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  1. John_Havok
    Teams move prospects they think will be above average all the time if they get the return they want.
  2. John_Havok
    Jansen won’t be extended imo. As good as he is, his money would end up eating into the other areas of need and they’ll still have a completely capable catcher in Kirk. In the next offseason, Jansen will be the Teo of this off-season, he’ll be the guy they move to save a few million and plug a different hole. This line of thought makes 1 assumption, continued health and productivity of Kirk.
  3. John_Havok
    You figure he’d be an elite defender in the OF? I don’t think we have enough info to make that assumption. He has played exactly 4 innings in LF. It is possible though, the guy was a SS when he was signed. I still don’t get why he was transitioned to catcher.
  4. John_Havok
    I doubt you were thinking it sarcastically like Laika though. I also remember that trade and wondering what the f***? But back then it was really hard to know much about players on every team aside from the premier markets. All I knew was we had traded 2 great Jays for who the f*** knows what.
  5. John_Havok
    I am, then my wife asked me choke her a bit…it couldn’t be helped.
  6. John_Havok
    I’m gonna partially wet-blanket these two posts, it shows a bunch of singles potentially taken away by the shift, but then a bunch of bunt singles….largely due to where the 2b was positioned …in the shift. If he gains some singles from the shift restrictions, he’s going to lose some of those drag bunt singles too.
  7. John_Havok
    i doubt MLB would have ever levied a suspension that long in the first place if there was even the most remote of possibilities it could get thrown out entirely.
  8. John_Havok
    Yeah. Pollack better
  9. John_Havok
    I'm definitely not opposed to a Pollack signing though if he was willing to be a bench guy.
  10. John_Havok
    Yeah, 161 wRC+ vs lefties last year, 130 for his career. If he's the right price he could definitely be ideal. Absent that type of pickup I suspect though we'll see Merrifield out there replacing one of them against lefties with Espinal playing 2b. That would be pretty decent. Merrifield career aginst lefties is 115 and Espinal 125.
  11. John_Havok
    If you want to see some upside, just consider that he's an extreme left handed pull hitter that won't have to deal with extreme shifting going forward. That alone should bump the overall offense a few points. It's not going to turn him into Barry Bonds, but a 115 wRC+ isnt hard to see as a possibility.
  12. John_Havok
    There's definitely some luck involved ibn how some defensive metrics are calculated, but when you have 99th percentile jump and 70th percentile speed, chances are you won't fluctuate that much in the metrics that matter.
  13. John_Havok
    Yeah, I was looking at the rest of the free agent OF options... there's not much out there that fit that bill. One of KK or Varsho will likely sit against lefties, and they'll do need something to replace that. Tommy Pham?
  14. John_Havok
    Seems to me both sides dealth from a position of depth and strength to get something they didn't have, and Arizona got the Jays to kick in Gurriel, who was basically a bench bat in the hopes they can get any kind of useful season out of him before letting him either walk in free agency or deal at the deadline if he does get the dead cat bounce. A good old fashioned baseball trade.
  15. John_Havok
    Pretty sure I voted for Jansen. Who cares. you asked who I would trade, not who I think the Jays would trade.
  16. John_Havok
    Kevin Pillar signing imminent...
  17. John_Havok
    Moreno is the one catching prospect that might actually be a good catcher though, regardless of how his bat turns out. The fact that I'm really intrigued to see how Moreno does in Arizona tells me that both sides got a pretty good deal. Best player in the trade is Varho for sure though. The upside likely favours Arizona IF Moreno becomes Varsho and Gurriel regains his power. But then they'll just let him go anyways and he'll sign somewhere else.
  18. John_Havok
    LOL, would love to see Bauer throwing in Oakland 2023. All they would owe him is the pro-rated league minimum. Even they can afford that.
  19. John_Havok
    I have very little faith the Gurriel returns to his 2020 form. He can't hit for power, can't field and can't get on base enough to overcome the lack of power (babip fueled 2022 aside) What's left? He's not an everday guy anymore.
  20. John_Havok
    THe thing is, If i was on the diamondbacks side of this, I would probably like the trade too. From their perspective, they dealt from a position of depth, gained a position of need and can afford to take a chance on a Gurriel bounce back cheaply.
  21. John_Havok
    I bet if Carroll was on the table, Kirk would have been too.
  22. John_Havok
    Are you suggesting that Moreno + Gurriel is MORE valuable than Kirk + Gurriel? Wasn't it you who said you'd rather it be Kirk in the trade?
  23. John_Havok
    Could. Vs Already had a near 5 WAR season. Yes, it hurts to trade prospects but until they succeed thats all they ever are. Varsho has already shown he can be what people think Moreno can be.
  24. John_Havok
    His K rate isn't horrible, its really just the avg/OBP that needs to improve. With his heavy pull approach, it's not outlandish to think he'll pick up a few more hits this season with the shift restrictions. Yes, his K rate could still improve, but that's not what is holding him back from being successful.
  25. John_Havok
    Bassit > Stripling, Varsho > Gurriel by a longshot, Moreno barely played last year so .... cant really say they are better or worse since they still have 2 all star caliber catchers. One could easily argue that Varsho is > than Teo depending on how you value power vs defense. Swanson > whatever shitstain they were going to have at the front and middle of the pen. I don't think it's a stretch to say the Jays are better than 2022 at all. Run prevention counts the same as runs scored, and the power loss isn't substantial. The defensive improvements are massive.
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