Laika
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Moss isn't better than Steve Pearce, lol. Maybe it's a wash, but Steve-o just touched heights that platoony Brandon can't even dream off. Aside from that, yeah, this might be your last kick at the can with an elite offense. Better make the most of it!
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Also sign Jake Fox and Caleb Gindl. No reason to overreact to a minor league signing but getting Wilton Lopez on one seems pretty solid. He was a very good reliever for three years in Houston before getting traded to Colorado. Really good GB and BB rates, good enough but not great K rates. 2.8 fWAR from 2010-2012, and he even worked as a closer for a bit. His first year in Colorado his PD stats dipped a bit but he was still effective (0.8 WAR; DIPS around 3.60) In 2014 the Rockies demoted him after 6.1 bad innings. He posted a 3.77 FIP in AAA. His velocity dipped in 2014 but the sample size is tiny, and I think he had surgery to remove loose bodies while in the minors. As the bullpen currently stands, he'd be the 3rd best projected reliever behind Loup and Cecil (3.79 FIP).
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I forgot you traded for Abreu... you might be right. C - Pinto v Ramos - You 1B - Votto v Abreu -You (close?) 2B - Walker v Kendrick - Me 3B - Wright v Headley - Me SS - Zobrist v Boogers - Me? CF - Span v Jennings - Me? OF - Gordon v Braun - You OF - Pearce v Choo - Me UTIL - Davis v Trumbo - Me (I probably won't keep 10; Butler+CoCo for you) I dunno. I think I got it.
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Yeah 11 s***** bats should do you well
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Nah gotta keep OF fluid for the yearly JD Martinez guy
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Wow I can't believe you actually won this league. Idiot...
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nah 8 9/10 Bats 8 SP 3/2 RP
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Ryan Goins ISO MLB: .087 MiLB: .098 2014 AAA: .069 GruberLB: .145
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thank you so much
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amazing.
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And here I am thinking we live in a post "can Ryan Goins stick?" world.
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From the article: http://www.hardballtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/6a.jpg A quantification of JP Ricciardi's ineptness, mostly. Although a little bit of that is on Alex I suppose. He took over before 2010?
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There's a pretty decent chance that Lowrie just wouldn't want to come here, and even if so you're looking at at least ~3/33 for him. It's easy to drop hypotheticals like "just sign this guy instead" but people need to realize that not every player is available to every team. Especially for a team like Toronto trying to attract free agents, more often than not they basically have no fair chance at signing them. Toritani is much more likely to sign in Toronto for multiple reasons and he fits for multiple reasons. It's not a case of Toritani vs. Lowrie, because that's a fantasy choice for Toronto. In reality it might be a case of Toritani vs. the status quo, or Toritani vs. some trade overpay for a stopgap 2B like Daniel Murphy when the club already has Devon Travis who they think can fill 2B in 2016 or even late 2015. Toritani has merits as a realistic target; Jed Lowrie remains nothing but a FA unicorn. should of just signed Robinsin Canoe ugh
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There, you told yourself.
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neat, thanks.
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He's stung it a bit more than Mune in Japan. Mune was .080 ISO there and Toritani has been .130. The bar is so low at 2B in Toronto that even if he's just Mune (Steamer -> .240/.306/.310) with "+1" bonuses across the board (.250/.320/.340; so basically, Yunel Escobar), that could be a solid 1-2 win improvement depending largely on the defense. That's essentially 2013 Dustin Ackley who would've been about a 1.5 win player if the M's didn't move him to CF where he bled some runs.
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Yeah that might be the best news out of all this. A window into the FO that sheds some light on Beeston's current role (I'm assuming him and Cito just play connect 4 all day).
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The articles from Japan make it pretty clear that Toritani isn't interested in coming over unless he can be guaranteed a starting gig. I think there's a price where he'd be a great flyer fill in. He really shouldn't cost that much given his age and lack of great tools. I'd give him 1 year and a chance to start out of the gate but I wouldn't give him 3 years. Guys like Nakajima and Nishioka were similar / better hitters in Japan, at younger ages coming over, and they flopped entirely. Doesn't mean much but it's enough for me to think that anything more than a 1 year shot would be dumb.
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The Butt Stallions rode that trade all the way to 8th place!
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(2014) Winter Meetings Discussion Thread
Laika replied to TwistedLogic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
lol it was probably like, 7 bucks. -
(2014) Winter Meetings Discussion Thread
Laika replied to TwistedLogic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Every Chris Cotillo tweet hot take format: A: Per this other person, this might happen. B: Follow up tweet with baseless speculation. -
(2014) Winter Meetings Discussion Thread
Laika replied to TwistedLogic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
trollosi strikes again! -
But, remember last year. The Jays picked Brian Moran and then immediately flipped him to the Angels for international cap space. That was neat-o. Moran ended up having the TJS in April, lol.
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Punting your major league depth in order to protect guys with fringe relief/bench potential is a dangerous game.
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= Various Japanese colleagues are saying that the Blue Jays are expressing interest in free agent Takashi Toritani for playing 2B?
