John_Havok
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2017 Blue Jays Spring Training thread
John_Havok replied to G-Snarls's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Seems to be a guy who could be an average CF defensively.... but his swing and miss is worrisome. 33% K rate in his debut of pro ball last year. Decent walk rate though. -
I hope Arenado did that on his own because if Leyland called for that bunt he's a f***ing moron
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Hence the catastrophic injury, which in Stanton case ... pretty much fits the bill or freakish and unlucky. Harper I'd probably be a bit wary of given his injury history, but still... even at 30 million per year he needs to average like 4-5 WAR to be worth it, depending on where the value is of WAR at that point. I think 4-5 WAR is pretty safe for either of those two for the majority of a 10 year deal
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Stroman taking a page out of Osuna's book with a pause in his leg kick a couple of times tonight.
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Sure, but why not? You're only going to lose a 1st and 2nd round pick to do it. Guys like Machado and Harper are the guys you actually want to spend big on. They'll still both be young enough that they'll probably provide good to great value for the first half of their deals at minimum, barring catastrophic injury. It's not like signing over 30 Rodriguez or over 30 Pujols to guaranteed lose-value deals.
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2-3 games tops. Komarov got 3 games for an elbow lastvyear, and another guy got 2 a few years ago for a similar type of elbow.
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My bad. I was pretty sure this entire thread aside from Gruber's Pillar-boner posts were all trolling and mockery.
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No kidding. With his defense we could be looking at a 10 WAR guy this year
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Kiermeier is better at everything than Pillar. Not substantially light years better, but better. Pillar is Kiermeier-lite. Also Pillar is over 1 year older. I dunno, 8.3 million isn't bad for a 4 WAR player, but in Pillar's case when it's 100% defense and no bat... I really don't think you need to lock him up long term. Defense doesn't drive arbitration paydays. Go year by year, pay him as little as possible and cut him loose when someone better comes along, which won't be long.
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The troll Force is strong in this one.
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Vlad Jr - low A full season Lansing. Alford - AA New Hampshire. SRF - could be AA or High A Dunedin. He split last year at Low A and High A and lit up High A, so it likely depends on his spring. MY personal bet is High A with a move up quick if he dominates. Urena - AA with a quick move up if he does well. Tellez- probably AAA Greene - AA Gourriel - AA
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The way they determine eligibility is quite forgiving. Basically, if you've heard of Jews, you can play for Israel.
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To be fair, nearly everything he says is dumn as s***
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This same s*** was said about catchers masks, warning tracks, goalie masks, helmets in hockey, half-visors, christ even batting helmets.... grown men as a group are pretty much f***ing morons when it comes to making decisions about their safety.
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Safe to say Canada rotation is nothing more than a Dempster fire?
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Yeah that's fair. Maybe next WBC there's Paxton, Taillon, Cal Quantrill, and Mike Soroka.
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Just wonder what the problem is with pitchers that just don't want to play. I get its not an oblibagation, but come on.
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Has he faced a major league pitcher yet? I haven't been watching much ST
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Until canada can field a proper pitching staff, there's not much hope.
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Yeah. The practicality of a screen just doesn't make sense. Some sort of lightweight helmet with padding will eventually happen. But even then, once the materials and style is made and agreed upon, look at how different all these pitchers finish their motions in while the ball is being struck, different pitchers would need padding in different places.
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Thank god we found this out before he even got to 1000 PAs in the minors.
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I smell a wager coming on.
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I think the save would happen first, then your subsequent arrest for streaking around the RC would be what makes national news. Btw, when this happens, because .... it will.....please have someone follow you around on a bike or something with Ray Stevens, The Streak on fulblast.
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So where does Pillar's offensive value come from then? His nonexistent strike zone awareness? Below average power? His contact ability is only a benefit if he learns strike zone awareness, because watching him make contact on balls 2 feet outside the zone that he has no business swinging at isn't really a plus.
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For maybe about 2 or 3 more seasons, then his legs start to go, defense takes a nosedive and he loses the CF gig and cant play the corner OF because his below average bat wouldn't play there. 4th OF at best by 2019/2020.
