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If this is true, it started this season.
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I don't see the relief pitching, DH, or backup C positions as being places you'd address by moving a starter. Obviously it would be nice to add some shiny parts, but it's not necessary. IMO the biggest areas that absolutely need to be addressed with proven talent are 1B and a corner OF spot. And there are so many options available that it's hard to imagine not getting two of them. Trading a starter just opens up a very big hole, and the only free agent arms are Nova, and Hellickson, who I'm sure nobody wants to sign.
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I don't see what anyone would disagree with. I'm not saying that framing is unimportant, I'm saying that nobody is paying sticker price for those runs. And they aren't.
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That's why I don't understand the talk of trading a SP. The team has to fill 3 spots, but we're talking two corner outfield positions and 1B. The market actually has a lot of guys likely to be available on 1-3 year deals, and has somewhere in the range of $30-50M to spend. There are at least 20 names out there that would help the team, and signing 2-3 of them shouldn't be impossible. There's no excuse to not land some free agents on small deals.
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I'm pretty sure he can opt into arbitration, not into free agency.
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Biggest problem with Reddick is that I see Gibby playing him every day.
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I'm a lifelong giants fan.
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You're right that teams pays less for defense than they do offense. I think most of that is that defense is much harder to bank on long term. Defense does pay though, as opposed to pitch framing which teams don't really seem to want to pay for at all.
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Wow, you sound like a loser. Following such a pathetic franchise all these years has made you ok with losing
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I'd go close to 100M over five years for Chapman or Jansen if payroll goes to 160+. Those guys can be worth like 3-5 wins over a season. Also, the fan in me loves watching elite relievers.
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Based on what? Martin is the only great framer to get a big contract. A lot of great framers who *should* be worth 2+ wins with a whole season of playing time are signing contracts for a couple million bucks as a backup. Someone like Tyler Flowers is an elite framer, and he was just non-tendered by the White Sox in favour of Alex Avila and Dioner Navarro before signing a 2/5 + an option free agent deal in Atlanta. Nobody was willing to pay for his framing. I don't think you can say that framing runs have the same market value as other runs, because they very clearly don't.
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This pleases me. But what's driving it?
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I remember when it was en vogue to mock the idea that elite bullpens played up in the playoffs. Oops. Not talking about specific teams, I think you could rationalize a good enough argument for contact hitters outperforming high-K power hitters in October that it warrants looking at the data. Maybe someone has looked at the data and found that there's nothing there.
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Leafs fans getting salty that the team is being mocked because them and the shitbag goalie they overpaid for couldn't hold a 4-0 lead against the f***ing Jets. Have some self-respect.
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Jays confirm Gibbons will return in 2017
BTS replied to GodDonaldson's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Fun fact: Gibbons is 103rd all-time in manager wins and could move into the top 85 next year. -
I feel like there might be something to the idea that teams who rely more on walks and mashing mistakes for homers might have less success in cold weather against great pitching staffs who issue few walks and don't make many mistakes. Recent anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that contact teams have fared well in the postseason.
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Jays confirm Gibbons will return in 2017
BTS replied to GodDonaldson's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
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Unfortunately, his great 2015 production has nothing to do with an evaluation of his value in 2017 and beyond.
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Suggestions to trade Happ remind me of the suggestions to trade from the OF last offseason, in that we don't have a surplus: we have satisfactory depth. For the first time I can remember they're entering an offseason with 5 good starting pitchers, and there should be no motivation to subtract from that unless they add another.
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I have a problem with people looking at framing numbers and extrapolating the run values to WAR to comment on a catcher's financial market value. Teams have shown that they're willing to pay for offense and some aspects of catcher defense, but nobody is paying money for framing. They're certainly not paying for it at $8M per 10 runs, like they are for other quantifiable skills. There's no way Martin gets 3/60 on the market this offseason, even though his framing suggests that he should, for the same reason that Eric Kratz wasn't worth $100M.
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What did he cost you? Like $1500?
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I wouldn't be opposed to giving Jason Castro like 2/10 or something. No idea if he'd be OK catching 50 games, but he's a 1-2 win upgrade on Thole.
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Voted 3. He's 21, has already had TJS once, and was experiencing shoulder pain this year. He's a red flag to have a short career as is, and doubling or tripling his usage likely exacerbates that.
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Great job njh.
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What about Angel Pagan?
