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It was not weird that this information never leaked. I am 90% sure we had no idea Palmer and Murray had TJS. It was obvious Murray was hurt.

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh all good lmao

I like Nootbar too I would not trade Kirk for him which is what other people were proposing

no he sits like 94

Did I say there was anything wrong with it?

Two things the Ms fans keep saying: - Swanson mostly pitched in low or middle leverage so his numbers don't count as much - The team didn't use Swanson in the playoffs so they must think he's not that good for some reason

M's fans are ECSTATIC about this https://www.marinertalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7498

Are teams even looking at Brandon Nimmo as a "centrefielder"? -3.4 UZR/150 in his career OAA was good in 2022 but that's it A few years ago he was BAD in CF and thought of as more of a corner guy IIRC

Sloirenadian then isn't he

no.

I love how the Toronto front office just does not give a f*** what fans think lol

They sent $5M to Colorado for both seasons I think. $4,333,333 actually https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/payroll/blue-jays

I'm sure they'll look at all LHH OF but I would imagine the best case outcome is to bring in a true CF who hits from the left side. Not a ton of FA options either way Benintendi is kind of fugly / boring

Brandon Nimmo is Dexter Fowler change my mind

If the plan is indeed to try and bring in a CF And if they aren't in on Nimmo There is not much out there in FA. Probably looking at the trade route or trying to get KK on a one year deal later in the offseason.

it was salary neutral last year but they turned SOME 2023 guaranteed money into non-guaranteed money they basically - saved like $5M in 2023 - got Pinto - turned a negative WAR player in 2022 into a replacement level player (now that the season is done we can say it was a 0.5 WAR upgrade lmao)

Oh damn Adam Macko looks interesting. 10. Adam Macko, SP Drafted: 7th Round, 2019 from Vauxhall HS (AB) (SEA) Age 21.4 Height 6′ 0″ Weight 170 Bat / Thr L / L FV 40+ Tool Grades (Present/Future) Fastball Slider Curveball Command Sits/Tops 45/55 55/55 55/60 30/45 90-94 / 98 Macko was a 2019 seventh round high schooler who was drafted because of his proclivity for spin and his physical projection. His fastball sat 87-90 mph during his first pro summer but was parked closer to the 92-94 mph range, topping out at 98, in 2021, though he’s been in the 90-92 range again this year. He’s got a scaled down version of the Clayton Kershaw build, with a thick lower half and short levers, but Macko’s delivery looks more like Ryan Buchter’s. His sweeping breaking ball, which he throws with his forefinger entirely off the baseball, is already plus even though it doesn’t have the velocity of your typical contemporary power-pitcher’s breaking ball, bending in at about 82 mph. But the flat angle of Macko’s fastball, it’s riding life, and the way his breaking balls play off of it (including as a back-foot weapon against righties) give him a power pitcher’s style. He’s struck out more than a third of the batters he faced during his pro career, but is still in a relief risk area as a prospect due to below-average command and repertoire depth. Macko is still just 21 and doesn’t have to be added to the 40-man roster until after the 2023 season, giving him ample time to show that he can sustain his peak velocities and polish up what he needs to and project as a starter. In the event that he does move to the bullpen, he projects as a late-inning option, especially if he enjoys a velo spike in shorter outings.

The main point of this is probably to free up payroll space. Hopefully they don't blow it on someone.

win by the way this means Springer is probably moving to RF and the team probably wants to bring in a pure CF

Teoscar is only worth like $5 to $8M in surplus value so it could very well just be reliever(s) if controllable

If it's for Chris Flexen alone I will kill somebody

It's okay we have the new Pudge Rodriguez Alejandro "Pudgey" Kirk

Maybe but if he wasn't on the 40 man that means they had to make a 40 man decision earlier. Maybe they thought that they would do it this way and then if he does NOT have a ROY type season they do get that windfall extra year of control...

Yeah Rutschman would have been day 1 if not for a legitimate injury so the O's kind of sort of did not lose anything... kind of. The lost the opportunity to use the injury as a windfall to get an extra year of control, basically.

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