The Blue Jays will have basically no holes on offense now.
K f***ing P has 1.5 fWAR in 73 games - 4th best on the team. So nice of him to fill the hole left by Pompey. With an 89 wRC+ and extremely positive baserunning, he really hasn't been a hole in the lineup.
The only issues are on the defensive side now:
LF - awful
SS - not good
backup C - garbage (hard to complain about this though).
Would be nice to keep everyone healthy and then replace Carrera with a spry Saunders.
Pretty excited to see Alford with a clean slate in A+. Wipe away all of those weird, exciting, confusing BB%, K%, and BABIP numbers, and let us see where he really is as a hitter.
Hit some dingerz, Tony.
*snobby French librarian*
actually, it looks like Louisiana is the hot bed for y'all, y'all.
http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/6/6/11/enhanced-buzz-wide-7271-1370532075-27.jpg
Desmond was a s***** major leaguer for 2 full seasons before something clicked, and even when he was good, the profile always smelled like a potential quick decline. I wouldn't be shocked if he was just suddenly done.
I have no idea how good Brentz' stuff is, but the fact that I have no idea how good it is tells me that it's *retarded* to even mention Betances.
I'm guessing Betances sits at a higher velocity than Brentz has ever touched
Betances throws 100 with an 80 grade out pitch, lol
Chris Johnston @reporterchris 4m4 minutes ago
Gary Bettman says the #leafs have no territorial right to the Toronto market. "They do not. Expansion is decided by the league as a whole."
Please do this. Somewhat affordable NHL hockey in the GTA would be nice...
I hate that they're just replacing 4on4 with 5 minutes of 3on3. They should have done 5 minutes of 4on4 and then dropped down to 3on3 for another 5.
Or, if the goal was the have less shootouts, get rid of the point system entirely. Wins and losses - no more points!
The NHL is both progressive and stupid, sometimes.
Chris Johnston @reporterchris 4m4 minutes ago
As we reported, the NHL has officially launched a formal expansion process.
Chris Johnston @reporterchris 5m5 minutes ago
Gary Bettman told the NHL board about interest from ownership groups from Las Vegas, Seattle and Quebec City. There's your big three.