John_Havok

LoL, vladdy in midseason form already. DP on his first swing.

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.

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.

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*

Let's play some ball!

Yesterdays posts are like 15 pages back for me. I go back maybe 2-3 pages max

"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

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.

But speaking of lazy Dominicans, where's angrioter been lately? He hasn't been around much

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?

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

nah, not all dominicans. Just Vlad. All Domincans would be stereotyping based on race, Brownie don't play dat

Im actually in agreemnt with Brownie. The more people the Jays can hire to get ahead of the curve in their labs, the better. Get the Blue Jays to the forefront of the analytics/Driveline type of thing and it can only help in player and draft signings. Tiedemann right now is Exhibit A in the brochure.

Yep theres one in the OF also. As far as I know, only the HP ump can make the call.

Understandable, but... pitchers have to be able to see it.

Honestly, I am loving trolling old people on facebook, twitter and virtually anywhere else i can about the new rules. It's like anytime there's a post about the new rules, its' like the bat signal to anyone over 50 to get on and whine about how the game is ruined.

I think what youll find is that PAs will trend downward in the # of pitches thrown per PA. I'm not sure why I think this, it just seems like that should happen

Absolutely. Best rule change in the past 30+ years since the one that made helmets mandatory for catchers while on defense in 1988.

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a25733780/bob-einstein-curb-your-enthusiasm-jerry-seinfeld-joke/ Love this particular vagina joke

If youre in the market you can absolutely buy my 300,000k house for 800,000k.

Hard to say, there's not many contracts out there to compare against for his situation. 4.5 million per season for ... 3-5 years-ish

Honestly at this point Im just hoping that Barger, Orelvis and Tiedemann can be the next set of guys that can make an impact (not like Vlad/Bo impact, but at least solid to plus regulars) at the major league level. Having them come along just as Vlad and Bo are nearing the end of their team control would be massive.

minus f***ing 30 C in Lethbridge overnight last night... but will up to +1 tomorrow.

https://www.dunedingov.com/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/127/#:~:text=Sitting%20on%20a%2065%2Dacre,Blue%20Jays%20play%20their%20games. A state-of-the-art facility unlike any other! Sitting on a 65-acre site, the new Player Development Complex (PDC) is the training facility of the Toronto Blue Jays Major and Minor League operations. The 115,000 square-foot building is located at 3031 Garrison Road, Dunedin, approximately 10 minutes away from TD Ballpark where the Blue Jays play their games. Player Development Complex Features · 6 Fields (5 brand new) · Sports Science Labs · 2 Half Fields · Hydrotherapy Room (hot/cold tubs, pool) · Covered Practice Field · Training Room · 20 Gang Mounds · Clubhouse (lockers, equipment & laundry rooms) · 12 Covered Batting Cages · Kitchen & Dining Areas · Speed Hill · Workrooms, Conference & Meeting Rooms ·Observation Tower · Media Room · Weight Room · Barber Shop & Nutrition Stations · Movement Studio · Player Lounge & Family Room Sports Science Labs would be my guess as to what they have that might be comparable to Driveline. If anyone has a subsciprtion to the Athletic, here's an older article that might get a bit more indepth as to what the labs have in them https://theathletic.com/2411431/2021/02/25/blue-jays-player-development-complex-photos/ f*** it, I forgot I had just signed up for the Athletic a week ago....lol Here's all they would sya about the labs "There are also three sports science labs located within — for applied research, movement and pitching — but, since they include proprietary information, the Blue Jays understandably did not give us a look at those."