Blue Bird Banter

Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images This is an interesting one: The Jays have traded for Myles Straw and international bonus pool money. We don’t know who is going to Cleveland. Straw is owed $6.4 million this year and $7.4 next year, with team options for 2027 and 28 with a buy out of $1.75 million for the first and 500,000 for the second. That’s a lot of money for a guy who … [Read more...] about Jays Trade For Myles Straw

Myles “Albatross” Straw | Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images Blake Murphy of Sportsnet reports on BlueSky that the Jays have acquired $2m in international bonus pool money from the Cleveland Guardians for cash/future considerations and in exchange for eating Myles Straw’s contract. Straw, an excellent outfield defender, came up with the Astros before … [Read more...] about Blue Jays Acquire $2m in International Pool Space for Cash, Myles Straw

Photo by Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Ernie Clement is a 28-year-old (turns 29 in March), right-handed hitting infielder. He was a fourth-round draft pick in 2017 by Cleveland. The Jays picked him up before the 2023 season as a free agent, after he was released by the A’s, because we were only waist-deep` in middle infield types back then. We are up to … [Read more...] about Better know your Blue Jays 40-man: Ernie Clement

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images In our Hall of Fame Polls we would have voted six guys into the Hall: Ichiro Suzuki Dick Allen Billy Wagner Andruw Jones CC Sabathia Luis Tiant The Classic Baseball Era Non-Players Committee voted Dick Allen and Dave Parker into the Hall. We picked Allen and Luis Tiant. I think Tiant is a much better candidate than Parker. I … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame Poll Results

Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images Another day with no Blue Jays’ news. There is a rumour they are talking to Pete Alonzo (along with the Mets). The Mets have asked him to hurry up and make a decision. I don’t want Alonzo. We have a first baseman. I don’t think Alonzo wants to be a full-time DH. I don’t want Vlad at third. But what I want doesn’t matter. While I … [Read more...] about Thursday Bantering: Jays Bits