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  1. John_Havok
    Well, it does matter where you draft in terms of how much money you get to sign your picks, and how many picks you have also matters. But yes, I agree that in the MLB system you can great great talent outside the traditional top end picks like other sports given, but that only because of the way tye cash pools are setup. Tons of times teams simply just can't take their top rated players because they know they won't sign. MLB draft gives so much leverage to the draftees compared to other sports.
  2. John_Havok
    Hindsighting the MLB draft and saying there was interesting players taken after your teams pick is pretty foolish given the amount of pre-draft deals that get done every year It's commonplace that players will tell certain teams they won't sign so don't bother drafting them, and go lower to the team they want to go to. It's a s*** system tbh
  3. John_Havok
    Yeah, but a full blown rebuild gets you the Orioles seasons from 2018-2021...except no extra picks handed to you for free by MLB to ensure you're bonus pools are huge. Not a single person should ever want their team to go that route, when the MLB draft is such a crapshoot
  4. John_Havok
    I agree. It will be a sellers market and the jays have pieces that are always coveted at the deadline. I'd be pretty shocked is someone doesn't get fired if they get swept on Cleveland.
  5. John_Havok
    Sure, but if you look it from 22 year year olds perspective, does he really want it known by anyone that he's shooting blanks and can't get his wife pregnant? That's one of those kinds of things that older guys...who gives a fuc, well take the pills.and talk about it over a beer, but a 22 year old athlete who likely has a pretty decent case of machoism....that's not something that would be easy to disclose. Poor decision obviously and legitimately stupid given his profession but, if it's legit I can totally understand his thought process.
  6. John_Havok
    They probably would if he had told them about it
  7. John_Havok
    Give yourself a pat on the back for that reference
  8. John_Havok
    Followed by Taco Tuesday?
  9. John_Havok
    The Dunning-Kruger effect is on full display extremely often here.
  10. John_Havok
    To be a genius is to be misunderstood. But just because you're misunderstood doesn't mean you're a genius.
  11. John_Havok
    That's pretty much it. The gap in pitching skill from AAA to the majors is massive right now. The mistakes guys are teeing off on in AAA on a regular basis just don't happen in MLB anywhere close to the same frequency. This belief is exactly why I don't buy Horwitz suddenly finding power without an actual swing overhaul. He's an even more vanilla version of Lyle Overbay lite.
  12. John_Havok
    Kind of a broken record scouting report on nearly all the Jays players in AAA and AA outside of Orelvis: "Player X has one of the better plate approaches in the system (insert OBP). He's still working to find some power, but since the system as a whole pretty much sucks he'll get a look"
  13. John_Havok
    define respectable.
  14. John_Havok
    What about blow job while getting a colonoscopy?
  15. John_Havok
    Newest Japanese sensation Sasaki....Kikuchi says he's like a little brother to him, and used to babysit him. https://www.mlb.com/news/yusei-kikuchi-considers-rintaro-sasaki-a-little-brother?partnerID=mlbapp-android_article-share Clearly this means the Jays will draft him when he's eligible and will resign or extend Kikuchi to make sure that happens.
  16. John_Havok
    I've never been myself, but word is Cleveland as a city has undergone quite the resurgence in the past 10-15 years and is a very cool place to checkout now
  17. John_Havok
    That's a true dick move by ownership. Just fire the guy
  18. John_Havok
    Nothing really wrong with his glove. It's about average for his career and had been trending up over the past 3 seasons. The only thing to really fix is the borderline comatose plate approach.
  19. John_Havok
    Who doesnt?
  20. John_Havok
    How'd you know wilko's nickname?
  21. John_Havok
    Turner, probably not, but KK can be dealt with some cash. Elite OF D and speed always has a place on a contender. Savings likely wouldnt be tremendous, but could get some lottery ticket back
  22. John_Havok
    I'm reminded of the hitting instructor we had on the Radio Scouts podcast, I still recall one specific thing he mentioned ... about how to teach a swing and he said something like... "Put a ball on a tee a certain distance from a fence, tell the kid to hit the ball over the fence and in a few years he'll have a great swing
  23. John_Havok
    Can't wait for the 4 fWAR Biggio to return
  24. John_Havok
    Or if Vlad had 15-20 HRs like his talent should allow him to hit instead of 7
  25. John_Havok
    Careful, anyone with power will immediately be converted to a single slap-happy powerless weakling by the time he's 20
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