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  1. John_Havok
    Yeah but you also don't want to pave over the position you want the kid to play either with someone on a big money multi-year deal. A stopgap would be someone with good quality D, not an embarrassing bat, and maybe 1-2 year deal that you can either keep on the bench once Moreno comes up (assuming he's truly ready for 3b this season... which is honestly something I doubt), or deal to try and fill some other need.
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    Lockout starts tomorrow. What remains to be seen is whether it goes on long enough to impact Spring Training or season games. Really the only thing players miss out on with a lockout over the winter is access to team training facilities. However, most large agents will have their own training facilities (BOras for example has his own) or they will just work out at home, or some university.
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    I had the same conversation with someone at work today about that, and used that exact same example. Like.. how could the players demand full salary in a reduced schedule with the owners not only not getting fans in the stands, but for less games, and less TV revenue? But that's the reality of negotiating at that level, both sides intentionally ask for insanely unreasonable things that they know will get rejected so they arrive in the middle at what they really want. It's especially sad when both knows know that's what both sides do, and still do it while pretending that they don't.
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    I guess the perfect scenario there would be that Ramirez arrives here for 2 seasons via trade, Vlad and Bo both get extensions done in the meantime, and whatever 3B prospect that didn't get traded in the Ramirez deal takes over 3B at that point. There's a lot of assumptions made in my statement though like the Jays and both those players actually agree on long term extensions that make sense. Right now the long term core of the team is obviously Bo, Vlad, Springer, Berrios, Gausman. 3 are already locked up with guaranteed contracts, 2 need (IMO) to be. That's about as many guys as you can realistically afford to be big money deals before things get out of control in a hurry. Extending Ramirez in that scenario likely wouldn't be feasible unless both Vlad and Bo get bent over like Acuna and Albies.
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    Yeah, a lot can change in 6 months. Apparently the Jays were hard after Ramirez at the deadline and Cleveland loves Kirk. So maybe there's still a deal there without Moreno now that it's only 2 years of control vs 2.5.
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    Just finalized, pending a physical. No term or dollars given yet.
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    I feel like this could be Shakespeare, if he had ADHD
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    4 straight years of negative D value from Taylor though... he had 1 good year prior to that. Should also be mentioned that he has very little experience at 3b overall, like 189 innings.
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    THat should be plan Z. PLan A should be get a half-decent 3b on something very short term with a focus on defense, give Biggio his last long look at 2b to see if the bat comes around or not and then cut bait if needed, and at THAT time, see what's out there for 2b while Espinal fills in the meantime. Injuries will happen of course, but 3b is the clear priority over 2b IMO
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    Maybe 90%.
  11. John_Havok
    Its the same thing every time around. Nobody ever negotiates in good faith until they're up against a deadline of losing games. At least this is in the offseason instead of June.
  12. John_Havok
    Agreed. Him opting out was a bit of a shocker. He would be the exact type of guy people would be trying to sign to be this year's Steven Matz.
  13. John_Havok
    Oh yeah Taylor is lightyears better with the bat, but defensive versatility is only so valuable if he's not good at the defense part. Taylor really isn't good at defense. You can put him in many places to be below average sure. Quite honestly, the Jays have enough defensive versatility with regards to guys capable of playing multiple positions, they just need the guys to be better defensively at the positions they get put in.
  14. John_Havok
    Espinal and smith should not be starters, whoever advocates as such is kinda... nutty. Espinal is a bench guy, everything you want in your bench IF backup. Defensive versatility, actually good at each position, and doesn't suck with the bat. 0 power, but has a good eye and doesn't embarrass himself. Smith is AAA depth that comes up in case of injury for now, but clearly they hope he can still take another step forward. Who is advocating for these guys to be starters?
  15. John_Havok
    Bonus structures like this are hilarious. They know they'll never have to pay it out ... no chance Vlad would ever get that kind of deal in any contract he signs.
  16. John_Havok
    Espinal is already Chris Taylor. Doesn't have the power, but is far better defensively.
  17. John_Havok
    For the life of me I can't figure out how the Braves are balking at Freeman. Absolute beast that's been your franchise cornerstone his entire career and projects to still be an amazing hitter for at least the next 4 years. I get it to a point, you know he wont be worth it the entire length of the deal, but you just figuratively stole money from Acuna and Albies, in order to ensure you can pay other great players. FREEMAN IS THAT GREAT PLAYER! In the words of Teddy KGB ... "Pay that man his money"
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    That could very well be what happens, but then where's the depth that every team needs when injury hits? all they have left are minor leaguers with 0 big league experience at that point. Sure there will some last minute minor league signings with invite's to spring training, but I don't think that's what they team should be shooting for. If anything, they should be looking to add at least 1 big league arm, with Pearson starting the year at AAA (along with Logue and Francis), in his last option year to get stretched out, and he be the first man up when injury hits, assuming his health and command are good. Kay and Hatch are probably also 5th man rotation options but to me it would be better if they were the depth, not the 1st option. I think Hatch still has options, but Kay might be out as he's been up and down for 3 seasons. Kay might have the inside track on #5 as it stands right now and that's probably not ideal.
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    Possibly, but you know what the owners really want is a hard cap rather than a luxury tax, which means the players would then also want a salary floor.... so raising the luxury tax threshold is what the players propose as some middle ground.
  20. John_Havok
    I know the Jays are still probably an IF short, but at least they have some internal options there. The rotation still goes 1-4 and then.... hope. need another starter also. The internal options for starter in the minors are nothing to be thrilled with, and even Pearson is a prayer at this point. Stripling will get his reps for sure due to injury, but this rotation is still not ready at all.
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    Bill Bergen says hi.
  22. John_Havok
    The system in place discourages tanking to get #1 since the top talent doesn't always go as the # 1 pick. In the NBA, NHL etc, the top talent always goes #1 with very few exceptions. To make a draft lottery as an effective tool against tanking in MLB they'd have to change how the draft works entirely to make tanking useful, and THEN put in a lottery to discourage it. There are any number of years where the teams with the #1 pick takes guys that are NOT the top talent, because they know they can pay them less than slot in order to sign other guys in later rounds above slot. So a draft lottery doesn't impact that at all. Makes no sense. Teams sell players at trade dealines because of 2 reasons. A) they know they aren't making the playoffs so they try to sell any players they can to save money, or because they know they're pretty sure they aren't making the playoffs and want to trade any talent they can that will net them assets at lower cost... to save money. The best way to discourage tanking in the MLB is with expanded playoffs and a hard salary floor.
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    I think they're still 1 SP short also. Someone in the 3-4 range would be nice. If Pearson makes the rotation, there's certainly going to be innings limits on him. Even Manoah will have some starts skipped likely to ensure he doesnt push too far past 140 IP. Yeah, Striploin can make some spot starts throughout the year and cover for some inevitable injuries, but ideally we need 8-9 starters ready to go and by my count right now... Berrios, Gausman, Manoah, Ryu as written in stone, then in pencil... Pearson, Stripling... and in virtually invisible ink you have guys like Logue, Francis, Kay, Hatch.
  24. John_Havok
    Yeah, but ... why would a draft lottery be needed? The MLB draft is totally different than the other sports that use them.
  25. John_Havok
    Did you take care of the spam in the other side of the forum?
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