The Indians and Phillies eat half of the proposed new Jays' Salaries - By Moses

Jays' Trades - by Moses - Saturday June 2nd - Tuesday June 5, 2012

    
 1.  From the Toronto Blue Jays;  (RF/3B) Jose Bautista - Bats Right
                                             (RHP) Francisco Cordero
                                             (LHP) Matt Wright

     to the Cincinnati Reds for;     (LHP) Aroldis Chapman



2.  From the Toronto Blue Jays;   (RHP) Danny Farquhar
                                             (1B) David Cooper - Bats Left

     to the Cleveland Indians for;  (1B/DH) Travis Hafner - Bats Left



3.  From the Toronto Blue Jays;   (RHP) Carlos Villanueva
                                             (RHP) Kyle Drabek
                                             (C/1B) Travis D'Arnaud - Bats Right

     to the Philadelphia Phillies for; (LHP) Cliff Lee




  As a result of the proposed changes the 2012 Toronto Blue Jays 40-Man Roster would look as follows;

Batting Lineup;

1.  (LF) - Bats Left              Anthony Gose
2.  (SS) - Bats Right            Yunel Escobar
3.  (RF) - Bats Right            Vladimir Guerrero
4.  (CF) - Bats Left             Colby Rasmus
5.  (DH/1B) - Bats Right       Eddie Encarnacion
6.  (1B/DH) - Bats Left        Travis Hafner
7.  (3B) - Bats Right            Brett Lawrie
8.  (C) - Bats Right              J.P Arencibia
9.  (2B) - Bats Left              Kelly Johnson

Bench;

1.  (OF/1B) - Bats Left         Eric Thames
2.  (C) - Bats Right              A.J Jimenez
3.  (Inf) - Switch-Hitter        Omar Vizquel
4.  (OF) - Bats Right            Rajai Davis      
5.  (1B) - Switch-Hitter        Michael McDade
6.  (OF) - Bats Right            Moises Sierra
 
Pitching Staff

1.   (LHP) Ricky Romero
2.   (RHP) Brandon Morrow
3.   (LHP) Cliff Lee
4.   (RHP) Henderson Alvarez
5.   (RHP) Drew Hutchison
5.   (LHP) David Rollins
5.   (RHP) Aaron Sanchez
5.   (RHP) Noah Syndergaard
6.   (RHP) Jesse Chavez
6.   (RHP) Joel Carreno
7.   (LHP) Luis Perez
7.   (LHP) Justin Nicolino
7.   (LHP) Sean Nolin
8.   (RHP) Jason Frasor
8.   (RHP) Chad Beck
9.   (LHP) Darren Oliver
9.   (LHP) Danny Herrera
10. (RHP) Casey Janssen
10. (RHP) Danny Barnes
11. (LHP) Aroldis Chapman

5-Man Roster to Make the 40 Man-Roster;

1.   (C/1B/3B) Bats Right      - Sean Ochinko
2.   (SS)        Bats Right       - Adeiny Hechavarria
3.   (2B/SS)   Switch-Hitter   - Cesar Hernandez.
4.   (SS/2B)    Bats Right      - Joaquin Arias   
5.   (C/1B/3B) Bats Right      - Yan Gomes                   

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2012 Cleveland Indians

Batting Lineup

1.   (2B) - Bats Left          Jason Kipnis
2.   (RF) - Bats Left          Shi Soo Choo
3.   (SS) - Switch Hitter    Asdrubal Cabrera
4.   (CF) - Bats Left          Michael Brantley
5.   (C)   - Bats Left         Carlos Santana
6.   (3B)  - Bats Right       Jose Lopez
7.   (1B)  - Bats Left        David Cooper
8.   (LF)  - Bats Right       Shelley Duncan
9.   (DH)  - Bats Left         Johnny Damon

Pitching Staff

1.   (RHP) Jeanmar Gomez
2.   (RHP) Derek Lowe
3.   (LHP) Scott Barnes
4.   (RHP) Zack McAllister
5.   (LHP) Tony Sipp
6.   (LHP) Rafael Perez
7.   (RHP) Joe Smith
8.   (LHP) Nick Hagadone
9.   (RHP) Jeremy Accardo
10. (RHP) Vinnie Pastano
11. (RHP) Chris Perez




2012 Cincinnati Reds

Batting Lineup

1.   (CF) - Bats Right     Drew Stubbs
2.   (2B) - Bats Right     Brandon Phillips
3.   (1B) - Bats Left       Joey Votto
4.   (RF) - Bats Right     Jose Bautista
5.   (LF) - Bats Left       Jay Bruce
6.   (3B) - Bats Right     Scott Rolen
7.   (C)   - Bats Right     Ryan Hanigan
8.   (SS) - Bats Right     Zach Cozart

Pitching Staff

1.   (RHP) Johnny Cueto
2.   (RHP) Homer Bailey
3.   (LHP) Sean Marshall
4.   (RHP) Bronson Arroyo
5.   (RHP) Mat Latos
6.   (RHP) Jose Arrondonda 
7.   (LHP) Matt Wright
8.   (RHP) Logan Ondrusek
9.   (RHP) J.J Hoover
10. (RHP) Alfredo Simon
11. (RHP) Francisco Cordero




2012 Philadelphia Phillies

Batting Lineup

1.   (SS) - Switch Hitter   Jimmy Rollins
2.   (CF) - Switch Hitter   Shane Victorino 
3.   (RF) - Bats Right       Hunter Pence
4.   (1B) - Bats Left         Ryan Howard
5.   (C)   - Bats Right      Travis D'Arnaud
6.   (2B) - Bats Left        Chase Utley
7.   (LF) - Bats Left         Juan Pierre
8.   (3B) - Bats Right       Placido Polanco

Pitching Staff

1.   (RHP) Roy Halladay
2.   (LHP) Cole Hammels
3.   (RHP) Vance Worley
4.   (LHP) Lance Diekman
5.   (RHP) Kyle Drabek
6.   (RHP) Joe Blanton
6.   (RHP) Carlos Villanueva
7.   (LHP) Raul Valdes
8.   (RHP) Chad Qualls
9.   (LHP) Joe Savery
10. (LHP) Antonio Bastardo
11. (RHP) Jonathon Papelbon

2012 Toronto Blue Jays Trade Forecast by Moses on Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

1.  From the Toronto Blue Jays   - (RF/3B) Jose Bautista - Bats Right
                                              (RHP) Francisco Cordero,
                                              (LHP) Matt Wright
 
     to the Cincinnati Reds for     - (LHP) Aroldis Chapman


2.  From the Toronto Blue Jays   - (RHP) Danny Farquhar
                                              (1B) David Cooper - Bats Left

     to the Cleveland Indians for  - (1B/DH) Travis Hafner - Bats Left


3.  From the Toronto Blue Jays   - (RHP) Carlos Villanueva
                                              (RHP) Kyle Drabek
                                              (C/1B) Travis D'Arnaud - Bats Right

     to the Philadelphia Phillies for -(LHP) Cliff Lee




  As a result of the proposed changes the 2012 Toronto Blue Jays would look as follows;

Batting Lineup;

1.  (LF) - Bats Left               Anthony Gose
2.  (SS) - Bats Right             Yunel Escobar
3.  (RF) - Bats Right             Vladimir Guerrero
4.  (CF) - Bats Left              Colby Rasmus
5.  (DH/1B) - Bats Right        Eddie Encarnacion
6.  (1B/DH) - Bats Left         Travis Hafner
7.  (3B) - Bats Right             Brett Lawrie  
8.  (C) - Bats Right              J.P Arencibia
9.  (2B) - Bats Left              Kelly Johnson

Bench;

1.  (OF/1B) - Bats Left         Eric Thames
2.  (C) - Bats Right              A.J Jimenez
3.  (Inf) - Switch-Hitter        Omar Vizquel 
4.  (OF) - Bats Right            Rajai Davis        
5.  (1B) - Switch-Hitter        Michael McDade
6.  (OF) - Bats Right            Moises Sierra
   

Pitching Staff

1.   (LHP) Ricky Romero
2.   (RHP) Brandon Morrow
3.   (LHP) Cliff Lee 
4.   (RHP) Henderson Alvarez
5.   (LHP) Brett Cecil
6.   (RHP) Joel Carreno
7.   (LHP) Luis Perez
8.   (RHP) Jason Frasor
9.   (LHP) Darren Oliver
10. (RHP) Casey Janssen
11. (LHP) Aroldis Chapman
                       
Special regards to my Dad who turns 69 today...

The OPEC Controversary - by Moses

It is Tuesday, May 22, 2012 and Canadians are paying roughly $1.30/Litre for gasoline. In the U.S gasoline prices have more than tripled since 2003. As recent as 1988, Canadians paid 45 Cents/Litre. OPEC, essentially the same in dynamics as the Colombian Drug Cartel, has created a dichotomy of warfare. At this point in time it is probably advantageous to distance ourselves from OPEC Nations in trade. It is known that both Europe and the America's (North, Central, and South America) could self sustain in Oil and Gas, in excess of 10 years currently. This would create an influx of economies within the four aforementioned Continents. With a ten year leeway we could see a huge breakthrough with respect to Electric and Hydrogen fueled vehicles. By the way, oil and gas powered vehicles 10 years from now with this mandate would result in much lower gas prices, as demand for gas would be much lower, even if only 25% of the vehicles on the road in ten years were electric or hydrogen fueled. In terms of warfare, what are North Americans buying into; an idea that Trillions of U.S Dollars have to be traded to OPEC Nations yearly to support their' economies. This is fallacy of the highest order. Sultans, Sheiks, and Kings, pocket roughly 90% of the revenue generated by crude oil sales, and have their populations living below poverty lines incomprehensible to North American standards. By the way, has anyone noticed that the Nations that make up the Oil Producing Economic Countries' collective populations are roughly 98% Muslim in their faith?