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One of the Web's finest baseball bloggers -- that's not quite the right word for him, actually -- is a once-upon-a-time visitor to Da Box, and the man who introduced us all to Spike Lundberg, Dallas-Fort Worth's Jamey Newberg.

In this morning's daily e-mail newsletter The Newberg Report, the die-hard Ranger backer takes the guise of the author of "a Toronto Blue Jays newsletter" -- no, it's not Batter's Box (you'll quickly figure out it's a fake) -- that provides an interesting partisan take on Michael Young, Vernon Wells and more. Read The Nouveau-Bergeron Report (Hey, HE titled it!) and come back here to let us know what you think. And yes, there's a Spike update. Enjoy!

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Mick Doherty - Thursday, May 04 2006 @ 10:34 AM EDT (#146329) #

What say to this?

"Hey, Gord Ash isn’t here any more.  Maybe we can get something like Thomas Diamond and Joaquin Arias and Laynce Nix for Wells."

I think JP and Law don't make that deal, though it'd at least be worth considering.  

TimberLee - Thursday, May 04 2006 @ 12:30 PM EDT (#146336) #

That's a clever and funny column. Thanks for passing it along. It is interesting to see what has become of the long list of infielders that have moved on from the Jays since the World Series years - just the four second basemen who auditioned to succeed Alomar have played quite a bit in a variety of places.

Some call me Tim - Thursday, May 04 2006 @ 12:49 PM EDT (#146337) #
Humorous writing.  Enjoyable read.  However, I think he blames Gord Ash for the trades of Young, Abernathy, Lopez and Izturis.  He was in fact only responsible for the first two of those trades.  JP was responsible for the latter two trades, neither of which worked out well either.  I'm certainly not an Ash fan, but he's not responsible for every bad thing that happened!
Jim - Thursday, May 04 2006 @ 02:21 PM EDT (#146360) #

We’ve got Wells locked up through 2007.  Then he’s a free agent.  Texas will probably want him.  And he’ll probably want to play in Texas.  With Young.  We’ll get a draft pick from the Rangers and another one from the league, but we’ll probably screw those up. 

So if we lose sight of the Yankees and Red Sox by July, I’m sure we’ll be on the phone with the Rangers, just to see what they’d give us for Wells.  If we can get Diamond and Arias and Nix, as an example, then we eliminate having to hope that two compensatory draft picks become legitimate prospects, and we also save the $2 million we’d have to pay in signing bonuses to the two draft picks.  If we don’t talk to Texas in July, bet we do in December.

That would be a horrible trade for Toronto.  Another shortstop who won't hit, a pitcher who can't throw strikes and an outfielder who will be on the waiver wire later this season.  Thanks but no thanks.  There is no CF in the system, none available in free agency and no way to compete without Wells in 2007. 

 

 

HippyGilmore - Thursday, May 04 2006 @ 02:44 PM EDT (#146362) #
There is no CF in the system, none available in free agency and no way to compete without Wells in 2007. 

 Oh, I think we can survive. Alex is a pretty fair centre fielder himself.

Afterglow - Thursday, May 04 2006 @ 04:04 PM EDT (#146365) #
Rios' range and arm make him a suitable CF which I believe was the expectation anyway. Then we can lock down Hinske for another 4 years to take over those RF duties!
Jim - Thursday, May 04 2006 @ 04:45 PM EDT (#146370) #

Rios' range and arm make him a suitable CF

You get me a technicality.  Still a horrible trade and leaves you with a right fielder then. 

 

JameyNewberg - Thursday, May 04 2006 @ 11:12 PM EDT (#146378) #

I don't think TOR would do it, either, but interestingly, some folks who weighed in today think it's a deal TEX shouldn't make, given Wells's production and free agency 16 mths from now.

Thanks for reading the article.

-- Jamey

R Billie - Friday, May 05 2006 @ 03:13 PM EDT (#146414) #

I like Diamond's potential but I'm so-so on Arias and not much interested at all in Nix.  Maybe a different package would make it more interesting for the Jays but Wells is one of the best two-way centerfielders in the game.  That package isn't anywhere NEAR worth his rights for even 16 months, especially to a competitive team.

I'm hoping Wells is open to discussing an extension after this season.  If the Jays are right there for a playoff spot near into the last days of the season, maybe he will be.

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