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lmao, he should join our health & fitness thread for some cardio tips.

 

Even with the health issues, I prefer him to Jay Bruce but this kind of thing is a gentle reminder of why that trade was contemplated. It's not a about who's better on a per game basis. It's about total value. Now that we've seen how good Saunders looks this yeat, I'd prefer to put my money on him but there's a lot of season left. It's not a sure thing even now. Still a lot of questions left to answer.

 

How much will Saunders play?

How effectively will existing options like 'Zeke and Pompey fill any gaps left by Saunders?

How much will Bruce bounce back offensively?

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Scott MacArthur ‏

Gibbons: Michael Saunders has tightness in his hamstring. Day off today + tomorrow = Should be fine. #BlueJays #MLB #Rays

 

God, there goes Gibby's back up lead off hitter plan lol. Guy has never really been able to stay on the field consistently. Lets hope its nothing serious. He has been fun to watch.

 

no Zeke. Italian or Pompey please

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burlingtonbandit

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Kind of a random ? but I figured this was the thread for it.

 

Is Smoak actually any better than Colabello at defense? According to the metrics he is but according to my lying eyes it seems like Colabello has decent range. Made a diving stop this season and in the playoffs he did pretty well. Is Cola really THAT bad at defense and is Smoak really any good at all?

 

I think Cola was pretty bad last year but it looks like he has improved defensively. How much? Who knows but the more the season goes on we will find out.

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Captain Adama

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lmao, he should join our health & fitness thread for some cardio tips.

 

Remember to pick up two schooners at once to get the maximum calorie burning effect when drinking beer.

Laika Cooperstown

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OK that's not bad at all. Phew.

 

A strain is a tear. His body is breaking down from a combination of PEDs and an extremely violent swing.

 

o/u 80.5 games this year probably

Brownie19 New Hampshire Fisher Cats

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A strain is a tear. His body is breaking down from a combination of PEDs and an extremely violent swing.

 

o/u 80.5 games this year probably

 

Awesome

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Boxcar

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A strain is a tear. His body is breaking down from a combination of PEDs and an extremely violent swing.

 

o/u 80.5 games this year probably

 

Have you noticed an isometric K in his batting stance or is that just me?

Laika Cooperstown

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Have you noticed an isometric K in his batting stance or is that just me?

 

I took some grainy stills out of the 30 fps video that I took of my tube TV and yeah, there is definitely an iK. Really unfortunate. Good kid. Playing with fire.

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Have you read your guy's review of Passan's book? He's been heavy on Twitter about it too.

 

http://clients.chrisoleary.com/Pitching/New-Updated/Comments-on-Jeff-Passans-The-Arm

 

I hang on every word that O'Leary tweets. I love his content. The combination of pervasive, arrogant pseudoscience and baseball twitter is just enthralling.

 

This offseason was particularly entertaining because numerous MLB stars publicly trashed him or otherwise embarrassed him on twitter. McCarthy and Donaldson chiefly. Every week he seems to have a funny run in with someone like Eno Sarris.

 

I can't wait to read The Arm.

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Apparently the Reds were picking up $8mil of Bruce's contract, so the Jays would have been on the hook for like $1.5mil if that trade went through counting losing Saunders' $3mil. Depending on who the prospect was, that might have been a decent flip just for health reasons. Saunders is probably the better player, but factoring his health and the fact that Carrera looks to be his main back-up, I'd rather have taken a cheap gamble on Bruce. At least he might have actually stayed on the field.
Laika Cooperstown

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Have you read your guy's review of Passan's book? He's been heavy on Twitter about it too.

 

http://clients.chrisoleary.com/Pitching/New-Updated/Comments-on-Jeff-Passans-The-Arm

 

I love the keywords in his bullet points...

 

- Keeping up on the science.

- Analyzing the mechanics.

- Refining Algorithms.

- Staying in touch with researchers.

- Building a library.

- Keeping people informed.

 

Prestige Worldwide

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Apparently the Reds were picking up $8mil of Bruce's contract, so the Jays would have been on the hook for like $1.5mil if that trade went through counting losing Saunders' $3mil. Depending on who the prospect was, that might have been a decent flip just for health reasons. Saunders is probably the better player, but factoring his health and the fact that Carrera looks to be his main back-up, I'd rather have taken a cheap gamble on Bruce. At least he might have actually stayed on the field.

 

I'd still take Saunders. Its not like if Saunders goes on the DL Carrera becomes the everyday LF. Ceciliani or Pompey would be called up to fill that role.

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I'd still take Saunders. Its not like if Saunders goes on the DL Carrera becomes the everyday LF. Ceciliani or Pompey would be called up to fill that role.

 

Yeah I understand the logic of the trade but I'm happy it didn't work out. I'm excited to see what Saunders can do. Rooting for him is fun and Pompey is a good caddy. Bruce would be kind of a drag to watch even if he is more reliable.

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I'd still take Saunders. Its not like if Saunders goes on the DL Carrera becomes the everyday LF. Ceciliani or Pompey would be called up to fill that role.

 

I have a feeling we're going to be seeing Ceciliani real soon.

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Yeah I understand the logic of the trade but I'm happy it didn't work out. I'm excited to see what Saunders can do. Rooting for him is fun and Pompey is a good caddy. Bruce would be kind of a drag to watch even if he is more reliable.

 

Jay Bruce going forward is probably a Justin Smoak clone the plays OF. Which isn't terrible, but i'd rather have a healthy Saunders I think. Hopefully Saunders is alright

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It's kind of interesting to use the Custom Rights calculator on the site. The price depends on things like the number of social media platforms it will be used on and size of the image on the cover. The publisher paid $4k+ by the looks of it.

 

Edit: Delabar's butt is on the back cover apparently. So I guess that makes the image use "larger than 1 full page" and the cost goes over $5k. Neat.

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A strain is a tear. His body is breaking down from a combination of PEDs and an extremely violent swing.

 

o/u 80.5 games this year probably

 

lol... f*** You!!

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Spanky__99

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I hang on every word that O'Leary tweets. I love his content. The combination of pervasive, arrogant pseudoscience and baseball twitter is just enthralling.

 

This offseason was particularly entertaining because numerous MLB stars publicly trashed him or otherwise embarrassed him on twitter. McCarthy and Donaldson chiefly. Every week he seems to have a funny run in with someone like Eno Sarris.

 

I can't wait to read The Arm.

 

Thanks, appreciated.

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KingKat

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Jay Bruce going forward is probably a Justin Smoak clone the plays OF.

 

Interesting comparison. Smoak is definitely a guy who is no fun to watch. You know that he has raw power and that he'll tear into one every now and them but in between you see a lot of terrible looking PAs.

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