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Thornton + Hatch + Kay were all interesting enough and worth keeping heading into 2022. At some point during 2022 it became obvious that they were cooked, useless... but the team still had to keep them around because you need arms. Saucedo + Griffin + Gage + Lawrence are all utterly replaceable. I think most of these 7 guys are off the 40 by the end of the offseason. Maybe a couple survive, like Hatch and Saucedo if they have options.
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Toronto Blue Jays Roster Discussion (2022)
Laika replied to TwistedLogic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
well not necessarily Moreno as a 2B/3B only happens if Jansen stays and no C get dealt -
Toronto Blue Jays Roster Discussion (2022)
Laika replied to TwistedLogic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
A lot of these seem too light -
I retract this statement oops it was much worse than this
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Really, if Toronto is extending someone Bo should be the priority. This is your cornerstone, franchise player.
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I think it makes sense. Vlad was bad, bad, then great. Bo has been extremely good from day 1. In his debut season he played at about a 4.2 WAR pace. Next year, 4.0 WAR pace. Next year, was worth 5.1 WAR. This year was worth 4.5 WAR. A stud from day 1
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Yeah he was f***ing fourteen or something. It’s horrible but I know tons of people who did s*** that egregious at that age or younger.
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I am generally against these social adjudications that ruin peoples lives forever because of stuff they did as a minor. Obviously the older the kid was or the more egregious the thing they did was, it can change and be justifiable I dunno
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That’s not the point.
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The advanced teams would cream their pants for Danny Jansen. Do you guys understand how bullish his 2022 statline is? He upped his barrel rate to 13.1% Career best hard hit rate And somehow dropped his whiff rate and K rate, the K rate to a career low while maintaining his .250 ISO from 2021 Normally when guys decide to pull for power they strikeout more because they have to get the bat out earlier. Not Danny...
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Brad Marchand has more testosterone than Auston Matthews
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The peak of the NHL was when Patrick Roy fought Chris Osgood.
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Phillies still have a shot here. Wheeler - Valdez is a coinflip win Saturday and roll the dice with Ranger Suarez, man of destiny, on Sunday. If Suarez wins game 7 his postseason performance will be one of legends.
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Hockey was 1000x better when there were huge hits and hip checks and fist fights all the time The sport sucks now and there is no tension most of the time
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Huh? It’s part of every sport
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Spanks used to be a brawler. There’s no way he can defend this
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Laika replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Matt Stairs slander is a punishable offense on this message board Stairsy played basically his entire career after his physical prime. In the alternate universe where he is a Hall of Famer he comes up in 1992 or 1993 and sticks as a full time player, benefits from MLB coaching, figures a bunch of stuff out early, and has some legendary Expos seasons with 40+ bombs. So he's at like 30 WAR before even beginning the Matt Stairs career from 29 onward that we all know and love. And then maybe he benefits from voters digging his 600 career HR or something like that even though he only has 48 career WAR and he sneaks into the Hall. -
Hagen "Late Dump" Danner
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Laika replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Mattingly and Olerud's gap in HoF recognition has very little to do with how often they played or their actual merit and basically everything to do with batting average and PRODUKSHUN Mattingly hit .300+ in 7 seasons, 6 of them being consecutive and in his prime. He also hit 30+ HR a few times and had some godly RBI seasons. Olerud only hit .300 four times and ended up under .300 for his career. He was not capable of hitting 30+ HR. He limped over 100 RBI a few times. Even if he played 162 games every year of his prime he probably would never have eclipsed 30 dingers. Basically, people just did not care about OBP during Olerud's career and not enough during his HoF candidacy period. It's unfortunate but that's the whole story. OBP ignorance. Leave Cito alone. -
omfggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg how could anyone wear his jersey
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Laika replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
tooooooooooooo manyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy assuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuumptionssssssssssssssssssssssssss -
It did matter to Houston earlier in the playoffs when Garcia like single handedly won the Seattle game It could be a big deal tonight when / if Philly throws their SP4 slot. The gap between Syndergaard and Verlander is massive. The series might as well be 3-2 right now.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Laika replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Even if it is 600 extra PA he just goes from a fringe HOF to a fringe HOF. Nothing fundamentally changes. And many/most of his extra PA would have come against LHP too so they would be below average PA for him. wRC+ in his career was only 101 against leftties. So we are talking about John Olerud with 57 career WAR and 255 career homers vs. John Olerud with 60 career WAR and 270 career homers. Something like that. Cito probably did not ruin his legacy. -
General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Laika replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I dunno. At most he probably gets like 400 extra career PA if never platooned. -
General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Laika replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
replacement talent theory you give positions bigger positional adjustments when the pool of talent who can play the position competently is scarce it turns out that the pool of players who can handle 1B is not much smaller than the pool who can DH there is a reason that people describe players who are useless defensively as "1B/DH" types so it turns out that a -5 1B is as bad as someone who literally does not play defense and a -4 1B who gets more playing time will accrue as much negative D value as a DH (as is the case with Vlad and JDM). But Vlad isn't really a -4 1B in my opinion. I think that's just a 2022 blip or a measurement error. He looks good.
