WOW BlueJays not playing sign Melky Cabrera

[Greg]

Dan Plesac ‏@Plesac19

Reports have the "Melk Man" Melky Cabrera signing 2 yr $16M deal with #Bluejays . Melk man delivering north of the border now.

[ChaosLex]

A lotta speed in the Blue Jays lineup. Yikes!

[Frobby]

It will be interesting to see how he plays, assuming he's off the juice.

[TradeAngelos]

They will be over $120 million payroll for the next few years.

$105.8 million for 2013 right now. Similar for 2014.

Do they own a RSN that I am not aware of?

Fantastic. The Jays are just sliding right into the Red Sox place in the AL East, and in 2014 we will have them back in the mix to compete with as well.

[ChaosLex]

Not gonna happen, but man, I'd laugh my ass off if MLB voided the MIA-TOR trade. Of course, the Jays would probably sign Greinke and Hamilton out of spite then.

[Brendan25]

Actually not a bad deal for Melky. I have no idea what kidn of player they are getting though.

[sangar]

Maybe the Jays see him as a viable candidate for the "Bautista School of Home Run Hitting" strengthening program?

[Frobby]

They will be over $120 million payroll for the next few years.

$105.8 million for 2013 right now. Similar for 2014.

Do they own a RSN that I am not aware of?

Fantastic. The Jays are just sliding right into the Red Sox place in the AL East, and in 2014 we will have them back in the mix to compete with as well.

They are owned by their RSN, Rogers Communications, which broadcasts the Blue Jays all over Canada. Rogers had $12.4 billion in revenue and $4.7 bb in profits last year.

[ChaosLex]

Actually not a bad deal for Melky. I have no idea what kidn of player they are getting though.

Agreed. I'm shocked he got a 2-year deal. I was interested in Melky, but I wouldn't have matched what the Blue Jays offered, if only because of the suspension.

[Hank Scorpio]

That's a perfect combination... you can get some fancy ass performance enhancers up there in pharmaceutical heaven.

[TradeAngelos]

That's a perfect combination... you can get some fancy ass performance enhancers up there in pharmaceutical heaven.

They have new synthetic testosterones that are appearing on the market that can't be detected unless you get tested within 24-48 hours of taking it. It is gone a day or two later, extremely fast acting and almost impossible to get caught unless you get reaallly unlucky and/or you are stupid.

[waroriole]

It will be interesting to see how he plays, assuming he's off the juice.

Big assumption considering he's headed to TOR.

[weams]

He will do well there. He will have no trouble getting fast acting synthetic testosterone trans dermal at the beginning of each home stand.

[notyourbuddy]

Ha Melky. Guy is a fraud and I think his diminished performance over the next two years will confirm that. Signing doesn't scare me one bit... in fact I think when all is said and done it will hurt the Jays more than it helps.

[Mr Snuffleupagus]

He will do well there. He will have no trouble getting fast acting synthetic testosterone trans dermal at the beginning of each home stand.

Yeah, I don't like to be accusatory, but something has to be going on their right? Seriously, you don't just hit on two guys like Bautista and Encarnacion without something fishy going on. Do you?