John_Havok
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There's no way you could allow international players at 16, but others at 18. That could never work
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Cubs vs Indians 2016 World Series Discussion
John_Havok replied to FrozenRopes's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I'd rather see the Cubs win, not because Cleveland beat the Jays. .. but because I'd like that franchise's fanbase to have something, considering the last time they were even in a World Series game was 1945, and theres probably very few of their fans left alive that saw that. -
I think she was the sameone who incessantly repeated "AJ Burnett is a .500 pitcher" as the reason he wasn't worth signing
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This year's inning total was also the highest of his career, even though he was a starter in the minors. As a starter the most innings he ever threw in a minor league season was 42.1 due to injury. Also keep in mind he's already 2 years into into his 6 years of control, so trying him as a starter would probably take 2-3 seasons just to get him to around 200 innings and by then he's got 1 year left, assuming his helath holds up, which is no guarantee giving his prior surgery and low innings totals for the past 6 seasons. There's too many factors working against him to even bother taking the chance at transitioning him to a starter. Keep him in the pen and let him go until his arm breaks again.
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Yes, and it was last years slash line for Alford. Ranking him #1 at the time this list was complied was very defensible.
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He would still have the pen as a fallback if his starter results aren't encouraging. I don't think there's much of a downside in starting him at AAA
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Yup, but Biagini could also start in AAA if Liriano is the 5th starter out of the gate. Since Biagini spent the full year on the 25 man roster, he can be optioned next year.
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Man this isn't even truly premium velocity, he must have some good deception.
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Bad AB. Filthy pitches but he's gotta know he's not getting a fastball there
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Whiff.....
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Edwin won't see a fastball unless it's way outside or way high.
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Looks like Donaldson just didn't see those well. He was behind every one and its not like they were 100 mph.
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Shoot, Donaldson behind on those heaters. Shorten up
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Jobu hears you, but says you must offer rum
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Amazing what happens when umps call balls... balls
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Check swing strikeout on a pitch on the outside corner, which immediately sends him into a rage about the strike zone
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He's been a really good pen arm. I think the more interesting question is do they transition him back to a starting role next season? He threw 130 inning as a starter in AA in 2015, so it wouldn't be unheard of. As a 5th starter he could easily hit 170 innings with starts skipped here and there. Estrada, Happ, Sanchez, Stroman and Biagini would be your 5 and be inexpensive
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It's do or die, can't really save flexibility when you have 5 outs left in your season
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Statcast on Navarro would be embarrassing. Single digit speed
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I don't understand why you wouldn't pinch run for the slowest runner in baseball
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f*** announcers... who the f*** would bunt now down 3 in the 8th?
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Meh. Vodka soothes everything
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Never underestimate the value of having cheap contollable 55s on your roster
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Yeah, nothing wrong with putting him up to Vancouver and getting some more advanced competition before taking on full season as a 20 year old.
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I don't wanna see John Gibbons next year
John_Havok replied to GodDonaldson's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I don't think anyone thinks managers don't matter, just that over 162 games, they probably have very little overall impact on a teams win loss record, something like 3-5 games tops, and the difference between the best and worst managers is nowhere near what people think it is. Once a guy gets a managerial job, it's pretty safe to assume he knows just as much about baseball as any other manager. The real talent in a manager is how he manages the egos and the psyche of his players. Theres probably truth that certain managers don't belong in certain clubhouses, guys like Cito who was known as a veterans manager probably wouldn't get along well with teams like the Cubs, made up primarily of younger guys. Theres probably also truth that some managers don't manage the post season well, like I and several others are seeing in John Gibbons.
