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The strained oblique argument being attributable to the weighted ball program is paper thin, and basically unsupportable. Janssen started a modified version of the program in April of last year (thought it was later), not the offseason. Regardless, it had nothing to do with the lower velocity early as he had that coming out of the spring (probably the reason he gave the program a try). Cecil and Delabar were both heavily used just prior to the injuries if I recall correctly. I know there was one point where it was said that they were completely gassed. It's not all about bulk sums. Certainly there were other guys in the league abused worse, but that's not the point. Regardless, neither injury was anything concerning. Perhaps without the program the injury doesn't happen, or perhaps it's much worse. No way to tell on that. Those two are the only points that I consider to have any merit at all.
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If McGowan can step into the rotation early, it would be an excellent scenario. I don't think anyone expects him to be able to throw 150 innings after being off so long, so get 2 or 3 months with him in the rotation, then move him to the pen and let Stroman take over. Things never seem to go that well for us though lol.
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Not quite sure the point you're trying to make here overall, since a strained oblique has nothing to do with the program and I believe Janssen didn't start using the program until mid season (after which point it seemed to help him). I don't recall if Frasor was on it or not. Cecil and Delabar were the two interesting cases, but neither injury should be a concern and they were pretty heavily used due to our putrid starting pitching.
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The Jays are taking a pretty big risk with the program, in that most of our prospects are pitchers and the program doesn't have a lot of data available as to the longer term effects. They must be extremely confident in it. I agree that guys like McGowan are the ultimate test. I wonder in a few years if we may see position players also use it?
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They may be, but when you look at high paying jobs in some other sectors (some CEO's for example where it can be more important who you know as opposed to your actual ability) it makes things seem a little less objectionable. At least you can say that professional athletes ARE the best at what they do.
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This is an interesting quote from their article with Redmond talking about the effects of the weighted ball program (saw it linked from the above article)
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Drop them all and go into the season short handed to prove how good you are.
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The Prospect/Minor Leagues Thread
Abomination replied to theblujay's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
You need to stop feeding them so they leave the nest to find their own message board. -
The Prospect/Minor Leagues Thread
Abomination replied to theblujay's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Article on Drabek's mechanics http://www.bluejaysplus.com/pitcher-mechanics-breakdown-kyle-drabek/ -
I wouldn't count Boras out this offseason just yet. I really want to see him get caught with one of his gambles, but he has a frustrating way of still getting good deals.
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Incredibly uninspired period from both teams
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He's really an ideal fit for us (imo). If you don't try to pay too low, he should be available.
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Fixed it for you, since I'm sure it's what you intended
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I still think there's a lot more to this. I think it'll be a high salary for making the team (and a verbal guarantee that he will), and the Dodgers just need to clear some room on the 40 man this spring before adding him.
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Cashman: Tanaka looks to be "a solid consistent #3 starter"
Abomination replied to G-Snarls's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Sometimes you can't tell even if they have ... -
I'm not sure I agree with that. I think Arroyo's durability and consistency pushes him ahead a little. They're very similar pitchers though. You have to think it's a minor league deal with something like an 8M guarantee if he makes the team or something (ie, they need to do some roster juggling before they add him to the 40 man).
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lol @ hack-a-Jordan
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Man does Letang have tough luck with the injuries. Now he's out after suffering a stroke. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/kris-letang-s-nhl-career-not-in-jeopardy-after-stroke-1.2527456
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Yeah, but that's someone else's prison cell lol
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3rd Annual - Predict Hech Slash Line
Abomination replied to tercet's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I would take Goins over Hech any day at 2nd. SS is a little tougher. -
It's like some of these lol (not that the list is all that great, just that it might refresh people memories) http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-worst-calls-in-baseball-history.php
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Considering there's kids on here, it might attract a prison cell too lol.
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Breaking Blue: Toronto Blue Jays Blog is live
Abomination replied to admin's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Bloody hell. Working on an Excel program to automatically work with and easily reference all fangraphs stats from their export data feature. They use the same column headers FB% for fly ball percentage and fastball percentage... Guess I should be calculating a good portion of the stats rather than straight importing them. -
Breaking Blue: Toronto Blue Jays Blog is live
Abomination replied to admin's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I have Melky at [TABLE=class: cms_table] [TR] [TD]Name[/TD] [TD] PA[/TD] [TD] HR[/TD] [TD] R[/TD] [TD] RBI[/TD] [TD] SB[/TD] [TD] AVG[/TD] [TD] OBP[/TD] [TD] SLG [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Melky Cabrera [/TD] [TD] 561 [/TD] [TD] 12 [/TD] [TD] 76 [/TD] [TD] 61 [/TD] [TD] 12 [/TD] [TD] 0.298 [/TD] [TD] 0.346 [/TD] [TD] 0.444 [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] -
Joey Votto: "The stat I value most is wRC+"
Abomination replied to Angrioter's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
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