Laika
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tercet always wins...
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I feel sorry for everyone that is unfortunate enough to interact with you in real life. Make no mistake, I am firmly on the Hoffman bandwagon, just disappointed that Toronto wants to possibly give him Sanchez' s***** tall and fall mechanics. I'm sure you predicted Toronto's developmental decision when you looked at his K rate as a sophomore though.
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Looking forward to his knee exploding, and the future Stroman-Kopech 1-2 in Cincinnati.
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oof. Michael Kopech suspended 50 games for a stimulant PED.
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Just a few simple inputs: age, position, wRC+/FIP. Maybe FBv or K-BB% or some other things. Run the machine, bing bang boom, the best and most accurate top 100 available.
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Seriously? I guess they've probably drafted pitching well, how much of this is a product of simply taking lots of pitchers I don't know, but I don't really think there's much evidence for this regime being any good at "developing" arms. We've seen a lot of guys scuffle at various levels (Labourt, Tirado, Sanchez, Smoral, Norris) including the big leagues (Hutchison, Boyd, Castro, Sanchez, Norris). Essentially everyone but Stroman and Osuna could be better, or could have been better here. We've also seen several guys leave the organization and seemingly improve (Henderson, Syndergaard, DeSclafani, Sam Dyson, Graveman?). Basically, if the Blue Jays were actually any good at "developing" pitching, then they'd have better pitching right now.
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Also, BA got pillaged and MLB.com is now a legitimate source of rankings. The landscape of internet top 100's for baseball prospects is dynamic as f***.
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Project Prospect used to do WAR updates comparing all the old top 100s. Generally, BP was the worst IIRC. BA was good in some years, Frank Peliere was good in others, and ESPN was kind of in the middle. Obviously, Project Prospect was tops. Adam Foster was a prospecting savant who unfortunately had children before his time.
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LoL blue jays
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Norris + Travis + Pompey + is pretty terrible. But, after d'Arnaud + Syndergaard for Dickey, nothing is out of the realm of possibility.
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Well it's like a 30 second drive and Wilson is actually closer to the 401, lol. And it definitely is like a five minute trip once the train gets moving. The subways take like ten minutes to go South after stopping at Downsview though.
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I don't get why anyone would do this. The daily parking rate at Downsview station is like $2 to $4, and it's free on weekends.
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Disappointed but not surprised. Pretty sure it was fan balloted. Tony Fernandez gets no respect
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Right, but when a guy is a super Ace you don't really care how he gets it done
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Ross is good but he has some of the worst SP mechanics out there, and he's like 80% sliders. He's a level 10 injury risk.
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You have to get pretty lucky to find a taker though. Also, the Marlins lost a lot of goodwill with the public and potential free agents after the big trade, and the same will happen to SDP to an extent if they move Shields less than a year after convincing him to move his life to San Diego.
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more or less. Reyes wouldn't have to go to SDP though - he could be dumped on whatever team wants his contract (or most of it). But Toronto probably needs to shed his $$ in order to fit Shields into the budgetary picture this year. And then you replace him with a sneaky value guy like Ruben Tejada, who is a RHB that could platoon with Goins, or a "free" vet like Rollins.
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Another interesting option - take on Jimmy Rollins' contract for the rest of the year (lets LAD promote Seager). Maybe we're overreacting about Reyes though. He was worth 3.4 WAR last year and neither the offensive peripherals nor the defensive skills seem to have changed.
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Cheap option is Ruben Tejada. Wilmer Flores has emerged a bit for New York. In the race and desperate for offense, maybe they'd move Tejada for Valencia (same control and cost; Valencia covers for Wright and lets Murphy play 2B).
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Just in terms of contract size. He basically has a FA size deal. Reyes is owed $66M for 3 years after this one. His projected skill per 150 games is about 2.6 fWAR. Shields is owed almost the same as Reyes - 3/$65M. Option for the fourth year. His projected skill per 30 GS is a little over 3.0 fWAR. Kimbrel: 2.0 fWAR per 60 innings. Owed $11M and $13M in the next two years. The Blue Jays probably have to do something like including Reyes in a deal if they want the payroll to work this year. Reyes is roughly a non-asset, by about $10M. Shields arguably is an asset, by the same number. Kimbrel is worth ~$6M. The gap then is ~$26M in value. Round up to 30M for deadline premium. Which package of Jays prospects is worth about 30M dollars? Can Sanchez be the headliner? (lol).
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I dunno man. I think most owners in this league would take the younger guy. Moore can still throw as hard as he did in 2013, when he was frustrating but effective (and above league average by FIP).
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Verlander, Kennedy, Miley... actually that might be it.
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Half the league got a Matt Moore offer from me. He's come back from TJS like a wet fart and I can't have the necessary patience with him this year.
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I'm banking on a skill change. His pitch usage is different, and sort of interesting. Also, I wanted off of the SS Moore fast, and TCA never trades unless you make him a strong offer. I actually offered Moore straight up for Miley, but thehurl felt like twiddling his thumbs.
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yeaaaa buddy
