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  1. John_Havok
    Would that really be suffering though?
  2. John_Havok
    You’re misconstruing the point. The Braves won the World Series and their division. That can’t be taken away. That doesn’t mean they had a great team blueprint that every team should be rushing to follow. Same reason nobody was rushing the follow the blueprint of the Royals when they beat the Jays to get to the World Series a few seasons ago. There’s a difference between taking away accomplishment, and realizing that it’s not a recipe for sustained success.
  3. John_Havok
    Not taking anything away. Just saying that is not a model other teams should be trying to reproduce.
  4. John_Havok
    Or players with felony convictions not being able to cross the border. I'm sure this issue will be on the list of things to do in the CBA negotiations.
  5. John_Havok
    So was Roberto Clemente. Recent examples are few and far between for position players though.
  6. John_Havok
    Akil Baddoo might be the only recent example of a position player not being returned.
  7. John_Havok
    Until employment becomes anything other than "at-will", individuals can whine all they want about not being vaccinated and it doesn't matter. A business owner has every right to set his own employment requirements, as long said requirement don't fall into discrimination legislation. Since vaccination status doesn't fall under that umbrella, the tears will flow and be delicious to drink.
  8. John_Havok
    Great. Feel free to search out the last 20 years and see how often the champs don't have 1. Then tell me not having one is the practical way to go. Plan to be the best, don't hope for the best.
  9. John_Havok
    Yeah, anyone can win if you get in. But you almost never get in with 88 wins. If youre trying to build a team to get into the playoffs, your goal isn't 88 wins. Quit pretending like the Braves have somehow stumbled on a market inefficiency of being the best of a terrible division, barely making it in, and then playing well for 3 weeks.
  10. John_Havok
    Anderson is a tire fire at this point, so that's just a "throw s*** at the wall and see if it sticks" move. Danner was a C converted to pitcher who showed some pretty decent results in Vancouver. Reliever upside. I know s*** about Francis. Jimenez is an all glove, no power IF from Low A. More walks than Ks though as a 20 year old. Logue is still a starter, had a decent year at AAA, likely gets a chance to show in spring training for a shot at whatever role is left by that time. Likely stays in AAA as depth until he's needed. Samad Taylor not protected, ditto Spraker.
  11. John_Havok
    Pearson is going to get every opportunity to be a starter on this team. They would be silly not to give him that chance given his obvious gifts. However, there will be a time in the future because of his numerous injuries and command issues that if they don't sort out, it will necessitate a move to the arm barn. That length of time though is hard to narrow down. So many factors are playing against him right now that it really has to go perfect for him to be a starter going forward.
  12. John_Havok
    Atlanta also had 88 wins in the regular season, not exactly what you want to shoot for.
  13. John_Havok
    It’s kinda weird to think of Berrios as an ace. I don’t really see him that way but rather a very solid #2 on a championship caliber team. He’s a great arm, but I feel the Jays still need that top shelf vodka for a great post season run. They will be great in the regular season either way, but come playoff time it still feels like there’s some pieces missing
  14. John_Havok
    No worries about a work stoppage guys, check out this headline on mlb.com: Deal by Dec. 1 Commissioner's No. 1 priority Hear that? #1 priority. Gonna get it done in the next 2 weeks. #1 priority. Didn’t know the B in MLB stood for Buuuuuuuuullllllllshit.
  15. John_Havok
    Psychology classes are paying dividends. But you can study this stuff without that. Poker players do the same thing every day
  16. John_Havok
    No s***. What a ****.
  17. John_Havok
    Watching someone’s Facial expressions when talking aren’t assumptions. There’s fairly deep science behind it. A mouth can lie, faces generally don’t unless the person is a sociopath.
  18. John_Havok
    Watch his facial expressions at the same time. He’s all straight faced and serious when he talks about Toronto…and starts smiling as soon as he moves on. These are unconscious tells that he doesn’t want to return to Toronto. The only way he comes back is if the Jays overpay so much that he can’t say no, and there’s no way Atkins makes that mistake.
  19. John_Havok
    I'd be sorely tempted to back up the Brinks truck for Scherzer. Him I would pay 2/70-80 with an option for 3rd and sleep very well. upfront cost, but possibly off the books by 2024 along with Ryu, Grichuk and a few others.
  20. John_Havok
    As of this moment, I would say yes, it's a bit premature. If he repeats last season this season... hard to say no. I'd say he's in the pool of players that have the potential to be core pieces in the next few years. Kirk, Jansen, Biggio, Manoah and then Moreno are probably all in that pool for me. Pearson also but to a lesser extent, he's more of a fringe core guy. Romano would be too if I didn't have an irrational hatred of relievers in general
  21. John_Havok
    I mean, it's all fine and dandy to compare Ray to a Hall of Famer who was a complete unicorn and all... but....let's not.
  22. John_Havok
    Always love the way people phrase things. it's quite telling. As were his facial expressions. "Toronto's great but....." " I love Toronto but......" He's not coming back.
  23. John_Havok
    Ray scares the hell out of me on a long term deal. He throws 2 pitches... and pretends to throw a 3rd and 4th. Yeah, his fastball and slider are both nasty, but... 1 slight dropoff and he's got nothing to fall back on. On shorter term deals, I want him. but 5-6 years? No chance. I know there's risk in all pitchers, but Ray's risk profile seems higher than most top end guys given he just doesn't have more than 2 pitches. I loved watching him this year, but putting that many eggs in Ray's basket is extremely risky IMO
  24. John_Havok
    No, he's still cheap for the next 4 years at least. His arb 1 wouldn't even be until 2024 or 2025 at this point. Or do you mean forgetting about him as a core piece?
  25. John_Havok
    Sure. Imean, we're just pie in the skying at this point because i highly doubt Correa comes anywhere near the Jays. A Ramirez trade is far more likely since the dialogue between the Jays and Indians already progresses to a certain point, and there's additional factors now (Moreno being one of them) that make a guy like Kirk more likely to be dealt without remorse (Boxcar aside). Take Correa's 33 million off there and you can absolutely grab a legit top end starter, a top end pen arm and Yates.
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