Comments on: Anthony Gose – Future G.Sizemore or B.Upton?

By: John

John — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:40:22 +0000

You state; “I truly believe the Jays want power from the 1B position…Sandoval and Fielder would [provide that] and I think the Jays are willing to pay the price to get them on board.”

“…And then I woke up.”

The Jays are clearly spending mucho dollars and going the prospects route. You MAY see them go for a high priced free agent in 2012 or 2013, but only when it is determined that they are one player short of a championship team.

THEY DO NOT HAVE THE BUDGET FOR FREE AGENTS AS LONG AS VERNON WELLS IS ON THE ROSTER PULLING DOWN AN OBSCENE $24,000,000.00 PER ANNUM. Any talk of the free agent route under the current fiscal conditions is Ricciardi scatterbrain talk, not Anthopoulos/Gillick mastermind talk.

Your comments thus marginalize your credibility in this area as nothing more than a fan engaging in wishful thinking.

By: Mat Germain

Mat Germain — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:55:38 +0000

Entirely agree Mylegacy, and although I was seriously taken aback at first because I had never heard of Gose much during the Doc deal and therefore thought he wasn’t that great (jumped to conclusion, bad, bad) once I read all about him I immediately knew it was the right deal for the Jays. Can’t wait to see how he does above AA.

By: Mylegacy

Mylegacy — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:09:07 +0000

Mat – If everything goes NEAR to what might happen: I see through my little glass ball – a guy with Barfield’s arm, Devo’s defense in CF, and half of Henderson’s stolen bases and power.

The guy could be a fringe Hall of Famer.

Porky – er Wallace – was and will be what he is – a potential 300+ hitting 1st baseman with a peak year of 32 homers but mostly around 20 and just a tad above fringe defense – if that. He’s replaceable – Gose has a chance to be very special and as AA has said you can’t wait for it all to come together – by then you couldn’t afford to trade for his jock straps.

This is AA’s FIRST big exercise of his scouting judgment – I’m delighted he’s confident enough to take it.

By: Mat Germain

Mat Germain — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:31:38 +0000

Prince was a shot in the dark, and the price would have been set by Milwaukee. Something like Adam Lind, Kevin Gregg, and 2 prospects may have done it, but I have no clue as to what they need in their organization depth.

I do believe the Jays are going to look at both Adam Lind and Jose Bautista at 1B, just to see how they fit.

As for Dopirak, all I know is that he’s on the DL in AAA because I don’t get the press releases from Vegas, only LoA to AA. I can tell you that he wasn’t playing very often at 1B due to Brett Wallace’s presence with the club and will now have to contend with Mike Jacobs, so his luck is pretty hard. He plays average D, and his OBP is .309 this season over 339 ABs – not exactly stats that scream “call me up coach”! He would have needed to keep up all of his stats to get the call over Wallace. However, having said that, I don’t see much difference (other than experience) between Jacobs and Dopirak, so I expect that he could get a look if he gets lucky and healthy between now and September. The Jays may want David Cooper in AAA and Michael McDade in AA at some point this season, so that makes some sense.

I don’t expect Dopirak to be a factor, but he does have the power and skills to surprise.

By: Matt P

Matt P — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:05:25 +0000

I posted this question on the other article but ill ask again: Where does Brian Dopirak fit into all of this? I haven’t seen him playing down at AAA for a few weeks now, and i remember a quote from spring training by a Jays coach saying this guy has Major league talent and make-up.

Also, i find there to be no chance the Jays trade for Prince before the deadline; Brewers are already reluctant to trade him, and what do you have to give up, Arencibia?!