Laika
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Tiedemann and Nimmala are kind of old-hat now anyway. If you can get Skubal for those two, you do it easily. Very flawed prospects. The ones who are harder to give up are guys like JoJo Parker, Johnny King, Gage Stanifer, maybe even that Juan Sanchez baby who hit 8 homers in the DoSL
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Doubt
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Bichette looked fantastic at 2B in the World Series
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Zac Gallen is a lot closer to Jose Berrios than Brandon Woodruff, lol
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This is wild. As others have said, maybe evidence that there is traction on an extension
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I am sure they will, he has a small amount of 1B experience already I think
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There is a market for fundamentally sound baseball players, even if they are platoon guys like Lukes. There is always a team like the Reds or whatever trying to trade for respectable bats. Heck, last offseason they traded a pick and a recent draft pick for Gavin freaking Lux, who is like a crummier version of Lukes. All I am saying is people should be prepared for the gang to get slightly broken up. Lukes for a quality reliever might even be a good trade!
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Also, keep in mind that Atkins likes to plan ahead to fill holes. Varsho, Springer, and Gausman are free agents after 2026. Given the awkwardness Santander presents for any kind of bat signing, I would not be surprised to see a bat traded. And it might be a little bit of a gut-punch trade where a 2025 favourite is sent somewhere. Nathan Lukes should probably be trade bait... Ernie Clement has real, significant value now but he's almost 30. I would personally find Ross Atkins and chop his legs off if he did it, but on paper you can justify a Clement sell-high and you should be trying to sell-high on Lukes
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Too bad they ever signed Santander. He's already making the roster awkward. Presently, having signed nobody, the depth chart would have Lukes OF Santander OF Barger 3B Clement 2B Springer DH Sign Bo and you are incentivized to bench Santander already. Like, are you REALLY taking time away from any of the other dudes? Same result if you sign Tucker. What a plug. Horrendous signing in hindsight. And foresight I guess. Dude has a lot to make up for.
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2026 team will be twice as hungry the power of friendship cannot win you a world series, after all time to embrace the power of money and steroids and other nefarious things 104 win season coming up -
I also blame Vlad. Not for swinging. How do you get a hanging changeup right there and NOT hit it out?
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Imanaga suddenly being a free agent is shocking to me I had no idea he had such a mediocre year under the hood. I never thought the Cubs would let him go.
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Bassitt is better than Lauer and Berrios so he's not in the pen Lauer and Berrios would be the SP5 and SP6 (pen) in some order Gausman, Yesavage, FREE AGENT, FREE AGENT, Lauer, Berrios
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I am jealous of your optimism, but I doubt it and history/probabilities would say otherwise They have a good enough core / payroll / organization now to bump up their WS odds for next year, but we are still talking about maybe a 5% to 10% chance of winning or getting back to the World Series, respectively There is also a real chance that this was a last gasp - the final exertion of effort and luck for the extended cycle of attention and talent and organizational momentum that started in 2015 and just finally died forever all because IKF is a fraud
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Most of what the 2025 Blue Jays did was not a fluke, but they went from like 99% WS odds in the 9th inning to maybe 5% odds for 2026 I am not sure I can even watch next year I might have to just delete this account and find new hobbies. Baseball is ruined.
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Man there were like, 10 plays The 18 inning game - too many chances to end that game to even list. Game 6 - runners 2nd and 3rd with nobody out in the ninth. Expectation is 2 runs to tie. No runs. Why and how did Kike Hernandez even get to that ball? Game 6 - Barger's lodged ball was annoying to me mostly because that swing and contact is so close to being a HR swing. Game 7: Kirk just needs a flyball to tie the game. Double play, WS over. Varsho just needs a flyball to win the game. Groundball. IKF just needs a better lead or slide. No. Gimenez lineout slash that would have made it 5-2 Vlad 380 foot flyout bottom 9 that would have won the WS. 101 mph with that launch angle is a homer 70% of the time. Ernie gapper somehow run down by Pages. Jays relievers hang offspeed pitches horribly in the 8th, 9th, and 11th and the Dodgers never miss. WHY DIDN'T YESAVAGE JUST FINISH THIS GAME!?
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What is the deal with Berrios, anyway? Never saw him all playoffs. Was he even with the team? Any reporting?
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The statistical improbability of losing game 7, game 6, and the 18 inning game, the way that it happened, with those specific events happening, is staggering. So staggering that I now believe in a higher power. I am no longer an Atheist. God exists and he hates the Blue Jays.
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Salt in the wound. Jays robbed of multiple Gold Gloves.
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I don't think you guys understand
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I'll never get over this
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I want to die
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DEFENSE
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Must win game tonight.
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The Dodgers players keep saying they know what to do because they were down 2-1 in the NLDS in 2024 I dunno, man. Doesn't feel like the same thing!
