Saw this somewhere else. Blue Jays/Marlins trade - Top 10 funniest tweets (including a new Jays logo!)

http://storify.com/torontostar/blue-...unniest-tweets

http://storify.com/torontostar/blue-...weets-from-mar

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14 team, keep 20. H2H points
C Perez 1B Butler 2B Cano SS Tulo 3B Longoria OF Choo, J. Upton, ArciaBN/UTIL Sandoval, Konerko
SP- Hamels, Gallardo, Wainwright, Harvey
RP- Henderson, Murjica
BN- JZimm, Medlen, A. Sanchez, Lincecum, Fujikawa, Stanton(DL)
Minors- Dahl, Arcia, Springer, Lindor

12 team H2H, keeper
C Avila, Mcann
1B Fielder
2B Utley
SS Andrus
3B Wright
OF Bautista, Harper, Jennings, Crawford
SP Shields, Wainy, Wilson, Anderson
RP Soriano, Mujica
Bench - Brown, , Gyorko, Granderson(DL), Revere, Marcum, Garza(DL), Greinke(DL)
Minors d'Arnaud, Myers, Walker

I get the impression the AA is going to swing another deal also. I think it would be a bad idea to trade arencibia or d'arnaud. If a really good deal is there, take it. But flipping a catcher because you have depth there wouldn't be wise.

Was Jason Allison even a good player? I honestly don't remember. Hechavarria is going to be a star.

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G=1.5, A=1, PPP/SHP=0.5, W=2, SO=3

C-Giroux, Backstrom
LW-Parise, Tanguay
RW-Ryan (lw), Purcell (lw), Parenteau, Iginla
D-Karlsson, Streit, OEL, Burns, Salo
G-Rask, Smith
Rookie- Galchenyuk, Granlund

Reyes is the star here. Led the NL in steals 3 years and won a batting championship. But I'm looking forward to seeing Bonifacio as a Jay the most.

I see Boni getting a majority of the playing time in the open outfield spot, and the Jays trading for a better defensive 2nd base. Izturis is not the man. We're replacing a positive defender (Escobar) for a negative (Reyes). Reyes did have a couple great defensive seasons 5 years ago, maybe he can get it back. I expect to see 2b go to another non-hitting defender like Omar Vizquel.

Tried to draft Bonifacio last year as a sleeper, wanting 70 steals from him. My commish beat me too him. If he bats second for the Jays, the steals might not be there, but he's in for a 100 run season. The problem he faces is that he's not much different from Rajai Davis aside from his versatility (has played 3b/ss/2b and all 3 OFs).

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G / A / P / +- / PowerPlayPoints / Shots / Goalie Wins / GAA / Save%

As per Shi Davidi, the trade will probably take another day or two before going through.

https://twitter.com/ShiDavidi/status/269174911266877440

"#Jays-#Marlins blockbuster may take another day or two to get finalized with paperwork, physicals and approvals to get through. #dontpanic"

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25 Man Roster, top 20 monthly point getters count
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt

Stamkos, Tavares, Hall, Couture, Hanzal, Wheeler, Stastny, Versteeg, Fisher, Hornqvist, Eriksson, Hodgson, Setoguchi, Turris, Steen, Letang, DRoy, Yakupov, Grabner, Byfuglien, Baertschi

G-Rask, Halak, Schneider

I can see Boni/Maicer splitting time at 2B with Boni getting some starts in the OF too.

Sure they gave up some defense in Escobar (and Hechavarria!), but with Reyes you're also gaining more runs per game.

Besides, it's the Marlins. Give them a couple of years and they'll probably give everyone right back to us :P

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14 team, keep 20. H2H points
C Perez 1B Butler 2B Cano SS Tulo 3B Longoria OF Choo, J. Upton, ArciaBN/UTIL Sandoval, Konerko
SP- Hamels, Gallardo, Wainwright, Harvey
RP- Henderson, Murjica
BN- JZimm, Medlen, A. Sanchez, Lincecum, Fujikawa, Stanton(DL)
Minors- Dahl, Arcia, Springer, Lindor

12 team H2H, keeper
C Avila, Mcann
1B Fielder
2B Utley
SS Andrus
3B Wright
OF Bautista, Harper, Jennings, Crawford
SP Shields, Wainy, Wilson, Anderson
RP Soriano, Mujica
Bench - Brown, , Gyorko, Granderson(DL), Revere, Marcum, Garza(DL), Greinke(DL)
Minors d'Arnaud, Myers, Walker

Ys we are giving up a better defender at the SS position, but come on here.. Reyes is a much better hitter, base runner, and a number 1 hitter to boot............

We are gaining a player who lead the NL in batting just 1 year ago. And to top it all off, we just got a number 1 and number 2 pitcher in this deal.. As of right now, we robbed the Marlins.. (the prospects we gave up will be good down the road)

This puts less pressure on Morrow and Romero.. This also gives Bautista and Encarcion someone on base to knock in when they are up, unlike last season..

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Angus is my best friend at dobberhockey..
Bruins believer since BIRTH..
Fav player: Cam Neely..

As optimistiic as I am about this situation who else is ready for mid-July when Johnson, Morrow and Reyes are all hurt, the team is at least 5 back in the division race and everyone is calling for AA's head?

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I'm also not a huge fan of Josh Johnson becoming a free agent after next season.. And his agent has already stated that his client would be a fool to accept a extension from the BlueJays next season..

I just hope he plays like a stud and gets us into the playoffs again..

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Zorro says "vote for Dobber"
Angus is my best friend at dobberhockey..
Bruins believer since BIRTH..
Fav player: Cam Neely..

Given team's propensity for overpaying for starters regardless of injury status/history I'm inclined to agree with Johnson's agent. Johnson could go down, miss the entire year and still get just about as much money in free agency as he could get from the Jays right now after the down year he had.

If Johnson goes on to have a great year then he's looking at a huge bump in value.

Personally, I hope he just stays healthy this year and can help the team play some meaningful game sin September. I'm not putting playoffs or bust expectations on this team. Too much can go wrong even when you have a ton of talent. As big as this trade is for the Jays their biggest move is yet to come. They still need to bring in a quality manager and establish some real leadership in the clubhouse.

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Hilarious video lol, for some reason has Kelly Johnson in it...but whatever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=w2T3uyvQcGM

'Alex Anthopoulos mode'