Laika
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Foolhardy dogmatism towards framing is getting kind of annoying. Yes it's real and yes it's big but.... Hank Conger? Really?
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Baseball America: Blue Jays top-10 prospects
Laika replied to Angrioter's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
ugh your so dumn -
Everything you say is correct up until "Cubs... win a world series". Then I had a seizure.
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Would be silly to drop your load on Jon Lester in free agency and then hold Bryant back for super 2. Imagine they did that and missed the playoffs by a game?
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They have $ so they'll probably only turn to Happ if a few free agent targets spurn them for some weird reason. Or, maybe maybe some analyst with Epstein's ear likes Happ's velocity uptick and thinks he's undervalued. Who knows. They had so much success with Jason Hammel last year that they will almost certainly sign another Hammel type in free agency.
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They're not just gonna lead the league in waiver claims... they'll f***ing LAP the league! Waiver claims yeah!
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Toronto "wins" on paper, sure, but the fact is that most MLB trades have one side winning paper due to the simple fact that there are a finite number of players, sellers, and buyers - and thus a finite number of options available to teams. Ideal trades where the scales line up perfectly are incredibly rare.
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well if thehurl thought it was a good idea then it'll never happen and I should be ashamed.
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Steamer says that Valbuena is about as good a 3B option as Prado or Aramis. I feel like the market wouldn't value him as even close to being in the same tier as those guys though. By market value he would be closer to bench / UTIL rates... I think.
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Fallback trade target - Luis Valbuena. 2 years of control left Projected by MLBTR to make 3.1M in arbitration this year 2.7 fWAR in 2014 Projected for 2.4 fWAR in 2015 In his physical prime Plays 2B and 3B with varying competency Infield in Chicago is absolutely clogged with Bryant/Baez/Russell/Castro. Alcantara is an infielder by trade too. And Olt can backup 3B with pinch hitting pop. Cubs could conceivably compete with more pitching. Proposal - JA Happ straight up for Luis Valbuena.
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Blue Jays Discussed Signing Russell Martin
Laika replied to Hipfan's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
They're not getting Martin though, not unless the market almost completely falls out from under him. Which isn't an impossible scenario. He didn't really work out great for the Yankees when they gave him a free agent deal, and the Pirates don't have much monies. Dodgers though. I'm pretty sure he'll go back to LA. -
Blue Jays Discussed Signing Russell Martin
Laika replied to Hipfan's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Nah. If C is the position that he's best suited for then you develop him as a C. His most likely developmental scenario = backup catcher anyway. If he turns into a stud, then clear a spot or trade him at value when you reach that point in time. -
Yeah, I remember hearing that NPB is roughly AAA level.
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What is the approximate talent level of the KBO relative to an affiliated minor league level? Hyun-jin Ryu's peripherals don't seem markedly different between the KBO and MLB. What's to deal with Jeong-ho Kang - how much money is he going to get?
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Pretty hard to move forward without spending any capital. They're moving sideways into a marginally better situation.
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Little birdy told me that the #fancystats think Smoak is very underrated.
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Indeed.
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Assuming that this Estrada deal opens up the door for a Happ sell-high, then I like everything they've done. 14M for Lind + Happ turned into like, ~5M for Estrada + Smoak. Bench spot made more flexible because your DH is no longer a platoon player. 9M in funds. Now if they don't spend those funds.... Sounds like they are letting Melky walk too.
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Good thing it's only November. The dick-nuggets on this message board need to calm the f*** down.
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Or hate YOU.
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Dirks / Chris Young platoon in LF would be pretty excellent and cheap. Pompey in CF with a Gose / Chris Young platoon as the fallback option. Maybe trade Pillar or Gose if someone likes them, or just store one of them in AAA for depth. (Pillar is worse methinks). Probably have to keep Gose so CF could be covered with absolute defensive competence. Although it's possible that I'm underrating Pillar and he's actually > Chris Young right now. I dunno
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Mike Moustakas available on the cheap. Why trade premium assets for one of thehurl's overrated hot corner dudes when breakout playoff star Moose Tacos is available for pennies? I know that lots of you donkeys need a 3B.
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Justin Williams comes into the draft as a guy with a questionable hit tool but plus or plus-plus raw. In his first 544 PA he has a measly .110 ISO with 5 homers, but he's hit .351.... beisbol!
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You probably could have had him for a beer last night if you weren't being such a big puss
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Blue Jays claim Justin Smoak off waivers.
Laika replied to Terminator's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
You're up in the LoD prospect draft, kid. Hint - pick _________
