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  1. John_Havok
    Just bustin your chops ya bike 😅
  2. John_Havok
    Can't do a non-tender when a club option with buyout is already agreed to in his contract. Two different situations.
  3. John_Havok
    No surgeon worth his credentials would ever cut someone open without a reason, or before conservative treatment has been tried and failed. That's just wholely unethical and immoral given the risk of death(however small) from even the most routine surgeries
  4. John_Havok
    Postseason would be a troublesome exercise in the way you suggest given the inherent small sample size error bars
  5. John_Havok
    Lots of that though is what you said, the Dodgers are one of the most heavily bet teams out there. Same with the Cubs at home... The Yankees... its actually because they're bet on so heavily that anything even looks suspect, but at the same time, them being bet on heavily isn't out of the norm at all so it's not really suspect. If the Marlins suddenly had the same betting volume as the Dodgers... THAT would be suspect.
  6. John_Havok
    yep. This one, plus 6 more = 7 friendo
  7. John_Havok
    I guess. But then the question has to be asked as to why they didn't IL him to let him heal if they knew he had a problem that was killing his ability to perform.
  8. John_Havok
    Unless there's 7 of them in one screen in a week, we'll see him sometime ion 2027
  9. John_Havok
    Shift the blame to management incompetence I guess?
  10. John_Havok
    Why is Varland suddenly throwing sinkers...must just be mis-classifying the 4 seamer
  11. John_Havok
    Hasn't pitched since Wednesday. Cant let him get too rusty And if it takes him 30 pitches to get through 1 inning, that's on Varland.
  12. John_Havok
    5 run game in the 9th, id probably have let Keys stay in and face the lefty and just give George the full day off.
  13. John_Havok
    It would make sense, the lack of rotation in his core could be 100% due to a back tightness issue. When the core can't rotate, hitters are forced to speed up the arms and that's a timing disaster. The obvious next question is ... then why didn't they IL him and let him get healthy instead of running him out there every day at ... 70-75%?
  14. John_Havok
    Btw, anyone wondering, Vlad left the game earlier due to left lower back tightness.
  15. John_Havok
    McAdoo made up for his bases loaded failure nicely.
  16. John_Havok
    Who knows if he really "blew it". Guys can put great swings on meatballs and hit them right at the defense too even if he's trying to suck
  17. John_Havok
    Arrighetti is just a weird pitcher. He should just never throw fastballs according to the numbers. His cutter, 4seam and sinker all get lit up
  18. John_Havok
    No pressure McAdoo but if you fail, the Jays season is over.
  19. John_Havok
    For sure Miles gets a shot at the rotation, I don't think for a second they claimed him with plan A being a leverage reliever long-term, even though he certainly could be right now. I also agree they need to add a legit arm. Spaghetti is certainly not ready and yes he still has options. However, I think if they want Miles to start, he will at least be starting the year in Buffalo to build up innings and get back into the starter's regimen. Cease, Trey, Ponce and Yesavage (barring injuries of course) are stapled 1-4. Signing or trading for another top starter basically means the Spencers are in Buffalo. This is where a work stoppage would really suck for them since they wouldn't even be able to play for Buffalo since they're on the 40 man roster and 40 man roster guys can't play in the minors in a lockout.
  20. John_Havok
    Jays from 2025 with more than 300 PAs OPS comparisons to this year: George Springer - .959/.740 -.219 (crap) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - .848/.700 -.148 (crap) Varsho - .832/.682 - .150 (crap) Ernie Clement - .711/.677 -.034 (mildly crap) Alejandro Kirk - .769/.776 +.007 (push) Nathan Lukes - .730/.711 -.019 (mildly crap) Andrés Giménez - .598/653 +.055 (say what?) Okamoto to Bichette is a drop but that's not on Popkins Barger to Sanchez/Pinango was .755 to .734/.702 more weighted to Sanchez so a bit of a drop, but again can't really hang that on Popkins. Having a healthy Barger will be key next season. Thing is, if we went back and compared all these guys from 2024 to 2025... Springer, Varsho, Kirk, Barger and Clement all improved. Was that all on Popkins? Did he just forget to do his job this year? Year to year variance is hard to pin down on a guy but yeah, it wouldn't shock me to see him hang (metaphorically) for it. Maybe he is great at identifying certain things in certain guys but pretty bad at the mental side? Or maybe the 1 year older bug just bit harder.
  21. John_Havok
    I'd settle for complete sentences more often than not tbh.
  22. John_Havok
    Certainly looks like they're transitioning Miles role to be a multi-inning guy every 4th day to maybe make the transition to starter easier for next season. last 5 appearances including today have been Sep 3, 8, 12, 16, 20 Actually, that seems to have been the plan going back further but since the start of August they've also been using him in high leverage games and series when needed outside of that plan
  23. John_Havok
    Post of the Year right here folks. Has everything a classic post needs to be remembered for ages. Deep insight. Hilarious and uniquely complex juxtaposition of changing "Blue" to "Clown". Just all around stellar prose.
  24. John_Havok
    I take Straw back at 5 for sure. But his option is for 8 Reasons: A) he has as solid a floor as anyone on the team given his speed and D B) he doesn't make mental mistakes and virtually never makes you shake your head and wonder wtf he was thinking. C) 6.25 million is nothing for the Jays. Cleveland is on the hook for his 1.75m buyout anyways, so even if they did want him back they could decline the option, get Cleveland to cut a check for that, then re-sign him at 6.25 and he still gets the same total money as his option year salary would have been if it was picked up. DO the same thing anyways and if he signs for 4 or 5 instead.... cool. Or do the buyout thing and give him 2/10 or 2/12 D) can still play everyday for a few weeks if the injury bug hits and not be an embarrassment because of A and B. In a vacuum... sure, anything above 3 or 4m is an overpay but the strengths of having big payroll is not just signing superstars, or extending your own guys, it's also being able to spend the extra 2 or 3m to get the best floor guys on your squad when you need them too.
  25. John_Havok
    Telling ya his hat will be in the ring for next MLB commissioner
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