Laika

In redraft, sure.

He now projects better than Bo Bichette, per FGDC ROS Vlad .367 wOBA Jansen .349 wOBA Schneider .340 wOBA Bo .337 wOBA

92 mph down the dick should have gone 400 ft tbh

It's Jim Bowden so this is worse than trash, but I will paste it here anyway: Bowden: Way too early MLB trades I’d like to see happen, plus Luis Arraez trade takeaways ... 2. Blue Jays trade 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to Astros for 1B/OF Joey Loperfido and OF Kenedy Corona Vladimir Guerrero Jr. celebrates after hitting a grand slam Sunday. (Geoff Burke / USA Today) Guerrero will be a free agent after the 2025 season and the Blue Jays have yet to sign him to a long-term deal. They’d get a much better return in a trade now than they would in the offseason or in the leadup to next year’s trade deadline; therefore, they’ll need to seriously consider dealing him this July if they fall out of the race. Guerrero is still only 25 years old and just entering his prime years. Could you imagine him hitting between Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker over the next two seasons (at least)? Vlad Jr.’s best season was in 2021, when he led the majors with 48 home runs and topped the AL with a 1.002 OPS. He followed that up with a 32-homer season and a Gold Glove Award in 2022. However, the three-time All-Star’s numbers dipped last year to 26 homers and a .788 OPS, and this year he’s batting only .239 with four homers, 15 RBIs and a .711 OPS. A change of scenery, especially a move to Houston, could be a huge boost for him. The Astros need help at first base. José Abreu, who last week was optioned to the team’s spring training facility, appears to be in serious decline. Jon Singleton has played well for them, but he’s more of a solid bench player. Guerrero would solve first base for the Astros and really lengthen their lineup. In return, the Blue Jay would get Loperfido, who could take over first base long term. He was leading the minors with 13 home runs when the Astros promoted him last week. Loperfido, 24, also can play left field. Corona, 24, can play all three outfield positions and profiles as a 20-home run, 30-stolen base, top-of-the-lineup type producer. He is hitting .185/.340/.309 this season in Double A with 10 steals in 11 attempts. Both players won’t be arbitration-eligible until at least 2027.

Vlad RBI single! 115 mph distance, 255 feet that's a 420 foot dinger with the right launch angle!

“I was always a pull hitter,” Schneider says. “I hated going the other way. I hated singles to right field. As a kid, growing up, you want to hit home runs. I always tried to do that from little league until high school — ironically enough, I never hit a home run to left field at my high school, but it’s a big park, like 340 feet to left, so it was kind of tough to get it out of there.” lolllllllllllllll I love DS I asked Schneider a question I like to pose to ballplayers who had anything other than a fast track run from high school to the majors: What would you have done for a living if baseball hadn’t worked out? And it turns out Schneider’s motivation to avoid extra schooling is quite powerful. He said he wanted to be a firefighter, because it doesn’t require a degree.

oh wow Bonita is hitting 6th, that's a big drop

Springer hurt (thank god, please IL him) Vlad classic 114 mph single didn't watch but I would guess it had a 2 degree launch angle or something

f*** youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu toronto

My personal opinion was not part of that argument He has a 129 wRC+ right now, projects for a wRC+ between 105 and 118 based on all the visible projection systems, and he layers in plus baserunning. He was also an above average hitter in 2022 and exactly average in 2021. You can hate the player irrationally if you want but he's not a one-way position player. He's not just some defensive specialist who pops the odd homer.

Varsho has lots of value. 2021 - played at a 3+ WAR pace 2022 - 4.4 WAR 2023 - 2.1 WAR while being brutal offensively 2024 - Should end up at 4.2 WAR to 4.5 WAR, if you add his current production to rest of season projections Jays fans with Moreno trade PTSD will take a while to completely come around on him but all things considered he is a pretty stable producer. Defense gives him a huge floor.

Kikuchi, Turner, Varsho, Berrios, Yimi, Jansen Don't see the point in selling Schneider right now.

Ultimately they are responsible. Really hard to say how much they could have helped, perhaps nobody could have saved Vlad, but there should be complex and modern high performance, development, fitness, game preparation systems in place so when you sit and watch players like Springer, Bo, Vlad, and Kirk all erode physically while displaying horrible approaches and game plans at the plate... it's hard to just say it's all bad luck. There is also the mental scouting side of things. If Kirk and Vlad are uncoachable weirdos, for some reason, it's on the executives to determine that and act accordingly.

It just doesn't make sense for Rogers to be a $230M+ payroll team for that level of excitement when they can reasonably accomplish the same thing by spending like, $150M annually.

say more?

why the f*** does everyone always say this? is there any evidence for it? dude worked in CLEVELAND for like 24 years, and he's 57 years old now. if he had commissioner's office ambitions you'd think he would have lateraled to a New York team like 20 years ago

Yes and no. He sort of just flubbed those Happ and Stroman trades. The timing wasn't wrong, Toronto had the top or one of the top SP on the block at two consecutive deadlines... the returns were wrong though. I suppose you could say the returns were wrong because Atkins may have gotten tunnel vision on getting mostly "MLB ready" players back? I agree they they will do a half-assed deadline and reload for 2025. They'll probably just submit to their fate with Vlad and pay him $23M for who the f*** knows what. They will go into 2025 hoping: - Vlad figures something out - Bassitt can have an ERA under 5 - Gausman gets his stuff back - They can replace Kikuchi - Half of their relievers can get their stuff back - Kirk figures it out offensively - They can replace Jansen and find a 50% catcher - Springer has a dead cat bounce There will be a lot of wishing and hoping

I don't think they will rebuild the way we want. It's sad but the financial reality. They just spent so much money on renovations, it's sort of like a new stadium situation. The decision to do a significant rebuild would have to come from ownership - is Rogers really going to make that call and sacrifice the short term money, in gate revenue and TV viewership?

Seems extremely unlikely Maybe something like the Mitch Haniger Robbie Ray swap is out there though

He's either broken or so old that he is cooked Shell of his former self

It seems like it He doesn't even hit deep flyballs anymore. His maxEV this year is 109, way below his typical max of like 116

Yes at least if they go full rebuild it will be a clean slate very soon Guasman and Berrios are assets on their deals and the only other guaranteed money in 2026 = Springer and Y. Rod at $7M. So, the only bad money on the books = Springer's remaining 2024/2025/2026 and I guess Bassitt's 2024/2025. Hard to argue that the smaller amounts for IKF and Green matter at all. Vlad rest of 2024 is bad money though lol. The financial situation is sort of positive! Yay!

I would agree If I was any good at editing video I would make one of Chris Bassitt saying "I am just proud to be part of a pitching staff that doesn't chase velocity" followed by all of the Jays 2024 shitbag declining arms giving up tanks on 92 mph poo

Yeah well we aren't there

Bo is hopeless These guys f***ing SUCK