John_Havok
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Term just tried too hard. It was a solid joke.
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I don't think that will be much of a problem. The practice they are all getting in ST with this and the rules laid down by management about who can challenge, what counts and situations you can challenge in etc... i doubt the 1st inning will be very high on the list of important situtations. Kirk will probably have the green light to do whatever he wants since he's a wizard.
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Phillies GM thought the deal was done with Bo. According to Dombrowski, Bo had said he would sign if the Phillies agreed to 7/200 ... they did, and he even called Realmuto's agent, who at that point hadn't signed yet, and he told him they were likely going in another direction. So, effectively they had an agreement in principle and just hadn't started signing paperwork before the Mets called with a dump truck full of cash. Story makes sense since Realmuto signed within a few hours of the Mets and Bo announcing their deal. -
Those kinds of infections always get you in the end.
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Jays no longer wanted him at SS? no s***. nobody else did either. In other news, water is wet.
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a Montreal franchise may be joining the Frontier League for 2027 or 2028. It's not guaranteed yet, but its apparently pretty close to being a done deal.
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Independent baseball leagues are reaping those benefits right now. Those players still have places to play. Atlantic league, Frontier league.. American Association have all expanded since 2020. Pioneer League, Appalachian league (former full affiliate leagues) are still active and are still partners with MLB. Virtually all of the teams from those leagues that were purged from being official MLB affiliates are still operational. Most of the teams in the NY Penn league are still affiliated as minor league teams, just in different leagues. Some went independent, Auburn joined the Perfect Game Collegiate summer league. Baseball is still fine and thriving in small town USA.
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103.4 EV 26 Degree LA 431 feet. Wind blowing out a bit today? Still, that was a nice nuke.
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I hope so too. It's very much in-line with how poker decisions are made. You may know you're behind, but you still call knowing you only have to have it work out 25-30% of the time to be profitable in the long run. You're right though that this type of nuance will not be something most fans would even think about.
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Yimi García To Start Season on Injured List
John_Havok replied to Leo Morgenstern's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Absolutely. Gonna be a Vardano statue outside the RC one day. Book it. -
That's how Spanky says hello.
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I don't think anyone said everything he has done was good. It's also not his job to handle Oakland and Tampa stadium deals. I think the trimming of the minor league teams was great. The bloatin at the very bottom end of the minors, specifically rookie level leagues was pretty bad. Nobody needed a complex team and 2 rookie level affiliates plus more DSL teams. Individual negatives aside, the game as a whole is in a much healthier and lucrative place for both the owners and the players since the start of his tenure, and fans are taking it in in greater numbers. For context, the same could be said for Selig... and he was the biggest, scum-sucking POS human to be commissioner. Manfred presents at least somewhat likeable.
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Manfred has done as good a job as can be expected really. As long as he doesnt lose games in 2027 his record is about as good as it gets
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Ooooh yeah. Something to do with giving himself equity in a program and improperly disclosing money going somewhere....im fuzzy on the details
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Tony Clark stepping down as the head of the MLB PA... weird timing given the upcoming contract battle
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6.8 arb contract, which means just over 14 million cost to the Jays.
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3rd and 4th ranks? Our offensive? Where you from?
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Nah. Jays will pound him out of the by the 3rd inning.
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Eric Lauer Loses Arbitration Hearing
John_Havok replied to Leo Morgenstern's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Yeah, but when your 2nd and 3rb arb years are 3 seasons apart... its not that common of a scenario. It's odd, but its not gonna break the system. Whats more odd is why the Jays felt it was necessary to be combative about just over 1 million dollars when they've signed Vlad and Cease to mega deals, and tried to sign multiple others to them as well. Why nickle and dime this guy? -
Kinda matters when each injury was detected. One thing about surgeons, they will never cut a dude open unless either a) the injury is so bad there's no chance of rehabbing it, or b) all that rehab was done and failed. He (Francis) was out last season with shoulder impingement so, hard to say when this popped up.
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Heyman: Max Scherzer Back on Blue Jays’ Radar
John_Havok replied to Leo Morgenstern's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I doubt he ever left their radar, but ... I'd take him back as a reliever who they could then pop in to the rotation for a few starts if needed. Scherzer the psycho as a reliever has some decent upside potential. -
He's been reducing workload the past few years as is, did 100 games last year. For a guy of his health it's probably for the best. I bet he comes back for a series or two here and there.
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Maybe if spats is still around he can weigh in, he goes down every year.
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Either that, or Bieber's health is worse than we all think
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I think my overall point in the Wilson signing is, right now he's the exact type of guy that doesn't typically get paid in arbitration, so why not just go year to year with him? It's not a bad extension by any means, it just seems unnecessary. He's a below average runner and defender at SS, with bottom of the barrel EVs even when healthy. That's not really a recipe for even average power outputs.
