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Baseball Prospectus: 2015 Toronto Blue Jays Top 10 Prospects
Laika replied to Caper's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Since when? Source? I'll I've ever seen on him is 80 grades. -
Baseball Prospectus: 2015 Toronto Blue Jays Top 10 Prospects
Laika replied to Caper's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Agree with RIPEXPOS. Turner has pure 80 speed + could stick at SS. I thought he was a better bet than Pentecost too. He's also not that risky because he's a college guy, starting at SS so he can slide around the diamond almost anywhere. Pentecost has a rounded skill set but no impact tools. More importantly, catcher defense is so intricate these days that the best thing to do IMO is wait for MLB data and then acquire a backstop that you absolutely know can catch and throw at the big league level, call an MLB game, frame MLB pitches, blah blah blah. Trying to develop your own catcher is pretty risky because until they get to the big time it's hard to really know if they are even a viable defensive player. I'd rather draft the up the middle guy with an impact tool and if I have a hole at C in the future, try to acquire someone like Grandal or Montero or even Hanigan. Someone you know can frame a pitch and do most other defensive things well. -
Andrew Miller + Dellin Betances... good luck coming back against the Yankees next year.
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I'd stop short of calling him obviously great. Sure he's done some great s*** this offseason, and years ago, but where were his smooth talking skills last offseason when he did f*** all?
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I would be a great GM if I could just line up a bunch of hypothetical trade scenarios and signings in a spreadsheet and communicate with GMs and agents solely through text messages and emails. Unfortunately, a massive part of making any trades or signings happen is soft skills. To be a great GM you need to be able to build and maintain a rapport with most other front office characters in the league, as well as most player agents and even players themselves. And you have to do this within a necessarily competitive environment where everybody wants to get you smiling before they bend you over the ottoman (tmi?). I could easily propose a Lawrie+ for Donaldson trade to Billy Beane, but would I be able to effectively build a relationship with Beane and communicate with him in a specific recurring way in order to pry the cost controlled MVP candidate human being baseball player out from the grasp of his greedy green hands for as little as possible? No. Not a chance.
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Agree.
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Holy f***. First off, the trade sucked balls both in context and in hindsight. That's already been said. Nobody gives a soft turd about the baseball fight. That's just a hilarious point to bring up. 3.9 WAR in 2013 paid for his entire contract and then some. Projected for 1.7 WAR in 2015, only getting paid $5M. Should return about $10M in surplus value next year.
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nox = the real wet blanket that everyone needs. simmer down, ladies.
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ilu nohomo
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Still not sure what Aaron Cibia's positive clubhouse qualities were. Did he have a massive unit that made everyone giddy, or something? The guy always strikes me as decidedly arrogant, entitled, and smug. He's really nice if you have Leukemia or something on twitter though.
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He means giving Thames the LF gig.
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I had no idea you were so verbose and plump!
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Most people without loose screws were of this opinion: - The trade sucks on paper, but... - At least the Blue Jays will be fun to watch next year! Public opinion can suck eggs. Essentially irrelevant. Handsome Jake could still be pretty decent. Yunel Escobar was a total wasted asset. DeSclafani and Nicolino are probably going to be cheap long-term, below-average contributors for Miami.
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Guy is pretty gross.
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You should have hated the Miami trade in context, and you should definitely hate it in hindsight. The fact that you don't is scary. Are you dumn?
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Wow, good for you. So level headed with your decades and decades of life experience. The true super-fan that we should all aspire to be! How about this: 1) AA was awesome when he was re-tooling the team 2) AA sucked ass when he was first trying to push the team to competitiveness 3) AA has learned from some of his transaction mistakes and improved his approach, OR, the real issue at #2 was the heavy-handed influence of Beeston/Rogers and that has been lifted somewhat this offseason. The guy still needs to show that he can put the finishing touches on a roster and build a team that's actually robust, and not waiting to crumble at the seams.
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lmao
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Baseball Prospectus: 2015 Toronto Blue Jays Top 10 Prospects
Laika replied to Caper's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Realistic role as #1? None, ever. Never should that happen. -
Baseball Prospectus: 2015 Toronto Blue Jays Top 10 Prospects
Laika replied to Caper's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
No matter what order you put the names in, the Blue Jays kind of have a stacked system right now. Again, it's super pitching heavy, but when you can trade arms for Josh Donaldson and Michael Saunders, who gives a f***... Norris Pompey Sanchez Hoffman Osuna Pentecost Travis Nay Reid-Foley Castro Smoral Alford Smith Jr. Cole Tellez Urena Labourt Tirado Borucki Boyd Jansen Hollon Some other potential RP arms (Stilson, DeJong? etc.) Bench Factors: Jimenez Burns Berti Schimpf Lugo? Dean? -
Well they are getting some unnamed infielder from Detroit as well. Probable that some old scout just doesn't like Shane Greene.
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I still think you could save yourself 1000 hours and get basically the exact same information by just looking at team win totals (and it still wouldn't necessarily reflect GM talent. Theoretically, Amaro could have taken over Gillick's Phillies, put them in a terrible long term position but exited after the 102 win season, and he'd look like a GM prodigy). Best way to measure GM talent might simply be $ spent per added win, with marginal wins properly valued (so rich GMs aren't unfairly knocked). Would need big sample size.
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Yup. Holy f*** San Diego. Don't be dumb.
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Sigh, Padres. Grandal for Kemp would be so, so, so, so, so, so, so dumb.
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4/65 for Headley is f***ing robbery compared to the 4 year deals given to Cruz and Markakis. Easily twice the player, not much more money. In a rational market, contracts for Sandoval and Headley are only a stones throw apart.
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What's hard to understand? Most people still see baseball through batting average, home runs, and RBI. Headley generates most of his value through defense and plate discipline (+ decent power and hit). Same reasons that Melky is so overrated - .300 hitter!
