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Tellez walked twice and struck out 21 times, which is more informative than what happened to the ~50 balls he put in play.
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I'm pretty sure I've owned him in at least one league for like 5 years in a row.
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I'd be a lot less likely to financially support a team dumb enough to have Tellez, Biggio, and Bichette on the 25-man to start the season. I can't imagine how bad things would get later in the year when the guys who should have been depth are completely overmatched or start getting hurt or and we're watching a team of Ryan Goinses, Eric Sogards, and Jabari Blashes in June.
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Bichette has never played in AAA. Biggio has never played in AAA. Tellez is a DH with a wRC+ of 93 over 950 PA in AAA. McGuire was worse in AAA last year than Maile was in the majors, and will benefit more playing every day there than twice a week in the majors. It's insane to complain that these players aren't breaking camp with the Jays.
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How many Phillies fans enjoyed watching Scott Kingery play last year? It's fun to watch MLB debuts, but nobody is buying tickets to watch a bunch of prospects get completely overmatched at the major league level. Everyone's excited about Alford now, but when he has a wRC+ of 75 in mid-April nobody is going to be happy that the team punted Pillar to make room for a replacement level MLB player. Let these guys develop at AAA and kick the door down.
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Has TRM abandoned us again?
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I don't think anyone would really care if Morales was DFA'd. It's surprising that it hasn't happened already.
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This forum is awful.
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Why not just keep Pillar until he can't defend CF anymore? Guys like him have no trade value, and he's a perfect 4th OF if a couple of McKinney/Hernandez/Biggio/Pompey/Alford pass him. It's pretty conceivable that the 2021 version of the team is competitive and with Pillar acting as 4th OF for reasonably cheap.
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Tellez is a pure DH who had a 115 wRC+ in AAA last year. Alford had a wRC+ of 87 in AAA this year. Respectable organizations don't clear out 25-man spots on opening day for players who have not succeeded at AAA. These players are not 'blocked'. They are prospects entering their age-24 seasons who still have to prove that they deserve an extended major league look. They both had an opportunity to do that last year and AAA, and both of them failed.
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Is anyone doing this? Are any players who have thrived at AAA being left off the roster outside of Vlad for service time reasons? How many players has this org ever left in AAA for too long when they were clearly ready? Because everyone complains about it every April, but it doesn't really ever happen. Tellez is not going to be left to murder AAA all season. If he hits, he'll be given an MLB shot, and if he doesn't, he might still be given an MLB shot. Nobody is being blocked. Nobody is wasting away on the farm.
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Tellez will most likely fail in the majors this year, and it's not like they're going to close the book on him if he struggles - he'd be sent to AAA. Sending him there off the bat still provides the team with data: if he crushes AAA they'll bring him up and see if it transfers. If he's only a bit above average again he'll be gone in two years when his options run out. I don't really think Shatkins actually sees him as an important piece though. You can buy a Justin Bour for like 1/2.5 on the FA market, and Rowdy Tellez will probably not be better than Justin Bour. Not many teams are interested in rostering players with his skill set.
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We go through this every year with players with MLB time under their belt. I'll never understand why people want anyone with MLB time to be given a 25-man spot out of the gate. Tellez is a 24-year old DH who has a 115 wRC+ in his AAA career. Asking him to hit his way on to the roster in April isn't unreasonable. He probably sucks, but if he doesn't he'll find his way onto the roster.
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Why are so many people who have been posting here for like a decade seemingly under the impression that teams only use 25 players all season? Zero good orgs clear a 25-man spot for optionable players the season after they first reach the majors unless they're an uber-prospect. Pillar is not 'blocking' anyone. I literally can;t remember the last time a Blue Jays prospect was held in AAA too long because they were 'blocked' at the MLB level. That's barely a thing that even happens in baseball.
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Both of those guys have something to prove at AAA and I don’t think either is the kind of player you play service time games with. If Tellez rakes in AAA I don’t really have any doubts that they’ll punt Morales and get him up. Vlad is clearly being held down for service time, and I see the same happening with Bo, but everyone else is being held back for baseball reasons.
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I think the only player who will be held down for non-baseball reasons this year is Vald.
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Seems like nobody ever comes back on time from oblique strains.
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This is s*****. We probably don’t see him in April now.
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All free agents have been added to waivers until March 12th. Everyone can make waiver claims now.
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You guys can process in yahoo.
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I’m in too many leagues to make joining this anything more than throwing $100 away.
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Awesome. PM me your email and I’ll send an invite. No cost.
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You have been in the past, and I would like you to be again.
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Has the 13-man pitching limit been conformed? I also don't really see the strikeout numbers as a problem. Strikeouts are fun.
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What do we do with the waiver order in this league to start the season? Also, is there a way to waive all free agents, or is that just a Fantrax thing?
