Nomah to Toronto?

[RocketsDWM]

A part of me really wishes the bridges weren't so badly burned between Nomar and the Sox.

It'd make for a great story

You never know. I would hope they he would atleast consider it.

[mweir145]

While I agree that they overpaid for Burnett and Ryan, they had to. I'm pretty sure that FA's these days arent targeting Toronto as a destination spot. In order to get the premier FA's, they had to dish out more money and more yrs. While Ryan and Burnett for the most part are "unproven" (Burnett has had more experience but the injuries linger, Ryan does not have a lot of experience closing), they were still the cream of the crop and had probably the most potential on the market. If these signings do nothing else, they showed the fans of Toronto that the organization is committed to winning. I think the Bluejays next yr will have a season similar to what the Orioles had last season, but with a bit more success.

The Orioles had a horrible season last year, they finished worse than the Jays..

I'm expecting the Jays to get 85-90 wins next year (which clearly wouldn't be enough to win anything, so I'm hoping I'm wrong).

[Subversive]

"cripples them"...yeah right.

The Jays payroll for 2006 is $75 M which is below the league average and less than they spent in 2001 and 2002.

Surely that's not true? I can't believe there's 13 teams spending more than that.

Average does not equal median. 3 or 4 big spenders likely drag the average up.

[RocketsDWM]

While I agree that they overpaid for Burnett and Ryan, they had to. I'm pretty sure that FA's these days arent targeting Toronto as a destination spot. In order to get the premier FA's, they had to dish out more money and more yrs. While Ryan and Burnett for the most part are "unproven" (Burnett has had more experience but the injuries linger, Ryan does not have a lot of experience closing), they were still the cream of the crop and had probably the most potential on the market. If these signings do nothing else, they showed the fans of Toronto that the organization is committed to winning. I think the Bluejays next yr will have a season similar to what the Orioles had last season, but with a bit more success.

The Orioles had a horrible season last year, they finished worse than the Jays..

I'm expecting the Jays to get 85-90 wins next year (which clearly wouldn't be enough to win anything, so I'm hoping I'm wrong).

What I meant was something similar to what the O's did in the first half (I also added above - with a bit more success). I believe they were still in it before the break.

[Holy Hand Grenade]

"cripples them"...yeah right.

The Jays payroll for 2006 is $75 M which is below the league average and less than they spent in 2001 and 2002.

Surely that's not true? I can't believe there's 13 teams spending more than that.

Average does not equal median. 3 or 4 big spenders likely drag the average up.

I was going to say the same thing. Warren Buffet and I have an average net worth in the billions.

[1337_Dude]

"cripples them"...yeah right.

The Jays payroll for 2006 is $75 M which is below the league average and less than they spent in 2001 and 2002.

Surely that's not true? I can't believe there's 13 teams spending more than that.

According to what I could find there was actually 13 teams spending 75M +.

http://www.onestopbaseball.com/TeamPayroll.asp

[mweir145]

Fan 590 basically reported that this was a done deal a couple of hours ago, but I haven't heard or seen any confirmation about this since..

[Another Blown Save]

Why do the Jays need more infielders
Or are they gonna use Noma as a outfielder

[acsguitar]

Nomar should play for the Rocks for 1M. Get his stats paded then go back in the pool next year.

Agreed! Go Rockies

[go_jays_go]

Why do the Jays need more infielders
Or are they gonna use Noma as a outfielder

Probably DH and then trade either Hinske, Hillenbrand, or Koskie.