*nods silently*

Is that for Pence's birthday party?

Orpheous wrote:Is that for Pence's birthday party?

solid post in a young career

smitty wrote:How is Strawbridge doing?

this guy

jamiethekiller wrote:

Orpheous wrote:Is that for Pence's birthday party?

solid post in a young career

Really. Well played.

DOES NO ONE REMEMBER STRAWBRIDGE AND CLOTHIER? THAT REFERENCE WAS GOLD!

according to mlbtr, per twitter, via my computer using the internet:

The Phillies have discussed ways of re-obtaining Travis d'Arnaud, the Double-A catcher who arrived with Drabek in the 2009 Roy Halladay trade. As Elliott points out, the Blue Jays would need a ton to part with this year's Eastern League MVP.

what the fuck, rube

my cousin mose wrote:according to mlbtr, per twitter, via my computer using the internet:

The Phillies have discussed ways of re-obtaining Travis d'Arnaud, the Double-A catcher who arrived with Drabek in the 2009 Roy Halladay trade. As Elliott points out, the Blue Jays would need a ton to part with this year's Eastern League MVP.

what the #$!&@, rube

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/11/28/ja ... heath-bell

Why don't you go get Gose back too while you're at it, Rube?

The Phillies have discussed possible ways on how to re-acquire catcher Travis D’Araund from the Jays. Good luck.

my cousin mose wrote:according to mlbtr, per twitter, via my computer using the internet:

The Phillies have discussed ways of re-obtaining Travis d'Arnaud, the Double-A catcher who arrived with Drabek in the 2009 Roy Halladay trade. As Elliott points out, the Blue Jays would need a ton to part with this year's Eastern League MVP.

what the fuck, rube

Well, that would certainly be interesting.

That's strange but I'd love it

Another nugget from mlbtr:

The Yan­kees are inter­est­ed in Kyle Drabek, accord­ing to Elliott. Drabek start­ed the sea­son in the Blue Jays' rota­tion before being demot­ed to the minor leagues. He had a stand­out sea­son in 2010, but strug­gled with com­mand in the Majors (6.3 BB/9) and in the minors (4.9 BB/9) in 2011.

d'arnaud is going to be a star. Would love to have him back

What would the Blue Jays want? I feel like Kendrick and Brown? Maybe Worley and Schwimer?

d'arnaud was the main guy the jays wanted in that deal. they knew he was going to be a stud. the phils knew he was going to be a stud. i just don't see any way the blue jays trade him back.

ReadingPhilly wrote:d'arnaud was the main guy the jays wanted in that deal. they knew he was going to be a stud. the phils knew he was going to be a stud. i just don't see any way the blue jays trade him back.

Was D'Arnaud more valuable than Drabek at the time of the trade?

to the blue jays? i would think yes. they spent a lot of time in lakewood the summer before the trade.

ReadingPhilly wrote:d'arnaud was the main guy the jays wanted in that deal. they knew he was going to be a stud. the phils knew he was going to be a stud. i just don't see any way the blue jays trade him back.

I was thinking that too but I guess this is all predicated on how highly they think of Arencibia and he did pretty well last year. But I think it'd take at least Brown or a couple lesser prospects. Worley-plus makes a whole lot of sense for the Jays but not much for the Phils. Maybe Aumont and a high ceiling guy in the lower levels?

Do the Jays have another young catcher they love? That's the only way this makes even a lick of sense

According to FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal, teams are "kicking the tires" on Alfonso Soriano.
It's a bit hard to believe given that Soriano is owed $54 million over the next three seasons, but perhaps the Cubs are willing to eat a significant portion of that money. The 35-year-old batted .244/.289/.469 this past year with 26 home runs and 88 RBI. He'd be a better fit for an American League team, so that he could DH at times.

Does he suck at defense? If the Cubs are trying to shake things up we could get him for nothing.