Jimcanuck

Almost everyone would have picked Seager, doofus

I find this hard to believe. He isn't close to Big Panda level of obese. edit - you are right

That word is verboten

Gurriel Jr has really good numbers against lefties and is league average against righties. Plus bringing him back might get the other Jr going.

In two years let's compare Moreno's MLB year 3 with Kirk's Moreno has considerable upside whereas Kirk may have plateaued (other than adding another 20-30 lbs or more?)

Does it relate to Trea Turner? I'm interested also and will send an offer

Gurriel and Varsho same fWAR in 2023, 2.1. Kirk 1.6 fWAR, 422 PA Moreno 1.7 fWAR, 380 PA Jays would have been a better team in 2023 WITHOUT considering the WAR contribution of whatever the Kirk return could have been. Hindsight of course, but as the ex-BJMB Sherriff and Kirk fanboy will attest (because we debated this ad nauseum before the trade), I advocated to keep Moreno and Jansen, and trade Kirk, in numerous pre-trade posts.

I for one would find 2 fatties on the team easier to stomach than 3

Two years of the current format: 2022 - 2/4 teams with a bye lost in LDS 2023 - 3/4 teams with a bye lost in LDS 1 week interval between wild card series and LDS. Is that enough to f*** with the bye team hitters?

I still think Moreno for Varsho was a good deal, even if Varsho had a down year. I also think trading Moreno instead of Kirk was a huge mistake. The above positions are not inconsistent.

Again, Moreno's rookie year Moreno's 1st half 78 wRC+ and 2nd half 141 wRC+ is the key observation, suggesting he has made an adjustment to MLB and is on his way to being an elite C IMO, the biggest mistake of Atkins tenure will turn out to be trading Moreno instead of Kirk

Ya I'm not gonna compare a player's 3rd MLB season with a rookie's

It's not the offseason yet, crikes

yes, when I'm not watching porn

Lot of reports that Vlad is uncoachable. Springer and Chapman are veterans, I just don't seem them paying much attention to a coach.

Springer, Vlad, and Chapman wouldn't listen to any coaches. They are their own coach, for better or worse.

It makes sense for Biggio, he doesn't have home run power and less of an uppercut means the bat spends more time in the zone. Also a simpler swing so he should catch up to more fastballs.

Probability, man. You being the sperm that fertilized the egg was a 1 in 50,000,000 chance. One of the other 49,999,999 would have been better.

Blue Jays • Cavan Biggio changed his mechanics and performed better. From May 23 on, Cavan Biggio slashed .265/.378/.407 with a 124 wRC+, re-establishing himself as a valuable complement to the lineup. A change in mechanics and mindset helped Biggio have his first above-average offensive season since the shortened 2020 campaign and moving forward, he’ll slide into a versatile super-utility man role. Here is an explanation of the change: Biggio has worked to “swing down” more, which sounds counterintuitive in an era of baseball obsessed with hitting the ball in the air. He recognized early that his attempts to lift the ball had him pulling his bat away from the zone too quickly. The balance was all off. “I’ve always been a guy who hits a lot of fly balls, especially when I’m not really using the whole field,” Biggio said. “Swinging down on it, keeping my head on it and being able to use the whole field has been able to help me cover the whole zone. That gives me a ton of confidence.” This started back in Spring Training, when Biggio attached himself to Victor Martinez. V-Mart has been with the organization as a special assistant and had an immediate impact on a handful of the club’s young hitters, Biggio included. Biggio lowered his launch angle some (20 degrees to 16 degrees). The problem is that he only has a 33% HardHit%, so he profiles as a flyout hitter. Too much launch angle to hit line drives, and too little power to hit home runs. All of Biggio’s 2023 gains are plate discipline based with his 1H to 2H K% going from 31% to 21% and his 1H to 2H BB% going from 7% to 16%.

Best hitting teams in 2023: Atlanta (1st by a country mile) Dodgers Texas Tampa Bay Houston Seattle This doesn't support

If I was rebuilding, Schanuel is the type of guy I'd be targetting. AG is usually all over these guys.

And would Kim Ng in the Jays FO help Jays get him?

This is how incels talk

connor is so reactionary, he's like an 8 yr old

It's game 1 and the difference is basically Gallen is catching too much of the plate Wayyyyyyy too early to count the d-backs out