General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2023)

[Jimcanuck]

Biggio as a Corner OF and persuading a FA you’re after to switch positions, to somewhere they haven’t played.

 

Not sure which thought process is more dumb

 

Yeah its a stretch but Bellinger wouldn't have much difficulty becoming a 1B, 3B, CF, and would be better at 3B then any internal option

 

Positional flexibility is all the rage these days

[Terminator]

Yeah its a stretch but Bellinger wouldn't have much difficulty becoming a 1B, 3B, CF, and would be better at 3B then any internal option

 

Positional flexibility is all the rage these days

 

The first left-handed 3B in MLB history, Cody Bellinger. Should be good for a -100 OAA or so. Excellent idea.

[RobinThicc]

IMO our best option is to fill it internally. Spend or trade in other areas where we do have more choice.

No one internally plays 3B

[Jimcanuck]

The first left-handed 3B in MLB history, Cody Bellinger. Should be good for a -100 OAA or so. Excellent idea.

 

oh s***

[Frenchsoup]

I'd give up Manoah, Pearson, Orelvis, Barria for 1 year of Bieber and would extend him

[Steeljays]

The first left-handed 3B in MLB history, Cody Bellinger. Should be good for a -100 OAA or so. Excellent idea.

Believe don Mattingly played a few innings at 3b over his career

[Frenchsoup]

I'd send Tidemann ++ for Isaac Parades

[Frenchsoup]

I'd pry Rizzo from the Yanks and if not, Votto it or Belt it

[Terminator]

oh s***

 

All good pretty sure you were kidding around with some troll bait anyway though.

[Frenchsoup]

I'd get Jorge Polanco and Trevor Larnach off the Twinkies

[Frenchsoup]

Yeah so I'd do Rizzo and Nestor Cortez for Vladdy

[Frenchsoup]

Would trade Kirk for Higgy in San Diego then extend him

[BatFlip]

Yeah its a stretch but Bellinger wouldn't have much difficulty becoming a 1B, 3B, CF, and would be better at 3B then any internal option

 

Positional flexibility is all the rage these days

 

 

Bellinger has played some 1B, I'm sure he'd do fine there as a backup option. 3B... naw bro.

[connorp]

Bellinger has played some 1B, I'm sure he'd do fine there as a backup option. 3B... naw bro.

 

Jim was too lazy to see that Belly is Lefty/Lefty

 

Just like his lazy analysis that “lefties” are more likely to thrive outside the US because they’re more accepting of foreign laws. They’re the “live and let live” people, per Jim.

[Jimcanuck]

All good pretty sure you were kidding around with some troll bait anyway though.

 

How dare you accuse me of trolling. I would never.

[Frenchsoup]

In fact I'd have Votto and Rizzo on the same team

[connorp]

All good pretty sure you were kidding around with some troll bait anyway though.

 

Don’t let him slip out of being a dumbass. He wasn’t trolling this time around

[BatFlip]

Obviously the goal is to plate the run. What Merrifield seems to be espousing (I haven't listened to the interview, only read through what Carlos presented) was a small ball approach where an out is traded for the run scoring. It would appear as though the team preferred to set up the possibility of scoring more than a single run by not wanting players to chase pitchers pitches in the hopes of slapping a run home.

 

Whit can bring that high level small ball approach to another team. Sorry to say, I'm not going to miss watching that guy. Noodle bat that hasn't put up 1.0 WAR in the last THREE seasons combined. Not sure why so many fans seem to have a hard on for this guy.

[Jimcanuck]

Whit can bring that high level small ball approach to another team. Sorry to say, I'm not going to miss watching that guy. Noodle bat that hasn't put up 1.0 WAR in the last THREE seasons combined. Not sure why so many fans seem to have a hard on for this guy.

 

He's a scrapper and Canada is a hockey country.

[BatFlip]

He's a scrapper and Canada is a hockey country.

 

He does kind of resemble a fourth line grinder.

[Frenchsoup]

IKF would be a nice add for this team at 3b SS and CF at a really reasonable cost....I'd do a 3/30 deal with him. Would be a great start to the offseason.

[Laika]

So frenchsoup just wants to be the 2023 Yankees

 

Interesting

[Marew]

Belinger is also a French name so would be so shocked that he wants to be here with French speakers.

 

His mom also would be a hit with the older guys in the club house. She uploads on one of those u-porn type sites under I think just “wifey” and has been around a lot.

[max silver]

Whit can bring that high level small ball approach to another team. Sorry to say, I'm not going to miss watching that guy. Noodle bat that hasn't put up 1.0 WAR in the last THREE seasons combined. Not sure why so many fans seem to have a hard on for this guy.

 

I can only assume you are utilizing Baseball Reference for some reason instead of Fangraphs which any self respecting baseball nerd is inclined to prefer. At the same time you must have missed Whit's 2021 season where he was still an above average regular.

 

According to Fangraphs Whit has been worth 6 wins above replacement over the last 3 seasons combined, and according to Baseball Reference he's been worth 4.5 wins above replacement.

[Frenchsoup]

You guys want me to rattle off more moves or are you sick of it lol

[John_Havok]

You guys want me to rattle off more moves or are you sick of it lol

 

well you havent came up with an remotely plausible one, they're pretty easy to dismiss.

[Jimcanuck]

You guys want me to rattle off more moves or are you sick of it lol

 

Do whatever floats your boat mate. No one here is judgemental

[Stangstag]

[BatFlip]

I can only assume you are utilizing Baseball Reference for some reason instead of Fangraphs which any self respecting baseball nerd is inclined to prefer. At the same time you must have missed Whit's 2021 season where he was still an above average regular.

 

According to Fangraphs Whit has been worth 6 wins above replacement over the last 3 seasons combined, and according to Baseball Reference he's been worth 4.5 wins above replacement.

 

 

That was my mistake, should have been last two years not three years. Still a fourth line grinder that's imminently replaceable. Disagree?

[max silver]

That was my mistake, should have been last two years not three years. Still a fourth line grinder that's imminently replaceable. Disagree?

 

I'm not huge on hockey analogies for baseball players but Merrifield is easily replaced internally by some combination of Schneider, Espinal and Biggio.