Shoemaker Signing with Blue Jays

[P2F]

Truth.

[P2F]

[Carlos Danger]

Hope he can recover and stay healthy.. Not sure Rogers center is a great fit for him. A few years ago he had the lowest ground ball rate among QS.. Of course, I remember being very worried about Estrada pitching at Rogers Center when he came over, turned out that was a really good trade. Goal = Trade Deadline return 😃

[BTS]

This is great

[jays4life19]

Noiceeeee

[Carlos Danger]

Truth.

 

Did you put “Truth” just so we knew Jon Morosi hadnt hijacked your account or that info was from him 😉

[P2F]

Did you put “Truth” just so we knew Jon Morosi hadnt hijacked your account or that info was from him 

 

It was filler.

[BTS]

Only a 3-3.5M guarantee. I love this signing.

[P2F]

Only a 3-3.5M guarantee. I love this signing.

 

That's virtually as low-risk as it gets. Hopefully he can stay healthy and put up a season resembling his 2016 season - paying $1M per fWAR would be insane value.

 

If Shoemaker provides any value at all, it's basically surplus. There's a lot to like about this.

[Ehjays]

The Blue Jays are in agreement on a one-year, Major League contract with free-agent righty Matt Shoemaker, reports Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports (via Twitter). Toronto has an open spot on the 40-man roster, so a corresponding roster move won’t be necessary. Shoemaker is represented by ISE Baseball.

 

Shoemaker, 32, was a late addition to the free-agent market on Nov. 30 after the Angels decided to non-tender the oft-injured righty rather than pay him a projected $4.3MM salary in arbitration.Because of that non-tender, he ht the open market with four years, 166 days of Major League service time under his belt, meaning he’ll be controllable through the 2020 season, via arbitration, if he can reestablish himself in Toronto.

A series of forearm strains torpedoed Shoemaker’s 2017-18 seasons, limiting him to just 108 2/3 innings over that two-year span. He wasn’t especially effective in that time, either, pitching to a combined 4.64 ERA (4.62 FIP) with 8.4 K/9, 3.1 BB/9 and an ugly 1.5 HR/9 mark.

That said, there’s also reason for optimism with Shoemaker. Though his 4.94 ERA in 31 innings this past season won’t impress anyone, he averaged a career-high 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings in that brief span and recorded a career-best 13.6 percent swinging-strike rate, as well. Perhaps there’s some small-sample noise at play there, but Shoemaker’s splitter was a demonstrably more effective pitch in his limited time on the mound in his final season with the Halos.

It’s also worth noting, of course, that Shoemaker was a solid mid-rotation starter for the Angels from 2013-16, working to a combined 3.75 ERA (3.76 FIP) with averages of eight strikeouts, 1.9 walks and 1.2 home runs per nine innings pitched.

Shoemaker figures to slot into a rotation that also includes Marcus Stroman, Aaron Sanchez and Ryan Borucki, with right-hander Sean Reid-Foley and southpaw Thomas Pannone vying for the fifth spot in new skipper Charlie Montoyo’s starting five.

[Ehjays]

I like he's controllable through to 2020 as well

[BTS]

That's virtually as low-risk as it gets. Hopefully he can stay healthy and put up a season resembling his 2016 season - paying $1M per fWAR would be insane value.

 

If Shoemaker provides any value at all, it's basically surplus. There's a lot to like about this.

 

If he even makes 10-15 starts he should be well worth the money: he looked great in the 6 starts he made last year after getting healthy. And as you say, there's big time upside if he manages to stay healthy all year. Of all the non-Keuchel/Kikuchi arms left on the board, he was probably the most intriguing.

[Captain Adama]

f*** yes!

 

God damn I didn't know he could be controllable for 2020 as well.

 

Beautiful.

[BTS]

I like he's controllable through to 2020 as well

 

Yeah, you're right. Arb-eligible after the 2019 season.

[Jonn]

Nice move here. Fits into the rotation nicely and if he pitches well we can flip him for something at the Deadline.

[glory]

Nicely done Shatkins. This is the type of low risk gamble that can really pay off.

[Captain Adama]

That's virtually as low-risk as it gets. Hopefully he can stay healthy and put up a season resembling his 2016 season - paying $1M per fWAR would be insane value.

 

If Shoemaker provides any value at all, it's basically surplus. There's a lot to like about this.

 

Yep. Compared to Garcia last year, Shoemaker is cheaper, has a higher upside, and a more recent history of being good.

 

Despite his injury history, even worse (wurst) case scenario, there is minimal risk here.

Edited December 28, 2018 by Captain Adama

[Pendleton]

Low risk, hopefully gives us some solid innings and earns us a decent deadline return, can't complain.

[Bobthe4th]

We'll be lucky to get >100 innings from him but even if we don't, can't complain at that price.

[Bobthe4th]

Yep. Compared to Garcia last year, Shoemaker is cheaper, has a higher upside, and a more recent history of being good.

 

Despite his injury history, even worse case scenario, there is minimal risk here.

 

Haha, yeah let's hope it works out better than the Garcia signing!

[L54]

Great signing, finally some action in Blue Jays land!

[Boxcar]

What what in the butt

[Angrioter]

In Spanish Shoemaker = Zapatero

[Boxcar]

Yep. Compared to Garcia last year, Shoemaker is cheaper, has a higher upside, and a more recent history of being good.

 

Despite his injury history, even worse case scenario, there is minimal risk here.

 

*Worst case Ontario

[Dr. Dinger]

What what in the butt

 

I randomly just revisited that video last week and it is even more unsettling in 2018.

[Captain Adama]

*Worst case Ontario

 

f*** you.

[Abomination]

Only a 3-3.5M guarantee. I love this signing.

 

1M in performance bonuses too it looks like, which I would assume will be easily reachable. Really nice signing though.

[Spanky99]

Yippee... sweet deal.

[BTS]

Jays fans on twitter are pissed. There are like 3 things in the world I know a lot about, and reading/hearing people talk about those things makes me realize that on virtually all subjects, the vast majority of people have no idea what the f*** they’re talking about.

[jays4life19]

Jays fans on twitter are pissed. There are like 3 things in the world I know a lot about, and reading/hearing people talk about those things makes me realize that on virtually all subjects, the vast majority of people have no idea what the f*** they’re talking about.

 

Baseball and?