Laika

Moore will only be 12 months from TJS at the end of April. Would have to be a perfect recovery and no other injuries in the rotation for Colome to not get a decent look. I think.

With the Hellickson trade, looks like Alex Colome has a rotation spot. Guy has some s*** but he's reaching the majors as a fairly raw talent, not unlike Archer. Any takers?

Chase is a top 5 park for hitting. The Trop is bottom 5. Huge swing! Honestly like moving from Petco to Yankee Stadium. Yeah he gets At&T, Petco, and Dodger Stadium on the road, but he also gets Coors lmao.

Wow Andrew Velazquez too. Could be a future league average (ish) shortstop. Nice little deal for TB. Hellickson is probably less talented than JA Happ, lol.

Hellickson is a POS - probably worse than Happ - and Justin Williams is a guy who has hit .351 in the minors + is supposed to have like, 70 grade raw power (that hasn't shown up in games yet, obviously).

wow, it really sounded like he'd retire. A 6th round pick for one year of Burnett should be a coup, even if he is 38. + he's heading back to Pitt where he had so much success. Also, the Rays just traded for Justin Williams so maybe he doesn't suck. Boxy u mad?

To make it a tiny bit more fair, should be more like 5/$75 for Russ and 3/$39 for Melk

He was #84 on BA's list. Not in MLB.com's top 100.

Minor league stats: [table=width: 500, class: grid, align: left] [tr] [td][/td] [td]AVG[/td] [td]OBP[/td] [td]SLG[/td] [td]OPS[/td] [td]ISO[/td] [td]BB%[/td] [td]K%[/td] [td]HR/600PA[/td] [td]SB/600PA[/td] [td]SB%[/td] [td]BABIP[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Altuve[/td] [td].327[/td] [td].386[/td] [td].481[/td] [td].867[/td] [td].154[/td] [td]8.4%[/td] [td]10.6%[/td] [td]10.96[/td] [td]42.75[/td] [td]72.2%[/td] [td].415[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Travis[/td] [td].323[/td] [td].388[/td] [td].487[/td] [td].876[/td] [td].164[/td] [td]8.7%[/td] [td]11.9%[/td] [td]15.48[/td] [td]21.89[/td] [td]80.4%[/td] [td].347[/td] [/tr] [/table] Travis is ~4 inches taller. Altuve's age vs. level was a notch better. Slashlines and peripherals are eerily similar. Travis seems to have better over-the-fence pop, probably by a grade. Altuve's speed is better by probably ~2 scouting grades. The BABIP difference is probably due to that, but it's possible that Altuve is a better line drive hitter too.

s***, who knows. Maybe the Jays actually have some money to burn this offseason and they've just been playing it coy.

He's probably like a 4 or 5 win upgrade on Navarro. Would be pretty huge... Actually, you could probably sign any other free agent and not get a 5 win upgrade. Any of the big ticket SP would only project to be maybe a 2-3 win upgrade on poo like Happ. Hanley and Sandoval only project to be 3.3 and 3.8 win players (so you'd have to assume the Blue Jays 2B is about well below replacement for them to be equivalent upgrades). Martin projects for 3.2 with no framing, and he's likely a +15 or +20 framer. (Navarro projects for 1.6 wins but he's on the complete opposite end of the framing spectrum). And obviously Martin could cost half as much as all those names. + Canadian

And on the flip side.... The Blue Jays might not have a large, productive, and highly controllable "core", but they do have a LOT of future payroll flexibility, which is a very good thing. Just look at this image. Toronto has significantly less longterm payroll commitments than teams like Seattle, Texas, Cincinnati, New York, Atlanta, Boston, Colorado, Milwaukee, Minnesota, Philadelphia, other New York, and both Chicagos. I think you'd have to agree that talent-wise, in the immediate future, the Blue Jays are as good as or better than (almost?) all of those teams. So while Toronto might not have a 5 year core, what they do have is a pretty talented short term team that carries almost no significant burden of commitment. That's f***ing good! Lots of money down the line to make commitments to free agents and/or extend the in-house talent that develops. http://o0tp7mzzn32msux2jkg8kga0.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/images/2014/11/future-obligations1.png http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/11/future-payroll-obligations-by-team.html

What is Romo looking for? Him and Grilli could actually be decent gets, coming off of "down" (unlucky?) years.

I'd actually be pretty cool with Goins as the backup SS. Eye test says that he's an easy +10 or +15 2B so you'd have to assume that he's at least an average SS. And I agree with what you said earlier about getting more CF/2B depth and starting Pompey and Travis in AAA. I think the best thing to do is attempt to acquire a couple of cheap platoon players for each position, that you could milk a month or two of solid platoony production out of to start he year. Get a left handed 2B that could platoon with Izturis out of the gate, and if Travis forces his way up but struggles with arm-side pitching, you'd have that platoon option in house. Same with CF and Pillar. Get a platoon to start the year and save money. Ideally in the OF there is a fluid situation where some combination of new guy + Pillar + Dirks + Mayberry could form a competent platoon in LF if Pompey forces his way up, and cover Pompey vs. a certain handedness of pitching if he starts struggling against it. And if you go with a pair of cheap platoony dudes, then if Travis or Pompey come into spring training and play like big boys, there's nothing really in their way.

Better than those guys, but still just the Jays 6th best positional player, behind: Bautista Edwin Lawrie Reyes Martin The Steamer offense should be deep, especially if they can get rid of both Navarro and Thole and clean up LF/DH in some smart way. The Steamer World Series will be ours!

Yup. Like any trade, wait and see. Prima facie, looks solid for Toronto and a bit desperate for Detroit though. But, if Travis tests positive for HGH in the spring and then is diagnosed with fibromyalgia, none of us should be shocked.

Keep in mind that Dave Dombrowski is generally regarded as a guy who knows when his own players are about to break, or his prospects aren't going to work out. Rany Jazayerli

Interesting. The .817 OPS + peripherals are pretty solid for a 23 year old infielder hitting AA for the first time, but his stats look even better if you punt the first two months and consider that he was almost a .900 OPS hitter after getting past that oblique injury. And it was consistent too: wOBA by month June - .401 July - .387 August - .377 (season total .365)

yes, yes you are. lmao

Never would've thought a French librarian like yourself could be such a wet blankie.

When I used to play Fight Night Round 2 with du bois they always got right pissed because I would just jab the entire match and then win on the cards. I'm like the Daric Barton of punch fighting. So YOU watch out...

Blood match? Cage fight? Ladders and tables? I'll tap in for King if he gets tired. I've got a score to settle with Boxy...

ouch

I actually tried to google it and I found .08, .05, and no limit...... time to light the Angrioter signal.

bro you are fearless