Jays trade for Esmil Rogers from the Indians

The Jays traded Yan Gomez, first Brazilian major league baseball player, and what seems like another guy that wants nothing to do with this city in Mike Aviles for what is a 27 year-old relief pitcher or maybe a starter from the Cleveland Indians named Esmil Rogers. So to start having a player like Mike Aviles who could of been the everyday second baseman decide that after leaving the mess in Boston that he does not want to be an everyday player in Toronto which a little messy at the end of the 2012 season and could of been a veteran voice in the clubhouse with all the youngsters in the Jays clubhouse. Instead he ends up going to join the Cleveland Indians and his former manger Terry Francona in Boston now in Cleveland and will now be the starting second baseman for the Indians, who not won the World Series since 1948. So it is sad to see Aviles want out of town before he really ever had seen it and goes on the list with the likes of Mike Napoli, John Farrell, and Zack Greinke which have all happened under two plus seasons with AA in charge. Yan Gomez was on a yo-yo between Toronto and Las Vegas (triple A) last season played 43 games with the Jays last season and had 98 plate appearances and after a while it looked like the league had figured him out as he got k'd 32 of 98 at bats which is almost 1 out of every 3 times he had a recorded at bat. He diffidently got lost in the mix and became the first roster player from the Jays from last season that was shipped out and he will not be the last as AA is not done yet and will be looking to make a huge splash in the trade market as free agency is weak again this off-season. Jays receive in return Esmil Rogers who started as starter in 2010 and was a starter for 2011 as well and he went 8 and 9 with the Rockies and in 155 innings he gave up 204 hits in 180 innings over two and a half seasons and had an era over 6. Last season he split it between Colorado and Cleveland and was a reliever and had one of those power arms AA likes as he k'd 83 batters in 78.3 innings after having 129 as a starter in 155 innings pitched. He did do way better when he left Coolers field in Colorado as he did not give up more hits (47) than innings pitched (53) and did have an era of only 3.06 and his walks went down from 18 with the Rockies to 12 with the Indians in double the innings pitched. So it looks like he will be another power reliever and Darren Oliver maybe on his way to retirement and it is a minor trade but AA is not done yet Tom Mehegan