John_Havok
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Looks like he's up to the 80 pitch mark. Maybe 90 next time out? He's gone from 65 to 45(assuming there was a weather delay there) to 70 to 80....
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That's *shudders* pally boy. Unless you were actually referring to window coverings or camera aperatures.
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General 2018 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
John_Havok replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Correct, they then dealt Happ to the Astros when the Phillies got Oswalt (Houston also got Jonathan Villar and Anthony Gose in that trade and flipped Gose to the Jays for Brett Wallace a few minutes later). Then Happ was traded from Houston to the Jays down the road along with 2 relievers for a 7 man return package that had Joe Musgrove in it. -
Well, the fact that the Nats are under performing, he's gonna be the target for the blame. And the vast majority of fans will actually still look at average exclusively as their barometer.
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There's lots of factors. I had no problem with the call either given the scenario. There's no way they were gonna walk Gardner to get further down the lineup with more men on base.
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Sac bunts working is the exception, not the rule.
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Pretty sure guys that have been 2b exclusively since college don't translate well to 3b. I doubt he has the arm for it
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I absolutely hate watching Martin at the plate... looks like he's trying to hit everything 500 feet, and he's late on anything hard
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Article on Pearson. No real timetable on his return yet. https://www.milb.com/dunedin/news/family-faith-teammates-helping-pearson-persevere-through-injury/c-284503262
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General 2018 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
John_Havok replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Better than pre-injury Travis or post-injury Travis? There's quite a difference -
General 2018 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
John_Havok replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
He's probably trolling for a bet.... or maybe has misinterpreted any positive comments about LG Jr as being people thinking he's the second coming of Alomar - which is definitely not the case. I'm not sure of anyone here who has the opinion other than he MAY become an average regular at best, with the bonus of some positional flexibility. Nobody here that I've seen has projected anything better than that. He does have above average exit velocity in his limited 90 PA sample size so far at 92.4 mph. Mlb average is 88.7. But his K and BB rates are an issue at 23.3 and 2.2 % respectively -
Same here. I'd love to get an insight on teams internal defensive metrics and how they vary from the known public ones
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Kinda hoping for Arizona given their system is trash. Anyone they get from there would fit right into the cesspool that is Baltimore
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Maybe heading to the Mets for DeGrom?
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That will never chnage
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Love Pillar's D though. No question he still runs great routes, despite his lack of burning speed.
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Martin at least can get on base....but yeah Pillar is 8 or 9 hitter. I don't care about his random BS hot streaks. 8th or 9th and should never be higher
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But when Smoak grounds straight into the shift the other 10 times.... they never mention how well the shift works.
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I love when Buck and Pat rag on the shift, when it has nothing to do with the play. Solarte was lucky as f***, and Smoak hit it well over the IF, shift or not. Just stfu about the shift ffs you old dinosaur idiots
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July 2, 2018: International Signings
John_Havok replied to Krylian's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
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I don't recall anyone here saying they expected him back on the 7th, just that expecting longer. .. cuz reasons. .. didn't really make much sense either. You've blown this injury so far out if proportion it's astounding. He's 19, hurt a tendon in his knee and appears to be ahead of whatever initial schedule the Jays had set for him, if all reports so far can be believed. None of this is bad news. It doesn't derail his career and doesn't mean he can't hit the same ceiling he could have hit before. The only person overreacting here is you.
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Interesting precedent to set
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Hang on... .do you honestly think these guys were throwing 90+ mph in the 60's for 16 innings? Chances are they were throwing low to mid 80s at best during starts at their peak. The average fastball in the 80's was 88 mph, and was over 92 as of 2014. Unfortunately there's no way to know for sure what the average was back then since they never used radar at all, but common sense tells you they don't compare to today's velo, or even the velo from 30 years ago and after 16 innings it's very likely that 75mph is not some wild guess designed to make them appear weak. Also, yes there were great hitters in the lineups, but they were great hitters relative to their era. Pitchers then are undoubtedly "worse" then vs today's arms, but in their own era they were dominant, because as a whole, both the pitching and hitting pools were shallower than today. That's just how it is in all sports.
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He play wherever the f*** the team that pays him 30-35 million per year tells him to play. And I'd play him at 3b. He's better defensively there.
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Need that Vlad presence in the lineup to strike fear in the hearts of man. Vlad is basically Batman
