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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Laika replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Hall could be an RP of his command wobbles too much but Grayson is an Ace if he stays healthy... -
Oof yeah he sucks lately Their bullpen does NOT look good anymore. Chapman and Loaisiga blow. Holmes is human. Green TJS. The guys they brought in aren't elite I mean Effross throws 91 and Trivino has a 5.10 ERA. It's not better than Toronto's pen anymore. Might even be worse
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Laika replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
LOL it certainly seems like it Out of nowhere they have an ostensibly relentless pitching pipeline, a couple of hitting stars in Rutschman, Mullins, Henderson, a few controllable supporting players, and most importantly some people in the front office with a keen eye for talent acquisition -
wdym
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Yeah he doesn't just give up runs. When he's bad (this year) he's as bad as f***ing Kikuchi. And that is barely an exaggeration. All you can do is laugh!
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Love it when my team gives a 7 year extension to a good player and they turn into a pumpkin immediately
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That's a terrible looking four seamer. No ride at all.
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f*** Berrios, man. Dude has no breaking ball command at all.
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Can they void his extension????
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https://academic.oup.com/clinchem/article/50/2/456/5639639
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Arizona? I've never heard of that being a world class place to live. The weather is also not for everybody but I know ideal for certain people.
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Nah man. Not this season. In 2022 Kikuchi's good flashes are just where he looks like a cromulent back end SP.
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Nope, none of this. If you ran an analysis for team efficiency when allocating free agent expenditures and free agent level extensions, I am just guessing that Toronto would be middle of the pack at best. Probably not a top 10 team in this regard. It's fair to attribute that to bad luck if you want. But there were valid criticisms for these contracts IN CONTEXT. They would be: - Springer is an injury risk - Ryu is an injury risk - Kikuchi is just bad - Berrios is bland / milquetoast and lacks upside on the contract Of course Springer could beast later on and make his contract fine. Kikuchi could pay for his whole contract with one great season. Berrios is far from a lost cause.
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I'm not really complaining about it. I also don't think the Ryu contract was bad. It's just a fact that Toronto is not getting optimal or great results from their free agent expenditures and free agent level extensions.
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Yeah of course. You can only project with so much certainty. Any player can get hurt or perform at the lower end of their projections. And most free agents are past their physical prime. I believe projections get LESS certain in a players 30s; more variance.
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I don't think so. Toronto was hoping for a couple of elite years on the front end and unfortunately it does not look like they are going to get them. what BTS said
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The Angels owe $75.6M to Trout + Rendon until 2026.
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TIL Steven Matz had a 3.03 xFIP and an insanely good K-BB this year.
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Nah he's been s*** at it. We can say it. Okay, maybe "mediocre at best" is more fair but it sure would be nicer to have the Kikuchi + Ryu + Berrios money going towards productive stars like, say, Nolan Arenado or Paul Goldschmidt. And Springer is at best treading water on his deal...
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Fine with me haha
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There is a zero % chance that AA would have signed Yusei Kikuchi let's just put it that way
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maybe, but he had already shown in Toronto that he could scout + draft + develop and that he could do okay on the financial / contract side of things. those two components are what he is excelling the most at in ATL
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Yeah AA is uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh very good now OR he has some staff in Atlanta that are killing it. Perhaps this is more likely than anything. Could be one amazing Scouting guy. I mean he was always GOOD but his time in Toronto was just less objectively good because it was very aggressive and he whiffed a few times. Still undeniably GOOD though.
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GDT: Jays @ Twins Game 4 of 4 Get the Split!
Laika replied to Spanky__99's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I don't think the setup mattered, did it? You can be directly over the base line and give the runner a valid lane to slide between your legs right. Defenders straddle the bag / plate all the time. -
General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Laika replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
It's not reliance on either one of them. But it's not wishful thinking to expect one of them to be good for most of the year. And if you get lucky they both stay healthy and shove. The Jays got unlucky, because they both got hurt. But this is kind of what the good teams do. They would buy guys like Pearson and Merryweather because their stuff is off the charts. You just get them in the fold. Everyone wants to build a pen like TB does. These are the guys they buy, sometimes. Cast offs with "injury risk" labels are one of their plays. TB always has a lot of pitching injuries too. That's not a coincidence.
