Laika

People in this thread seem really confused. Probably hangover from baseball's free agent market fallout. But here is a good rule of thumb - a player on a free agent contract is likely not an "asset" relative to his contract. Start from this assumption every time. Exceptions apply for players that have demonstrated projectable improvements (talent change), and perhaps for higher-end players depending on the landscape of the trade market. I maintain that Freddy Galvis is essentially a non-asset so I won't abide any talk about bad asset-management. Sure, they could have perhaps talked a team into giving up a useless prospect like Demi Orimoloye for him, but they probably tried. He was an adequate placeholder. He was a lot more entertaining than Urena would have been.

Pardinho's K and BB rates aren't as dominant as I'd like them to be. I wonder if he is still searching for some crispness on his arsenal. Only 37.2 innings this year. Probably starts 2020 in Dunedin regardless.

There are also some weather considerations. He'll be on some sort of innings limit and should be handled carefully anyway. I bet they'll spare him the first month of New Hampshire weather.

There's an argument for it but it's not as obvious. AAA numbers aside, Rowdy Tellez is not really a good prospect and not somebody that you ever make roster room for. It also depends on the player... if Smoak is content and happy in Toronto, they might want to sign him back for 2020 on a cheap deal to plug the 1B hole, or at least keep the option open, so releasing makes no sense. With Galvis there seemed to be some consideration for the fact that his starting spot was gone and a "contender" would probably claim him and he would prefer a heavier role with a "contender". But who knows, maybe they will cut Smoak loose to maybe save some coin. I just find it funny that guys like you, who are obviously not stupid, will do these mental contortions and throw lines like "Tellez is killing AAA" into some weird justification for releasing Justin Smoak as some sort of weird parallel in order to get their panties in a knot about Freddy Galvis leaving town for nothing. Jesus! Shapiro and Atkins need to hire some better PR because this fan environment is stupid.

Gio Urshela

Just sign a newer, better piece in the off-season for Galvis’ projected role. Jesus, you f***ing crybabies

Wasn’t he also the youngest qualified arm in A ball before the promotion? Or at least close to the youngest. This guy is special

I will beat you ruthlessly

Yeah. Only way to have a player on the 40 and not burn an option is to have them in the big leagues all year (or almost all year).

Gio Urshela doesn’t care who believes in him, you little ****s

That’s not how options work. If he’s on the 40 and spends 20 days (I think) in the minors then that uses up an “option year”. So a player can burn an option if they are on the 40 but don’t even spend one day in the majors.

I think only juiced has those rare powers

Confirmed lol

PSA - offering Anthony Rendon to my friends behind the scenes right now. Feel free to fling a big package in my face. No low balls considered - tight packages only.

Chris Martin is good, very available. 2nd rounder gets him.

Weird! Can I get impartial scouting reports on those two prospects please

Well good thing that I didn’t *exactly* say it was

They probably give consideration to factors like - day game after a night game I would hope they give substantially less consideration to factors like - welp it’s a Sunday and lots of kids might be there

I don’t even think the Vlad off days has a whole lot to do with his weight, and I don’t mind them at all. The team isn’t competing and lots of hitting prospects his age, or even older, are in their first year of full season pro ball. It’s good, I think, to give him the odd physical and - maybe even more importantly - mental rest. Remember, Bo is older and had a lot of “rest” from game action earlier this year.

Viable OF/1B/UTIL bats CJ Cron and Avi Garcia available to lengthen your contending offence. Not too pricey.

That LD was ridiculous. Shulman was saying "it's not a home run" in flight but then the ball hit like 6 inches below the top of the wall. Might have been the lowest HR ever if it had a tiny bit more backspin or lift.

Traaaaade deadliiiine soon

We'll probably record next week. Maybe sooner!

It's crazy that people keep talking themselves into getting even mildly excited about how certain big signings / trades make sense for Toronto. I guess if the Padres can sign Manny Machado, anything can happen, but...

Wow this was not my reaction. Seems like he hedged the enthusiasm quite a bit with certain language