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money is of f***ing course the issue. I like Estrada more, personally. Sell high on Happ because he had the better 2014 (if anybody even wants him), but hang on to the guy with the superior career K and BB rates. Happ is weird though. His avg FB has increased in velo every year since 2008.... in 2008 has max velo was 92.6, in 2014 he sat at 92.7. wtf Happ Low to mid 90s from the left side is no joke. That's an easy 6 fastball. Borderline 7 with command and movement (which Happ lacks in spades. Can you lack something in spades? I guess not) Lefty SP with 100+ IP who averaged better FBv than Happ in 2014: Price Duffy Liriano Sale Kershaw ..... that's it. I think. f*** you Happ! I hate you because you are no longer entirely boring. Ugh.

Jason Kipnis is the best. Not only does he reference WAR but he references the "shaky defense" behind Kluber (himself!).

Yea Ortiz is a superior hitter and he's on like his third straight contract that hasn't exceeded 2 guaranteed years.

Poor Papi.

Nelson Cruz's agent is probably fapping so hard right now

Detroit was already on this highway to hell though. Might as well have as much fun as possible before they crash....

Atlanta has a lot of good RP. David Carpenter, Shae Simmons, Ian Thomas, Chasen Shreve are all controllable + project to be pretty solid.

Try reading the article, maybe.

Never heard of Andrew2 but I like his parents' style.

A lot A lot Nothing Almost nothing Nothing It would be pretty hard for Toronto to even give Buehrle or Reyes away.

Here is an interesting attempt to rank the contributions that each team received from their "core" players. Each player's WARP (WAR) is multiplied by both an age indexing factor and a team control indexing factor. Young players with lots of team control see their WARP value rise - old players nearing free agency see their WARP value fall. A "core player" is arbitrarily defined as somebody with a Core Warp of 5.0 or greater. The Blue Jays are found to have only one core player - Marcus Stroman. That's tied with the Padres for the fewest core players in baseball. Toronto ranks 28th in the composite Team Core Value ranking. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=25034#.VGOV1TFVHhE.twitter My Comments 1) I think this is interesting and I think it serves to highlight a lot of the concerns that fans have with the current structure of the Blue Jays roster. If you are a fan that thinks the Blue Jays need to take advantage of an apparent competitive window that could slam shut in the not too distant future, this article affirms your beliefs. 2) The study is purely descriptive. It is not predictive (the article mentions this explicitly). The WARP values are actual WARP values from the 2014 season. A "truer" rank of core value moving forward would use projections for future seasons. (This would likely turn Lawrie, Hutchison, and Norris into "core players"). 3) The study has a potential bias towards teams with money. The Dodgers lead the league in Team Core Value largely because they have been able to purchase many years of control on good players like Gonzalez, Greinke, and Kemp. (But LA still deserves much credit for developing and smartly acquiring core guys like Puig, Kershaw, and Ryu). Veteran players like Cano and Ellsbury are also considered core players because of their production + how much team control they come with, but the study treats 3 years of arbitration control the exact same as 3 years of control at $25 million dollars. 6 years of a highly talented rookie should be considered a superior 'core' asset than 6 years of Jacoby Ellsbury at $21M, because the cost of your core affects the rest of your baseball team.

You make a strong case for your own competence. Criticism rescinded.

Yikes. If North is the best regular on the main board.... well, might as well tear the whole thing down and trade all the decent posters for prospects.

I don't know a whole lot about SEO but I'm pretty sure than an eponymous URL isn't exactly a great choice for a startup baseball blog thing.

Yeah it's not all about maximizing dollars. At Cuddyer's age, guaranteed years are just as valuable. Also, the Rockies suck and Cuddyer is from the East coast.

I'm actually a huge fan-boy of Daniel 3:16. Great PD stats. Hmmm.

His point is that Cuddyer and Granderson are statues... get with the program, sparky.

Harvey, DeGrom, Wheeler, Niese, Colon, Gee, Syndergaard, Matz, Montero is a practical embarrassment of rotational riches. If they are planning on more than one QO signing, then they really aren't "giving up a first for Cuddyer". Go ahead and put your big boy pants on, New York, sign Hanley and Andrew Miller or whoever, and try to win something.

lol the Mets r really dumb why

bump lest we forget the DDL

CarGo is so overrated, lol.

Lind and Pearce would probably rake as a 1B platoon, and Pearce could play LF against RHP. I would've asked for Chris Davis, lol. But, Toronto was looking for a cheaper player so that would've been a no-go...

I really think the Blue Jays are taking the idea of Lawrie playing 2B a biiiiiit too seriously. I'd rather leave Lawrie at 3rd and sign someone like Jed Lowrie to man 2B for much, much less money than Pablo will get to be someone's half-decade 3B.

Dunno. MiLB periphs don't completely blow.

I dunno, he wasn't exactly free. Plenty more Conger fish in the sea.