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  1. John_Havok
    Maybe he just needs to use the fastball less. Keep the slider and change as the primary offerings and then use the fastball as the change of pace. His slider and change average 85 and 87 so ... maybe he just needs to pitch really backwards.
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    Holy god Andujar's arm SUX. That was a shallow pop fly and his throw wasnt even close on line or in time.
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    Atta boy Otto
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    He's throwing both a change and a slider along with the fastball so far.
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    Kikuchi so far has 5 strikeouts on 14 swings and misses. Gross
  6. John_Havok
    Absolute filth in the 2nd inning from Kikuchi to the first 2 batters. Damn. He really needs that changeup to work for him like this in the regular season.
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    So many players slipping out of the box ... wtf
  8. John_Havok
    Keller's cutter/slider is really moving. good pitch
  9. John_Havok
    Apparently the Pittsburgh broadcast thinks Varsho is Jansen. LOL Hope Varsho gets on and we can see how the Jays plan to use the stolen base
  10. John_Havok
    Some really nice sliders from Kikuchi. Fastball was decent but still a bit wild, and dropped a nice changeup on Cutch. So far so good.
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    I thought so too, was really close pitch.
  12. John_Havok
    Kikuchi slider looking tight so far.
  13. John_Havok
    SN Now. Probably a bunch of illegal streams out there too
  14. John_Havok
    LoL, vladdy in midseason form already. DP on his first swing.
  15. John_Havok
    and still kinda useful. Such a great player at his peak too, that 5 year stretch he had was pretty great with 5 straight AS, 3 straight top 3 MVP and 1 MVP win in there too.
  16. John_Havok
    Yes, espcially the winter part. Was -30 in Lethbridge the night before last, but just in time for spring training games, it will be up to +1 today. Perfect timing.
  17. John_Havok
    Both will probably start in the minors. Not being cynical, just that with the # of arms the Jays have in the pen without options, unless Pearson looks like he's Edwin Diaz, he probably starts his season in Buffalo unless there's an injury or two in the pen prior to the season starting. Tiedemann has exactly 11 innings pitched as AA and 78 in his 1 pro season of the minors. He would be definitely limited on innings this season (like.. 130 maybe?) so it's probably better for him to start out in AA to have his innings managed, and if there came a point where he was just utterly dominant and the Jays had a need down the stretch in the thick of a playoff race.. then maybe you bring him up to finish up his innings while helping the club. I don't see many scenarios where he starts the season out of the rotation with the big club. *rain....parade*
  18. John_Havok
    Let's play some ball!
  19. John_Havok
    Yesterdays posts are like 15 pages back for me. I go back maybe 2-3 pages max
  20. John_Havok
    "I'm going to have to make a big adjustment," Machado said afterward during the game broadcast. "I might be down 0-1 a lot this year ... there's definitely an adjustment period, but I went down in history books." Video in the story. He was in the box but definitely not "alert to the pitcher" at 8 seconds https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/watch-manny-machado-hit-with-automatic-strike-in-spring-trainings-first-pitch-clock-violation/?fbclid=IwAR3vVKytv-MOrrC0MPxjcZLJBDVgi4Gq7B73Y2Tk96fDOjSRqX4MnNTwIU4
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    I don't know this for a fact, but I'd be willing to be the complex is open for anyone in the org any day of the year. For guys in the lower minors that arent bonus babies though it would be a matter of whether or not they can afford to actually be there and not working in the offseason.
  23. John_Havok
    But speaking of lazy Dominicans, where's angrioter been lately? He hasn't been around much
  24. John_Havok
    For sure. Contrast Orelvis with Barger's numbers last year in AA... 20 year old Orelvis: BB% 8.1, K% 28.5, ISO .242, BABIP .217, .203/.286/.446 triple slash with a 96 wRC+ (492 PAs) LD rate 16%, FB rate 51%, IFFB rate 24% 22 year old Barger: BB% 9.1, K% 25.3, ISO .216, BABIP .390, .313/.384/.528 triple slash with a 147 wRC+ (198 PAs) LD rate 20%, FB rate 43.3%, IFFB rate 25.5% As Laika pointed out earlier, IFFB rate doesnt stabilize very quickly and there's probably a grain of salt to be taken along with the numbers. Barger is in the top 60, Orelvis outside the top 100. Overreaction on both in opposite ways perhaps?
  25. John_Havok
    Franco and Orelvis are two completely different hitters though. Franco was a supreme contact guy with above average power. Orelvis has monster power and a lousy hit tool. I guess the similarity is that both feel like they can hit anything that comes their way
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