Laika
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How long will the Pillar leadoff experiment continue?
Laika replied to Governator's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Yeah, remembering your consistent offseason attitude about Saunders sure was difficult -
Yes. I hope that he has a massive and completely unexpected skill change, which nobody had any rational reason to expect, and turns into a good starter. I sincerely hope that this happens.
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How long will the Pillar leadoff experiment continue?
Laika replied to Governator's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
"I'm not expecting anything from Saunders. This team has massive issues in LF." - BTS all offseason "If Saunders keeps hitting, he should be leading off in a matter of weeks" - BTS after day 2 of the season -
I just found an all-time Brey Sayre line. From the Red Sox 2014 top 10 list re: Mookie Betts. Bret Sayre’s Fantasy Take: The stat line is sexy, and his fantasy potential is only a slightly lesser version of said sexiness. The average/speed combination is attractive at such a shallow position and when you add potential 10-homer pop, there’s Jean Segura-lite potential here. Had to share here for Boxy
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Yeah I suppose. Although I wasn't really considering any of the guys taken in the 11th/12th rounds because the team generally punted several prior picks with the express intent of signing the players that they picked there. But yeah.
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Pretty much this. IIRC the only kind of hail mary picks the Blue Jays actually landed were Tellez and Reggie Pruitt. I guess you could say that it worked out in general? Between 2010 and 2015 they probably took something like 10-15 "hail mary picks" and they ended up landing two of them (unless I'm missing someone). They also altered their draft strategy every single year in order to make the chances of landing one or two tough sign guys higher (taking cheap as s*** college dudes in rounds 5-9 every draft). I wonder if they would have been better off just going with a conventional draft. Take ~5 standard picks based on talent in rounds 5-9 and skip some of the tough sign high school players.
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Basically any transaction during the season warrants it's own thread. Could have a miscellaneous Jays news thread for the smaller things.
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I'll say 4
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Sanchez and Odorizzi both out of the game by the 4th
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I didn't see Chavez's entire inning but from what I saw his command looked sublime
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Oh man he was dogshit in 2011/2012. Above average SP in 2010 though!
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this is a good post I'm more worried about the wall tbh
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KP was so close to literally breaking his neck on that play. lmao
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Kevin Pillar, leadoff hitter will last maybe ten more days?
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Colabello, pumpkin
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Hopefully the eventual RC renovations make it more difficult. Just make that wall a bit taller or change the orientation of the seats or something. It doesn't seem to be such a common problem in most other stadium constructions.
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Disagree, it's stupid and slows the game down. RC fans are already among the most retarded in the league. Need to nip throwing anything on the field in the bud.
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I'm guessing one of two things: 1) They might have been there to give him the boot for interference if it was called a double 2) They might have been telling people not to heckle him
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no, they judged that the ball was gone anyway. Why would they kick him out?
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omg I am so happy for Josh Thole
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BP released some "top 175 players under 25" today. Look at this tier: 45. Jorge Soler 46. Wil Myers 47. Manuel Margot 48. Marcus Stroman 49. Shelby Miller 50. Lewis Brinson 51. Jurickson Profar 52. Raul Mondesi Trade Stroman for Manual Margot right now!!! Do they even watch baseball? I'm fairly disappointed that I extended my subscription. The rest of the list is equally s*****. Ex., Kiermaier is actually a tier below Raul Mondesi and friends. Kris Bryant is 12th! behind Bogaerts, Buxton, Corey Seager, and Arenado. Comically, guys like Trevor Bauer and DeSlafani rank in the 100s, behind prospects like Jake Thompson, Braden Shipley and a dirtbag like Martin Perez. AJ Reed is behind Jonathan Schoop, at #122. Mark Appel, who if a coin flip to even pitch 100 career innings at this point, is one spot ahead of Jackie Bradley Jr., who just had a 2.4 fWAR 74 game stint in 2015. Could go on and on about it...
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2010 - Kris Bryant 2011 - Luke Weaver and Aaron Nola. Also Beede. 2012 - Jon Harris 2013 - Bickford, Eric Lauer (2016 draft potential day 1 guy), Sam Tewes (2016 draft potential day 1 guy) 2014 - Tanner Houck (2017 potential 1-1 pick) Jake Latz (2017 potential day 1 guy) 2015 - Brady Singer
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That's a bad way to look at it. The vast majority of players taken haven't even had enough time to have even a remote chance of developing into major leaguers. Even if you look at the 2010 draft, some of those guys are JUST competing for major league spots now (Nicolono, Wojchiechowski, Nolin, Pompey). It takes so long for baseball prospects to develop. The Blue Jays also loved high school arms under AA, which take a long time to develop. But still... You're missing a ton of guys that have made it or are legitimate MLB prospects. Most notably Pillar, Sam Dyson, and DeSclafani if you just want significant MLB players.
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This isn't true. The Blue Jays had a solid above average draft record with AA (I think).
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lol who the f*** cares about Ryan Tepera's disappointment
