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lol whats on tap tonight Spanky?

You're right Jim. Go find 150 wRC+ FA hitters who will come to Toronto for less than $10M on a one year deal. I bet we could get Crush Davis for like $7M.

rec·la·ma·tion (rĕk′lə-mā′shən) n. 1. The act or process of reclaiming. 2. A restoration, as to productivity, usefulness, or morality.

Could you imagine that ego in Ohio?

Puig for Carrasco Who says no?

Why on earth would Bautista and/or Edwin be gone this year? That's a fireable offense if it happens.

Pillar will be 27 next year coming off of what will most likely be the best year of his career. His two biggest assets- defense and baserunning really can't be expected to improve next year. He had a great year, but will most likely end up being a bit of an outlier. Carrasco essentially silenced all the skeptics this year by breaking out in a huge way- making 30 starts, increasing his K% and SwStr% blah blah. The argument that he was s***** before while pumping Pillar's tires isn't really fair because Pillar was pretty s***** too. The difference is Carrasco repeated his success and I don't think many if any MLB orgs would expect Pillar to do the same. If Sanchez was a guy they coveted enough as a reclamation project to attempt to transition him to starting again, a deal would've probably got done in July. My guess is Cleveland sees the same player many of us see- a guy with one good pitch, lacking a secondary one with troubles throwing strikes for more than one inning. It's fun to speculate what Sanchez could be, but I doubt the Indians are interested in getting lottery tickets back for Carrasco. As for Greene and SRF they're nice pieces, but not really the blue chippers that return a top of the rotation arm. They could very well make big strides next year and become coveted arms (SRF lowering those walks, Greene striking out more polished hitters). Basically, there would be a lot of teams that would offer more than what is being discussed.

Maddon turning this into a bullpen game and Grimm strikes out the side. Will he go another?

The problem with this scenario is that a progressive front office like Cleveland isn't going to view Pillar as a true talent 4 WAR center fielder moving forward, probably closer to 2-2.5 WAR. That type of player can't (won't) be the best MLB established piece for a guy like Carrasco. Pillar would have been a great guy to sell high on if this team had finished in 3rd place, but I think this team is better served holding onto him with the uncertainty in CF after him. Elite defenders up the middle are the building blocks of elite team defenses.

That's essentially the point he's making.

I've never seen a fanbase that hates a franchise player so much. It's absurd.

Wish that guy the best and a speedy recovery.

Agreed. No discussion on a message board allowed.

Great post. Sabermetrics are a fantastic part of the game today I agree. I find myself immersed in them in some capacity almost every night. But to pretend these guys are robots is insane- there is certainly a human element to this game and to suggest there isn't is complete ignorance.

Good luck to Kiley, he will be tough to replace there.

Price warming up? Wat?

Keuchel is probably the best pitcher on the AL side of the bracket and could quite conceivably neutralize the HR threat for two games on his own. The Astros are a better offensive and pitching team. I would much rather hit against the Royals rotation then go up against the Astros.

Royals are the worse team.

You do this at least once a day haha

Life is hard.

Here's hoping that last night was the prequel to this offense busting out. Dickey will be fine. The Jays are going to need the bats to blow this thing open. Put some pressure on the Rangers early. Let them feel that 2-0 lead start slip away and start envisioning game 5 in Toronto. I never thought I'd imagine being down 2-0 and not being worried but I haven't been. This is the best team in the AL and if they can get the series back to Toronto riding some hot bats game 5 will lean heavily in their favor.

5 hour drive ahead of me this morning. Leaving in ten minutes so I make sure I'm on time for the game. I'll see you all in this GDT later!

Obviously referring to one game WC game

That old broad behind home plate needs to shut the f*** up.

Halladay is the guy I want to throw the first pitch the most. Would be so fitting.