General 2017 Blue Jays Discussion Thread

[Bobthe4th]

Now is an awesome time that you can sign guys for a reasonable contract.

Fits for us on a minor league deal may be Ryan Howard, Mourneau or Adam Lind. I still think any of these guys in the Blue Jay lineup can contribute.

We were apparently interested in Yusmeiro Petit last off season. Petit, Latos, Tom Wilhelmsen, Alfredo Simon, Kevin Jepson all intriguing arms. Lets go bargain shopping!

 

You have a good overall point, but Ryan Howard has been a very bad baseball player for years now.

[TwistedLogic]

Ryan Howard had 19.0 career WAR in 2009 at the age of 29. He's played in all 7 Major League Baseball seasons since then (840 games), and his total career WAR now is 19.4.

[THANOS]

Ryan Howard had 19.0 career WAR in 2009 at the age of 29. He's played in all 7 Major League Baseball seasons since then (840 games), and his total career WAR now is 19.4.

 

That's f***ing scary lol..

[GD]

Shameless self promotion but also maybe interesting: I did win expectancies all the way down to pitch level (link)

[Terminator]

Ryan Howard had 19.0 career WAR in 2009 at the age of 29. He's played in all 7 Major League Baseball seasons since then (840 games), and his total career WAR now is 19.4.

 

Lol nice signature.

[TheHurl]

Missed it but supposedly Pete Walker talked about Biagini stretched out during Spring and will pitch out of the pen. But might be the first they go to in case of injury.

[Spanky99]

Missed it but supposedly Pete Walker talked about Biagini stretched out during Spring and will pitch out of the pen. But might be the first they go to in case of injury.

 

I was just going to post this... he talks about the staff/pen/Biagini/strikezone change/WBC/ etc... not a bad listen...

 

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-joe-biagini-potentially-find-spot-starting-rotation/

[Brownie19]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/austin-hedges-learned-how-to-hit/

 

Someone teach Reese to leg kick please.

[HERPDERP]

Missed it but supposedly Pete Walker talked about Biagini stretched out during Spring and will pitch out of the pen. But might be the first they go to in case of injury.

 

it will be interesting, could be another "Sanchez should start or relieve" situation again

[TwistedLogic]

Lol nice signature.

 

Post of the year candidate.

[Jimcanuck]

it will be interesting, could be another "Sanchez should start or relieve" situation again

 

Nah, not even close. Biagini ceiling has never been close to Sanchize

[Jonzo]

Not that there was much doubt....But...

 

[Brownie19]

Not that there was much doubt....But...

 

 

I'd put a muzzle on that bumbling idiot too.

[GodDonaldson]

Ticket presale for the Inside Pitch subscribers started today.. Was able to grab pair of tickets for the home Opener (516 row 10)

PS: It said you can only buy maximum of two tickets for the home opener and Canada Day.

 

However, I'm probably gonna try to grab three more next Thursday.. To bring at least one more friends to the game..

Depending on who am I going with, I'm probably gonna sell tix to Stubhub.

[ChrisS]

Ticket presale for the Inside Pitch subscribers started today.. Was able to grab pair of tickets for the home Opener (516 row 10)

PS: It said you can only buy maximum of two tickets for the home opener and Canada Day.

 

However, I'm probably gonna try to grab three more next Thursday.. To bring at least one more friends to the game..

Depending on who am I going with, I'm probably gonna sell tix to Stubhub.

If you use the same credit card you run the risk of losing all the tickets.

[Brownie19]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/josh-donaldsons-last-four-seasons-in-context/

 

Cool article on how BOSS JD is (not that many of us needed a reminder).

[BlueJayWay]

[rydermike]

Arbitrators see stromans hair, immediately award decision in favour of jays.

[KingKat]

Stroman strikes me as exactly the kind of player who would get upset over an arbitration hearing.

[Jonzo]

Stroman strikes me as exactly the kind of player who would get upset over an arbitration hearing.

 

What exactly are you basing that on

[King]

What exactly are you basing that on

Same thing he based his Conner Greene hate on.

[guylaroche5]

Stroman strikes me as exactly the kind of player who would get upset over an arbitration hearing.

 

He probably would but I just can't see a guy with his kind of work ethic half assing it when the season actually starts. He respects his teammates way too much to not give it his all, he ain't Vince Carter.

[Maahfaace]

What exactly are you basing that on

 

He seemed pretty upset after a lot of peops bashed his new hair, I could see the arb process getting to him as well.

[Grant77]

What exactly are you basing that on

 

He's extremely conceited and defensive. It's a fair assumption.

[george09]

Found this thread on the bluejays subreddit that had linked a thread from the subreddit "photoshopbattles" where they photoshopped Tulo's funny facial expression when he took that deep breath in the batters box. Some of them are pretty funny

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/gDcgHz7.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/wCptSmZ.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/sMcEzmO.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Animated gif they made lol

http://loopnroll.com/p/LOmnW

[Jonn]

Stroman strikes me as exactly the kind of player who would get upset over an arbitration hearing.

 

Like that dude needs a bigger chip on his shoulder.

[Sammy225]

Stroman strikes me as exactly the kind of player who would get upset over an arbitration hearing.

 

I can see this too but part of me also says how much of this is him and how much is his agent?

[Sorrow]

Rosenthal and someone else who I can't recall think Toronto is looking for another 1B, mentioning Pedro Alvarez as an option.

[z3r0s]

he actually had a decent year with the stick. I think I'd rather go with another OF and stick Pearce there tho.

[Brownie19]

Rosenthal and someone else who I can't recall think Toronto is looking for another 1B, mentioning Pedro Alvarez as an option.

 

but Pedro Alvarez isn't a first baseman...