Blue Jays Quiet at Non-Waiver Deadline

After weeks of speculation about Scott Downs, Jason Frasor, Lyle Overbay and Jose Bautista....the Jays only make a prospect for prospect swap.

My initial thoughts:

- What the hell is wrong with Brett Wallace that a guy hitting .301 with 19HR and 61RBI in AAA can't get a crack at the lineup...especially considering Overbay is a free agent next year. Wallace was traded by St. Louis in the Holliday trade, then traded to Toronto in the Halladay deal, and now has been shipped again in a round a bout way in the Roy Oswalt deal. Why does everyone keep dealing this kid???
- Could we have gotten more for Wallace? I know Anthopoulos has a serious man crush on Anthony Gose, but he's only hitting .263 in A ball, and his power numbers are non-existent. The 36 steals are nice, but unless I read a statline with an error, he's been thrown out 27 times too!! I wouldn't say that is a great success rate...especially when you are in A ball. My only thought is that he is 19 years old, and has a long time to develop. Wallace was 23 remember. Who knows?
- Glad to see Bautista not moved. He seems to have found a home in Toronto, and if he puts up monster numbers again next year the possibility still exists that he can be traded for a monster haul. For now, let him mentor Escobar...and let him keep mashing the ball.
- I wish they had traded both Scott Downs and Jason Frasor. I don't subscribe to the thought that this is a decent bullpen. In a 7 game series against the Yankees, Fraosr, Downs, Camp and Gregg would get lit up by Jeter and the boys. That hurt to write because the Yankees are douchebags.
- With Overbay likely gone, here is a quick (unofficial) guess at an opening day lineup next year:

1B - Lind
2B - Hill
SS - Escobar
3B - Anybody but Encarnacion.
C - Buck/Arencibia
OF - Lewis
OF - Wells
OF - Bautista
DH - Snider

If the 3B situation was settled, and Lind and Hill returned to a shell of their former selves...that is a very decent lineup. I love Arencibia, he is destroying the ball in AAA and I really hope he gets a chance at a spot in the lineup next year.
- I am a little surprised that Buck was not traded. He is a free agent next year I believe, though I suppose having a bunch of all-stars sign with other teams will next the Jays a lot of draft picks.


Those are my thoughts. An un-exciting day. Who knows what that will bring next year?

- BF