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I don't remember it being this bad before this year. I wanted to replace Brett Anderson earlier this week after his third straight stinker but I couldn't find an active SP that projected even remotely as well.

Deal. Send me Gleyber and if I own Correa he's all yours.

What a depressing blockbuster this turned out to be.

He's basically working on his defensive development at this point. The hitting is just a sideshow. If they want to get his bat to the majors faster, it's ready for a challenge so they could abandon the 3B trial and shoot him up the ladder quicker. Similar to moving a guy like Bryce or Myers off of catcher.

Might as well skip Dunedin and throw him into the Eastern League tbh

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That number for Harris is kind of bananas given his struggles. Greene is such an annoying prospect.

Rios did not impress me much in the Futures Game last year. Touching 94/95 in relief means he probably throws 90-93 as a SP. Not a projectable body. Breaking ball seems MLB quality but he didn't show anything else (I don't think). A bit of deception with a jerky delivery, not unlike Osuna. He looked like a middle-relief prospect to me and his ratios this year support that.

Francisco Rios is sitting on the fence. Some of the numbers are good so far, but 19 K's in 28.1 innings doesn't really seem indicative of MLB stuff.

It will affect the market a lot. I don't think the draft pick attachment will significantly depress any free agent's value from now on. A first rounder is something like 8+, but perhaps a lot more for some teams and certainly for mid-round picks rather than picks at the end of the round. But the average WAR by draft pick is a hockey stick graph, right. So the drop off is sharp. A second rounder might be like, 2.5-4 million. A third might be 2.5 and under, something like that. By the fifth round the dollar value is negligible. And besides the money there is a different psychological impact. A team can give up their 3rd rounder and still have 2+ picks before that. It's way different than the idea of giving up your top draft pick, right?

Remember there is a new CBA now:

Hopefully that can extend Estrada again.

Estrada yes, unless something unexpected happens. He's been a stud for 2+ years now. Liriano... maybe. He is getting paid $13M this year and it feels like a really good contract. Maybe need to judge the whole market and figure out his likelihood of accepting and what the team would even prefer.

No strikeouts in five innings against the Barfs. That's indicative of something.

Time to cut ties?

Funny how Casey was talking about "matching Cleveland's energy in the first quarter" and then he didn't even play Powell until like 30 seconds left

Yeahhhhh maybe, but Bryant's ISO was nearly twice that of Moncada, and his BB rate was almost 50% better (in AAA). And Bryant nuked AA while Moncada just did well. We'll see, as always.

Yoan Moncada rocking a 31% K rate in AAA, after posting a 31% K rate in AA last year. I wonder if he'll #BustLikeBuxton

Haha, seriously? If Mike Trout was available would you turn up your nose because Toronto has Pillar?

"his pitch data shows indicates stuff." Mistakes like that really bug me. You're putting a piece of written content on the internet and you can't proofread it once? You're publishing something on the internet and asking people to literally give your website money and you can't edit a 900 word article? f***, I edit my posts most of the time on this stupid message board.

Not much. The roster doesn't need a complete overhaul. I think they should basically re-roll in 2018 with a similar core. They've been horribly unlucky this year. That might be a reason to give up on 2017 early but it shouldn't be a reason to give up on 2018 as well. At the deadline this year a few players like Liriano, Estrada, Bautista, Smith, Grilli could have some value and could return pieces that will help next year. One interesting way to re-tool for 2018 would be to stretch Biagini out in the 2nd half. The 2018 team would have much better depth when you consider the trajectory of some of the prospects in the system. It would be the same team as this year, but with a shot of youth. - Stretch out Biagini - Sign back Estrada or get some other FA. - SRF, Greene, and Harris are all in AA this year and for 2018 will be viable depth options (AAA won't be a wasteland of forgotten veterans). Big difference from this year. Greene and SRF are pen options too given their stuff. - Alford, Pompey, Tellez, Gurriel could supplement the MLB roster. Depth players like McGuire, Ramirez, DSJ, Urena will be more seasoned. - Bullpen: Who really cares, but it's notable that Tim Mayza could/should be an impact RP. If it doesn't work, just trade Donaldson next deadline

Syndergaard has a torn lat. Yikes. Seems like the type of injury that could potentially knock multiple years off a career, when you add up all the future DL stints in hindsight. I guess Kevin needs some pitching now.

That's basically what is happening right now. Toronto has a bunch of players who are hurt and/or off to awful starts, that should reasonably be expected to play better baseball the rest of this year and next. Steamer's rest of season projection for Toronto has them as winning the 7th most games in MLB between now and the end of 2017. The team is not bad. Just re-sign Estrada, replace a few guys in free agency or even by trade at the 2017 deadline, supplement the MLB depth with Tellez, McGuire, Alford, Greene, DSJ, Lourdes, etc. and try again next year.

It's not a big deal. You're clearly trying to win and are just f***ed over by some unfortunate injuries.

I think you auto-lose every pitching category.