Jays Journal » Richard Thon http://jaysjournal.com A Toronto Blue Jays Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 23 May 2013 18:53:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Jays Journal: Leonys Martin, Richard Thon, Spring Notes, and Links http://jaysjournal.com/2011/03/03/jays-journal-leonys-martin-richard-thon-spring-notes-and-links/ http://jaysjournal.com/2011/03/03/jays-journal-leonys-martin-richard-thon-spring-notes-and-links/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:53:59 +0000 Mat Germain http://jaysjournal.com/?p=6274 I recently broke down the argument for the Jays to sign Leonys Martin out of Cuba (actually, he is currently in Mexico), and heard a lot of feedback from fans who were apprehensive about spending so much money on a light-hitting, good speed and good defensive ability center-fielder. So, I asked John Manuel of Baseball [...]

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]]> I recently broke down the argument for the Jays to sign Leonys Martin out of Cuba (actually, he is currently in Mexico), and heard a lot of feedback from fans who were apprehensive about spending so much money on a light-hitting, good speed and good defensive ability center-fielder. So, I asked John Manuel of Baseball America, a professional who actually has the scouting breakdown on Martin, the following question on Twitter in order to get a sense for how Martin would fare amongst Jays prospects:

“@johnmanuelba Would Leonys Martin be within the top 15 Jays prospects if signed?“

And he answered as follows: (more…)

]]> http://jaysjournal.com/2011/03/03/jays-journal-leonys-martin-richard-thon-spring-notes-and-links/feed/ 1 The 2011 Jays Infield – Second Base and Aaron Hill http://jaysjournal.com/2010/10/31/the-2011-jays-infield-second-base-and-aaron-hill/ http://jaysjournal.com/2010/10/31/the-2011-jays-infield-second-base-and-aaron-hill/#comments Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:01:11 +0000 Mat Germain http://jaysjournal.com/?p=1957 Although the first base situation for the Jays is not so clear cut, second base also presents its own challenges. I’m fairly certain we can conclude that Aaron Hill will be manning second base, this is not a real issue. The issue is whether or not the Jays should exercise their option to retain Aaron [...]

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]]> Although the first base situation for the Jays is not so clear cut, second base also presents its own challenges. I’m fairly certain we can conclude that Aaron Hill will be manning second base, this is not a real issue. The issue is whether or not the Jays should exercise their option to retain Aaron through the 2014 season, or simply take it year-by-year and hope that they can retain him at a cheaper rate than the $10,000,000 it would cost to use his option in 2014.

No matter what, Aaron Hill will only cost the Jays $5 million in 2011 and therefore will remain a Jay for that entire season.

Just to break down the following years, here are the 2 choices the Jays have in this case – the key being that the Jays MUST decide on whether to use their all-inclusive option (years 2012 through 2014) before the 2011 season begins:

Option 1 – The “all-inclusive” option. The Jays can use their option to retain Aaron for $8 million in 2012, $8 million in 2013, and $10 million in 2014. This would make Aaron a FA after the 2014 season.

Option 2 – Decline the option. The Jays would still have the options to keep Aaron Hill around in 2012 and 2013 at the $8 million dollar rate, but he becomes eligible for FA after the 2013 season. (more…)

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