Laika
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Seems a bit greedy. Toronto would probably have to throw in a B- prospect, I think. And Philly would probably need to time this with a big signing (Philly would be concerned about the optics I think).
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Really awkward situation there with Santana. Hard to see any other team taking on a 20M AAV first baseman of his talent level; hard to see the Phillies roster construction working out with both Hoskins and Santana starting. The solution might be to Bench Santana!? The trade opportunity is to see if you can get Philly to eat a bunch of money and/or give up a real prospect to move Carlos.
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WTF? Is this true? That's the quietest TJS for a star pitcher that I can remember.
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Todd can you please rank these guys by talent, in your opinion, from 1 to 38? Thanks in advance.
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Unattractive destinations like Tampa Bay will always have to prioritize trades in order to acquire talent they don't develop internally. It's not fair to use free agent hypotheticals when a huge portion of free agents just really won't want to play for the org
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This is just transparent posturing for sending Vlad down. "We really wanted Vlad to come North with us, but we also really think Brandon Drury deserves a chance to be a full time third baseman. It was a tough decision but we think Brandon deserves that chance right now - he's been outspoken about it since last fall and we agree that he has a chance to be a special third baseman. And Vlad still needs to work on his... umm... French?" -
posturing!
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Toronto Huskies all f***ing day.
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Jays announce Charlie Montoyo as manager
Laika replied to DigitalRock's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
That's just a reporting problem. Outfits could list Probable Openers and Probable Longmen. Ryan Yarbrough pitched 147.1 innings this year with an ERA under 4.00 and he only made 6 starts. He also won like 16 f***ing games because the tactic works and the team won. That's way better entertainment than watching Sam Gaviglio get his s*** absolutely shoved up and out of his nostrils every 5th day while the team goes like 5 and 20 in his starts. -
Jays announce Charlie Montoyo as manager
Laika replied to DigitalRock's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
The benefits of the Opener are so patently obvious that it is basically ORGANIZATIONAL NEGLIGENCE to not use the strategy, unless you happen to be overflowing with rotational riches. -
The Real Gold Glove Awards American League Outfield: Betts, Bradley, Kepler Infield: Simmons, Lindor, Chapman, Semien Catcher: Perez National League Outfield: Cain, Inciarte, Hamilton Infield: LeMahieu, Rojas, Swanson, Ahmed Catcher: Contreras
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They could bucket it a lot better that's for sure. I really dislike segregating LF/CF/RF - would be better to just give three gloves to the best outfielders even if they are all CF. Similarly on the infield, it might make sense to have an infield bucket so you can give gloves to two shortstops instead of a second baseman, if appropriate. Does anybody really give a s*** who wins the gold gloves at second base, third base, left field, right field, or first base? Corey Dickerson got hardware this year for LF. Good for the Dickerson family - I'm sure he has worked hard on his defense - but he was probably not even a top ~60 defensive value player in baseball this year.
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Danny Green is pushing CJ Miles out of the picture
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It creates weird and awkward situations like the Donaldson thing this year It produces countless asinine and vapid articles and tweets It's a wholly unnecessary complexity to the season
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No. You are very wrong. 1. Steal underpants. 2. ????? 3. Profit!
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Yes, please get rid of the dumb trade waivers thing.
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Losing 90+ games and getting primo draft slots and international money will improve the team in like, 7+ years. Arguably to pull off a "quick 2-3 years rebuild" Toronto should at least be considering mid-length free agent signings this offseason and next offseason, and they should be aggressively chasing value in the free agent market that can in some way be spun into pieces that will impact the rosters in 2021 and beyond. Even if it's as simple as signing guys like Cahill and Adam Jones to 2 year deals right now and then hoping that at some point in 2019 or 2020 they are tradeable assets and can be turned into pieces that fit the 2021+ competitive window.
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Call me crazy retarded but I'm all over Adam Jones if I'm Toronto.
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I wonder how modern baseball teams think about and evaluate development that does not occur in-game during the regular season. Classical and basic interpretations of Pearson's 2018 are that he basically "missed a year of development". But that's not really true -- he had a spring and he a fall and he had a rehab in the middle there, so he certainly worked on stuff and presumably grew/developed physically. The classical developmental benchmarks have been things like innings pitched and games started i.e. an org wants to see a guy make X starts in the upper minors before promoting him. But youth is more valuable than ever now that the steroid era is over and players actually get old at 28+. And with pitchers prioritizing velocity and wipeout stuff, wasting a bunch of bullets in the minors might not be optimal.
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That Peter Alonso is for real!
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New Forum tips and hints, as well as your suggestions
Laika replied to TheHurl's topic in Jays Centre Issues & Suggestions
You know your life is important when the phrase “petulant children” is sneaking into your internet message board posts -
I'm not sure why his ability to make contact matters relative to the rest of the team. It's not like lowering the team strikeout rate by a few points would have some magical synergistic effect on run scoring. I understand why these arguments are attractive to people but I don't really assume that they have any merit.
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Steamer doesn't even think he's a 4 WAR dude next year.
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Blue Jays outright Shafer, Cruz, Guerrieri, Petricka
Laika replied to BTS's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
who the f*** are Shafer and Cruz? -
I wouldn't trade Julian Merryweather for Clayton Kershaw at 3/$90M+
