The rest of the week should be relatively interesting as the General Manager meetings start today in Florida. There will be lots of wild speculation and probably a couple of deals. I think we could see the Jays involved in some minor trades as JP seems to like to strike early. We WON'T be signing anyone until after the December 7th deadline to offer players arbitration though. There is no chance Ricciardi will want to give up any picks.

Latest news I've been able to gather is the Jays are still being linked with Barry Zito or Mark Mulder. I haven’t see anything that makes sense so I'm disregarding this for now. And Baltimore seems to be the favorite to get Carlos Delgado. Though, why they would be spending a bunch of money on another hitter is beyond me. In my mind, there is just no chance Delgado is going to re-sign with the Jays. What will be interesting is if the Jays offer Delgado salary arbitration. If they don't, they will not get draft picks in return from the team who signs him. If they do, there is the danger Delgado will accept it and return next year at a price the Blue Jays can't afford. I think they will offer it to him but not until the very last minute. It would be nice if someone jumped in there and signed him before the December 7th deadline making the decision easy.

Finally, another article on the Jays potentially having interest in Corey Koskie. A couple of additional thoughts on Koskie. I think a lot of the speculation can be attributed to the fact that Koskie is Canadian and the press likes to jump on these things. I don't think he's any more likely to sign with Toronto but because he's Canadian, he gets his name in the paper. Also, I wonder if Ricciardi has Bill Mueller on his mind when he's looking at Koskie? When Mueller signed with Boston he was a little known player who had a history of injury problems. All he did for Boston was win the batting title his first year. Koskie, is another guy not many people know about, has injury problems but is two years younger than Mueller. We know he can hit but he just can't stay healthy. If the Jays could get 140 games out of him, he would be pretty valuable. But, his injured past does not play into the cost certainty the Jays usually keep in mind when they spend their money. Koskie's 25 HR's in only 118 games is pretty good. That is a lot better than the 15 Hinske hit in 155 games. A two year deal with a team option for a third is a possibility. We'll see.