East if they need to accomodate a Western team.

Wasn't a big selling point for the new AL West the rivalry between the two Texas teams.

Man, the three division thing is such a bummer for me. Let's just go back to AL and NL Easts and Wests. I'm tired of there being ~50% chance that a game I'm free to go to is going to be against an East team. Add a few more rivals into the mix! This was only the first year in half a decade when I didn't run into the Orioles live.

[TheHurl]

If you could choose to take over as GM for any franchise right now is Oakland your last pick? Everything about them just seems so meh.

Philly because I hate the city....but also Atlanta as there is recent success history and the fan base has new stadium expectations. It's also one of the least saber friendly fanbases.

[Sammy225]

Philly because I hate the city....but also Atlanta as there is recent success history and the fan base has new stadium expectations. It's also one of the least saber friendly fanbases.

I like Philly a lot more now because Amero is no longer their. He single handily crippled the franchise.

[intrigid]

Isn't the main justification of the unbalanced schedule to reduce travel?

[burlingtonbandit]

Philly because I hate the city....but also Atlanta as there is recent success history and the fan base has new stadium expectations. It's also one of the least saber friendly fanbases.

A lot of Oakland fans are really fuckin weird. Remember watching the game a few years ago and whenever they panned to the crowd they were doing some crazy shit.

[Bobthe4th]

Wasn't a big selling point for the new AL West the rivalry between the two Texas teams.

Man, the three division thing is such a bummer for me. Let's just go back to AL and NL Easts and Wests. I'm tired of there being ~50% chance that a game I'm free to go to is going to be against an East team. Add a few more rivals into the mix! This was only the first year in half a decade when I didn't run into the Orioles live.

This is a great idea, it's boring that nearly 50% of the 162 games are against the same 4 teams. More variety would surely help with selling tickets for most teams too.

Travel in this day and age shouldn't be a major issue anymore, you could always have the schedule worked so that a team played a few series in a row against similar region based teams, North Eastern, California etc.