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Eric Thames has been about on par with Smoak since coming back, and was a lot better this year. He's another option, especially given that there's not a clear internal candidate to be parked at DH 4-5 times a week. Losing Tsutsugo hurts though, because we haven't really added anyone with upside yet this offseason. We pretty much know exactly what we're getting in Anderson and Roark.
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It warms my heart to see the Red Sox scraping the barrel for Martin Perezes and Jose Perazas while looking at eating like 40M to shed David Price and possibly losing Mookie Betts to free agency and having a maybe-broken Chris Sale.
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Blue Jays front runner to sign Yoshitomo Tsutsugo
BTS replied to Angrioter's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
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Blue Jays front runner to sign Yoshitomo Tsutsugo
BTS replied to Angrioter's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
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I remember explicitly stating that I didn't want him back even though he was worth the money because I hated seeing him on the mound, so you are correct. Also, how dare you compare him to a gem like O'Day (and Laika to Buehrle for that matter). Those guys had the decency to at least pound the zone with their s***** stuff, and Buehrle was good for a crisp 2-hour game every once in a while. Dickey was a mess of full-counts, passed balls and wild pitches, and always managed to look utterly shocked when someone hit a sub-80 mph meatball 430 feet. He also has an annoying face. The whole package was of similar aesthetic caliber to watching CC Sabathia and his giant gut flopping all over the place. Very off-putting and unpleasant to watch.
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Dickey was good here. I think almost everyone here recognizes that. Watching his starts was terrible though. He very reliably put up 32 useful starts a year that nobody wanted to watch.
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Alex Wood coming in to throw 4-5 innings after Wilmer Font throws 2 would make me very happy.
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I would have voted for indifferent if I had included it as an option. Wouldn't be surprising if he gets destroyed in his first full year in the AL.
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Seems like the FO might have concerns about Jansen's bat. Reese McGuire isn't good enough to make someone like Jansen expendable if Jansen is hitting at even a league-average level, and the minor league catchers have a long road ahead to become MLB players. It would have to be a very good arm for me to move Jansen.
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Simple question. It's boring and I hate Roark, but it gets a pass from me. He raises the floor on a rotation that badly needed it, and reliable 2-win starters don't grow on trees.
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Urena's continued presence on this roster is annoying to me. He's not good, and serves no purpose now that he's out of options. Same for Breyvic Valera. I at least understand why they'd hold on Alford, because there are tools and upside there.
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BTW you can delete your own posts
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Somebody please check in on Spanky
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I bet he'd be a monster reliever. If the fastball gains a couple of ticks it's 97 with a very good slider and a changeup that's better than most reliever's 3rd pitch, and he has pretty decent control.
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Yup. They're all in now with Trout and Rendon locked up to mega deals. The rotation actually has some upside with Heaney, Ohtani, and Canning, but they need one more good SP.
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I like it. Hopefully they add Ryu too. I want to see that team contend.
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I owned him in BORED and have seen him probably 15 times in the last couple years. It sucks watching him because he doesn't really do anything well. Fastball is pedestrian, breaking stuff is ugly and doesn't really generate whiffs, he doesn't get a lot of groundballs, he doesn't generate soft contact. He looks like a deer in the headlights when people aren't biting on his s***** stuff. I can't really think of a starter who's at least league average that I enjoy watching less than Roark. Maybe Wade Miley?
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Someone mentioned RA Dickey above, and it’s a perfect comp. He’ll shitball his away to a couple WAR and nobody will enjoy watching it.
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Taxes are a lot more interesting than Tanner Roark
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BTW congrats on your 220k+ salary. You can definitely afford a nice home in beautiful Ontario!
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https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/frequently-asked-questions-individuals/canadian-income-tax-rates-individuals-current-previous-years.html
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Ontario’s highest marginal tax rate is below 47%
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Roark will chew up innings at close to a league-average rate for the next two years. Watching him pitch is painful because his stuff is absolute trash. This isn't sexy at all, but he'll probably earn his salary.
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So the Blue Jays were intrigued by Lindblom's spin rates or whatever and couldn't pony up a 3-year deal at slightly more than Brandon Drury money? Pretty disappointing given that we're being priced out of the market for a bunch of other starters.
