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Means (elbow) agreed Monday with the Guardians on a one-year, $1 million contract that includes a $7.5 million club option for 2026, Kiley McDaniel of ESPN.com reports. Good signing

Camp starts tomorrow morning at the PDA in Dunedin... 😎 First game on the 22nd is televised. So like 4 damn days man... Woohoo!

Guest: Any other bluejays close to the list? 12:21 Eric A Longenhagen: Alan Roden. Lemme pull up his report for you 12:22 Eric A Longenhagen: Roden has posted god-tier surface-level stats dating back to college, and he’s done so in pro ball while making several significant mechanical adjustments to his swing. In 2023, he was given Craig Counsell’s batting stance and a big leg kick, while his hands were lowered closer to his ear in 2024. The changes have helped Roden, who turned 25 in December, to access more power without trading off much contact… 12:23 Eric A Longenhagen: He slashed .293/.391/.475 split between Double- and Triple-A in 2024, running a 93% in-zone contact rate and 83% overall. His measureable power (37% hard-hit rate, 103 mph EV90) was a shade south of the overall big league average, but comfortably below what is typical for a corner outfielder. The short-levered Roden is best at accessing his power against breaking balls that finish middle-in. It’s against these pitches you can really see how much his swing allows him to use the ground to help generate power. Well-executed backfoot breaking balls, however, are Kryptonite to Roden’s bat path; he struggles to scoop those, and swings over the top of them. He’s adept at flattening his bat path to cover high fastballs to drive them the other way, but tends to expand the zone against them a little too often… 12:24 Eric A Longenhagen: Roden received heavy consideration for the Top 100 list. Three things shaded his grade down into more of a platoon role. He’s much more chase-prone against fastballs and with two strikes (both relative to his chase in other counts, and to the big league average with two strikes), which suggests that his excellent walk rates from the minors will dip in the big leagues. He’s also a boxy 25-year-old, and I worry that he’ll be subject to athletic decline during his six-year window of team control. Roden is not currently on Toronto’s 40-man, and the Blue Jay’s big league corner outfield situation is very, very crowded. It’s imperative for things to shake out among the Loperfido/Barger/Lukes/Wagner group pairing with George Springer and playing opposite Anthony Santander. It might not be until 2026 that Roden, who will then be 26, gets to entrench himself as a Pavin Smith type contributor. 12:24

Jacob Barnes signed a minor league deal with us today.

4 years 50M, sign me up.

Yeah, back by Juneish I'd imagine.

No problemo, glad to help.

Is this still happening, brosoff?

Alright, someone wake us up. 🤯

Bregman's market didn't crater, he didn't get the term he wanted but 40AAV over 3 seasons is an overpay. IMO. And yes the Jays were finalists for those players. You don't think so?

Ortiz would be a good comp for Vlad, health permitting. Really tough decision.

That shouldn't keep him out too long and it isn't his arm, but still FAAAAAck!

Very well said, glory. We'll find out soon enough, I just don't want this looming over all season, it'll make me stick forks in my eyes from all the comments. 😜

BOD leaked he wanted 10/400M at the beginning of the offseason to Big C. He certainly wants more than that after, Soto. I'd give him the big number with a bunch of deferrals and years with a 5 year opt out. Something like 550M with a bunch of deferrals that drop the number to something more like 10/400M. 40AAV is plenty for the greedy bastard, lol... 😂😜

Devers and Casas! 🤪

It's been good hockey, just waiting for the finals now, looks like Canada/US. 3-0 Canada after the 1st.

Yup.

The difference in team total fWAR and Standing projections would be strength of schedule, right? You kind of said so yourself yesterday in concerns of our bloodbath division, that's what I get out of this conundrum.

I feel the same, and when they get close, that'll end up being a soft deadline.

That makes more sense to me, thanks for sharing!

Speaking of word salad, lol.

What are you guys talking about in concern to Vegas? They pin an over under on betting wins, this moves up and down by action wagered on the outcome, it has little to nothing to do with the actual team. lol

Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Wednesday that Cobb will be set back for about a month due to right hip inflammation, Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic reports. Analysis Cobb's hip began bothering him as he was building up his offseason throwing program. He's been given a platelet-rich plasma injection and will be limited to rehab for a while. The veteran righty has some history with hip issues, although it was his left hip that he had surgery on last offseason. With Cobb likely to miss at least the first month of the season, there's an open spot in the Tigers' rotation. Casey Mize, Matt Manning, Kenta Maeda, Ty Madden, Brant Hurter and Keider Montero could all be in the mix to fill in.

What a bird, lol. Boone saying he had awkward conversation following "the confusion" of his time to report.