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Should the Blue Jays Even Consider Prying Yonder Alonso From the Reds?

Jared Macdonald — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:25:25 +0000

In somewhat of an afterthought late Monday night, Yahoo! Sports’ Tim Brown reported, at the very bottom of his article on Joe Nathan, that the Reds are shopping blocked hitting prospect Yonder Alonso for a closer or a No. 2 starter, mentioning that GM Walt Jocketty has spoken to the Blue Jays, among other teams.

That raises the question of whether or not the Jays have the No.2 starter that the Reds are apparently asking for, since they obviously don’t have a closer to offer.

However, with Adam Lind‘s contract guaranteed through 2013, Edwin Encarnacion in line to be the Jays’ full-time DH next season, and an eerily similar player in David Cooper waiting close by in Triple-A, do the Jays even need to consider trading for Alonso, let alone consider giving up something like a No. 2 starter to acquire him?

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Assessing Potential Jays Trade Targets: KC 1B Kila Ka’aihue and Clint Robinson

Mat Germain — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:32:31 +0000

Continuing through assessments of potential Jays Trade Targets brings us into Kansas City, a place where winning is so close that fans are closing their eyes and waiting for the long list of names likely to be called up in 2011. However, due to positional strengths, some of their best prospects may never get that chance in Kansas City. Two of these are players who the Jays could try to trade for in…

1B Kila Ka’aihue

6’4″ 235 lbs / Bats Left, Throws Right / 26 years old (more…)

Assessing Potential Jays Trade Targets: Yonder Alonso

Mat Germain — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:53:26 +0000

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I’ve considered a few pre-season Jays targets that may make more sense than others based on current circumstances. The current circumstances include the Jays reportedly looking to deal Juan Rivera if possible, some players being out of options and new players possibly taking their spots on the roster (Scott Podsednik), the returning health of others (Dustin McGowan), and the depth of the pen and starting pitching overall.

With these things in mind, I have decided to run a short series of articles that will be “Assessing Potential Jays Trade Targets”. These are not probable deals, simply options that I thought should be examined because they have some legitimacy and sense to them. The first player I see as a potential target and the reasoning is as follows:

Yonder Alonso - 1B CIN (more…)