Laika

Wow!!!

Uncle Tetsu's

Hurt me

Scott Mitchell is... an actual sports reporter sort of at least

Also he's young enough that we should still project improvement for another year or two

As a Ross Atkins apologetic maybe I can contort myself into enough of a pretzel to present what they may be thinking. This of course assumes they are acting in pure good faith to the organization and its fans, and not acting in the more likely and obvious way of job preservation or whatever. The thesis would be twofold: 1) the pipeline isn't as bad as people think 2) the financial flexibility will let them do a quick re-load in any event RE 1) we will know during 2025 if this is the case because it probably requires several of the guys at or near the MLB level turning into solid long-term regulars. Baseball prospects are just so fickle, a few helium guys or the industry being too low on certain players can move the needle so much. Example, in Feb. 2021 Kiley McDaniel ranked the Astros and Brewers as the 28th and 29th best farm systems and both of those farms ended up producing lots of talent and some star power. RE 2) much discussed but Rogers has money and lots of the MLB payroll expires after this year or next, so the team could re-load quickly in free agency, taking on bad contracts to get young players, or diverting resources to the amateur side or pro scouting side somehow.

Easy over on that Vegas number though!

45-47

Nah that's probably not good enough. 82-84 wins? It's a team that COULD make the playoffs but much more likely they end up selling and project poorly post trade deadline and end up in the 70s again.

Yeah almost certainly. It is funny. Everyone and their grandma wanted the Jays to buy a slugging LF this offseason for 2025 and instead they bought a light hitting shortstop for 2026 on... Gimenez is their best player per ZiPS. The trade could end up being such a massive win if he is close to that 3.9 WAR projection and then he becomes the team's shortstop for half a decade.

Son of a TSN legend Trade seems light. Black was more interesting a year ago but he doesn't project particularly well any more. Bo and Kyle Tucker were pretty comparable assets for most of their careers... not anymore of course but I think Toronto would need to be offered like 70% of what Tucker fetched to consider a trade

This is putting some recency glaze on him though. He was a disaster by every metric in 2022. He has -15.4 UZR and -18 OAA in his career, in what is essentially four full MLB seasons. He is also 27, likely no longer improving on D and probably getting worse going forward. What will all the leg injuries do to his range? Not many teams want a -4 shortstop. Some will tolerate it if he is an exceptional hitter.

Realistically if Teoscar is worth a three year deal, Santader is worth four years. He's two years younger, has been as good over the last three seasons, has better plate discipline stats, comparable BsR and defense, hits the ball as hard... only thing Teoscar really does better is more of a line drive / batting average skill set, which can sort of also be seen as a con since Santander's FB approach might mean more consistent HR output. And I guess Teo has more "athleticism" which might help him age better even if it has never shown up in good D or baserunning.

Hyun Jin Ryu Robbie Ray Marcus Semien George Springer Steven Matz Jose Berrios Kevin Gausman Matt Chapman Yusei Kikuchi Chris Bassitt Daulton Varsho Rossy Boy has a pretty good track record of reeling in fish or making gutsy acquisitions. Give him a chance!

You mean he's kind of like you in every fantasy league?

I have ZERO problems with Rossy boy trolling for deals. Go Ross go.

"they won't overpay my clients, wahhhh" whined the agents

I bet they have made less than 3 formal contract offers this offseason.

Ernie's plate approach reminds me a lot of Blue Jays legend Kevin Pillar. A more extreme version, but Pillar had this general approach where he would chase all the time but make a lot of contact and then for some reason take pitches in the zone too often. I always thought Pillar had a 60 hit tool with a minus eye and this was how he compensated.

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Yeah I'd do $15M for Verlander or Scherzer in a heartbeat. Only paying them for like 1.5 wins at that rate and they can probably ignore their bodies and but together one more 3+ WAR season before leaving it all on the field in the playoffs.

This "Cardinals live" twitter guy is clearly just a poser. Future threads started based on his posts will probably just get deleted or merged somewhere

I f***ing love being able to paste tables omg.

It's funny. If you go on Fangraphs and look at 1B depth chart projections, sorted by fWAR, he is around so many players that have been signed or traded this offseason. So, pretty easy to figure out his market value I guess. The only real wrinkle is the chance to coach up his defense which doesn't rely exist with any of the others. 14 Spencer Horwitz PIT 113 490 12 56 52 3 12.7% 19.1% .150 .316 .267 .368 .416 .345 119 -1.0 10.3 -6.6 2.1 15 Josh Naylor ARI 143 616 24 78 87 7 8.3% 15.9% .188 .286 .268 .335 .456 .338 116 -1.6 10.1 -10.7 2.1 16 Jake Burger TEX 143 616 30 76 85 2 6.2% 26.8% .210 .287 .243 .301 .453 .324 112 -0.8 7.3 -8.4 2.0 17 Paul Goldschmidt NYY 147 637 24 79 82 8 9.5% 26.1% .181 .309 .250 .325 .431 .328 114 -0.5 9.9 -12.2 2.0 18 Nolan Schanuel LAA 136 588 16 71 63 8 11.9% 16.6% .142 .289 .258 .355 .400 .334 117 -0.7 10.8 -11.6 1.9 19 Nathaniel Lowe WSN 144 623 18 71 73 2 11.4% 22.1% .153 .312 .258 .347 .411 .333 114 -2.7 7.9 -10.0 1.9 20 Spencer Steer CIN 138 595 21 73 73 16 10.5% 21.0% .187 .279 .244 .332 .431 .333 107 0.3 5.4 -8.3 1.7 21 Michael Busch CHC 143 616 22 73 76 3 10.4% 27.6% .179 .301 .236 .322 .416 .322 109 -1.0 5.7 -9.6 1.7 22 Ryan Mountcastle BAL 122 525 20 61 68 3 6.9% 23.8% .180 .305 .257 .312 .438 .324 114 -0.5 8.0 -9.8 1.6 23 Carlos Santana CLE 138 595 21 68 73 3 10.7% 18.1% .170 .257 .236 .322 .406 .318 109 -1.5 4.6 -9.0 1.6

Is there a position to hide Spencer Steer at? He's a pretty good hitter... would maybe be the 4th best stick on the Jays if acquired right now.