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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2023)
John_Havok replied to Krylian's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
He hadn’t retired yet? -
Kids, whose arms are still developing, are pitching way more than they used to. Instead of taking breaks from pitching and playing other sports to give their arms a break, they keep pitching nearly year round. They’re also throwing breaking balls way younger. Kids arms are being broken before they ever get to college, then tortured even more by college coaches. Pitch counts in the majors are just the last line of defense.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2023)
John_Havok replied to Krylian's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I mean it sucks as a stat, but it also means the Jays are at the plate with guys on base a lot. I’d much rather have the problem of solving getting runs in when there’s guys on base than trying to solve getting guys on base. If I had to watch a season of Cleveland baseball I’d probably just stop watching the games. -
Lots of IFs in there where the assumption is that his skill set will perfectly transfer over and he will maintain all those doubles and walks, when that usually isn’t the case with a player the pitchers don’t fear. He’d be a good stopgap or something …but without the HR ball, but he’s not likely to be a long term solution with his severely limited defensive profile. Also, a 4 war 1b/DH over a full season with only 9 HR is a pipe dream.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2023)
John_Havok replied to Krylian's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Guy will lucky not to break a few hamate bones, fingers and wrists while he’s breaking the stadium gun -
GDT: 3/4 Blue Jays @ Guardians (Indians) 7:07
John_Havok replied to Omar's topic in Game Thread Archive
Over under on Vlads Ops end of season. .750? -
Yeah. If Horwitz does prove that he has developed a power stroke, I have no issues at all with him taking over Belt’s role next season at league minimum. Without that power though, he’s…basically a left handed 2023 version Vlad with even less power. That’s not what anyone wants at 1b/DH. We’re stuck with it for now, but there’s always hope Vlad pulls his head out of ass
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What SP is going to sign here as depth? The 5 main rotation spots are already signed in Gausman, Berrios, Bassitt, Manoah and Kikuchi. Anyone signing here as SP depth would need to sign a minor league deal and wait for a call, or sign with the understanding they’d be the long man in the pen and be the first option if someone gets hurt. That kind of signing wouldn’t be expensive at all.
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Yeah his report card from that game was so far past s*** he made Angel Hernandez look like ABS. Diaz’s called strike accuracy percentage was just 66%.
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Got a break there, that’s the only way Espinal was getting on base.
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f***ing offense wasting a brilliant Kikuchi start.
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If a guys timing is so bad that he’s late on a hanging breaking ball, it’s time to scrap the entire mechanism and start from scratch.
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Yet again, hanging breaking ball middle middle and he inside outs it to RF. What a f***ing idiotic approach.
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Maybe 2 years, 16 million plus a club option or something. 3 years guaranteed tops. I wouldn’t want to go past 8 million AAV. Hell even 3/24 and I wouldn’t be super thrilled, but I could probably live with it
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They obviously have something on Bibee that makes them think running isn’t a good idea, especially with Belt at the plate. Belt still has enough swing and miss that they could easily run into a double play.
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Last years QO was 19.65 million. There is 0 chance he gets a QO from the Jays. It would be cheaper to just pick up the option. They’ll decline the option and try to get him back on a 3 year deal for somewhere around 20 million. As good as he has hit this season, he’s still not a guy you break the bank on. The lack of power completely limits the upside to what he is right now. 110~ wrc+. That’s the ceiling. It would be no shock to see him suddenly drop back to 90-100 next season at all. In his favour, he still plays multiple positions half decent, still runs well, and has good PAs the majority of the time. He’s absolutely a guy I want on the team, but anywhere near 10 million per season and its no longer worth the downside risk.
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Yet the last 10 days it’s been really good. Hitting with RISP is probably not all luck, it’s certainly not all skill. A lot of it is just timing. The other game they went 7-11 or something with RISP. Why so good that game yet so bad the next? It’s just weird.
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As soon and Springer swung through ball 1 ..I knew it was over. Just like Siddall said, evidence of a just an overall bad approach in that situation.
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If you plan to qualify him you may as well pick up the option, it would be cheaper.
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Alrighty Springer…SF minimum please.
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I really want both Whit and Belt back next season…too bad it will probably be neither
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True. But is tying up 21-30 million on 3 pen arms very wise? Especially when those backfills you mentioned are a near certainty to be downgrades on the three departures in the aggregate, especially defensively.
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Again, not the point. If you’re trying to pull hanging breaking balls in the happy happy HR heart of the plate when you’re Vlad Jr, wtf are you ever planning to pull? That’s my point here.
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Kooch has that nice 96 going tonight. Could be a very nice night for him
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EV was 91. It looked good momentarily off the bat but it was not hit nearly as hard as it looked. But that’s not the point, why in the flying spaghetti monsters name is he trying to slap a hanging breaking ball the other way? That’s the exact pitch you should be trying to pull for power.
