John_Havok

Bassitt playing with fire every inning it seems. Sooner or later it's gonna catch up

Np. Baseball ref has them fairly easy to get at

Probably right

First Saturday home game in 2023 was 41000 attendance, but it was also their 15th game of the season and they'd won 8 of their 10 games. Was against Tampa First Saturday home game 2024 was 31,500, again, 15th game of the season, against Colorado. 4 and 6 over their previous 10. Edit: Follow up, last time the Jays had a non-covid 1st Saturday home game in March was 2019. Attendance was just over 25K. against Detroit

definitely not illegal by the rules, only rules about the bats are they cant exceed a certain length or a certain diameter, and must be a single piece of wood. It doesn't specify where the thickest diameter has to be located.

Well s***, the season is over again.

Season is saved boys!

Absolutely, that follow through is impossible to forget.

Sir...

Very cool resource. Appreciated

Really just that 1 power bat short TBH. The rest is as good as it can be really.

Alot depends on which version shows up .. true. At worst, he's a 9 hole guy, at best he could actually leadoff.

Bench is half decent too. Straw as the late game pinch hitter for a LHH against a tough LHP, pinch runner and CF replacement. Lukes, ditto except for RHB Schneider another good pinch hitter with pop versus LHP early on, can slot into LF or 2b.

Yeah, I mean.... Gimenez is far from the ideal cleanup hitter, but, as far as that lineup is concerned... may as well. Bo, Vlad, Santander 1-2-3 is about as easy to pencil in as it gets. They're 100% correct that hitting Kirk directly ahead of Gimenez pretty much kills 90% of Gimenez value as a baserunner, so he has to hit ahead of Kirk instead and the way Kirk is hitting you want him top 5 for sure. Springer is clearly being given the signals that he needs to figure his s*** out quick. Really would put Wagner or Roden as cleanup early on given their lack of experience, but... obviously that could change early on if either one breaks out. SO with Kirk needing to be top 5 and Gimenez having to hit ahead of him... that leaves cleanup. Also a very easy decision to swap him out with either Roden or Wagner is either one of them starts off hot. Clement in the bottom 3 is where he should be. Wonder where they gonna stick Varsho when he comes back. He's much more of a power threat that anyone else of the roster, but that swing/miss is as much of a rally kill as anything too. The real plus of this lineup now is they are stacked with decent LHH options against RHP and can still be defensively sound up the middle.

This is how I view sex. Just gotta get in and you have a decent shot at good things happening

As much as we disagree on many things, ..... I'll be vomiting right beside you too if thats present day value

That suggestion was, and still is, crazy - for numerous reasons.

They tried extending him numerous times, he didn't want to listen at that time. I don't get why so many people blame the FO completely that he's not signed when its exceptionally clear he was never going to sign any extension prior to FA unless it was a massive overpay. That's the FOs fault for not doing that? Really?

Its just like anything else advanced stat-wise. stuff+ isn't a be-all end-all measurement that guarantees anything. It's just an indicator that there's a really good upside potential IF they can get whatever switch that needs to flip, to flip. You'd rather start with a guy with massive stuff plus and take the chsnce on refining it overall a guy with like an 85 or 90 that had to perfect

career .729 OPS given up to the jays. 16 teams in the league do worse. Not exactly "Always pitching well" when youre giving up .729 OPS against as a reliever.

The contract and player also remain very tradeable if the need arises down the road.

He triggered his opt-out yesterday or the day before so I think today is the day the Jays have to decide to keep him or not.

Jerseys are the mid-1990's style... and he's a white dude that clearly thinks he can run bases somewhat effectively since he's carrying the gloves with him after getting on base... their IFs never stole much back then, so eliminate those white guys. That leaves white dude OFs that aren't named Shawn Green, because he's very easily recognized. so.... Rob Butler or Mike Huff.

Hypothetically... maybe? But his trade market would be very restricted.

That's pretty much the gamble right? All those arguments out there that seem to think because Vlad's uncertainty was impacting FA signings... do people think these other FA's are gonna be clamoring to sign here just because he might be locked up to a contract when anyone with a functional capacity of logic and reason can see his decline phase being not that far away? Maybe... maybe not. Who knows really.