General 2017 Blue Jays Discussion Thread

[Ehjays]

OK ...help me out here, Every year I always play MLB Fantasy baseball...its free to join ....I cant find it anywhere....have they scrapped it??

[Spanky99]

OK ...help me out here, Every year I always play MLB Fantasy baseball...its free to join ....I cant find it anywhere....have they scrapped it??

 

Looks like it.

[Terminator]

he looks like a post-op tranny

 

I laughed. Kinda true.

[Pendleton]

How the f*** do you know they're talking if you're not listening Stro?

[Ehjays]

That's sucks....

[Muck Bartinez]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/look-here-for-your-justin-smoak-optimism/

 

Basically a quick look at Smoak's exit velocity, launch angle, and contact rate to find similar players. Most similar players had decent success, while he most certainly did not. Perhaps some reason for hope?

 

Probably not...

[george09]

So if Smoak and Upton continue to play like crap the rest of ST who's taking over in LF and 1B? I assume Pearce at 1B, but who takes LF? Maybe they sign Pagan?

 

 

Wouldn't mind Pompey but it seems like he'll be in AAA again to start the year..

[Pendleton]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/look-here-for-your-justin-smoak-optimism/

 

Basically a quick look at Smoak's exit velocity, launch angle, and contact rate to find similar players. Most similar players had decent success, while he most certainly did not. Perhaps some reason for hope?

 

Probably not...

 

Yeah I remember reading about those factors being the reason behind the Jays optimism with this guy - and to some extent I get it. If you think you have reason to believe a player could be a breakout candidate, you want to be the team that helps him make that adjustment to find success - rather than being the last team to give up on him before he does find it.

 

But at some point here soon the results are going to have to start to line up with whatever upside they think he has or he's just not worth keeping around.

[THANOS]

Yeah I remember reading about those factors being the reason behind the Jays optimism with this guy - and to some extent I get it. If you think you have reason to believe a player could be a breakout candidate, you want to be the team that helps him make that adjustment to find success - rather than being the last team to give up on him before he does find it.

 

But at some point here soon the results are going to have to start to line up with whatever upside they think he has or he's just not worth keeping around.

 

If Tellez continues to adjust successfully at each level, he could speed that process up to 2-3 months, we can hope.

[Jonn]

 

[Jonn]

So basically as things stand. Ryan Goins will make the opening day roster. And Kevin Pillar looks like he will lead off.

 

Can we get Pagan and Lawrie please. They can't seriously have Zeke and Goins on this roster with 2 upgrades on the free agent list.

[Angrioter]

Lawrie plisss

[Spanky99]

[Terminator]

So basically as things stand. Ryan Goins will make the opening day roster. And Kevin Pillar looks like he will lead off.

 

Can we get Pagan and Lawrie please. They can't seriously have Zeke and Goins on this roster with 2 upgrades on the free agent list.

 

It'd be nice to get both of them. DFA Zeke and Travis can start the year off on the DL to make room for Lawrie. When Travis returns then we can DFA Smoak. I have no idea how much they would cost though.

Edited March 7, 2017 by Terminator

[BJBirdy]

Stroman actually blocked me on Twitter about a month ago. I didn't even tag him in a tweet. I just generically tweeted out that I hoped that one day he finds a nice girl that he loves almost as much as he loves himself. Clearly he searches his own name on Twitter because I was blocked literally 60 minutes later.

[TholesWeirdEye]

Latest picture of Travis at camp:

 

[THANOS]

Stroman actually blocked me on Twitter about a month ago. I didn't even tag him in a tweet. I just generically tweeted out that I hoped that one day he finds a nice girl that he loves almost as much as he loves himself. Clearly he searches his own name on Twitter because I was blocked literally 60 minutes later.

 

The Napoleon complex is so off-putting. That said, it's hard not to get consumed by media as an athlete.

[Ehjays]

 

 

Like WTF, I remember when we picked him up they said he was often injured in Detroits farm system....I cant find anything on that now

[Spanky99]

He missed 56 games in the minors with oblique and hernia injuries, in 12' and 14'

[Ehjays]

He missed 56 games in the minors with oblique and hernia injuries, in 12' and 14'

 

Lets hope he returns soon because I love our lineup with him leading off as opposed to Barney at 9

[HERPDERP]

He's the new Michael Saunders

[RealAccountant]

We can do a lot worse than Having Barney as our everyday 2B. If he can average anywhere around .650 OPS he is probably a 3 WAR player.

[Jonn]

I'm more scared of having Zeke or Pillar leading off. Having 3 black holes in the lineup to kick off the season.

[Angrioter]

He's the new Michael Saunders

 

Rocco Baldelli

[Boxcar]

The f*** is wrong with him this time?

[Jonn]

The f*** is wrong with him this time?

 

He's still recovering from the surgery he had on the bone bruise he suffered in the playoffs. He recovers like a 90 year old woman apparently.

[intentional wok]

Getting pretty tired of Travis tbh. He's a good player but no way does he ever get through a season without significant DL time.

 

He doesn't even deserve the lead off role either. He only has it because he's not a premier slugger and has respectable OBP skills. He looks better hitting 6 or 7 in this lineup, IMO.

[HERPDERP]

Rocco Baldelli

 

Nick Johnson

[Maahfaace]

Thats a shame, was hoping to see a full year of Travis healthy

[TholesWeirdEye]

Thats a shame, was hoping to see a full year of Travis healthy

 

Good luck with that.