Laika
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Soria for Navarro! lol
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I like it. They got Matz right, and they were smart enough to avoid ranking any newly drafted high school arms. I'm not overly concerned that they decided to put Bryant #5 instead of #1. If he's Troy Glaus, then I could see a Lindor outproducing that over his career. As for Mondesi over Anderson, Mondesi's age vs. level is arguably more indicative of success than Anderson's statistics. Anderson walked like 0 times at a level where BB% starts to become predictive of future success... Biggest gripe for me is Joc at #18. The guy has a near slam dunk production profile and at the very least should be ahead of Bradley and Meyer, maybe sandwiched with Sano. At the least. You can quibble with the order but I'll take this 100 guys over the 100 ranked by other sites. I love how they didn't rank Moran, Conforto, and Meadows. Law and MLB ranked Domonic Smith, lol.
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Cotillo is saying that it's done now, pending physical. Four years for between 72M and 78M. Padres lose pick #13 for signing him, so if you want to translate total costs to dollars, say the contract is for 82M to 88M (I think that pick is worth around 10 million....) He projects for 3.0, 2.5, 2.0, and 1.5 WAR in the next four years. 9.0 total. He would have been a 1.5 win upgrade over Toronto's #5 SP (if you call that #5 SP Daniel Norris pitching 150 innings as projected by Steamer). The upgrade probably would have been a bit higher than that though because SP depth is more fluid than that and there is a trickle down effect. You could call it 2 wins right now for ~20M. There are cheaper ways to add two wins!
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no maybe .500
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Bobby Ryan is actually a decent comp for Evander Kane, lol.
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Does Kessel's contract hurt his value? I don't remember exactly how big it is / how it stacks up relative to others in the league.
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Anyone want Grabovski for some pick? Playing like s*** but he's eligible at every position, been getting plenty of minutes and power play time recently. Could start piling up points at any time.
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I don't really get it for San Diego. Shields Kennedy Ross Cashner JJ/Morrow/Despaigne/Erlin/Wisler/Luebke/Kelly/Maurer They had a lot of depth with upside already. Maybe they flip the huge injury risk Ross for an infielder now?
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Rodon is flaky. He could be Brett Anderson and nothing more. Just don't like the return in a league where you can trade Archie Bradley + for Kershaw if you try hard enough
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plz stop publicly defending your trape victim
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It's 1 million + 1.5M buyout on a 4M option for next year. Get pissed bro!
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You've said it yourself. Maybe you need a tattoo as a reminder. How about "I'm Dumn"
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Ismael Guillon, plz. LH Velocity + 70 grade change up. Throw him in the pen and tell him to forget about the breaking ball.
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Reds sign Badenhop and DFA Ismael Guillon. Guillon is a guy that you should want. ("factor on the farm" in recent Reds top 10) Here is a pre-2013 report (ranked #6 in Reds top 10):
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Trust your evaluations.... unless you're Boxy. Then defer.
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Done!
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Woah, when did this happen? You realize that I'm responsible for like, half of your legit keepers? Do you want me to turn off that pipeline of my leftovers?
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five batters faced, five K's. Perfect
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People are sleeping on Blackburn a bit too. KATOH loves him. http://www.hardballtimes.com/katoh-forecasting-major-league-pitching-with-minor-league-stats/ Still not a great trade though. Rodon could have fetched a productive MLB piece. Honestly he probably would have been most of the way to any of Hurl's legit 3B, Longo included. sigh.
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Of course that's projecting from 23 innings, lol. Happy Birthday, Roberto!
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Open the full spreadsheet. Sort by WAR through age 28 or chance for > 16 WAR Observe who is above Julio Urias.
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I just don't really believe in a "Bautista window". I've always thought that that was a kind of really stupid compartmentalized thinking. What if you sign Shields and then Jose breaks his leg in April? What if Shields' contract four or five years from now contributes to an inability to lock up Stroman, Norris, Sanchez, Hutch, Pompey, for their prime years? Having elite vet talent and a solid team does mean that Toronto needs to make every effort to win now, but it doesn't mean they should operate like a myopic. How about a non replacement level player for 2B, how about trading Navarro for a reliever because he makes a terrible DH, how about building a robust 25 man with depth everywhere? Signing Shields and then calling the roster complete would be a rehash of everything that has made Toronto consistent also rans in the AA era. Studs and duds is the roster archetype issue. Toronto has the studs. They just need less duds.
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Giving a 33 year old pitcher the type of money and years that it would likely take to lure him to Toronto strikes me as, almost categorically, a bad idea. Obviously there's some price where it makes sense.
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No thanks.
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Dude had 400+ hits+blocks last season, and the secondary assists potential in Tampa is pretty high.
