Laika
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Well, he can read my post, realize he's wrong, but save face by simply never responding.
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I know you said you're "done" with the topic, but have a look at the possible equivalents for me. Second Basemen Gordon Beckham (28) Emilio Bonifacio (30) Daniel Descalso (28) Mark Ellis (38) Rafael Furcal (37) Jonathan Herrera (30) Brandon Hicks (29) Kelly Johnson (33) Ed Lucas (33) Ramon Santiago (35) Chris Valaika (29) Rickie Weeks (32) Josh Wilson (34) Shortstops Asdrubal Cabrera (29) Everth Cabrera (28) Stephen Drew (32) Jonathan Herrera (30) Jed Lowrie (31) Ed Lucas (33) John McDonald (40) There's just nothing there even close to Lowrie, other than Asdrubal and maybe Drew. Drew is going to want to sign as a starting SS, so count him out. Cabrera has declined pretty hard in the last two years, ostensibly, and he no longer seems like a league average player. He's a tick below Lowrie, all things considered (similar hitter but much worse defensively) and given the limited talent out there he might get an uncomfortable amount of money.
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Implicitly calling yourself a shark is pretty gauche. You're more of a secondary consumer anyway, like a mackerel. Boxy is phytoplankton.
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I refuse to use the word biweekly due to gross ambiguity: I mean, c'mon English.
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I think he said on twitter that he's doing semi-regular things for the post... weekly or fortnightly.
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Jays Looking At Free Agent Market For A Secondbasemen
Laika replied to BlueJaysCC's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Facetious PED remarks aside, as much as it makes sense on paper, apparently he's a "bad egg" for reasons that I can't really remember. Maybe it's just the insidious/surreptitious Padres post-breakup propaganda getting to me. AA only likes good eggs. -
Steve Pearce OTB
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truth
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Blue Jays sign Wilton Lopez to minor league deal
Laika replied to Laika's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Jake Fox hit 38 bombs in Mexico last year, kids. Should be good for at least 30 in the show. -
That's his favourite type of guy though... You can't punish an alcoholic by giving him a beer.
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Moss isn't better than Steve Pearce, lol. Maybe it's a wash, but Steve-o just touched heights that platoony Brandon can't even dream off. Aside from that, yeah, this might be your last kick at the can with an elite offense. Better make the most of it!
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Also sign Jake Fox and Caleb Gindl. No reason to overreact to a minor league signing but getting Wilton Lopez on one seems pretty solid. He was a very good reliever for three years in Houston before getting traded to Colorado. Really good GB and BB rates, good enough but not great K rates. 2.8 fWAR from 2010-2012, and he even worked as a closer for a bit. His first year in Colorado his PD stats dipped a bit but he was still effective (0.8 WAR; DIPS around 3.60) In 2014 the Rockies demoted him after 6.1 bad innings. He posted a 3.77 FIP in AAA. His velocity dipped in 2014 but the sample size is tiny, and I think he had surgery to remove loose bodies while in the minors. As the bullpen currently stands, he'd be the 3rd best projected reliever behind Loup and Cecil (3.79 FIP).
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I forgot you traded for Abreu... you might be right. C - Pinto v Ramos - You 1B - Votto v Abreu -You (close?) 2B - Walker v Kendrick - Me 3B - Wright v Headley - Me SS - Zobrist v Boogers - Me? CF - Span v Jennings - Me? OF - Gordon v Braun - You OF - Pearce v Choo - Me UTIL - Davis v Trumbo - Me (I probably won't keep 10; Butler+CoCo for you) I dunno. I think I got it.
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Yeah 11 s***** bats should do you well
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Nah gotta keep OF fluid for the yearly JD Martinez guy
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Wow I can't believe you actually won this league. Idiot...
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nah 8 9/10 Bats 8 SP 3/2 RP
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Ryan Goins ISO MLB: .087 MiLB: .098 2014 AAA: .069 GruberLB: .145
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thank you so much
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amazing.
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And here I am thinking we live in a post "can Ryan Goins stick?" world.
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From the article: http://www.hardballtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/6a.jpg A quantification of JP Ricciardi's ineptness, mostly. Although a little bit of that is on Alex I suppose. He took over before 2010?
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There's a pretty decent chance that Lowrie just wouldn't want to come here, and even if so you're looking at at least ~3/33 for him. It's easy to drop hypotheticals like "just sign this guy instead" but people need to realize that not every player is available to every team. Especially for a team like Toronto trying to attract free agents, more often than not they basically have no fair chance at signing them. Toritani is much more likely to sign in Toronto for multiple reasons and he fits for multiple reasons. It's not a case of Toritani vs. Lowrie, because that's a fantasy choice for Toronto. In reality it might be a case of Toritani vs. the status quo, or Toritani vs. some trade overpay for a stopgap 2B like Daniel Murphy when the club already has Devon Travis who they think can fill 2B in 2016 or even late 2015. Toritani has merits as a realistic target; Jed Lowrie remains nothing but a FA unicorn. should of just signed Robinsin Canoe ugh
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There, you told yourself.
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neat, thanks.
