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  1. John_Havok
    Which is weird because deferrals were meant to help the smaller markets retain tehir stars, they just never bothered to take advantage. I think keeping deferrals is fine, just limit the number of deferred contracts per team (say...2?), and then limit the annual % that can be deferred to something reasonable. That way it keeps larger market teams from just deferring half their roster and keeps more top-end free agents in play for all teams, which is something the PA should definitely want. That said, i'm intrigued as to to how the MLB version of Bird Rights would work. If it exempts a % of contrcat value from the luxury tax? Make the home team the only one able to offer significantly more years and dollars? Some combo of the 2? Lets face it, being able to offer 1 more year and 20 million more isnt going to keep guys from fleeing Crapsburgh for LA.
  2. John_Havok
    Expiring contracts: Springer, Scherzer, Gausman, Varsho, Bieber, Yimi. I wont bother breaking down how much savings there could be since keeping salary would probably happen on a couple of those if they even had takers. Yimi is hurt so I dont think he can even be traded. Scherzer pitched in Vancouver recently so he's nearing a return. The other 4... yeah we might land something intriguing but i dont see any top 100 prospects in that lot. Probably more like we've seen before, multiple guys like Will Wagner, Bloss... guys who are close to the majors and have a certain skillset they think they can work with along with add-ins way down the org charts.
  3. John_Havok
    True. I guess my brain doesnt link players based on how they were acquired but rather how they look and what their stuff is like. Nothing to really get into though, others do. Miles is intriguing because you can see the raw stuff is pretty good with all 4 pitches and his location is above average. He lacks the swing and miss aspect but hes throwns a ton of ground balls and doesn't get barreled. Maybe a tweak or two or adding a change or split might help that swing and miss a bit.
  4. John_Havok
    Note: the catcher mentioned here was promoted to Dunedin 2 days later
  5. John_Havok
    Ive now watched the highlights from this game 3 times just to fake-convince myself the Jays are on a 3 game winning streak.
  6. John_Havok
    In what way? Theyre 2 very different pitchers
  7. John_Havok
    Eliminating deferrals is a weird ask, but if they are replacing it with something similar to Bird Rights like in the NBA I can see how it might fly.
  8. John_Havok
    Yup. I'm 100% convinced thats definitely the motivation for wanting to segregate.
  9. John_Havok
    If that happens it will be one sad trade deadline. Half seasons of Springer, Gausman, Varsho, Bieber aren't going to net a whole lot.
  10. John_Havok
    Yeah for sure. Baseball should be American only sport. Asshat.
  11. John_Havok
    Having other sports to talk about would be welcome now, if only for the fact that talking about and watching the Jays is depressing as f***.
  12. John_Havok
    Cant seem to hit curve balls.
  13. John_Havok
    I agree with what yoyr saying about Gimenez as a whole, except the part where his offenseive numbers are more magnified becasue of everyone elses struggles. Nobody expected Gimenez to be a star with the bat. Springer, Vlad, and to a lesser extent Kirk (injury excuse) are the reason the offense is struggling. By wRC+ Vlad is hitting like 50 points below what he should be hitting as a baseline. Springer probably 30, Gimenez being 5-10 below is not much of a needle mover. Barger being out also kinda sucks but at least Pinango (112) and Sanchez (107) have been holding their own and contributing with the bat and basically matching or slightky exceeding Barger's projections despite the circus they are defensively.
  14. John_Havok
    Yeah who knows really... i just dont understand how a hitter like Vlad is happy with his results and isnt doing everything under the sun to try and figure out what he was doing differently in the playoffs last year vs now. It's a night and day difference in not just stats, but underlying skill numbers as well.
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    I dunno, i dont think the rest of the teams struggles make it harder to stomach Gimenez at all. It makes ot harder to stomach the rest of the team's struggles. I think Gimenez hitting even close to 100 wrc+ is a pipe dream. 80-85 is what theyre going to get. I also think he needs to switch to a lighter bat. I'm not sure how to explain it but visually you can see theres a point where the bat head is just dragging way behind and then when it finally comes forward its almost like he loses control of where its going. Like the bat is swinging him... kinda
  16. John_Havok
    This. Vlad needs to get mad. I saw something on MLB the other day too with Pujols breaking down what he thinks isbwrong woth Clads swimg amd that hes wrapping the bat too far behind his head and consequently the bat head is taking longer to get to the hitting zone. Pujols himself said he used to go through stretches like this and he would look at his stance from the 1b side on video and if he saw the bat head poking out behind his head when he was waggling the bat, he knew he had to adjust his hands. Im probably explaining it poorly but it made sense when they showed the video
  17. John_Havok
    Never said they didn't deserve grief. No offense is going to be good enough to come back on a regular basis when you spot the opposition 1-4 runs before anyone takes a swing.
  18. John_Havok
    Can say what ya want about the offense and Vlads struggles, but the pitching has been an absolute dumspter fire. Cant give up 1st inning runs and bring the offense to the field behind every f***ing game
  19. John_Havok
    One would assume Keys takes the place of Sanchez, and also rotates through DH. Same amount of lefties in that case.
  20. John_Havok
    Definitely. Good thing his own manager will be making the picks too.
  21. John_Havok
    Moon with a good outing, 3.2 IP, 3 hits, 1BB, 1ER and 6 K Arias heating up in AA after a slow April and May, .845 OPS in June Harry and Keys are still on fire in Buffalo Parker and Sanchez on the right track for Dunedin. Perry hitting his first stretch of trouble at Vancouver with 10 ER allowed in his last 3 starts. Still racking up Ks though. King still good. Thompson Jr moved up to AA and doing well (SSS) All in all theres alot to like at pretty much every level.
  22. John_Havok
    Varland doesnt deserve to go?
  23. John_Havok
    Sosa has to be a release when his timer is up unless every other IF option is dead or dying of Ebola
  24. John_Havok
    Thompson Jr with 5 more shutout innings in New Hampshire in his second start there. 1 hit and 2 BB allowed against 4 K. Brings him up to 9 shutout innings over his first 2 starts. Only 1 hit allowed. That doesnt suck
  25. John_Havok
    Cheers mate! Hope you get to see one of very rare Jays wins at the Trop when you are in attendance
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