Troy Glaus

[schillingouttheks]

Also, if he's going anywhere, I can't say I would be too mad if he went to Toronto. Like said before, they're vastly overstacking corner infielders: Glaus, Hillenbrand, Hinske, Koskie...the list is growing. They'd also have to trade Orlando Hudson and create a hole for themselves at 2B. The Jays may be having a good off-season, but it's turning s***** and confusing pretty fast if they keep up with some of these moves.

[ksushi]

What is scary about over stacking, is you can use excess to fill other holes, but hitting is the wrong thing to stack considering the vast discrepency in value lately between hitting and pitching. You can get hitting relatively cheap, i.e. Tejada for Prior.

[a700hitter]

Glaus isn't worth giving up much for since he comes with a grande contract and a .250 batting average. I ranted on that earlier but people seem to be allergic to my posts. the guy is approaching 1000 strike outs in 8 ML Seasons. 3 of those seasons he played well under 100 games and got fewer than 300 AB's, his rookie season and his two injury hampered seasons. Im just pulling that out of memory so 300 AB's might be a little generous. Glaus sucks guys. Jose Valentin can hit home runs, but do we want him? No, he just gets less respect because hes ugly.

I agree. We didn't need Glaus. Let the Blue Jays have him. Now they have 4 1B/3B types. I have to assume they will move 1 of them... perhaps Hillenbrand.

[riverside sluggers]

Its actually 5 now... Overbay, Koskie, Glaus, Hinske, and Hillenbrand. Another trade course seems set to follow.

 

The current plan is reportedly to have Glaus be more of a full time DH, Koskie and Overbay retaining their regular starting positions.

[schillingouttheks]

Its actually 5 now... Overbay, Koskie, Glaus, Hinske, and Hillenbrand. Another trade course seems set to follow.

 

The current plan is reportedly to have Glaus be more of a full time DH, Koskie and Overbay retaining their regular starting positions.

Haha, we all forgot Overbay. What an impression he's making...

[ksushi]

Everyone is scared of the blue jays now like we were scared of the Orioles last June. They seemed perfect, they seemed scary and then fell off the face of the earth. I could be wrong here, but since when does a high paid closer and starter both of whom are not exactly proven ( one has 40 career saves, the other a sub .500 record and scars from tommy john), constitute the makings of a good team? I mean yeah, they will hit the gaps well with overbay and glaus, and yeah glaus will put some out, but they gave up some serious defense up the middle to get Glaus and Glaus isn't a savior. They are going to expect this guy to really make a big impact and he won't. The middle of their order is still very much avoidable to pitchers. Glaus is crap. I would have not been happy if he came to Boston via trade, but I do think he had more value here than there.

 

Here he becomes your three hitter and ortiz your four, backing them up with manny makes the two of them absolutley scary, putting Loretta and Youk, two great onbase guys, ahead of them would have been scary too. The fact remains though, that to do damage Glaus would have to hit and so far in his career, he only hits in one quarter of his at-bats. Thats not enough for me to give up any prospects, let more than one and then some major league talent to take on a contract like his... so yeah enough ranting about why Glaus is bad.

 

The Blue Jays still suck, Riccardi is just doing his best Omar Minaya impression.

[riverside sluggers]

I heard on weei, the blue jays tentative plan is for Aaron Hill to be the starting 2nd baseman.

[ksushi]

Is Aaron Hill anywhere near as capable defensivley as Hudson?

[elsrbueno]

Is Aaron Hill anywhere near as capable defensivley as Hudson?

 

I doubt it. Hudson's a gold glove caliber fielder and Aaron Hill will be a converted shortstop.

 

The more I think about this the more I think Toronto got a raw deal and the less it bothers me.

 

The Blue Jays traded from the two things that I value the highest: Pitching and defense and got an offensive force in Glaus but will be weaker up the middle as a result.

[Beckett95]

The Toronto Blue Jays put trade talks on hold yesterday but general manager J.P. Ricciardi said he remains optimistic he'd soon have the bat he was looking for in Arizona third baseman Troy Glaus.

 

"I am," Ricciardi said from his home in Worcester, Mass. "But we're taking the day off. Nothing's changed in the past 24 hours. We're still working on a lot of little things."

 

The trade, which came to life late last week when Glaus agreed to waive his limited no-trade clause, would bring the 29-year-old thumper to Toronto for Gold Glove second baseman Orlando Hudson and pitcher Miguel Batista.

 

The Jays would also get a prospect in the deal, believed to be 22-year-old shortstop Sergio Santos, who hit .239 with 12 homers and 68 RBIs for Triple-A Tucson last season.

 

Foremost among the "little things" to be ironed out, presumably, is how much — if any — of the $32.75 million (U.S.) Glaus is owed over the next three seasons the D-Backs are willing to pick up.

 

Despite injury-riddled 2003 and 2004 seasons with the Angels, the D-Backs signed Glaus to a four-year, $45 million gamble last December. He's still due $9.25 million this coming season, $10.75 million the next and $12.75 million in 2008.

 

Glaus, who led the AL with 47 home runs in 2000, has 219 career homers over 976 games, 37 of those last season despite a strained tendon in the back of his left knee that occasionally troubled him last season.

toronto star

 

so maybe the sox might have another chance at him.

[a700hitter]

toronto star

 

so maybe the sox might have another chance at him.

A SS and CF are more important.