Grichuk to the Rockies

[G-Snarls]

Grichuk will hit 40 + HR's with a sub. 300 OPB.

 

Damn right he will!

 

And nobody wants to pay for that anymore

[max silver]

Damn right he will!

 

And nobody wants to pay for that anymore

 

Except for the Rockies. They specifically stated that their goal was to add more power.

[jaysblue]

Damn right he will!

 

And nobody wants to pay for that anymore

 

Only in fantasy leagues that don't count .OBP as a category

[Jimcanuck]

While it's nice to get out of the Grichuk contract I am seriously struggling to see how this makes the team better in any fashion. Grichuk could at least passably man center field and was legitimately good in right field. Tapia looks to be limited to left field and actually has a worse bat than Grichuk. Hopefully another move is incoming to bring in a better backup for center field.

 

Tapia is Dominican, a nice addition to the clique

 

Grichuk was gonna be sitting on the bench a lot and the trade probably solved what would have been a clubhouse issue

 

Now Kirk is not sharing DH with Grichuk

 

Plus saving some $$. Overall, the trade is a wash

[Ryu In My House]

Grichuk will hit 40 + HR's with a sub. 300 OPB.

 

100% agree. If he stays healthy, he should.

 

Count me as someone really happy he is gone, though. He was a bottleneck.

[DigitalRock]

Oh shittt he gone lol.

 

Honestly I think he complimented the roster well as a 4th OF, not a fan of Tapia at all.

 

I’d say we need a better 4th OF now unless they think Pelacios and Biggio are enough

 

What is core dick at

[Stangstag]

What is core dick at

 

He already signed somewhere

[Ray]

Not entirely sure why, but this trade makes me believe another move is coming soon.

 

What's Michael Conforto up to these days anyways?

[Grant77]

Any word on the money going to Colorado? I'm hoping we see some fairly significant savings in exchanging for downgrading the roster a bit.

 

Part of this is just doing right by Grichuk as well. He's always been a total pro and a positive leader in the clubhouse. He deserves fulltime at-bats somewhere.

[wilko]

Grichuk looked like a good clubhouse guy but paying $12 million for a bench/4th OF bat isn't ideal. Hopefully he will mash with the Rockies and Tapia possibly figure out some power.

[Grant77]

Not entirely sure why, but this trade makes me believe another move is coming soon.

 

What's Michael Conforto up to these days anyways?

 

About 6 foot 1 last time I checked.

[Brownie19]

Grichuk will hit 40 + HR's with a sub. 300 OPB.

 

Tony Batista type season is coming...

[THANOS]

 

The AP is reporting that the Jays will send the Rockies $5,383,333 this year and $4,333,333 in 2023, FYI

[Grant77]

 

9.7 million to Colorado. This is a pretty blah trade. I don't think the modest financial savings justify making the move. Colorado actually did pretty well here.

[jerb]

 

Hazel Mae

@thehazelmae

 

“Someone leaked (the news) before Ross talked to me… got a couple of texts that read ‘Rockies?’ Question mark, question mark…bittersweet for sure..” - Randal Grichuk #BlueJays #Rockies

 

All the best, Randal!

 

Hazel Mae

@thehazelmae

 

Randal Grichuk lives in Scottsdale and works out in the off-season with a group of #Rockies at a local gym, so there are familiar faces on his new team. He’s received texts from his new teammates welcoming him #BlueJays

 

Hazel Mae

@thehazelmae

 

“I know I’m not Bo or Vladdy talent-wise, but I hope they respect the fact I played hard.”

 

- Randal Grichuk’s message to #BlueJays fans #Rockies

[G-Snarls]

Not great then

 

He gets $9,333,333 in 2022 and 2023 with:

 

$5,383,333 paid by Jays in 2022

 

$4,333,333 paid by Jays in 2023

 

Saves less than 10M overall plus we have to pay Tapia $3,950,000 this year

 

Still OK with it if Tapia can play a decent CF but wish there were bigger savings to help improve elsewhere

[glory]

 

So essentially a salary wash in 2022, just replacing Grichuk with Tapia in the bigs, and then a $5m savings in 2023 (Tapia is arb eligible so they could NT him).

[BCZ]

[Stangstag]

 

This is exact how I feel about this trade. Tapia is not the LH bat this team needed.

[John_Havok]

Atkins: You can't put Grichuk in the lineup tonight

 

Montoyo: All respect, don't tell me who to play.

 

Atkins: No, I mean you can't put Grichuk in the lineup tonight. I traded him to Colorado.

 

Montoyo: ......

[Maahfaace]

Not great then

 

He gets $9,333,333 in 2022 and 2023 with:

 

$5,383,333 paid by Jays in 2022

 

$4,333,333 paid by Jays in 2023

 

Saves less than 10M overall plus we have to pay Tapia $3,950,000 this year

 

Still OK with it if Tapia can play a decent CF but wish there were bigger savings to help improve elsewhere

 

Weak

[Ray]

I would imagine eating more salary is the reason we got a pretty decent looking prospect.

[wilko]

Atkins: You can't put Grichuk in the lineup tonight

 

Montoyo: All respect, don't tell me who to play.

 

Atkins: No, I mean you can't put Grichuk in the lineup tonight. I traded him to Colorado.

 

Montoyo: ......

 

[max silver]

After seeing such a meagre savings from this trade I like it even less given the potential of Charlie playing Tapia 5+ times a week even when everyone is healthy. Just when I thought the roster was nearly Charlie proof "boom" here comes Tapia.

 

This seems to be essentially using cash to make an extraneous player go away while buying a prospect in return. Hopefully Pinto turns out to be a nice prospect, futurebluejays has a quick writeup on him that at least provides hope for some future value out of this.

[InsideThePark]

Yeah I was kind of over having Grichuk on the team but this feels like they've made the team worse with some serious potential for Montoyo to do stupid things with Tapia in the lineup that make us pull our hair out before April ends. Tapia is more suited to a bench role and as a pinch runner than Grichuk was and if used correctly this trade does make sense. But making your roster worse to get a decent looking but longshot prospect and barely saving any money has been nervous.

[Krylian]

Just an FYI: Tapia had the highest groundball rate last season since 2002.

 

Looking forward to a Vladdy-esque groundball turnaround in 2022.

[Krylian]

 

Shouldn't the picture be of Art Howe?

[max silver]

Looking forward to a Vladdy-esque groundball turnaround in 2022.

 

Unless he starts swinging harder this won't be to anybody's benefit. In 2018 he hit the largest percentage of flyballs for his career at 44.4%, and subsequently produced an xWOBA of .230.

[wilko]

Shouldn't the picture be of Art Howe?

 

[Carlos Danger]

Late innings we have a runner on 3rd with 1 out. We need to tie or go ahead run on 3rd. Or leading off an inning where we are down a run and need a base runner, I prefer Tapia over Grichuk, especially if the second half of the season. Check out Tapias OBP and K rate compared to Grichuk..

 

Yea Grichuk could get lucky and run into one, but most likely not.

 

Regardless, as others have mentioned, look at this deal for the Team as a whole and not just Tapia-Grichuk. Probably just a chess move in the bigger picture anyway.