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    According to the Jays page on MLB.com, it's 25 but not sure if that's like officially official yet. Plus his twitter is @DaultonVarsho25 so educated guess it will likely be 25
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    yeah, DFA Lukes, save Bernard for a bit... it could happen.
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    That's why i dont think there's a realistic shot for a position player to make it, it would require a significant injury or losing a guy like Lopez off the roster, which i really doubt would happen. Lopez is actually a great bench piece with his IF/OF defensive versatility and baserunning. He's about as perfect a bench piece as you can get on the Jays team that clearly values positional flexibility. I can't see a scenario where they DFA a guy like Lopez in favor of any of the other non-roster guys. Could a DFA of a pitcher be done to add another position player? Sure, but that might be a short term thing since I think the jays will always be carrying the max 13 allowable pitchers.
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    One of the lefty relievers has a shot, Eisert maybe. I think there's 0 chance of a position player making it out of camp unless there's a series of injuries
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    https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/roster/nri
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    It's not you im directing the psychosis angle at. Providing useful info is awesome. Other posters yelling at clouds about baseball purity is nauseating.
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    But they can do so now, as long as they declare themsevles eligible prior to the play starting and lineup in an eligible receiving position. At least the theory of the # rules makes some sense in football. There's literally zero reason to mandate #'s in the NHL, MLB, NBA, pro soccer other than " because reasons" To be all militant about the # on a jersey in the MLB and think it has some drastic impact on the sanctity and history of the game is probably evidence of a psychosis forming or having already formed.
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    Gordie Howe was his hero, wanted to wear #9 because of it.
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    Strawman arguements don't help your case.
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    I love that you feel you can speak for what other people care about. Chances are youre somewhat right though, but only that players care more about the team that is signing their checks and don't want to jeopardize their life's work, not that they dont care at all about the WBC. It obviosuly matters to the shitload of MLB players that are playing in it
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    Is that the actual reason though? I think it was more for the players, not the refs. Even a lineman can line up as an eligible receiver as long as the formation is legal. And they also made changes to the rule regarding jersey #'s starting in 2021.
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    And it's stupid there too. But it wouldnt harm anyone's viewership or enjoyment of the game if next year the NFL started allowing players to wear whatever #'s they wanted regardless of position.
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    And then when teams have retired more than 6 numbers? Being hardcore about what series of #'s are allowed on the back of a jersey is really really arbitrary and weird.
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    Missing #s to skip over, 75, 76, 78, 80-84, 86, 87, 89, 92, 94-98.
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    I think it’s just the timing of the event and the less than routine schedule a starter might be experiencing at the WBC vs what they get at ST. Relievers I don’t think it matters as much but the starters get ramped up in a very specific way and I think a lot of them don’t feel like they get that perfect routine at the wbc. Especially this season when they know they’ll need to get used to a pitch clock and limited disengagements and pretty much an entirely different on field flow of the game.
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    New rule changes/ updates: Extra inning runner now permanently implemented. Still not going to be used in the Playoffs Position players can’t pitch in a game unless a) it’s extra innings, it’s the 9th inning and your team is up by 10 or more, or c) it’s the 9th inning and your team is down by 8 or more
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    I guess Jansen is stuck in the middle of several scenarios that probably make him not all that extension worthy at the moment. #1. Injury history #2. Kirk is friggin awesome, cheaper and under more control already #3. Trying to extend Vlad and/or Manoah would be higher priority I think IF the jays were to approach Jansen, they'd probably want to line up his last year to be the same as Kirk's current last year of control which is the end of 2026. That would be buying 2 FA years after his 2024 Arb 3. so,,, 3 years/32 million ish? call it 7 million for 2024 arb 3 and then 12.5M for 2 more years? Murphy got 15m for his FA years, but I think Murphy might be a bit higher on the catcher tree than Jansen. Maybe not. 3 years 37?
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    I hate it when a smart team picks up a DFA of the Jays... ya just know he'll be fantastic for them.
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    That's vomit inducing IMO.
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    Definitely atypical.
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    I saw this one, but its not behind a paywall https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/35563220/way-too-early-2023-mlb-starting-rotation-rankings They have the Jays at 8th 8. Toronto Blue Jays Game score W/L: 95-67, .586 Average game score: 54.4 Dominance rank: 4 | Consistency rank: 3 Gems: 43 | Eggs: 21 Rotation: Alek Manoah (22-8), Kevin Gausman (23-9), Chris Bassitt (22-10), Jose Berrios (13-14), Yusei Kikuchi (7-11), Nate Pearson (5-6), Mitch White (2-5), Hyun Jin Ryu (3-4) The addition of Bassitt gives the Blue Jays a strong core trio with three potential 20-game winners (well, "game score" winners, anyway, but I love the old-timey nomenclature). There are questions with some possible exciting answers even after Manoah, Gausman and Bassitt. Can Berrios get back on track? Can Ryu return by midseason, as he says he wants to do? This rotation has a chance to not just be good, but to be really, really deep.
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    He's got a glove on to catch anything that might hit him... no biggie.
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    There's still plenty of time for that. Catchers are not typically the guys you want to extend for big years and money anyways.
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    High respect for KK getting put in that group.
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