The Dead-Weight Remains

Well he couldn't do it.

The core and secondary core remains in tact as the Toronto Blue Jays made no moves on the deadline. It seems that for the rest of the season Matt Stairs will continue to get to many at-bats, David Eckstein will continue to sit on the bench, Jonny Mac will continue to post a .200 batting average, Gregg Zaun and Rod Barajas will continue the battle to prove who is worse, and Marco Scutaro will continue to hit second in the lineup.

The funny thing about this deadline is that it seemed that the Jays (we don't actually know who is calling the shots right now - could be Ricciardi, or it could be Cito) were actually in buying mode, instead of going in the right direction, selling the dead-weight. There were rumours that the Jays were after Jason Bay, and Raul Ibanez. Ok, I understand that Bay could have possibly been a long term solution, but Raul friggen Ibanez???? That acquisition would have made no sense at all. Ibanez would have been a shot-term "fix", which would have probably meant less playing time for Adam Lind, who is really the only guy hitting consitantly for this team.

All in all - It was a very bizarre trade deadline day for the Toronto Blue Jays.