Laika
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Kinda want them to decline the 3 year and hope he takes the player option but if he doesn't they just pick up the 2 year. The next two years is kind of "the window" anyway.
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Yeah it would be a CBA thing
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I feel like Joc Pederson might as well just sign with Toronto for $8M and get it over with. Why wait all offseason to do it? It's prophecy.
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Two would be even better!
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I do think they will kind of do the same thing this offseason that they did for KK and Belt. Just wait it out and see who is left and willing to take a tolerable 1 year deal. I would like them to get Hoskins on a pillow deal though. He could be a difference maker. A "big bat" like Christian Walker.
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I kind of agree that limiting the throws over is weird Not a big deal, but it's just kind of gimmicky when the pitcher runs out of throws. Leads to weird things like that Bassitt play.
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your range seems right
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holy f*** i just looked up the details. dumb as f***.
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Man the FA class is gross. I checked the list and yes, Whit Merrifield coming off 1.5 fWAR is actually the best 2B on the market. Unless you love Donovan Solano or think Amed Rosario will bounce back. By 2023 WAR the best shortstop on the market is Elvis Andrus. And then of course the top 3B are Chapman and Candelario. 3B is stacked compared to the MIF! Belt and Carlos Santana are probably the top 1B. The top OF are all fringe-average guys like KK, Soler, Pham, Duvall, Gurriel. The only truly marquee free agents are Ohtani and a few SP. And I guess some closers. Like, some of these top FA bats are just guys who will sign in January on one year deals...
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How is "depth is good" food for thought? Nobody would disagree
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At some point they will need to change more rules. Nobody likes this brand of pitcher usage. Could be small things like... You can't option a pitcher for two days after they were last used. Could be weird things like... Once you remove your SP you can no longer ask for any video reviews. Or team level incentives for having traditional SP usage.
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Yeah, peak years become more important. Wheeler is putting together an elite peak right now with some playoff chops on top. Some guy like Pablo Lopez or Luis Castillo could do that
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You need to readjust your WAR barometer for hall of fame SP because teams simply don't let them accrue as much WAR now. 170 IP is the new 200 IP And it probably only gets worse
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Green looked like s***, I don't know what you guys are smoking. jk
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Does the World Series have a credibility problem?
Laika replied to Marew's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Texas was legit. They did beat three really good AL teams to get there -
one big point for todd dogg
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I dunno man. If some slow-twitch SS/3B debuting to hit .255 for the Baltimore Orioles makes you excited, good for you.
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Carroll was arguably the second best story of 2023 Henderson is awesome but he hit .255 with 28 homers and 82 RBI. Pretty f***ing boring from an entertainment standpoint.
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Toronto definitely says no SDP might even say no if they think trading Tatis is PR suicide
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Yeah Elly De La Cruz really fell off. Him being a bit of a mirage was one of the reasons the season sucked, haha. New Superstar!? Nope.
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It kind of seems like the only cool thing to follow in MLB this year was Acuna's season. And even then the SB total has this little asterisk beside it because of the rule changes. No pitcher had an "all time" season. The best player in baseball suffered a major injury. The best living legend in baseball barely played. Sandy Alcantara and Shane McClanahan both died. Wander Franco uhhhhhhhh did something. A few star young players like Vlad, Tatis Jr., Oneil Cruz, Eloy Jimenez, etc. had really bad years.
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wait, lmao connorp is so dumb he made a point that is the exact opposite of his argument the nerds in our weeks-long discussion are asking for more of a meritocracy! lmao you are the guys who want the underprivileged teams to get a chance and then when they get lucky and win you want us all to pretend they are great and just as good and cool and worthy as the strong teams lmfao lmfao lmfao
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Vlad probably deserved a nomination over Lowe and Torkelson. I guess that's the only possible gripe. Bo's injuries and him trailing off in Aug/Sep did leave him behind the SS nominees. JP Crawford's season is shocking, haha.
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None of us know a lot about corporate finance and MLB franchise financials, but this definitely smells like trouble. Have to assume SDP will be looking to chop significant payroll. In addition to Soto, trade possibilities are: Machado - huge contract Boogers - huge contract Tatis Jr. - huge contract but he's only 25 years old in 2024 Musgrove - 4/$80M left.... probably a "fair" contract to take on Darvish - 5/$83 left... he is 37. too scary based on age. Cronenworth - bad contract based on 2023 and his age but it's not a huge AAV Suarez - not a chance Kim - $8M in 2024, lots of value Scott Barlow - final arb 2024, will get like $9M Grisham - two years left of arb, will get like $5M then $7.5M or whatever I think they might trade Grisham, Barlow, and Musgrove. I think they do trade Soto. I think they might try to get out of the Cronenworth deal in some way. They would need to work very hard to get out of the Machado or Boogers deals... need a special deal and willing buyer. Not likely. Tatis Jr. there would be takers for that contract but ooof that's a bad PR move for SDP.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2023)
Laika replied to Krylian's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
[–]PuzzleheadedPut4309 5 points 3 hours ago Favourite player to coach? And if you are down to say it, least favourite player to coach? [–]johngibbons05 27 points 2 hours ago Devon Travis was my favorite, Brett Lawrie was a handful, but I still loved him LOL he slams Brett Lawrie
