Laika
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I don't, I just think they are not super far apart in terms of expected contribution and talent. Decent chance Walker gets hurt and barely pitches. Also a better chance than people realize that Walker just sucks because his stuff f***ing sucks.
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I'm not counting innings at all - I'm looking at time. He's been throwing since his recovery was completed.
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He got the most recent surgery in April 2018. 2020 essentially was his second year post-surgery.
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Blue Jays extend Mark Shapiro for 5 years
Laika replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
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He's a recognizable name as a former top prospect, only 28 so people see upside, and he helped the Jays in 2020 which gives some people the feels.
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If that logic was sound the projection systems would agree with you
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Walker's SwStr% was atrocious. I think he's basically batting practice once he settles in as a full time starter and hitters are allowed to use video and all that stuff again.
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If Toronto wants to add another below average talent who will just huck mediocre pitches into the zone without getting whiffs, just give Jake Arrieta or Waino or someone like that a one year deal. Less $$$. Arguably more durable/reliable.
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Zero interest in Walker. Some people will see this is an unreasonable opinion but I don't even expect him to be better than Roark or Kay.
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Or last chance to get anything for him? He's pretty s*****, relative to past expectations.
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I don't think there was anything different, at least as far as using up an optional assignment year goes. Luciano should have burned one. Mistake on RR?
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Take the lump sum. Spend a reasonable small amount on fun stuff you could not afford, then put 85% of it in a robo-ETF (and never look at it, treat this like your estate to pass on and only access it if necessary) and 15% in bitcoin (swing for the fences!) or whatever penny stocks Dick_Pole tells you to buy.
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What's the highest marginal tax bracket (federal) in the US? By the time Hendrik's career is over he'll have made like $66M including this full amount. If he has even half of that invested, $30M making only 1 point per year = $300,000 in annual income for him. In Canada anything above $220,000 is taxed at the highest level. Point is that maybe all of the $15M would be taxed at the highest level regardless of whether he gets it at once or over 10 years. This might be different if Hendriks mismanages his money and the $1.5M / year is his only income, then I guess he would save a bit of tax (but the amount is probably not huge - your talking about a few points of difference on a few hundred thousand dollars). This might also change a bit if he can do annual income splitting with a spouse who doesn't make much/anything. Even if there are small taxation benefits to receiving the money over time the benefits of getting it all up front would blow those savings out of the water, unless Hendriks puts it all in a WNBA team or something and takes a some big losses.
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Blue Jays sign George Springer to a 6 year, $150M deal
Laika replied to Jays24's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
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It's 3/$39 and then a $15M option for year four. If the Sox decline the option they buy him out for $15M, but it is paid in installments over ten years. So he is guaranteed $54M but the final $15M is worth significantly less if he is washed up in 2024 and bought out.
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87% of the free agents are still free agents man
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RyanKalishFan has the connect
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Uhhhh
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https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/ryan-borucki-drops-slider-favour-new-improved-cutter/ (I know he says he dropped it for a cutter but I would probably still say that he throws a slider)
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Yeah as teams move towards restricting starter workloads the distinction between SP and RP becomes less important. Some of these guys like Kay, Hatch, Borucki will end up with a stat page like Ross Stripling's career to date.
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A lot of the arms have SP traits. Thing is, the team just needs to put some of them right into the MLB pen just based on depth. They can't all start. Ryu Pearson *assume one MLB addition Ray Stripling Roark Merryweather Borucki Gooch Hatch Kay Thornton Zoinks Murphy Wag SRF If they are all starting then, barring injury, you don't even have room in the AA rotation for SWR, Murray, Luciano, Manoah. So you need to pick some relievers. And you can't put s***** depth starters into the pen and expect them to succeed, so the tough thing is that if you want good relievers you kind of need to make tough decisions and plop some good arms in the pen.
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Uh, no. f*** that. Merryweather might have like 200 IP to give for the rest of his professional life... I hope the organization doesn't waste a single bullet in AAA. He looked like an impact MLB arm when healthy. They shouldn't invest at all in 2021 if they are going to send their best* RP to AAA. *or at least close to their best
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It is more common to use the upcoming season year to label the offseason. Example, the current free agents are free agents for the 2021 season, so this should be considered the 2021 offseason.
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Praise Ang
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Ross said this? Where?
