Jimcanuck

Trout is getting close to a DH only, to avoid flare-ups of his incurable back condition. I'd take him at 7/260 over Bellinger at 7/200 but it's closer than you might think

Unfortunately, Nasty Nate looks pretty heavy

He's being described as Hercules. We good.

Justin Turner is 39, the chance he has a severe groin pull in ST is very high

Escobar is just a potential stopgap until Gruber..... I mean Barger is deemed ready

With Skinny Vlad how many balls are gonna die on the warning track

Chances are he comes back sometime in July, pitches a couple of games, is shutdown and has TJS, misses 2025 in its entirety. Just get the damn thing done now, come back in early 2025.

How does Preller even have a job?

All this speculation on Jays player budget etc is just that, speculation. Bellinger a great fit, no doubt.

Truth

IKF is 28 yrs old, typically the peak of a player's career. He should be better than his past performance, and Max is showing the data that backs it up. Jays FO is much more rigorous in evaluation than we are, and they haven't given me a reason not to trust them. Having said the above, I didn't and still don't like the IKF signing... but we will see.

I'm convinced Jays will end up getting Bellinger. LH bat, middle order threat, 1b/of flexibility. He just ticks off the boxes of what the team needs. Assuming Springer goes back to leadoff, vlad/bellinger/turner is a nice middle of the order.

Is it, it's a BA report dated yesterday. "has signed a letter of intent to play at Stanford, the school announced Tuesday." Yesterday's news, OK.

Interesting news. Financially it would make more sense to stay in Japan and become a MLB free agent at 25 yrs old or something. I wonder when we will see the reverse, where a guy like Noble Meyer goes to play in Japan to hit MLB free agency early. Rintaro Sasaki, who set the Japanese high school home run record, has signed a letter of intent to play at Stanford, the school announced Tuesday. Sasaki will join the Cardinal’s 2024 recruiting class. “He may be the most high-profile international prospect to play college baseball in the United States in a long time,” coach David Esquer said. “His power bat plays right into our style of play, and we look forward to him contributing immediately to help us achieve our goals of competing for and winning national titles.” Sasaki hit 140 home runs in his high school career and was projected to be the top selection in the Nippon Professional Baseball draft. He last fall opted for another route, however, and declared he would forego the draft and instead pursue the opportunity to play college baseball. While there have been some Japanese players that have come to America for college in recent seasons, such as UC Irvine third baseman Jo Oyama and former Oregon outfielder Rikuu Nishida, there has never been a player of Sasaki’s stature to bypass NPB in favor of college baseball. Listed at 6-foot, 250 pounds, Sasaki stands out most for his massive raw power, which grades out at least as well above-average. He’s not all power, however. He has a good feel for the barrel, creates easy bat speed and has an advanced approach at the plate. He’s a solid defender at first base.

And if two of those guys get moved for lottery tickets, to free up salary, the two 40 man spot would be taken by Bellinger or Chapman, and probably future closer Connor Cooke.

Cubs have come out and committed to Busch at 1B, and are very high on PCA. They have the dollars, but in their minds, possibly less of a need than the Jays.

Solar to the Giants ramps up the chances Bellinger to the Jays.

Chasing Bellinger as a buy low. Not quite a buy low now.

Those results would do a 180 if Bellinger is signed

Prop up Bally Sports The pot of money for FA isn't there this year, player expectations are not being met. Impasse.

Your team is way too strong to finish bottom 5. The fact that you managed a 7th from the bottom is a massive failure in management.

The lottery was the bottom 5 teams and you were 7th from the bottom. You weren't even in the lottery.

It was made clear that is acceptable, years ago

Gausman was DFA'ed a few times You can make your comment about 80% of the pitchers in MLB

^ politics