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Elliott’s Buddies: Lawrie and Gibbons Will Clash, Rasmus and JPA Have Suitors

Posted by Andrew Stoeten under Aaron Cibia, Bob Elliott, Brett Lawrie, Colby Rasmus, Gibbers, Winter Meetings on Dec 04, 2012

They may not always do it on the record, but Bob Elliott of the Toronto Sun sure is a wizard when it comes to getting people to talk– especially scouts and executives with juicy, interesting things to say about the Toronto Blue Jays.

I don’t know if it’s just because he’s got so many connections he can simply print a source’s title– even including the league he works in!– and still no one will be able work backwards to figure out who’s dishing him the goods, but it’s a pretty remarkable trick he pulls, and at a big conference like the Winter Meetings, he lands some invaluable stuff.

I’ve already pulled some from his latest to us in the Escobar piece below, but there’s much more in there, and two things, in particular that stand out…

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Escobar About To Return To The AL East…

Posted by Andrew Stoeten under Winter Meetings, Yunel Escobar on Dec 04, 2012

Well, OK, it’s not quite as fun as having the double-whammy of seeing him and John Farrell both return as members of the Boston Red Sox– as we being rumored earlier– but… actually, it is kind of fun in a social experiment kind of way: Yunel Escobar appears set to become a member of the Tampa Bay Rays:

 

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Winter Meetings: Tuesday Evening Crumbs

Posted by Andrew Stoeten under Daily Duce, Winter Meetings on Dec 04, 2012

It is indeed the most traffic-whoringest time of year! Here’s what’s out there that I wasn’t about to make full posts out of, as Day One of the Winter Meetings turns into Night Two down in Nashville…

Shi Davidi of Sportsnet reiterates the comments from Alex Anthopoulos today about the meetings being quiet, explaining that, even though they could ask for money to do more, they’re probably thinking they need to “be careful about going to the well too often.”

Thank fuck we I didn’t notice this, or we’d still be talking about it: earlier in the day Jim Bowden tweeted that a mystery team might be involved on Zack Greinke, and listed the Jays among the potential candidates to be it. The latest, according to the ever-updating thread at MLBTR, seems to have either the Dodgers or the Rangers walking away the winner. And according to the latest at Fox Sports from Ken Rosenthal, doing so wouldn’t stop the Rangers from also retaining Josh Hamilton.

At BlueJays.com, Gregor Chisholm recaps what John Farrell and his bottle of Just For Men had to say to the assembled media hordes in Nashville. And over at North of the Border, he transcribes what John Gibbons had to say to reporters yesterday.

Bob Elliott sits down at some kind of fancy digital typewriter and has a chat with Toronto Sun readers.

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Not The Most Electrifying Winter Meetings, Eh?

Posted by Andrew Stoeten under Winter Meetings on Dec 04, 2012

I entirely get what Alex Anthopoulos is saying when he explains that so much trade talk happens over the course of the off-season regardless that the Winter Meetings is more like a glorified dog and pony show (my words), but… fuck, does he have to be such a damn spoilsport?

And another helping of the same cold gruel:

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Pitching Possibilities: Harang, Capuano, Swirly

Posted by Andrew Stoeten under Winter Meetings on Dec 04, 2012

A rare glimpse of the male Harangutan in its natural environment

Jon Heyman tweets that the Jays are one of many clubs still looking to add a starting pitcher, and this afternoon we’ve seen some interesting-ish names thrown out there who might be a fit (or who might, at least, make for a humours lead picture for a blog post).

MLBTR has a nifty roundup of the suggestions, which include the Dodgers’ Aaron Harang and Chris Capuano, and the Phillies’ Vance Worley– or as I prefer (h/t @flipflopflying) Van Swirly.

No, they’re not the sexiest names available, but this is pretty much where we’re at.

Harang and Capuano are… good lord, am I really posting about this?

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Morosi: Red Sox Have Interest In Escobar

Posted by Andrew Stoeten under John Farrell, Winter Meetings, Yunel Escobar on Dec 04, 2012

Uh… OK, well here’s something new. And kind of hilarious– though probably not the worst notion for the Red Sox, at least from an on-field perspective.

Call me crazy, but I still have some faith that Escobar has good years ahead of him. Obviously, from his past results, the bat is a whole lot better than he showed last year, and he still plays a solid shortstop. Read the rest of this entry »

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Alright! It’s the Getting Blanked Podcast: Winter Meetings Edition – Tuesday

Posted by Andrew Stoeten under DJF Podcast, Winter Meetings on Dec 04, 2012

Alright! It’s time to go around baseball the Winter Meetings and talk about the interesting topics (TM), with a little Jaysturbation (or not), cooking tips (or not), heresy, trains, and even more depressing realizations about just how ridiculously out-of-whack MLB’s alignment is thrown in for good measure (or not): it’s a brand new episode of theGetting Blanked Podcast. Special Winter Meetings Edition!

If you’re more inclined to download today’s podcast, hit up the mp3 link.

Don’t forget that you can get our stuff shot straight to your tablet or mobile device by way of the Getting Blanked iTunes page, which is humming along these days, and from now on until the end of eternity will have all our podcasts, mp3s and whatever other audio goodies we dream up posted there in a timely manner.

And don’t forget that the DJF iTunes page remains up and running– so get on over there and subscribe, or update the subscription you already have to find the latest episode (once it’s up). You can also find it via our podcast RSS feed.

As always (or at least usually), Mint Musical Interludes courtesy of The Constantines, Arts & Crafts Records, Deathwish Records and Optical Sounds. Be sure to check them out and buy every single fucking thing you hear at their sites.

So… there’s that.

 

Image via Rusty Morris Design.

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