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  1. John_Havok
    Correct sir. Within a 10 minute walk from my house. Former home of the Rookie affiliate of the Diamondbacks (Lethbridge Black Diamonds) back when the Pioneer league still had Canadian teams. My wife's boss has billets for the team every year so they get a bunch of free tickets all season. Wife doesnt really care for baseball but she goes for the walk and the sun.
  2. John_Havok
    99% of prospects suck. It's easier to bet on failure. Ditto Bieber, it's easier to bet on failure after multiple surgeries. People were cautiously optimistic as the downside risk for the price vs the upside potential for the same price was comfortable. Everything in baseball is a calculated risk This isnt some revolutionary thing you've suddenly discovered and need to explain. When you don't quite get the basics of the draft and therefore equate a high school kid being drafted lower than his draft ranking as some kind of failure in the Jays scouting that everyone else sees and equate it to another player that dropped like... 4 places and still hasnt developed into a star player (but is still playing), its hard to take any of your insights seriously. How's Tork doing? Kjerstad? Lacy? Even Meyer up until this season was a complete donut hole.
  3. John_Havok
    Hes a good kid. Played against my Lethbridge Bulls the past 2 years and was clearly better than the rest of the league, which is mostly Div2 kids from the states and some Canadians mixed in. Prick hit nearly .400 last season
  4. John_Havok
    No kidding. It's just verbal diarrhea
  5. John_Havok
    Or it's because the MLB draft is very difficult to predict, especially for high school kids and signability. And most prosepcts fail spectacularly. You just love making stuff up to suit your biases.
  6. John_Havok
    Biggio was never a truly exciting prospect. He was intriguing with a weird carrying skill of a good eye amd taking walks, but not exciting. Zimmer was exciting. Marisnick had a good start to minor league career too and ended up carving out a decent MLB career as a back-up. DeJong i never followed so wont speak to him. Point is, theres not a single 6 week stretch in any of those players minor league careers that you can point to and say "this guy wont be X" Your own examples pretty much argue that exact point.
  7. John_Havok
    Youre so full of hot air its ridiculous. You can find 6 weeks of dominace by Sanchez this season. You can find 6 weeks of dogshit too. So, in your view which 6 weeks explains the player?
  8. John_Havok
    You dont know s*** about a player after 6 weeks of full season A-ball.
  9. John_Havok
    Theres about 20 points of wRC+ between them, and thats with Varsho slumping with the stick There's a massive difference between the two offensively
  10. John_Havok
    Straw in CF everyday is just a cheaper and younger version of Gimenez at SS. Both excellent defenders, both not good enough with the bat. 1 of those positions in the everyday lineup would be okay, but not both. Its had to hapoen sporadically anyways with Varsho's injuries but its definitely not a long-term thing
  11. John_Havok
    Drafted the best prep catching prospect in teh draft too. They must be thinking they have to trade Kirk
  12. John_Havok
    Looks like 2 fliers from HS, round 19 and 20 but a junior flyer in round 18 also in Jake McCoy McCoy was ranked just outside the top 150 amd some think he could have been seen as the best LHP in the draft, except he had TJ surgery in Feb so he's been out all year. He was set to transfer schools so maybe the Jays can make him change his mind
  13. John_Havok
    He was assigned to Vancouver. He fits the mold of the types of players Atkins likes. Line drive hitter with good contact tools, walks more than he strikes out (for now) and athletic. He has a cannon for an arm since he pitched in college so him behind the plate, if he grades well defensively in other aspects, is pretty much just like Kirk was in his minor days, just afew years behind in age relative to Kirk and where he was which was already on the majors at 22.
  14. John_Havok
    I was gonna go with a Captain Kirk and Mr. Sprock approach myself. Too bad Mason McCoy isnt still around.
  15. John_Havok
    Exactly. If anything it just means a different arm is probably ready to come off the IL and they wanted to capitalize on a team whos pen is so bad adding a 0.0 war arm is an improvement
  16. John_Havok
    I waited for this joke from someone. Excellent!
  17. John_Havok
    Yeah. A-ball catchers is what a team wants to trigger the need to trade their starter.
  18. John_Havok
    Hes also kind of a 1 trick pony with his curveball being his only plus pitch. His sinker and slider are pretty bad
  19. John_Havok
    No mention of an injury anywhere, still active in the roster... my guess/hope would be just a skipped start for load management. Only 45 IP in 2024 before beind shut down in August and then missing all of 2025 for TJ recovery. Hes at 54.2 already in 2026.
  20. John_Havok
    Nolan Perry and JoJo Parker named to the American League Future's game roster.
  21. John_Havok
    I guess Loperfido and his 82 OPS+ isnt quite doing it for them.
  22. John_Havok
    And, given Atkins history of plucking useful pieces from other systems, i think IF there's a fire sale, the Jays will make out well enough
  23. John_Havok
    Granted, but teams arent moving many top 100 prospects for expiring contracts anymore. Last years deadline saw only 3 top 100 guys moved and all 3 were in deals for closers, one of whom had 4+ years of control left and the other 2+. Miller and Duran. Not saying its impossible, just... increasingly unlikely these days
  24. John_Havok
    How can you possibly think FIFA is corrupt? It's not like any heads of state can just make a phone call and have red cards and suspensions lifted...
  25. John_Havok
    Yes. Which is why limiting the # of deferrals and % of deferral could actually help smaller market teams IF they wanted to continue with deferals. Of course the Pirates could never defer 98% of Ohtani's net present contract value or whatever # they came up with, but they could probably defer 50% of it. Just an example. Nutting is such an ******* he will never do anything to keep real superstars.
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