Laika

I dunno if it goes that far for Pham He's a bit weird, sure but he has also been well liked on past teams. When the Rays traded him their players rioted.

great target. probably better than Renfroe. I wonder if the Mets will even sell, though. They probably inch closer to the last WC spot and decide to just stay the course.

His career splits are all that matter. Single season L/R splits have no meaning. The current roster has two starters that are hopeless against lefties (Varsho and KK). Renfroe is probably a better option against LHP than Belt, as well. The only RHB to replace or pinch hit for those 2.5 options is the second catcher. Replacing Clement on the roster with Hunter Renfroe would be a big deal IMO.

I'd been fine with those trades. I think both of those guys have a lot left.

He was safe though lmao

It's just a jarring package Jays could get more bang for their buck by trading Tiedemann or Orelvis for other needs

Lmfao what

There is no such thing as too much dairy

sir, don't let your mind wander like this it is not healthy

pizza tart?

If Frasso is hurt right now, then he is tracking like a Julian Merryweather.

Yeah I'm hoping it's just evident during his start that he fixed something. Maybe we see a slightly better slider or better velo or more consistent location. Of course the front office knows more than us.

just skepticism that he had enough time in the minors to actually figure anything out

Toronto has made some bad RP/SP decisions in recent years. I thought Hatch should have been a pure RP a couple years ago. There are some other examples. I think they had Merryweather starting a bit back when he first entered the org, which seems insane in hindsight. Pearson... Hopefully they make the right call with Mitchy

Not just you. Their player creed requires clean shaven faced but evidently no character analysis or background checks.

It's.... horrible.

I mean they ARE except they have inexplicably swept the Blue Jays twice. Pretend Toronto went 4-3 in those 7 games as they should have and Boston is 39-47 while Toronto is 50-36. One might say that at this moment in time Toronto's entire season is dictated and described by having blown two series against the worst team in their division. Correct that historic fumble and Toronto is tied with Baltimore while Boston is set for another top 10 draft pick.

Frasso since June 6 9.1 IP, 15 ER 5 BB, 2 HBP, one WP --- looks like he has lost his delivery

Can I pick neither? Sale is 34 and has barely pitched since 2019. I think he might be done, physically. Bellinger since May 1 has no homers and a 70 wRC+. Looks like he's still awful and just had a hot April.

Yeah. They only have I think 3 assets on their MLB roster. McMahon - 2 to 3 WAR player with a $11.7M AAV. Small amount of value. Tovar - pre-arb player who can play SS and survive with the bat. Also very young. Bird - 5 years of control remaining, may be a good GB reliever I'd also maybe give them Ryan Feltner since he's a 26 year old SP with a decent sinker (101 stuff+) and average command. Zac Veen has cratered with a 71 wRC+ Benny Montgomery has a K rate close to 30% Warming Bernabel, 73 wRC+ Drew Romo, 80 wRC+ Jaden Hill, 9.92 ERA Gabriel Hughes, 8.25 ERA The farm is Amador and a couple of other A+ prospects in Sterlin Thompson and Jordan Beck. But the fact that all three of them are at the same level makes me thing it's an environmental boost so I'm skeptical of all of them, even Amador.

The Colorado Rockies as a team have -0.6 fWAR from position players 2.4 fWAR from pitchers There are..... 72 individuals in MLB who have more value right now than the entire Rockies roster.

I'd rather just sign a stop-gap 1 year player if they feel like they need an addition. Gurriel has a 50% chance to be a 1 WAR player in any given year so that's not appealing. Really low upside guy since his baserunning and defense = atrocious.

21 year old SS in AA with a 14% BB rate, 19% K rate, and .270 ISO across 279 PA Here is everybody since 2006 with a BB rate over 12%, K rate under 21%, and ISO of .250 or more while being 22 or younger in AA: Trent Grisham 2019 Matt Wieters 2008 Alex Bregman 2016 Alex Gordon 2006 Colby Rasmus 2007 Gunnar Henderson 2022 Not a single non-MLB player shows up in the sample. I think Gunnar and Orelvis are the only two at 21 years old, as well. Rest were 22. Trent Grisham is the "worst" on the list but he's not really a comparable as he just scraped out a .250 ISO that year, in 280 PA, and it was out of character. He's really not a good comparison whatsoever. Here are some other guys who are CLOSE but just missed some of the thresholds: Justin Upton 2007 Rafael Devers 2017 Bobby Witt Jr. 2021 Francisco Alvarez 2022 Spencer Torkelson 2021 Coby Mayo 2023 Corbin Carroll 2022 Giancarlo Stanton 2010 (.417 ISO lmao) Curtis Mead 2022 Cristian Yelich 2013 Eric Duncan 2006 Dylan Carlson 2019 Rowdy Tellez 2016 Cody Bellinger 2016 Conclusion: Orelvis Martinez is a likely MLB player and his statistical profile indicates 4+ WAR upside, depending on defensive value.

Hungry Man pitches out of it!

I think we all agree this is a bad idea Hope it works out!