John_Havok

I wonder why this surprises people...in his line of work being fluent in multiple languages is practically a necessity

Wait what? The best org in the history of pro sports got swept again? They should fire the GM instantly.

I think Soto is a better combo of low Ks with power since the power is decidedly better, and k rate only like 3% worse. May as well sign them both I guess.

Some guy put 20$ on Sale leading the NL in strikeouts this season back in March or whatever, and was scratched for his last start. him not getting 4 strikeouts cost this guy over 20 grand.

I dunno, there was no structural damage to the tendons, they just relieved an impingement, so TJS is probably only as likely as it is for any reliever these days. Maybe they get him at 7 million, maybe 8. Either way his number isn't one that is going to be prohibitive, and he's actually one of the few good relievers they have in house.

Give or take yeah. Tate is probably a non tender, maybe they can save a few bucks on the guys that were injured and or sucked, but likely won't be significant. Dollars available though will depend on how willing they are to exceed the luxury tax thresholds since they got under this season. Much like last season with Ohtani, there's probably multiple budgets being planned.

Mlbtraderumours predictions for Blue Jays arbitration guys: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (5.157): $29.6MM Erik Swanson (5.059): $3.2MM Jordan Romano (5.051): $7.75MM Genesis Cabrera (5.011): $2.5MM Dillon Tate (4.144): $1.9MM Daulton Varsho (4.128): $7.7MM Alejandro Kirk (4.047): $4.1MM Alek Manoah (3.063): $2.4MM Zach Pop (2.171): $1MM Ernie Clement (2.168): $1.7MM

Buck Martinez takes today on Blair and Barker: not a fan of the Guillermo Martinez firing. Said he was a good coach when they had good hitters. Then says he thinks hitters are getting the wrong message. Says Yariel should throw his fastball more, and stop throwing his other pitches until later. Says Bowden Francis knows how to pitch. loperfido needs to cut down the holes in his swing. Says changing his stance would be a good start. On Vlad, "he has a number in his mind and that's what he wants" "but it's a two-way street" "Vlad deserves to be paid along the lines of Devers". Gausman, Berrios and Bassitt - if he had to worry about 1 of them not being as good next year it would be Bassitt. Back to Yariel...Says he should speed up his delivery and throw fastball more. Pete Rose- says he was the most competitive player he ever saw. He only knew one way to play, full speed. Nobody outworked Pete Rose. Sad he never got his rightful place in the Hall of Fame, called out MLB hypocrisy in making so much money on gambling now.

1200, what's that about 5.....6 beers at the RC?

I thought the same thing g about Walker, but pretty much settled on the following He probably has nothing to do with minor league pitching development. Berrios on field results are way better than peripherals so...hard to argue with that really. Gausmans struggles can easily be pinned on injury and spring training. Plus he's been nailz in the second half... so hard to kill him on that. He probably gets some heat for Bassitts downturn but then again...age will take some of that blame. He's gonna get nothing but credit for Francis. Yariel probably performed about as well as expected given his lack of pitching on the previous year. Hard to knock him for that. As for the bullpen...injuries murdered. He can probably take some blame for Cabrera and Pop...but beyond that...ya can't make lemonade when all you're handed are turnips.

I think vlad is closer to 35 than 30. Just from inflation of contracts

Purely my speculation but...seems all these guys have a shelf life and will run into players that they just cant figure out how to correct, fix, or maintain. Like, sure, he was the hitting coach for some great offenses, but... the players that were in those offenses are largely gone, with the exception of Vlad, Bo and Kirk, all of whom underwent fairly drastic reductions in their offensive profiles over the past 2 seasons, with now some resurgence on 2 of the 3, and the 3rd can be largely attributed to injury issues. So, it's hard to fully put it on Guillermo, but at the same time... why did it take 2 seasons to "fix" Vlad? Why did it take a ton of time to "fix" Kirk (if indeed he actually is..) How much credit does he get for Horwitz, or any of the buffalo guys when it seems that Matt Hague was largely responsible for them? Its hard to say, I think it just comes down to him having lost the ability to communicate what he wants to communicate to the players he needs to communicate it to. it's probably not that he's giving guys the wrong advice, he's just giving it in a way that they aren't getting. Maybe it took him too long to identify the mechanical problems with the aforementioned players... maybe he knew exactly what the problem was but couldn't explain the fix right. Who knows? At the end of the day, the offense has largely been declining for 2 straight seasons, so.. at some point he's going to get the blame. Some of it is on him, some of it is on the FO for trading away good hitters and not bringing back good hitters. Nature of the beast.

i know it's not really a comparable, but If i'm working for someone paying me 20+ million a year, I could give two rat shits what he thinks, and i'd probably be very tempted to take the option out of pure spite. Then I'd hire connorp to go s*** on the owner's car hood.

This. Im not from TO and ive only been to two games at the RC, but both times they were just not really good fan experiences, IMO. you got your seat, which was turned slightly away from the action and, food was far away, drink options were limited, getting up to go get your food and drink cost you at least half an inning worht of time due to lines, how far you had to go, and just the overall non-convenience of the layout. GOes without saying its been a few years since Ive been there and have not been theres since any of the new renovations so I cannot comment first hand on how it's changed, but i can say that from the outside, many of those added patios and places where people are more relaxed and actually enjoying a social occasion rather than just being glued to a seat pointed into left field, they are exactly what the place needed. I'll also say that if the only way to have fun at a sports event is to see your team win, then ... you're missing like 90% of the point. That's not to excuse poorly run teams like the perennial bottom feeders either, and no it doesn't mean that winning isn't also a part of having fun. From a purely business perspective, you want fans to come and have a great f***ing time regardless of the outcome, and then try to make sure that outcome is a win more often than not.

Agree with you here. I don't think Vlad signs anything until Soto's contract is a done deal. With the Jays of course...

Meh, the win total at this point really doesn't matter, 74 wins vs ...79? Next year's team would still have the same deficiencies so may as well play anyone and everyone that might be able to help out in any of those areas. I think they largely succeeded in that goal

Hey good news...ish. MLB reverting to previous years jerseys, which will be in effect for the road greys as of next year with the home whites to be fixed on the go throughout the season with everything back to "normal", including the larger name lettering by 2026. Also going back to players wearing their team jerseys for the AS game.

Why even engage with it? Any argument that starts with "in hindsight" or requires 5 or 6 different things to have happened in no particular order rather than what did happen without knowing anything about a players wants or mimdset or literally any actial contarcts that were or went offered.....it's just pointless whining Ignore and move on.

Theyve already cleaned out a huge chunk of the minor league pitching and hitting guys, not many left to fire

I can't search thisnsite worth a crap bur I said something like "the dbacks could very well win more games in 2024 than they did in 2023 and not make the playoffs" Can't recall the exact context but it was very likely an argument about what you're talking about. When other team squeak into the WC, it's because they're really good teams, but when the Jays do it 3 years in a row, who cares its just the WC, WC rounds aren't even really playoffs...or whatever else.

Well, it was a lifetime ban from baseball so technically the ban is now over. But will he get in? I wouldn't bet on it. Just getting the obvious jokes out of the way early, Ive always fully supported his enshrinement.

Quite. But it does make ya wonder if he'd have been close to those numbers without 2 or 3 hall of fame calibre hitters in front of him every game.

Bold would saying they do sign him

Tigers and Padres or Dodgers. Ohtani needs a ring and may as well get it out of the way early on so it won't be a story for the next 10 years.

How dare you leave such an open invitation to sodomy jokes that cannot be taken advantage of.