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V-Mart and Tex are available if your looking for some pop from a DH spot or 1B. Tulo would be tough to move, but Profar is available for the right piece.

Tony Cingrini placed on the DL ugh!! Hopefully it's not for that long. Got Minor, Chacin and Arrieta coming back this week, so I should be alright. Glad I added Kyle Lohse to my pitching staff. He's been solid for the past 3 years, and post solid peripherals. Not sure his K% spike this season will hold, though regardless he gives me a reliable arm. Also, Robbie Ray being called up and making his MLB debut. Hopefully he can contribute to my squad this season.

Ah wanted to go to the game tonight, though nobody to go with. Was looking for single seats on StubHub - could have got row 31 in sec 101 for $254 but oh well. Definitely will try for Game 7. Heading down to Jurassic Park for Game 6 though this Friday!

Game 27 Reyes (3pts) -saskjayfan,baseballsss, wilko, JaysBlue Melky (2pts) - JaysAllMighty, G-Snarls, flafson, Glock, GD Bautista (1pt) - Jonn, Orgfiller,Frenchsoup Edwin (1pt) - Dylan, JFaS, fatcowxlive Navarro (4pts) - jaysguy34, Sammy225 Francisco (2pts) - Chappy, Angrioter, King Rasmus (2pts) - o2cui2i, Spanky99, Deadpool, GoldBull Sierra (7pts) - Getz (9pts) - Bench- LetTheBallFly Streaks Flafson going for 6 in a row!! +4 Deadpool going for 3 in a row! +1

Used my NA spot on him in the Premier League! Can't wait till he gets called up!

Stroman making the start on Sunday in Pittsburgh, book it!

Yeah, I agree. Redmond has SP eligibility so he holds some value if he posts solid peripherals in relief, which he has so far. Also, we have a 9 start max every week, so I'm using Hurl's philosophy of stockpiling on relief pitchers with SP eligibility lol. I figured to pick up Hanigan since Meso is on the DL, though I know he won't keep those numbers up, other than his OBP.

This is my team: C Mike Zunino, Sea C SRecent News Draft 1B Albert Pujols, LAA 1B, DHRecent News Trade 2B Jason Kipnis, Cle 2B Draft 3B Brett Lawrie, Tor 3B SBreaking News Draft SS Ben Zobrist, TB 2B, SS, OFBreaking News Draft OF Nick Castellanos, Det OF, 3B SRecent News Draft OF Christian Yelich, Mia OF Draft OF Starling Marte, Pit OFBreaking News Draft UTIL David Ortiz, Bos DH Draft SP Hyun-Jin Ryu, LAD SPBreaking News Draft SP Scott Kazmir, Oak SP PPRecent News Draft SP Randall Delgado, Ari SP, RP Draft SP Todd Redmond, Tor SP, RP Free Agency SP Daisuke Matsuzaka, NYM SP Free Agency RP Greg Holland, KC RPRecent News Draft RP Joakim Soria, Tex RPRecent News Draft RP Paco Rodriguez, LAD RP Draft RP Aaron Crow, KC RP Draft RP Will Smith, Mil RP Draft Bench Jurickson Profar*, Tex 2B, DH DL60Recent News Draft Bench Colby Rasmus, Tor OF SRecent News Draft Bench Zack Wheeler, NYM SPRecent News Draft Bench Jhoulys Chacin*, Col SP DL15Breaking News Draft Bench Miguel Sano, Min 3B DTD Draft Bench Shelby Miller, StL SPRecent News Draft Bench Devin Mesoraco*, Cin C DL15Recent News Draft Bench Victor Martinez, Det DH SRecent News Draft Bench Oscar Taveras, StL OFBreaking News Draft Bench Trevor Bauer, Cle SPBreaking News Draft Bench Avisail Garcia*, CWS OF DL60Recent News Draft Bench Jon Lester, Bos SPBreaking News Draft Bench Kendrys Morales, FA 1B, DH Draft Bench Grady Sizemore, Bos OFRecent News Draft Bench Robbie Erlin, SD SPRecent News Draft Bench Colby Lewis, Tex SPRecent News Draft Bench Aledmys Diaz, StL SS Draft Bench Burch Smith, SD SP DTD Draft Bench Daniel Hudson*, Ari SP DL15 Draft Bench Dallas Keuchel, Hou SP, RP Free Agency Bench Ryan Hanigan, TB CRecent News Free Agency Just picked up Hanigan and dropped Carlos V. I figured Hanigan is off to a good start and I need a Ray on my team haha

Reyes (3pts) - Melky (2pts) - G-Snarls, wilko, letsgobjs Bautista (1pt) - Deadpool Edwin (2pts) - GD, orgfiller, Vdubmvp, Angrioter, flafson, Chappy, Jonn, Dylan, o2cui2i, jaysguy34, declan_44, King, Frenchsoup Navarro (4pts) - baseballsss Francisco (2pts) - Lawrie (1pt) - Sammy225, LetTheBallFly Rasmus (2pts) - Jaysblue Getz (8pts) - Bench (8pts) - Jays_Fever Streaks - Flafson going for 5 in a row! +3

Gibbers will be joining with me as co-manager I'm happy to announce. I feel his expertise and philosophy will help my club succeed in reaching a Stanley cup in 5 years. The motto for the next 2 years - stockpile on draft picks!

Thinking of adding him in this 20 team dynasty league I'm in with 40 man rosters. I'd have to drop Paco Rodriguez who has been in the minors ugh! What do you think?

That was actually Spanky. He was at the Jays game earlier wearing his Santos jersey.

Anyone looking to trade send me a PM. I'm available to talk trade this morning.

Interesting debate. Though Darvish is the better pitcher.

100% agreed. Over a full season, it has a huge impact on the bullpen, which many people undermine and things that xFIP and other stats don't show. When the Jays are forced to tax their solid arms that early and often it definitely has a lasting impact.

Thing is Brandon Morrow really hasn't shown 5-6 innings of pure dominance on a consistent basis this season I obviously think we both understand each others point of view and reasonings. I definitely enjoy the debate, won't lie. Hopefully Morrow turns it around but the Jays need to start seeing results sooner rather than later.

So far, he hasn't given me much confidence that he could hold up as a starter in terms of staying healthy and consistency. I love using stats like xFIP, SIERA, BABIP, SwStr% to evaluate pitchers, so they are not BS stats. They can tell a lot about how good a pitcher really is. Obviously for a pitcher like Morrow, he's always going to have a lower xFIP than an ERA since he generates a lot of strikeouts. Though from watching him over the last how many years on a regular basis, you can't just look at those numbers and use them for the whole side of an argument in every case. When Morrow can't pitch past the 5th inning almost every start, that is a huge turnoff for me. Starting pitchers need to pitch deep into games, plain and simple. That's there job. If Morrow can't provide innings, I don't care what his periperals and other stats like K/9, xFIP etc suggest.

I know MB isn't going to sustain this success all year. Though through the first month of April, you can't say Morrow has been > MB. I know all the stats like xFIP etc favour Morrow, though considering MB has given the Jays quality innings rather than burning out in the 5th-6th almost every outing, that holds its own value. Hutch has been the Jays best pitcher at the moment agreed.

I'd rather take MB's 33 innings over Morrows 22 through 5 starts at this point. Morrow obviously has much better swing and miss stuff, we all know, though when he can't pitch deep into games, that's a big turnoff for me. Morrow averaging less than 5IP/per start so far this season is unacceptable and also impacts the bullpen since the Jays are forced to use guys like Rogers after, and overwork their other solid pen arms which definitely has a lasting impact not just in that game, but for the next day as well. I'm a big Brandon Morrow fan, and I obviously think he can be the best pitcher on this staff if he's stays healthy and starts becoming more consistent, though in my opinion I've been disappointed with his performance so far.

Peripherals have been great yes, though Hutch and MB have been better pitchers so far this season.

Hutch and Buerhle have been better. Morrow has the "potential" to be the Jays best starter, not denying that. Though he hasn't proven that yet, and I'm not confident he'll cash in on that potential taking everything into consideration.

Morrow the best starter on this team? Common seriously.

Yeah my expectations on Morrow aren't that high. You can't expect much with him and expect him to pitch to his potential, because that seems like it never will happen. I'm a huge Brandon Morrow fan, though people need to come to realization that he is never going to be that ace or solid No. 2 guy in the rotation.

Walking 8 batters is clearly unacceptable, there is no sugar coating it.

We were planning a trip in the midwest to visit St. Louis and Kansas City in June. Will have to discuss the details at the next Jays game get together. Hopefully Spanky is sober, because last time he was in no condition to plan a trip with.