Laika

Did you really think I would read that?

Hi, M's fan here. What would you guys think of Chris Taylor + Michael Saunders + Erasmo Ramirez + James Jones + Brad Miller for Bautista and Lind? Be nice.

You almost have to make a concerted effort to f*** it up. It will be interesting to see how the Blue Jays try to ruin 2015. Do they go the "make absolutely no improvements or investments" route, like they did with success in 2014? Or, do they go down the "track team / my priorities are so out of whack it's hilarious" road that helped them get such a nice, high draft pick after 2013?

I hope you're not implying that you would keep Bobby f***ing Parnell over Liriano

Call me a stupid homer, but I actually kind of like the roster mix Toronto will have going into 2015. Yes, there are some bad contracts and the payroll constraints will probably prevent any real improvements. But, there is a mix of bankable veterans and exciting, high upside youngsters that I don't really ever remember seeing from a Blue Jays team. They have a lineup anchored by two top ten hitters in baseball (2015 Steamer wOBA) and the 3rd best SS in the game according to Steamer, and it's a lineup that incorporates a pair of high end young players that could explode in any given season (Lawrie and Pompey). The rotation is carried by a pair of veteran arms that seem like virtual locks for 200 IP and league average production, and those two are followed (or in the case of Stroman, lead) by four young arms with a crazy amount of talent. That's a lot of players that almost any team in baseball would want, and aside from them, there are solid contributors in the fold like Navarro, Lind, Cecil, Loup, Happ... and a few not terrible bench pieces. It will be a marvel of terrible roster construction if Anthopoulos and friends can manage to miss the playoffs for a third straight year with a core that promising.

This must be one of the biggest sabermetric faux-pas out there. You realize this doesn't make him a better (or any more valuable) hitter, right?

Criticisms are fair, but it's hard to hate too much on his young core. SS/2B - Profar SS/2B - Baez 3B - Machado CF - Marte OF - Soler OF - Myers OF - Arcia Josh Harrison is ok

To be fair, his defence goes a long way so he's a useful 4th OF, meaning there's probably some team out there that would trade a decent cheap RP for him.

It's hilarious that some Blue Jays fans still live in a world where Gose has decent trade value.

Why would Seattle do that? They already have enough surplus outfielders that can't hit enough to start or start in a corner.

If the Blue Jays could somehow get a Saunders+Miller/Taylor/Ackley package, that would be huge. Offseason offensive shopping list essentially done. I'm not sure the teams line up very well though. The M's would probably have some interest in Adam Lind, but he's not worth very much at all. They don't really need any arms...

I guess it was too soon to playfully reference an 1864 fire? I don't see how it's offensive. And I am VERY easily offended. (Don't f***ing look at me like that, you neo-con bigot)

Disagree. Not in theory, just in the names. Did you guys know that Steamer600 has Lawrie as a top 30 position player? (3.9 wins). Granted, he hasn't exactly demonstrated that health is one of his skills... if health is a skill...

ahhhh

https://gamecentrelive.rogers.com/?navid=nav-gcl-main&intcmpid=nhl-gcl-mainnav ???

Why am I seeing $179.99 on NHL.com? I don't have a TV subscription anymore. Was thinking of getting this thing...

Yeah he caught like 100+ games this year. Hard to see him becoming a full time 1B any time soon. If Andrew Susac translates all of his skills to the big leagues then maybe it gets interesting with Buster, Susac, and Belt all in the picture.

How much does that thing cost?

And even TCA chose to bail out pretty early... started selling with like, 4 weeks left or something like that.

The playoffs are nothing but a series of coinflips, so as far as I'm concerned, there are 8 winners in our league in any given year. Group hugs! The only real loser this year was thecatsass. f***ing 9th place hack....

I'm guessing you have a spreadsheet titled "Intriguing Speculative Holds Guys 2015" with about 100 names on it right now, correct?

He's no Jon Niese.

CC Sabathia + inevitable future Blue Jay Gavin Floyd

Sort Steamer600 by WAR and Jamie Moyer is #32

2014 Stroman vs. 2013 Kluber *lists fancy stats* *reclines with smug look on face*