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  1. John_Havok
    I mean, i get that Zimmer's bat has been worse than total crap, but there's no denying that him in the field, especially in Fenway would not be 1000 times better than Tapia. I'd stick Zim in CF, hit him 9th and take the L from his spot on offense rather than watching the ineviteble clusterf*** of Tapia in CF at the worst possible moment. Or, put Teo in CF, Biggio in Left, Gurriel in RF - better offensive floor, better defense (though still not great admittedly).
  2. John_Havok
    so what youre saying is Biggio should be hitting leadoff and Tapia should be glued to the bench and not playing CF where's hes garbage defensively? Tapia has 151 wrc+ over that interval against RHP, Biggio's is 150.
  3. John_Havok
    I'd love to see the metrics that support Tapia hitting leadoff against.... anyone.
  4. John_Havok
    First, getting a player for 2.5 years is not a rental. rentals are guys you pick up at the deadline who are pending Free agents at the end of that season. Adding Soto (depending on the give) could easily fall within the framework of building a sustainable winner since you have this years international signing period (or draft... isnt that deadline coming up for the PA and the league to announce if theyve reached an agreement on that??), and 2 more drafts, trade dealines, free agent signings, trades etc to build your system back up. Then of course you have the next 2.5 years to talk extension.
  5. John_Havok
    Upton cratered in a hurry. From a near 4 WAR player in 2018 to below replacement value seemingly overnight in 2019 after that back injury. Just... done
  6. John_Havok
    RBIs are neither a talent, nor a skill. Tbhey are the result of a hitter being his normal self when hitters get on base in fornt of him Nobody on base in fornt of you = no RBI's except your own HRs. The end.
  7. John_Havok
    There’s no such thing as 4th spot RBIs as people tend to think of them. There would be very few 4th spot RBIs of the 3 guys in front of him never got on base enough. If Joe Carter hit 8th, he wouldn’t still be getting 100+ RBIs in a season. RBIs are not a talent or skill, they are largely the result of someone hitting with runners on base and scoring position a lot. And before you come at me with the usual BS and tired arguments about clutchness, just don’t. I really don’t care. The average mlb player hits better with runners in scoring position, so it’s entirely logical that a better hitter would also hit better with RISP. Clutch is not a skill that be called upon at will.
  8. John_Havok
    Even more are too young to remember his name is Devon Whyte. But when the family immigrated it got spelled wrong on the form.
  9. John_Havok
    Jays considering an All-Star game host bid for 2027 https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/blue-jays-discussing-possible-bid-for-2027-all-star-game-with-major-league-baseball/ Tidbit from the article: "Final plans aren’t yet known, but initial discussions included the outfield being redone with elevated bullpens and asymmetric walls this winter (some season-ticket subscribers were recently informed that they’ll be relocated in 2023). The rest of the lower bowl reset will start in the off-season to follow."
  10. John_Havok
    Theres 1000 different ways to fire up the team, it doesnt necessarily need to be the manager. The managers job is to find out which way works best, then make it happen. Whether it's him doing it, a respected veteran , the bench coach or whomever.
  11. John_Havok
    Holy f*** a 99-100 mph cutter? Strikes out the side on 10 pitches. Clase is a wizard
  12. John_Havok
    If he's shooting for a 45 million AAV... that might be hard to get unless he gives up length. Scherzer has 43.333 and its only a 3 year deal. He and Boras are nuts if they think they're going to land a 15 year deal at 45-ish million dollars. Nobody would want that kidn of risk profile on the books for that long even though he's just 23 right now and Scherzer is 40. If he's shooting for highest AAV among position players, he'd need to get 37 million per year after his arb years are over. That's the other problem, he can't expect to get his highest AAV until after the next 2 seasons are done thanks to arbitration. Methinks whatever contract he ends up signing - it will have an opt-out clause.
  13. John_Havok
    according to MLB draft rules, he has to have graduated high school already and be 17 within 45 days of the draft. So yeah, thta's the quebec loophole I guess. As long as he's 17 before September 2
  14. John_Havok
    He was draft eligible at 16 ? hows that work?
  15. John_Havok
    That's not a certainty. If I'm the team that's this close to getting a trade done and I ask permission to talk extension before the trade is finalized... Washington would be silly to say no to that since they would be able to increase the asking price as a result. It might even be a sticking point for the team that wants to trade for him that they want to at least get some preliminary talks going.
  16. John_Havok
    Not even a career ending injury, but one that stops him from being elite and maybe just…average. I think that would be worse
  17. John_Havok
    34 Hr in the first round of your debut HR derby ... as a rookie. Pretty amazing
  18. John_Havok
    Heh doubtful. The lowest they went last year in the punted picks was 75K underslot.
  19. John_Havok
    "Looking at those 22 teams before me, they're going to regret this," Barriera said on the MLB Network broadcast shortly after being drafted. "I'm going to become the best pitcher in MLB." "I'm glad they picked me...," Barriera told Sportsnet's Shi Davidi. "When you look at their team, they play their young guys, they're not scared to bring up their young guys. That's something that I would love to be a part of." Seems he doesnt need a whole lot of motivation beyond his perceived snub in draft position
  20. John_Havok
    Yeah, it's good he's going up there. Toying with A and Advanced A hitter's likely isnt teaching him anything.
  21. John_Havok
    TO be fair, he's not accepting a 440m contract extension from Washington. It really could be his way of saying he has no interest in signing there long term and just wants to be somehwere else. Like, from Washingtons POV, what is really the difference between 15/440 (29.6 AAV) and 14/440(31.4 AAV) or even 13/440 (33.8 AAV) ? that's like... 4million per season difference and you have to worry about the end term crater for LESS time. Seems to me he has told them he doesnt want to extend in Washington. Couple that with the current ownership uncertainty and the fact that it's probably a matter of time before the Lerner's sell the team, any potential buyer probably wouldnt want to be locked into a contract like that they didn't approve.
  22. John_Havok
    Yeah, they probably had deals in place with both ROcker and Porter pre-draft which explains why Porter slid so far and Rocker went so high. The two pick slots total about 8.1 million, punt a few lower picks and they can probably split over 9 million between the 2.
  23. John_Havok
    180 pounds. Need to get him on the Kirk diet for a week or two.
  24. John_Havok
    No way the Jays can pay him what he wants though right?
  25. John_Havok
    Canadian team drafting a guy named Beavers would just be too silly.
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