Anyone who was afraid that the Blue Jays might trade Josh Towers for a bag of doughnuts can relax. Because Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi has gone on the record as saying that he won't do such a thing.
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"I'm not going to trade Josh Towers for a bag of doughnuts, I've got to get something back that is a very good player for us to say, 'Hey, we can hang our hat on this guy.'"They also won't be trading him to Pittsburgh for shortstop Jack Wilson, or so Ricciardi says, shooting down a popular rumor.
"We have absolutely no interest in Jack Wilson," said Ricciardi. "None."These and other recent comments by Ricciardi indicate he'd prefer to see how the Jays' lineup plays when no one is injured before making any changes. That means he may well stand pat at the trade deadline and see what a healthy team can accomplish in 2008.
"We want to finish as best we can, we're under 10 in the wild card, it's not insurmountable. Obviously you've got teams in front of you but maybe we can cut that down. But more importantly we want to see what our team looks like when it is together."
