Offseason Roster Thread

[Laika]

APPROACH APPROACH APPROCH APPRACH APROACH APROH APRAC APPROACH APROACH APPRACH APPROH APPROA APROAC APROCH

 

... when kevin pillar gets one let me know. otherwise a new swing will mean diddly poo.

 

New mechanics helped Bautista's approach a lot. The things aren't entirely distinct. Mechanics can help a player's rhythm and timing, which can help him be ready to hit, see the ball better, recognize pitches, understand which areas he can and cannot attack, etc.

[HERPDERP]

DONALDSON HYPE

 

Josh Donaldson (@therealbor_20) • Instagram photo

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22K likes, 708 comments - therealbor_20 on February 8, 2016: "Mood right now! #goodnews".

[Abomination]

APPROACH APPROACH APPROCH APPRACH APROACH APROH APRAC APPROACH APROACH APPRACH APPROH APPROA APROAC APROCH

 

... when kevin pillar gets one let me know. otherwise a new swing will mean diddly poo.

 

You could argue his approach improved quite a lot in the second half last year. He may not have increased his walk rate, but he did significantly improve the K rate.

[Nafro]

Jays lock Donaldson up two years 29 million. Your going to have to find something else to bitch at the new FO about.

[crazy47larry]

New mechanics helped Bautista's approach a lot. The things aren't entirely distinct. Mechanics can help a player's rhythm and timing, which can help him be ready to hit, see the ball better, recognize pitches, understand which areas he can and cannot attack, etc.

 

Bautista's O-Swing% has been pretty stable since day 1 and close to his career average of 22.3%. It was actually lower before he joined the Jays (18%) but seeing the results we will all take a few more strikes. Main thing is it didn't change much at all a midst a large swing chance.

 

Kevin Pillars O-Swing% has been pretty stable since day 1 and close to his career average of 41.3%. That number is basically double Bautista's and Pillar's has never been under 40%. Pillar had the 29th lowest Z-Swing% and the 6th highest O-swing% among qualified batters. He might literally have the worst combination of swinging at bad pitches and taking good pitches in the league. Check the leader board for yourself: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=5&season=2015&month=0&season1=2015&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=4,a&page=1_30

 

As long as Pillar still likes swinging at certain pitches (i.e., junk pitches in the dirt) it wont matter what his swing looks like getting there. The end result will be the same. I hope I am wrong. I am hard on him cuz I love him. If he can learn to manage even the first pitch of an at bat better I would be really interested to see how he could react when he is ahead of the pitcher. I believe your batting eye never changes for the most part though.

[burlingtonbandit]

Bautista's O-Swing% has been pretty stable since day 1 and close to his career average of 22.3%. It was actually lower before he joined the Jays (18%) but seeing the results we will all take a few more strikes. Main thing is it didn't change much at all a midst a large swing chance.

 

Kevin Pillars O-Swing% has been pretty stable since day 1 and close to his career average of 41.3%. That number is basically double Bautista's and Pillar's has never been under 40%. Pillar had the 29th lowest Z-Swing% and the 6th highest O-swing% among qualified batters. He might literally have the worst combination of swinging at bad pitches and taking good pitches in the league. Check the leader board for yourself: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=5&season=2015&month=0&season1=2015&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=4,a&page=1_30

 

As long as Pillar still likes swinging at certain pitches (i.e., junk pitches in the dirt) it wont matter what his swing looks like getting there. The end result will be the same. I hope I am wrong. I am hard on him cuz I love him. If he can learn to manage even the first pitch of an at bat better I would be really interested to see how he could react when he is ahead of the pitcher. I believe your batting eye never changes for the most part though.

 

I don't think anyone is realistically expecting Pillar to turn into an elite power hitter with the new swing. Even if the walk and strikeout numbers don't change much, there is still lots of room to improve as a hitter. If he can manage to hit .150 ISO or higher with a lot fewer popups he's going to be a very very good player.

[Angrioter]

I don't think anyone is realistically expecting Pillar to turn into an elite power hitter with the new swing. Even if the walk and strikeout numbers don't change much, there is still lots of room to improve as a hitter. If he can manage to hit .150 ISO or higher with a lot fewer popups he's going to be a very very good player.

 

Aaron Hill type?

[burlingtonbandit]

Aaron Hill type?

 

I'd be pretty happy with that. If Pillar could hit like Hill's 2007 season the Blue Jays have a 5 Win player.

[G-Snarls]

According to Luis, he receives money when Cano is practicing with him. There is no specific amount each month, but told us that he receives between 12K to 17K for 1 or 2 months.

 

Edwin made a bet with him that if he hits over 30 HR in MLB Edwin would give him an SUV. Edwin breakout season that year lol

 

Enough money to live like a MF KING in the RD

 

Not in the USA

[crazy47larry]

I don't think anyone is realistically expecting Pillar to turn into an elite power hitter with the new swing. Even if the walk and strikeout numbers don't change much, there is still lots of room to improve as a hitter. If he can manage to hit .150 ISO or higher with a lot fewer popups he's going to be a very very good player.

 

it was more about continuing the Bautista comp and showing that Bautista still had a good eye even before he came to the Jays and transformed his swing. Pillar has a bad eye and I dont see that changing anytime soon, if at all. Prove me wrong Pillar!

[Brownie19]

Kevin Pillar showing off his new swing. Imagine how good Pillar would be if he could be an above average hitter.

 

Kevin Pillar (@kpillar11) • Instagram video

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8,424 likes, 278 comments - kpillar11 on February 8, 2016: "#process and #barrels @tewkshitting @adidasbaseball".

 

That is a sweet t-shirt....where do I get one of those?

[Angrioter]

Enough money to live like a MF KING in the RD

 

Not in the USA

 

Solid money for 2 months. 705K dominican pesos

[Ehjays]

That is a sweet t-shirt....where do I get one of those?

 

I was searching to see if I could find it and found this shirt.

 

Ordered it right away!!

 

SWEET

 

http://www.fansedge.com/Toronto_Blue_Jays_Merchandise/Toronto_Blue_Jays_Cream_Hardball_Tie-Dye_T-_Shirt

[BTS]

Shillpiro dropping truth bombs:

 

"Every team has a budget,” Shapiro began. “Every team has operating parameters. I don’t know why it’s not fashionable to just say the truth. David Price would’ve represented almost our entire offseason. It’s that simple, Jim. Almost no one would make that decision. … To me, it comes down to we had a very, very, very challenging pitching dilemma here in that we lost him, we lost [Marco] Estrada. We had zero Triple-A pitchers — not one, not a name to fill our rotation in Triple-A. We had to take the money, which was ample, and figure out how to both solve the Major League rotation, which was two spots in the rotation, along with solving a depth challenge. … Regardless of how great one pitcher is, you need to build a team around the guy, too.”

[P2F]

Loving his candor.

[Chappy]

Smart man.

[Angrioter]

Smart man.

 

He told about RP added to see Sanchez starting games. Bad news?

[G-Snarls]

NJH linked it in the Bautista thread, butI thought I'd put it here too. There's lots more he discussed for those who didn't hear it yet:

 

[KingKat]

NJH linked it in the Bautista thread, butI thought I'd put it here too. There's lots more he discussed for those who didn't hear it yet:

 

 

"... getting Storen allowing us to the flexibility to, you know, consider Sanchez and others in the rotation"

[RealAccountant]

Sanchez added 25 lb of muscles

 

Don't be surprised if he comes in throwing 101

[G-Snarls]

Sanchez added 25 lb of muscles

 

Don't be surprised if he comes in throwing 101

 

As a 1 inning reliever maybe, not as a starter

[Angrioter]

"... getting Storen allowing us to the flexibility to, you know, consider Sanchez and others in the rotation"

 

...maybe Shapiro will try to convert my Mexican Matata in the next Carlos Carrasco

[Angrioter]

Sanchez added 25 lb of muscles

 

Don't be surprised if he comes in throwing 101

 

http://s.quickmeme.com/img/cc/cc95db9273bc7b2b28d3d51397a28eaf9e186936194113395d86da9ba0445331.jpg

[KingKat]

As a 1 inning reliever maybe, not as a starter

 

Was probably sarcastic anyways. He added 25 lbs not 25 lbs of muscle.

[glory]

It would be wise to use both Sanchez and Osuna as SP's but that doesn't appear to be the case with Osuna (at least not in 2016), so Sanchez will have to be the one stretched out. I don't like him as a starter, at least with his current skill set, but the Jays desperately need to develop their own SP's. Work on his repertoire in the spring and see if something can be added/tweaked. We already have an idea that he can be Brad Ziegler part 2, so worst case just flip him back to relief afterwards.

[Angrioter]

It would be wise to use both Sanchez and Osuna as SP's but that doesn't appear to be the case with Osuna (at least not in 2016), so Sanchez will have to be the one stretched out. I don't like him as a starter, at least with his current skill set, but the Jays desperately need to develop their own SP's. Work on his repertoire in the spring and see if something can be added/tweaked. We already have an idea that he can be Brad Ziegler part 2, so worst case just flip him back to relief afterwards.

"We had zero Triple-A pitchers — not one, not a name to fill our rotation in Triple-A."

[Governator]

At this point I'm certain Atkins just does Starbucks runs for Shapiro. I mean this type of interview is clearly meant for a GM not a President.

[Brownie19]

At this point I'm certain Atkins just does Starbucks runs for Shapiro. I mean this type of interview is clearly meant for a GM not a President.

 

Have you ever ordered coffee from Starbucks? That's a challenging job.

 

Atkins to the server - "I'll have a Triple, Venti, Half Sweet, Non-Fat, Caramel Macchiato, one Grande, Quad, Nonfat, One-Pump, No-Whip, Mocha and one Venti Iced Skinny Hazelnut Macchiato, Sugar-Free Syrup, Extra Shot, Light Ice, No Whip.....all to go - and make it snappy, Shap's on a heater here....we need to build a rotation in AAA!!!

[jays_fever]

Have you ever ordered coffee from Starbucks? That's a challenging job.

 

Atkins to the server - "I'll have a Triple, Venti, Half Sweet, Non-Fat, Caramel Macchiato, one Grande, Quad, Nonfat, One-Pump, No-Whip, Mocha and one Venti Iced Skinny Hazelnut Macchiato, Sugar-Free Syrup, Extra Shot, Light Ice, No Whip.....all to go - and make it snappy, Shap's on a heater here....we need to build a rotation in AAA!!!

 

I am always curious if the staff even catch half of what these people want. Their plain coffee though is just 50 cents more than Timmy's and well worth it just so you dont actually have to step into a tim hortons.

[KingKat]

Just imagine what kind of runs AA had to do for the Beest.

 

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