Laika
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lol.... Guaranteed
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Musgrove was worth 2 WAR alone in only 19 starts last year. Feliz and Moran project to be MLB contributors in 2019, and Feliz probably has legit closer upside. Martin has very intriguing MiLB numbers up until the second half of 2018. That trade is going to be worth it for Pittsburgh, on paper.
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General 2018 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
Laika replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Enough coaches for an entire beer league lineup! And the positions kind of work out too. Rivera - SS Montoyo - 2B Duncan - LF Martinez - 3B Schneider - C Hudgens - 1B Budzinski - CF Buschmann - RF/RP Walker - SP Pitching might be an issue, and we'll have to hide Buschmann in RF I guess but he's relatively young so his athleticism will probably shine through. Maybe Ross Atkins can throw a couple innings of horrendous middle relief to bridge to Buschmann. -
Conner Greene is a marvel. 2018 between AA, AAA, and the AzFL: 97.2 innings pitched 75 strikeouts 78 walks Being on this guy's team would feel like house league baseball when the kid who has never pitched before wants to give it a try
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Really interesting that his camp jumped on a pillow contract so quickly (relative to the market development).
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lol then why did they draft him holy s***
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Can someone explain this f***ing deal to me from Phoenix's perspective?
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He's been below average for like ~5 years probably. But I think he's only just now, at 41 and 42, approaching the s*** (i.e. replacement level) tier.
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Some interesting names being left unprotected. Hmmm.
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Yes, the Jason Heyward timeline is very comforting
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We may have reached critical mass on this message board and in these fantasy leagues. Seems harder to find replacement owners than it used to be.
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Paxton might never top the ~160 innings he threw this year. He's damn talented but he's hardly an Ace. Clearly, there is a lot of injury concern baked into this deal. I also think Swanson is being disregarded unfairly. The quality pitching depth that the M's just got, cumulatively, is going to be way more valuable to them than Paxton. There is a decent chance Swanson is actually the better MLBer between him and Sheffield IMO.
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I've already drafted up a fantasy baseball Will for Spanky.
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I guess we need to start thinking about our Mandatory Retirement Age Rule
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Somebody get this guy his own podcast!
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Diaz has been worth 4.5 fWAR in 320 career games (essentially two seasons). That's a league average SS, not just a "reserve infielder". Sure, on a great team he probably doesn't start every single day. Trent Thornton throws a lot of strikes but he's also given up a lot of runs the last two seasons; he doesn't have electric stuff so it's plausible that he will get demolished by big league hitters. To say that Diaz is a "reserve infielder" and Thornton "could be a [sic] mlb SP for the next 6+ years" is quite an exercise in apologetics.
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Is anyone looking to fill a bunch of holes, or diversify? I need to consolidate some assets. MLB roster assets.
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The MLB Pipeline report on Thornton is relatively optimistic, but aligns with the other info in this thread.
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I believe this is the guy Guerrero hit the 117 mph double off of
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Aha - there's the angle for Toronto. 2019 is Tulo's Last Chance.
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I don't even really see any warts on Diaz. - At least close to an average defensive SS - Contact rate is good - Career walk rate is decent - Power returned in 2018 - Publicly available projections = his 2018 performance - 28 years old - Four years of control I guess his BsR sucks and he is notably not athletic or toolsy, so he is probably maxed out production-wise and I guess you could argue that there is downside risk. Blargh.
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Ooooooooo maybe they have Thornton pegged for a post-Opener role. That would seem to be a more optimal use for him. If you look at the qualified AAA SP leaders over the last few years with K-BB% in his talent bucket (over 17%) you don't really see a lot of SP success stories. Dan Straily and Jharel Cotton excited people for a bit but they didn't produce much. You do see a lot of Rays post-Opener guys though: Chirinos, Yarbrough, Pruitt... and the Rays are getting a way better ROI by using this type of talent in a non-traditional way.
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It's a delivery that does not seem to be on time to me. Lots of elbows flying around. Kind of like Osuna. Probably looking at an elevated injury risk.
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It was a regular post on Fangraphs but I don't think Thornton ever made the list. His stats weren't good enough.
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Mechanically, Thornton seems like a reliever. Not sure about this. Toronto does have a roster crunch. But Diaz had four years of control left and he's a useful (league average) SS. I guess we'll be seeing Gurriel at SS full time, and Travis is going nowhere this offseason.
