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  1. John_Havok
    This is the kind of thing ive been really digging into recently. Basically, he's been taking way more crushable pitches over the heart of the plate (-4 take runs over the heart already this season when he was -5 takes runs over the heart in all of 2021), and doing far less damage with them when he does get them. The take runs are worst, but then that is only maybe a 5 runs difference by the end of the season. His swinging runs this year (+2 so far) vs last year (+29) over the heart are like night and day. He's also trending noticeably worse in the Chase zone, but still good in the waste zone.
  2. John_Havok
    Nah, more like the team is as fine as it's going to get this season so wishing for more is irrelevant
  3. John_Havok
    The only thing they'll be doing in a couple years is trading any of those prospects that actually play well before they get to Arb 2.
  4. John_Havok
    Pop is still under control through 2026 and this is just his 2nd year pitching in the majors. He should still have options remaining too.
  5. John_Havok
    As speculated: The Blue Jays are “making a play” for Angles starter Noah Syndergaard, tweets Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Blue Jays Nation’s Brendon Kuhn was first to report the club’s contact with the Halos. Jon Morosi of MLB.com tweets that the Jays, Braves and previously-reported Phillies were among the teams with recent interest in Syndergaard, although he notes that Atlanta’s acquisition of Jake Odorizzi could take them out of the market.
  6. John_Havok
    Wonder how many future paternity lawsuits happened at that party
  7. John_Havok
    Yeah the command guys always carve up the low minors because they’re almost never pitching from behind. Hopefully an uptick in velocity happens as I just cannot see an 86-89 fastball playing in MLB for very long regardless of his command unless he’s able to throw the entire kitchen sink along with it. But he is a lefty, so that’s nice.
  8. John_Havok
    Worst list I’ve ever seen.
  9. John_Havok
    The Cardinals are finalizing a deal to acquire starter José Quintana from the Pirates, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN (Twitter link).
  10. John_Havok
    Newsflash, fatties generally don’t chase carrots.
  11. John_Havok
    Hard to say, Atkins is pretty good at keeping his possible moves out of the public until they happen. From my POV though, anything less than a top end shutdown reliever and improvement on the bench is a failure. SP would be nice, but I don’t think it’s nearly as essential as those other two spots. Complete wish list would be, 1 better bench guy, 2 RPs and a SP.
  12. John_Havok
    The Blue Jays are in the mix for Pirates starter Jose Quintana, according to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, along with such previously-reported suitors as the Yankees and White Sox. The veteran left-hander is having a bounce-back season after struggling in 2019-21, and Quintana could help bolster an inconsistent Toronto rotation. Pirates GM Ben Cherington previously worked in the Jays’ front office, so this familiarity with the AL East side’s prospects could help the Blue Jays in the bidding, though the two sides haven’t completed a player-for-player trade in the two-plus years since Cherington went to Pittsburgh
  13. John_Havok
    Joe Jimenez for the comparable to Romano, and yeah Chafin would be nice but he’s not vaccinated.
  14. John_Havok
    Need 1 more lefty, and for my money I’d want at least 1 guy that’s equal to or better than Romano. It just feels so much better to have at least 2 guys that you have absolutely no qualms about finishing off the last 2 innings in any part of the lineup. Cimber, Mayza, the other hypothetical lefty and Garcia can get you through the 6th and 7th easily enough I think. There’s no in house option for the guy who’s equal to or better than Romano though. Pearson might have that ability but he can’t be counted on for this season. Maybe Gage can be that lefty, but with such a short track record, I don’t know if he’s that guy this season. Maybe going forward he can be. Guys like Zulueta might get a shot down the stretch too given that he’s a 40 man add this coming off-season, but again, still a question mark. Gimme Joe Jimenez to be the 8th inning guy and I’ll figure out the lefty when I have more time.
  15. John_Havok
    Holy s*** a Chappy sighting! That's even more rare than a good start from Kikuchi
  16. John_Havok
    There's very few relievers, if any, in baseball I would trade a starting catcher with Jansen's value for.
  17. John_Havok
    You’d give up a perfectly fine reliever, a starting catcher who is defensively sound and hits for power and a lotto ticket for 3 relievers? I don’t even know where to start at tearing that apart
  18. John_Havok
    Stripling is a free agent after 2022… might be a tough re-sign if he keeps this up
  19. John_Havok
    CHappy havin just great PAs recently. Swinging at all the right ones, spitting on the s***** ones…
  20. John_Havok
    I’m kinda hoping Joe Jimenez just stays in Toronto when Detroit leaves…
  21. John_Havok
    Feels like a good LF makes that catch. Pretty circular route there
  22. John_Havok
    Maybe, but im sure teams will be fine to move to plan B or C if it's getting down to the wire. There's a point where a team just cannot wait for some other situation to resolve
  23. John_Havok
    Correction to the above, Bednar is not a lefty. He hits left, throws with his right.
  24. John_Havok
    Or, option him, punt a uselss pen arm, and bring in a real bench bat with some utility.
  25. John_Havok
    1 top end pen arm and 1 mid level pen arm should suffice, I think we're stuck with the rotation we have and we have to hope they all stay healthy and the ones that have sucked, need to be better, but not even like lights out better, just need to be average to slightly above average. This offense is good enough we dont need the 4 and 5 spots in the rotation to be great. What we need is 1 pen arm that's clearly better than Romano, and 1 pen arm that's in the tier below Romano and a better bench bat than Collins. Should not need to sell the farm for that, especially given the return that Naquin landed.
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