SS getting 10.8 over 3 years from the Mets?  Wow.  His highest pay ever on a per year average (hasn't made over 3 mil yet in one season).  He gets this at age 33/34/35 and has had only 2 seasons with an ERA+ above average.  4.33 is the lowest his ERA has ever been for a season.  14 1/3 innings where he got amazingly lucky (8 walks 11 K's and an ERA of 0.63) and the Mets go nuts.

Weird days indeed.  No wonder JP couldn't trade for pitching.  Makes the Thomson signing all the more amazing.

If SS is worth that much, there must be a trade market for Brian Tallet.  I'd be comfortable with three lefties in the pen (Ryan, Downs and Romero).  I mean, the only person who had a more stunned look on his face than me whenever Brian Tallet threw a strike was Brian Tallet.

I'd trade him for a developing minor league bat.  I like'd what I saw from Davis Romero last year, but don't care for four lefties in the pen.

I heard somewhere that Ricciardi has had 14 top 100 selections in his tenure as GM.  Next year alone he has another seven.

The link to the list is here

That's not a bad job of drafting.  For a couple on that list, this is going to be a huge year.  In particular, for Purcey, Adams and Romero.

Purcey will probably have to play his way back to AAA by July as a starter, or get moved to the pen.  I think he should be able to make it as a reliever though.  There may be a lot of prospect starting pitchers pining for a role in New Hampshire.

It is obvious that this is a big year for Adams.  If he can settle as 2B in Syracuse this year and put up AAAA numbers again, he should have a future in MLB with someone, if not the Jays.

Romero was our #6 overall pick.  It is crucial that he continues to develop - perhaps reaching AAA in August - to solidify his standing as a top prospect.

Congratulations to Robbie Alomar who will be inducted into the Blue Jays Level of Excellence in the upcoming 2007 season! (According to Bastian's blog).