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  1. John_Havok
    Well, Bateman sure didn't pick up the slider. That was awful.
  2. John_Havok
    Jays kinda control their own destiny at this point ( i hate that saying..) But the majority of their remaining schedule is against teams directly still in the hunt for that last WC spot. Cle x 3, Seattle x 3, Texas x3, Baltimore x 6 and Detroit x 3. the only dumpster team is Ath x 3 . Reds x 3 to close out the season and while they're a 5th place team in their division, they have only 2 fewer wins than the Jays as they stand today so ... not a pushover. The Royals are an X factor team, they've won 7 straight and the Jays get them for 2 of their next 4 series. Absolutely cannot let them be that sneaky bad team that catches you by surprise. Basically, the entire rest of the schedule is against teams with similar records as the Jays so they need to separate themselves.
  3. John_Havok
    Yeah I wonder why they don't include swing speed in the minor league statcast search when virtually everything else is there. Highest EV is 105.6 1 tracked batted ball in May over 100mph 2 tracked batted balls in June over 100mph 5 in July so far 4 in August.
  4. John_Havok
    Yes. What cant happen is multiple teams at the top of the West or Central catching fire at the same time. That would be the end of the Jays WC hopes. Ideally, The White Sox win just enough to keep the Central while Cleveland and Minnesota play .500ish or worse the rest of the way. The West? Just hope one of Houston or Texas keeps sucking and Seattle's offense stays asleep
  5. John_Havok
    He hasn't given up an ER over his 4 starts in August. 13.2 IP, 16 K, 8 BB(still bad) but only 6 hits given up too. The fact he's healthy and throwing consistently is the real win. dude basically lost his first 3+ seasons to injury after being drafted. absolute GB machine too, 70% GB rate
  6. John_Havok
    For sure. Word is he's already an elite defender in CF, runs faster than a thoroughbred and can make good contact but yeah, needs reps to make those tools turn into skills, and then results. Might end up being nothing, but they have to start somewhere. seeing the improved numbers month over month is nothing but a positive sign.
  7. John_Havok
    20 year old Troy Guthrie has strung 3 good starts in a row now after getting beat up a bit in his 1st 4 after going up to Vancouver. last 3 starts: 15IP, 15K, 11 hits, 5 BB, 3ER
  8. John_Havok
    OPS by month for Cook: May: .607 June: .670 July: .823 August so far: .890 in his last 7 games he has 12 hits, 3 of them HRs , also adding 2 doubles and a triple. Not bad for a guy who only had all of 280 PAs in college ball since switching from being a pitcher. the normal age/level curve doesn't matter as much here.
  9. John_Havok
    Twins lose. Now just need Cleveland to f*** off for a few games.
  10. John_Havok
    So that pitch was the last Straw? ..... ................. I'll show myself out.
  11. John_Havok
    Orioles and Seattle came back to win, but Texas, Houston, and detroit lost. Nance is giving us hope in san Dieago as theyve pulled ahead by 2 over the twins
  12. John_Havok
    WIll be interesting to check out his + scores after the game. Just gameday scouting but 93-95 with 4 seam and sinker, slider 87-89 (though a few are registering at 82), 85-87 change and a low 80s curve. Decent set of pitches and easy to see why he dominated AA with an assortment like that even with below average command according to Fangraphs anyways.
  13. John_Havok
    So far yep. But need the Padres to step up
  14. John_Havok
    It's kind of a weird situation, they either have 1-dimensional players who hit for some power sometimes and suck at everything else, or guys who have a good contact tool, almost no power, but play good to great D and run well.
  15. John_Havok
    One thing i just looked up from the Straw trade, IF the Jays choose to decline the 2027 option and buy it out for 1.75million...... Cleveland is paying all of the buyout cost. They could choose to decline the option, make Cleveland pay the buyout and re-sign him for the difference... he still gets his 8 million but the Jays would only be paying 6.25. Naturally Straw would have to agree to this but... he seems to trule love Toronto and lets face it, his market in FA won't exactly be massive.
  16. John_Havok
    If he can figure out the strike throwing part vs the walks... bring it on.
  17. John_Havok
    Would love to see Skubal/Cease 1-2 punch, but it'll be damn expensive and risky. On the plus side, they have cost certainty already in Trey, Ponce and virtually their entire bullpen so the money is certainly there.
  18. John_Havok
    McMahon was just IL'd for the Yankees. Thats good.
  19. John_Havok
    All of this is true, but rotation depth on minor league deals or guys with options would need to be the play. Cease, Soriano, Ponce. Yesavage and a signed starter #4 in your chart... only 1 can be optioned and that's Trey. Arrighetti is already depth in case Trey sux or someone gets hurt. Miles will be building up a starters workload in Buffalo most likely unless there's a lockout in which case he can't. Berrios, Bloss and Francis are all early to mid-season problems that will open the year on the 60 day IL, so theyre not really a factor yet. Truly I think the SP ship has sailed on Ricky T. Elite backend pen arm is now the ceiling which is still a great piece to have.
  20. John_Havok
    Daz and Sanchez would be the swap likely. Neither should be anywhere near a defensive position
  21. John_Havok
    yeah, i'm cool with that as a worst case. No such thing as a bad 1 year deal.
  22. John_Havok
    That was legitimately perfect . Calling the Miz "the Mike" is such a classic heel thing to do and Miz popping off in good nature is pure gold. The chanting at the end put me over the top
  23. John_Havok
    Just take 1 out of 3 here and im happy. Take 2 of 3 i'm extremely happy. Sweep? Tarps off, police horse, let's f***ing go!
  24. John_Havok
    all fair points. i just would rather get a pick if he signs elsewhere and don't really care if he signs for 1 year 23 as the worst case scenario of offering the QO. Absolutely youre right that he isn't worth it in a vacuum, he sucks enough that he shouldnt even sniff that kind of AAV
  25. John_Havok
    John Berti retired Santiago Espinal signed by the D'Backs to a minor league deal presumably to help handle depth in Marte's absence.
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