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  1. TheHurl
    bringing in someone new takes up a roster spot. Going internal brings us even more options. I know that Ryu is going on the 60 day IL but we also have no catcher in the minors on the 40. I think that will be addressed at some point as well. I think they bring Tyler Heineman (who has options) back for that role
  2. TheHurl
    I really think we are talking about a 5th OF. Between 250 and 400 innings at worst...with 98% of the defensive innings being in LF. Funny how I started down other team's minor league OF'ers splits but didn't even look at ours. Lopez is a very SSS had 109 PA's for a .361/.430/.474 against LHP. He has speed, making a very good bench role player and knows the system. The defensive reports are all in CF and the IF but all signs are "athletic". When we are talking about this next OF we are not really talking about a replacement for KK against LHP, we are talking about a replacement for Espinal. Cause when it's a LHP as it stands now Merrifield, or Biggio are getting the majority of the looks there. Espinal gets in at 2B. So are those veteran replacements that much better than Espinal or Biggio vs LHP. Much less are they even better than Lopez. Are they going to want to play in Toronto for potentially 100 PA's? I think the job is Lopez's to lose in Spring Training.
  3. TheHurl
    I might add I'd pay to listen to really drunk Spanky on a podcast with Connor talking about his life.
  4. TheHurl
    I personally would listen to Connor talking about his life over anyone on this board talking baseball.
  5. TheHurl
    I think everyone is thinking much higher up than the front office. If the Jays have bad OF injuries and need a Lefty killer who can also play D they will deal with that via trade at the time. Forth OF now needs to be cheap. Play LF (don't care how well) and hit okay against LHP. I would bet that they are looking more at a Daza type (cheap on the payroll and cheap to aquire) who can be a pinch runner despite his s***** bat. He did manage to hit lefties better last year and most of his horrible fielding came from his time in CF. He also can hit fastballs better than most Jays against LHP. Not enough to make an opposing manager think, but at least he'll make contact. Honestly haven't done a deep dive just think this is the type of player they will look at if any.
  6. TheHurl
    translation, let's hear an opinion which matches mine. I've actually been incredibly quick with my picks in the past (even when I was in NWT and had no internet), but man it's tempting every year to use my entire window, just to hear the crying. We have a window, it's okay if someone has to use the entire thing. At the end of the draft everyone always seems to say, f*** that draft went faster than expected.
  7. TheHurl
    Florida St QB. Announced this week that he wasn't entering the draft. Devon is f***ing annoying on social media clapping back at everyone that says anything negative about Travis. Guy has talent though
  8. TheHurl
    I know only a couple projections are in, but the two that are, have the Rays projected for the 4th best fWAR (just ahead of the Jays and Astros).
  9. TheHurl
    They have zero depth. They will be with the Twins, M's, White sox, Angels in that "if everything goes right" crowd.
  10. TheHurl
    Predicting the market 3 years from now is a fools game. If MLB went to roto umps the catcher position will change considerably. It is a fine deal but again all the risk is on Atlanta. Not enough upside for me
  11. TheHurl
    He got 5 years/$82M so not an average of $20M but he's along with Molina, Grandal and McCann the example of contracts a 32 year old catcher gets. It's fine and I'm sure Murphy (who I really like) will be close to worth every penny. But it's not a slam dunk like some of the others were. There probably is some value in having a core all locked up together when trying to sign your other free agents though.
  12. TheHurl
    No catcher over 30 has got a free agent contract paying more than $20M a year that I can find (Yadi got a bunch of 1 year $20M as the highest I think). I think the stabliity is great but you had him for the next three years for $27ish Million. So a max $5M a year saving upside and a bit of stability is what you are paying for. For me all the risk is on the Braves.
  13. TheHurl
    I don't love it. You are giving him 3 years $45-$50M (depending on how his arb years would have went) 3 years from now. He'll be the same age as Grandal was for those last three years when Grandal got 4 years $73M (coming off 4 straight years as good as Murphy's last year). What I do love is the team option with no buyout.
  14. TheHurl
    The JPA of the messageboard
  15. TheHurl
    You purposely posted a pic of the guy's sister and he is the anti-christ for taking it down?
  16. TheHurl
    Assuming he is willing you have to play Springer in LF the majority of the time. Varsho was unreal in RF last year.
  17. TheHurl
    To add to this. Because it is such a good run scoring environment people seem to forget that Chase Field suppresses home runs. Varsho’s road slugging percentage was .475. A 120 wRC+ is not that out of the question.
  18. TheHurl
    Matt Chapman had his best season defensively and baserunning was identical coming off the exact same surgery, and KK has an additional month of recovery in comparison.
  19. TheHurl
    it was set up so that the results couldn't be seen. I just tried.
  20. TheHurl
    Biggio is projected for 106 wRC+ and right now might be in line for 150 PA's
  21. TheHurl
    Did they make changes to the field? I thought it was all stands. Genuinely asking
  22. TheHurl
    He was in 2022 playing with a bad hip and half the PA's. Varsho had 60% of his innings in RF last year. Where 75% of his defensive fWAR came from.
  23. TheHurl
    lets not underestimate the value of $5M and a roster spot too
  24. TheHurl
    I love that it's a panic trade that they have been working on since last July. As for OF defense Varsho was the second best defensive RF in baseball last year. I have no idea if it would difficult to convince Springer to play LF, but he seems like a team guy. Chances are they will play around with a lot of really good combinations though
  25. TheHurl
    Varsho is Moreno's best case scenario
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