Toronto Blue Jays Sign Kevin Gregg

The Jays added some bullpen depth and possible trade flexibility on February 3rd by adding free agent Kevin Gregg to the ballclub. Via Sports Illustrated

Kevin Gregg, who had 84 saves over the last three seasons but ran into trouble pitching or the Cubs last year, has an agreement to sign with the Blue Jays. …

Over the holiday season I have kept up the tradition of opening old packs of baseball cards and waxing nostalgic about baseball seasons gone by.  This most recent iteration of card-pack opening led me to think about Jays teams of 1985 and the early 90’s. These teams hold a special place in my heart because they were exciting to watch but also because …

Almost a month ago TSN’s Daan De Kerpel penned an article on why the Jays shouldn’t re-sign Marco Scutaro.  The crux of the argument is that Scutaro is coming off a career-year (or ‘outlier’ season being the new buzzword thanks to Malcolm Gladwell) and the Jays shouldn’t resign him because he can’t expect to maintain that level of production.  De …

AA and the Jays sorted out the SS mess this past week, inking John McDonald (2 years, $3 million) and Alex Gonzalez version 2.0 (one year at $2.75, club option for 2011 at $2.5).

Jays fans over on Twitter are shitting all over the signings. For my money (and AA’s) the Jays signings are value plays.

I wrote a little something …

The other day Omar Vizquel signed for virtually peanuts ($1.375 million). Some ‘journalists’ have claimed that Omar’s signing has set the market. Give me a break. Depending on how much collusion is in the cards the Jays could end up with Marco via arbitration, although I highly doubt it. Coming off of a career year Scutaro would be nuts to …