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We could get our third walk-off bunt of the year here... lol -
Okay, maybe. That last strike down-and-away was a great frame though!
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It's not necessarily bias. Lucroy is one of the best framers in baseball, Navarro is markedly below-average.
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We're on a much difference place on the marginal win curve than we were two offseasons ago. An extra couple wins could bring huge returns to the franchise. Nobody criticized AA strictly for "gutting the minors," we criticized him for overpaying for Dickey and trading assets for essentially free agent contacts from the Marlins (although I was in favour of the Marlins trade). You're never going to get anywhere arguing with strawmen.
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Look at the Orioles schedule: Rangers, Red Sox, Nats, Yankees. They face Darvish, Lester, Lackey, Strasburg, Fister, Gio, Kuroda, Tanaka. That's eight #1/2 starters in twelve games!! Our schedule is tough too but the only great starters we face are Gray, Kazmir, Richards and Price. The Blue Jays will lead at the break.
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Just give him 5/55. From what I've read Lowry was one of the most valuable players in the league last year, an elite point guard. We need him.
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Even if Happ is a better-than-average fifth starter, he's still one of the most easily-upgradable players on the roster. And the Jays don't have a profile #1 or #2 starter, so being slightly above-average at #5 isn't enough.
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I thought Juan sucked since he struck out a bunch of times in June? What was that?
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It can seem like that because the margins are so close. A good team wins 55% of their games and a bad team 45%. Variance will swamp that difference in a small sample (i.e. a month).
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Marc Spears of Yahoo reported yesterday that they had offered a deal starting at $14.5M... then later retracted and said he received a scam text from someone posing as a Raptors front office member. You report anything that's texted to you!?! Then there was the Lowry to Heat in sign-and-trade thing, and there were dozens of legitimate reporters saying the Raptors would sign him at midnight. Like, they didn't even meet with him until today! And the Heat don't have any cap space (if Bosh and Wade take big cuts they'll have $12M) yet they're tossed around as a serious player?
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Michael Grange said yesterday it was "good as done" to Toronto. Mark Stein said Raptors were "on verge" of agreement. Have never followed a basketball story like this before... these reporters seem to be even worse than baseball ones in terms of credibility and journalistic integrity.
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Good for Jose. And LOL at people upset over him riding around in a van for two hours.
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10 Months of Leaked Houston Astros Trade Discussion
NorthOf49 replied to TDotttt2005's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I don't think this will change anything. GMs have too much at stake to not consider a potential trade partner. -
10 Months of Leaked Houston Astros Trade Discussion
NorthOf49 replied to TDotttt2005's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
"10/18/2014","TOR reached out on Jason Catro. They said their No. 1 priority this off season is to upgrade over Arrencibia. They want to get a sense for what the price would be on Castro." Nice! So all that hogwash from AA about how the offseason was all about pitching and they were fine with Arencibia was just for the media. They really were desperate to upgrade at catcher. -
10 Months of Leaked Houston Astros Trade Discussion
NorthOf49 replied to TDotttt2005's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
This is gold! Jeff Luhnow is that guy in your fantasy league lol. "[Nationals GM Mike] Rizzo called [Luhnow] to inquire on Harrell. JL told him we would still need a headliner like Giolito because we still value Harrell highly. Rizzo did not respond immediately." Jeff Luhnow asked for LUCAS GIOLITO in return for Harrell. Like WTF. I wonder if all teams have sky-high asking prices initially. It didn't work in this case on Norris though, they should have accepted a Pittsburgh offer. Also, I love how AA uses his "balls in the air" phrase in negotiations as well as with the media. -
Is a bat now more important than a starter
NorthOf49 replied to kgm1's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
You can believe both. Andy Martino said the Jays had asked around for opinions on Murphy. Jon Heyman said the Jays were not considering Murphy. So... they discussed Murphy and decided not to consider him for their infield vacancy. --------- We don't "need" one upgrade more than the other. Neither is "more important." Whichever upgrade gives us the most additional wins at a reasonable cost is the one to go with. -
Bautista eyes return VS Brewers! Yes!!
NorthOf49 replied to CJ-Freeway's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I remember the game where they went back-to-back-back early in the game and then back-to-back off their closer (Axford?) to win the game in the ninth. Magical stuff. -
You set the trade review period ("Time managers have to protest pending trades:") to "No Protests." Then it will process trades immediately. I usually make it this way in leagues I Commish, like DDML.
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Brian Jeroloman, Balbino Fuenmayor, David Cooper... we've had a lot of recent top hitting prospects.
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Curtis Thigpen!? That kid was supposed to be the next big thing.
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He just needs to keep hitting for three more weeks. You can do it, Dalton!
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Not even the experts know that much about the less heralded NBA draft prospects; nobody in the public sphere has enough knowledge on Caboclo to offer an opinion. It's not like baseball or football in that regard. Let's wait and see.
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MLB 2014 Trade Deadline Discussion Thread
NorthOf49 replied to TwistedLogic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Our second base and rotation holes have been hyped up for a year and a half lol. I don't understand the no mention at all. And the A's rotation has been one of the best in baseball, 84 ERA-. Some "glaring hole." -
Can't watch the game today but will check the score from time to time.... Go Jays!!
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I watched that live! Funny stuff.
