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  1. John_Havok
    Well when Felix won though the guys with the high win totals were clearly not as good. But, there were actually a few other guys who were arguably better than Felix the year, but he won because of his low ERA. Winning based on ERA is not as bad as win totals, but its still not great. And DeGrom might not even get to 10 wins. Dinosaurs aren't extinct enough yet to let that slide
  2. John_Havok
    People hate what they don't understand. We'll be the same way when we're old and curmudgeony
  3. John_Havok
    Not enough wins. Obviously can't pitch well enough to keep his team in games.
  4. John_Havok
    I think the whole org philosophy on pitching needs to change. So many guys with pitch-to-contact type arsenals. First step is losing the 2 seam fastball and forgetting it exists in favour of the 4 seam.
  5. John_Havok
    If LGJR is an average major leaguer that would be fine. His ceiling is higher than that with improvements to plate discipline and defense which are 2 things that do tend to improve with experience, but there's no telling for sure if they actually will, or how far. Your previous statement about not having bat speed and hard contact though are just flat out wrong.
  6. John_Havok
    I think the more pertinent question is why he has the same approach every game when it clearly isn't working.
  7. John_Havok
    It won't take 3 years. If there's no clear progression by mid to late 2019, there's not much point in trying to put a square peg in a round hole, and you turn him loose in the pen
  8. John_Havok
    4 BB per 9 isnt command to brag about. Being better than garbage isn't a massive selling point. I get his last start makes everyone hopeful, because they finally saw a flash of his potential, and again, comparing Sanchez and SRF's stuff was not the intent of the post, so why people keep feeling the need to go back and rehash it is beyond me.
  9. John_Havok
    1 year and 20 million is not a burdensome contract. Tulo's is a burden. Second, Maile numbers are very inflated given his otherworldly April. Can't take that away of course, but expecting him to put those same numbers up again in the future is unlikely. Martin is declining without a doubt, and if the right deal is there, then absolutely let him go as I stated before.
  10. John_Havok
    Side note, i happily admit when I'm wrong when it happens, it sure as f*** isn't this this thread. Have a nice day terdicktuck
  11. John_Havok
    Of course luck is "a" factor. It's a factor in everything. It's just not a very big one when it comes to pro athletes who train their entire lives honing skills they put to use on a daily basis.
  12. John_Havok
    I never compared their stuff, just that the lack of command in controlling it is frustrating as f*** and makes them very Jekyll and Hyde. Sanchez still had the stuff to be a front of the rotation starter with his great curve and average change. I agree that if both had good command that Foley would be the better pitcher in a hypothetical dream world.
  13. John_Havok
    Sent you a PM
  14. John_Havok
    Nothing wrong with his drafting so far
  15. John_Havok
    Let's not put the cart in front of the horse. All he is right now is potential with a s*** load of polish that's needs to be applied. The raw stuff is great, but without consistent command, he would be as maddening to watch (if not more) than Sanchez.
  16. John_Havok
    Oh but think of the backlash from the casuals on Atkins for trading a Canadian hero, when Atkins is already neck deep in backlash for idiotic reasons. And yes, that was sarcasm. That aside, having Martin on the team for 1 more season isn't a big deal. I'd much rather pay him his salary for next season as a mentor to Jansen than have Maile do it for cheap. At least Martin has some value to be ditched at the deadline if needed, even if it's for not a huge return, not to mention his ability to fill in other positions in a pinch. And he still knows how to get on base. Maile has zero value to anyone. But, as with any name, if someone makes that stupid overpay for Martin, by all means pack his bags, give him some maple syrup to remember us by and get him on a plane. Sign some other veteran with the slightest upside to mentor Jansen
  17. John_Havok
    Revisionist history is stupid. A team like the Jays can't go into every offseason looking to trade every player with 1 year left on their contract, just cuz they might suck in that last year. It was especially impossible last season, given the incredible lack of depth the team had in the minors thanks to the previous administration. Yes, there were plenty of valid points that trading Donaldson before the season was a good idea. There were also plenty of valid points to keeping him. They went one way and it didn't work out the way anyone wanted it to, that's for sure. But since I'm morbidly curious, please provide your list of current Jays that absolutely should be traded in this offseason, and also provide either their internal replacement and/or FA signings that you can guarantee will happen for the 1 or 2 year deals that are the easiest to trade at the deadline to contenders?
  18. John_Havok
    That sure as s*** isn't right now.
  19. John_Havok
    Because for some reason he still thinks his point makes sense, which it doesn't. It's apparantly his position that when a baseball player swings a bat at a ball, the chances of the result being a line drive or a dribbler are equal and nothing differentiates this but random chance. Therefore, Mike Trout is just really really lucky at baseball to hit all those line drives and home runs. Can't teach luck
  20. John_Havok
    You realize that's exactly what the FO did this year... and you just s*** on it?
  21. John_Havok
    He's missing power though. His only good month was June.
  22. John_Havok
    Your benchmark is unrealistic. When you have unrealistic expectations, you set yourself up for disappointment
  23. John_Havok
    Of course there's a chance, there's going to be a lot of dead weight from this year's team gone. That plus the addition of Vlad only is probably 3-5 wins in the plus without even trying to fix the god awful rotation, which can't really be worse than it was this year given its in the bottom 5 or 6 of pretty much everything. Improving to 85ish wins next season is definitely not some monumentally impossible task.
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  25. John_Havok
    Not a bad first start. 5ip, 9 K, 3 BB, 3 hits, 1 HR. 91 pitches, 56 strikes. 4 seamer averaged 98mph, maxed at 101.6
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