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  1. John_Havok
    Hard not to get even a little bit excited about Nimmala and Parker manning the IF together in 2028 or so. Jesus in the outfield. A guy can dream...
  2. John_Havok
    Yeah no sorry, wasn't saying he was going to be that bad, just that his career path is likely as a backup MIF, like Macdonald's was.
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    So... this was your fault. Hang your head in shame sir.
  5. John_Havok
    Thats my thinking as well. While the realm of possibilities includes real change in his swing to get more lift, it's unlikely. The plus D and good eye will get him a look and he can probably be a good bench player like John Macdonald or something, but expecting a breakout at this stage in his career is probably not in the cards.
  6. John_Havok
    Anyone want to start a pool on which bodypart gets injured next? Bonus money for getting the date right for the start of his next IL stint
  7. John_Havok
    More discipline..less power. Probably cancels out honestly unless he runs a consistently high babip. Plus, pitchers in the majors generally don't walk slap hitters with no power once they realize he has no power. I suspect his walk rate comes down more than other prospects. Not trying to slag Kasevich either he's definetly going to play in the majors, but it will be as a back-up MIF with great d and limited bat. He won't move the needle
  8. John_Havok
    Clement-lite is probably the ceiling.
  9. John_Havok
    3 HRs and 2 doubles along with a single in his last 7 games. Hes coming along quite nicely. He could spend all of next season at AA and still be way ahead of the curve.
  10. John_Havok
    I think "cleaning house" is just a the easiest knee-jerk and emotional type of reaction that fans have. If front offices ran their business this way half the teams in baseball would be cleaning house every season. The most difficult part about running a multi-billion dollar organization is keeping emotions out of decision making.
  11. John_Havok
    Theres no universal date for players to ahve their no trade lists in to the team, but whatever date it is would be in his contract. I would also assume there is an edit point as you said which could be requested by the team towards the trade deadline. Of course the player could just keep it the same, and of course they could still waive it at any time too.
  12. John_Havok
    22.025 was the QO after 2025 so, probably around 23 million after 2026.
  13. John_Havok
    Santander being the obvious internal candidate for DH who's cost is already on the books.
  14. John_Havok
    Ernie is a slap hitting guy with a good glove. These guys dont hit the lottery in arb. ARB for hitters generally rewards HRs, RBIs, hits, slg, ops etc. One thing playing in Ernie's favour is that he was an All-Star which counts in the players column of "special achievments" but that doesnt guarantee a massive raise either. Sanchez might only hit 10 HRs this year, not exactly a standout baseball card. Also, bear in mind we have to judge these new arb rewards based on the recent bumps in the minimum salary. They started their arb 1 cases with almost double the base salary of guys even 6 years ago. Thats a big factor to the actual $ they get now. I'd wager the % increases are roughly the same
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    Clement isn't the type of player a team acquires at the deadline for a stretch run unless someone just got hurt, and even then... light hitting utility IFs with good gloves don't generally return much. The years of arb remaining do up his value a bit though to a team that actually has a hole they want to fill for more than half a season. What team in the post-season for sure would pay up for Ernie to make moving him worth it?
  16. John_Havok
    Arb wont be a big deal. Clement, Lukes and Sanchez dont have the right stats that arb rewards. Varland only has 1 season of saves, so his counting stats will also not be overly impacting.
  17. John_Havok
    Not gonna lie, this team is very hard to watch right now with any real optimism
  18. John_Havok
    From some guy on twitter ... "Just saw the Nolan Perry injury, just awful stuff. Hoping the diagnosis isn’t bad, and he stayed on his feet after the ball hit him, but it looked like the ball caught him flush on the right side of the head. Have to imagine he’ll be in concussion protocol, hoping for the best."
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    Wicked smaaat.
  20. John_Havok
    If you look at last season's trade deadline... it was closers with control who netted the best returns in terms of top prospects. Teams generally dont move top 100 prospects for rentals anymore. But at the same time, Atkins has been pretty good at netting quality roster guys from other teams that aren't highly rated. For the closers thing, I'm not sure that Varland would have the same value as Mason Miller did given Miller is on another planet with his skills and track record, but yeah... its worth exploring. From a purely morbid curiosity standpoint I'd also be curious as to how many fans would flip out if they traded Varland and couldnt dump Hoffman. That vitriol would be very entertaining.
  21. John_Havok
    Yes. Will be nice to get some data on his stuff from Buffalo. 4 seam, splitter, slider guy unlesss so ething has changed. Found and interview from him last year he did while in Vancouver. Tells why he turned down the Dodgers who drafted him in 2023. Has already had TJ surgery also. https://csplusbaseball.ca/2025/08/15/cs-chat-2025-vancouver-canadians-lhp-15-javen-coleman/ Threw an immacculate inning last season and was 1 pitch away from a second one.
  22. John_Havok
    Callis reporting the Jays got Carlon to sign at 2.4 million, a bit below the slot of 2,571,700 Tidy piece of work those late 18-20 round picks chances of signing just got higher.
  23. John_Havok
    Maybe this year. But the Mets haven't made a WS appearance since 2015. Thats one in favour of the Jays
  24. John_Havok
    Ties him up with guarantees for his min and arb years, 2 FA years and will be 30 at the end. Great deal for Cinci, probably not the best deal for the player given the new CBA looming but 105m is hard to turn down. Still gets a crack at FA at 31.
  25. John_Havok
    None of that is being argued except that there's no difference between Straw and Varsho, when it takes all of 5 seconds to see there is. If your argument is that playing Straw vs Varsho for the rest of the season makes little difference to the record the Jays will have at the end if the season and of course getting something in return for Varsho is better than letting him walk for nothing.. thats a different conversation. But to say there's no difference between them as players is just wrong.
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