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  1. John_Havok
    On the plus side, even though he was roughed up a bit in the breakout game, Maroudis was sitting 93-94 and touched 96 with the heater. Still has that hammer curve too. Sure he's still a bit of an afterthought now, but now with that full year+ of rehab and training he could himself back on the radar.
  2. John_Havok
    Agreed that MIF depth is important. But... I just never bought the Leo Jimenez stock. I didn't see anything about him that stood out (which is many times a good thing to be fair). You could see he had some power, but he didn't swing like he wanted to use it. Passive approaches at the plate. Not quite Craig Biggio's son's level of passivity but like... he wasn't looking to make a difference, he was just trying to survive. That's my own (admittedly flawed) eye-test that he failed in combination with not exactly standout numbers. I've never been a fan of Leo. Yes, he's good enough defensively to play SS in the major leagues, but his mindset of what he's doing at the plate is what's holding him back from being an actual major league regular.
  3. John_Havok
    Netflix probably has a larger potential US audience than any cable sports channel to be fair given the weird sports packages on cable. Current estimates have Netflix being present for 60% of the population.
  4. John_Havok
    I'm confident that softball thing was sarcasm.
  5. John_Havok
    Chourio to the IL with a hairline fracture in his hand.
  6. John_Havok
    Given my limited knowledge of stress fractures, I can't help but feel his recovery would be on the quicker side given that he didn't even know he had one, and was pain free and throwing well at the time of the accidental diagnosis. It's interesting to think where he'd be right now had he not been evaluated for insurance for the WBC. Would he still be throwing and nobody having a clue it was there?
  7. John_Havok
    Ponce is an 80 grade name - the real star of the offseason.
  8. John_Havok
    How dare you besmirch the possibility having a peak Ponce. Even if he shifts to the pen in a playoff scenario, Ponce might be the real dark horse MVP of the staff this season.
  9. John_Havok
    Great story about Busch Stadium that I love... the Busch family of course owns Budweiser and the Cardinals, and wanted to call it Budweiser Stadium. MLB wouldnt let them so they named it after the family instead.....Busch Stadium.... and then created a new line of beer called Busch after the fact. The old middle finger to MLB!
  10. John_Havok
    Seabold signed with Detroit. Apparently he triggered the release clause on the Jays, he signed a split deal with Detroit and will make the opening day roster thanks to the injury to Beau Briske
  11. John_Havok
    So basically, the changeup drops waaaay more than others?
  12. John_Havok
    Yesavage isnt being stashed in AAA though...
  13. John_Havok
    I think now that he's opening the season on the IL, he's getting service time. Besides, even if he was healthy, the Jays shouldn't be worrying about service time manipulation in a season where a deep post-season run is a legit expectation
  14. John_Havok
    Yes. He apparently showed up to ST with the issue, and theyve been building him up slowly. per Schneider
  15. John_Havok
    f*** at least he's already throwing and being built up. He just wont be built up in time to start the season on the big club. He tossed 35 pitches in a minor league game earlier in the week and felt good, but there isn’t enough time to complete his ramp-up before Opening Day. He is scheduled to throw again on March 25, though no formal return timetable has been set.
  16. John_Havok
    Its also very odd that he is pain and symptom free. That seems like it shouldn't be the case, and he has looked fine throwing in ST. Weird situation for sure
  17. John_Havok
    insert "old man yells at cloud" gif. 10 year old quotes. Is he dead yet?
  18. John_Havok
    WBC entirely in Australia would be perfect to see someday.
  19. John_Havok
    I know people are upset at Little's playoff performances and rightly so, but when you have a a guy with 100th percentile whiff rate and 97th percentile ground ball rate, you definitely want to keep him around and do whatever it takes to make it work. His 7% throw rate cutter sucks. If he can dial in a 4 seam at 96 even just to keep it in the heads of the hitter(especially RHB) that something other than a sinker or curve is coming 93% of the time.... it might be what the doctor ordered even if the pitch itself isn't that impressive from a pure "stuff" standpoint. As with anything though, gotta be able to land it for strikes.
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    They'd never be able to grow the game across the Atlantic pond if that were the case. Israel is the biggest fake team though. Their citizenship rules are extremely broad and WBC rules say anyone who "could" become a citizen of the country can compete. Basically means anyone with Jewish heritage within like 3 generations back or who is married to a Jewish person can compete.
  21. John_Havok
    4seam fastballs are already a tick or two faster than sinkers usually. There's probably some exceptions for certain pitchers, but.. in general the average is like 1.5mph slower. Touching 94.6 with a sinker and touching 98 with a 4 seamer probably isnt THAT weird. I'd be more interested in the avg velo comparisons.
  22. John_Havok
    Its possible, but if he finishes high in ROY voting he gets a full year of service time automatically. I'd say that's a pretty decent possibility. So why not just break camp with him, hope he wins ROY and nets a draft pick as well to go along with being one of the best options the Jays have for their rotation?
  23. John_Havok
    It COULD be closer. In a 1 game situation, anything is possible. The Canada squad could just have the game of their lives while the US quad has that weird day where everything seems off - stuff happens. It's not probable, but it is possible.
  24. John_Havok
    Willful ignorance cannot be educated.
  25. John_Havok
    The full quotes for context as im not sure he was intending to compare playing baseball against other countries as the same as being in the military, just that it would have been an honour to serve in the military and it's still a great honour to represent your country in a world baseball tourney. But I can certainly see how it could be taken that way and it's still pretty tone deaf. “I went to the Air Force Academy for two years,” Skenes said. “I wanted to serve. I was intending on serving. Ended up transferring out to [Louisiana State University] and won a national championship there and did some cool stuff there." He continued, “There was a big part of me that was fully intent on serving in the military as a career after college. This isn’t serving, but it’s a pretty close second.”
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