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  1. John_Havok
    Just a heads up, the music thread is in the off topic section.
  2. John_Havok
    I think Ohtani starts at 12 years 45 per year (540m total) and goes up from there. It would not surprise me to see him end up with a 600 million dollar deal next offseason.
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    Baby steps. First they needs to run the challenge system for a few years to really show the umps how useles they are at calling balls/strikes compared to ABS.
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    My arm needs surgery just watching that.
  5. John_Havok
    I'd rather have the challenge system than the current one.
  6. John_Havok
    No he's still in the Hall, he just can't do anything anymore for MLB and will be banned from all MLB related functions.
  7. John_Havok
    I know where the 80% number came from, it was an "estimated" number from a Sports Illustrated article in 2015 that said: "Although salaries have risen steadily during the last three decades, reports from a host of sources (athletes, players' associations, agents and financial advisers) indicate that: • By the time they have been retired for two years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce. • Within five years of retirement, an estimated 60% of former NBA players are broke." Not exactly a solid number, but probably not that far off from the truth. Full article here: https://vault.si.com/vault/2009/03/23/how-and-why-athletes-go-broke
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    https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35434317/sources-all-aaa-parks-use-electronic-strike-zone-23 Robo umps getting closer.... half the season in AAA will be all ABS and half the season with a challenge system where the ump makes the call but they go to ABS if the pitch is challenged.
  9. John_Havok
    Theyve got a ton of guys coming off the books after this season. Darvish, Snell, Pomeranz and Hader are all FA, not to mention the near certainty of Machado opting out. That's close to 100 million right there.
  10. John_Havok
    Yeah, I think Manoah would be a candidate that they might sign to a deal that might buy out a year or 2 of free agency, it wouldn't be super expensive. Generally dont want to go nuts with pitchers and long term extensions while they are still under control early on. Jansen, sure, but something similar or shorter to what AA just gave Murphy wouldn't be terrible.
  11. John_Havok
    Looking at the Jays entire 40 man roster, 10 are home grown. Manoah, Vlad, Bo, Jansen and Kirk as starters, Romano, Mayza, Biggio, Lopez and Pearson for the bench and relievers. Of that list, really only the first 5 would be anyone you'd worry about wanting to extend, and youd only do it with 1 catcher.
  12. John_Havok
    Hardly. Sano never posted a K rate below 34%. Vlads worst season K rate would have to double to get Sano's best season K rate.
  13. John_Havok
    Only comparable for the Jays was Alomar, he retired in 2005, jersey # retired in 2011 along with his HoF induction. Alomar and Doc are the only two #'s retired by the Jays. The rest are just level of excellence. Kinda seems like the Jays wait until there's a HoF announcement before they retire a #.
  14. John_Havok
    Noted
  15. John_Havok
    17 Blue Jay players have worn #32, Most notably of course the Doc, Roy Halladay from 1999 through 2009. The first player to wear it was Don Kirkwood in 1978 and the last player to wear #32 for the Jays was Scott Diamond in 2016. The # is now retired of course, because Roy Halladay was the best pitcher in Blue Jays history, but sucked at flying while high.
  16. John_Havok
    21 Players have worn #33 for the Jays
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  18. John_Havok
    34 days until pitchers and catcher report... so.... pretty much yeah. Tigers are bringing in the CF fence, and making their OF fences shorter this season too. That will be a nice 15 second convo
  19. John_Havok
    Well, his quote didn't say he would be the DH most of the time, just that he would mostly DH, meaning the majority of his PAs will come as a DH. It doesnt say how many PAs he was led to believe he would get. I suspect he's really just a hedge against a Jansen and/or Kirk injury, which seems inevitable.
  20. John_Havok
    For all the teams crying poor: MLB sets new record for league revenue in 2022, pulling in estimated $10.8 billion Much of MLB's revenue stems from TV deals https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2023/01/10/mlb-sets-new-revenue-record-exceeding-108-billion-for-2022/?sh=5dfc1cdc77ee
  21. John_Havok
    I'm sure glad they mutilated me. Who the f*** would want to go through that kind of pain later on in life when you could remember it?
  22. John_Havok
    Tapia was DFA, Biggio wasn't. Seems they learned from their mistake.
  23. John_Havok
    Reattaching foreskin is the new black.
  24. John_Havok
    I knew it... you finally got your Botox done?
  25. John_Havok
    Naw, dont you remember? AJ Burnett is and always will be a .500 pitcher.
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