Skenes isn’t in the same class as those two. Langford and Yamamoto are the clear first and second picks, after that sort of a toss up with Crews, Skenes, that SS from Minnesota and a couple others
You asked me a rhetorical question about AA being fired because they didn’t win the WS. As if one were to fire Atkins by the same logic you would have to fire Anthopolous too.
I replied that AA has had a little more success that allows him a longer leash. That’s where your win/loss argument comes from. Atlanta has a WS and are 24-21 since 2018. Sure the record isn’t great, but it’s like 40 more games played than the Jays so I think his job is a little more secure
Buddy it’s not stupid when you have zero playoff wins in your entire tenure and you constantly talk about “Bringing a World Series back to Canada”
If the Jays had an ALCS and a couple ALDS appearances nobody would be saying s***. Instead they’ve gotten their s*** pushed in each time they limp their way to the playoffs. Then there’s guys like you throwing their hands in the air and saying welp they made the tournament and anything could happen just wasn’t our year gosh darn it keep up the good work Atkins
AA has more playoff wins in a weekend than Shatkins have in 5 years. I’m sure you can understand why one is viewed more favourably than the other
Better?
Yes I would agree with the worst. It’s fairly mid in my opinion
Need better development in order to add vets or supplement the roster. They are prospect poor
Except Itchy and Scratchy were the ones who promised a sustainable winner and their recipe was to have a continuous pipeline coming through the system. Shapiro openly criticized AA for the job he did and basically said I’ll show you how it’s done
Now people have to convince themselves Hagen Danner is evidence that the development is sound
My post was tongue in cheek as those are one of the few success stories from the Jays High Performance Department. A couple interesting relief prospects and Lyle Overbay lite
Teams would definitely have interest in Danner but doubt he’s valued super high