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  1. saskjayfan
    be careful what you wish for.....you think AA is going to win the trade battles this offseason?
  2. saskjayfan
    Baseball lasted 35 years there. When the team won they were supported. A failing dollar and poor financial support for the team lead to fewer and fewer people attending the games. I would hardly call 35 years of baseball being played a disaster. Baseball in Montreal has a long history that goes back to the days of Jackie Robinson.
  3. saskjayfan
    that was actually pretty good moogster....I think praying to the gods of odin is a good start in building a bullpen.
  4. saskjayfan
    hey your screen name is a lot like mine.
  5. saskjayfan
    I predict the jays have meaningful dialogue with the agents of all 10 of those free agents and come close on some, but just can't get a number that represents good enough value on any of them. For f*** sakes alex...at least resign melky.
  6. saskjayfan
    So you're humping Simmons leg now and telling other internet posters how tough you are..lol. Moogster, you're too funny. How do you think Aaron Sanchez will fair next year?
  7. saskjayfan
    I would love 150, but wouldn't be surprised if it's 120
  8. saskjayfan
    Rasmus and Gose have the same problem. They are both mentally weak players. It doesn't matter how good your skill set is if you don't maximise that skill set. It sounded like Bautista was impressed with Pompey's instincts and baseball IQ. You can handle some growing pains with a player who will make adjustments, work hard and improve.
  9. saskjayfan
    I got a couple things from that....AA passed on Melky. He would have signed a deal here. Now maybe the hometown discount was still 4 years 55 mil, which is still expensive. We will never really know. Secondly, it sounds like if Bautista was GM he'd just hand centre to Pompey.
  10. saskjayfan
    identifying 3 free agents you want to sign and actually signing them is easier said then done. You don't think there are teams out there that want Russell, McCarthy and Aoki?
  11. saskjayfan
    sure...how much do you want to bet. I think the jays pick up Lind's option. I'm not saying they won't deal him, but I'm saying they won't pay him 1 million and let him walk. Losing Gomes was a shame, but I don't think there were many that would have predicted what he would turn out to be when he was dealt. Lind is an established player.
  12. saskjayfan
    I'd rather give gibby one more season and axe AA right now. I don't know what their contract situations are, but I'm sure chepo rogers won't get rid of either until they are up.
  13. saskjayfan
    CFL is an exciting affordable brand of entertainment, with the exception of last week's rider game of course.
  14. saskjayfan
    Well yes, you'd have to work out the stadium issues before acquiring the franchise, but a deal to play at BMO field is their for the taking, which would be good for the Argos and the Jays.
  15. saskjayfan
    The orioles will likely lose some good defensive players due to free agency. Their starting staff that had a drastically lower ERA than fip or xfip will next year again lower their ERA next year. Their bullpen that performed extremely well will not regress to career norms....okay seriously, what drugs are you taking to make this fantasy a reality in your world.
  16. saskjayfan
    yeah...it didn't take Sherlock holmes to solve that mystery..lol. If I had my vote AA would get the axe now too though.
  17. saskjayfan
    The new CFL TV contract and collective bargaining agreement makes it real hard for teams to lose money. The TV contract covers 80% of the salary cap. The problem the Argos have is the cost of Rogers and the low fan base. You move them to an outdoor stadium that would be a better atmosphere and you save dollars and increase revenue from getting more fans out. My Riders are worth about 100 mil....the Argos playing at BMO with some owners that make a concerted effort to actually market the team would at least break even.
  18. saskjayfan
    we should seriously get this guy on the payroll! Maybe he could teach lind to hit lefties....you'd want to keep him then
  19. saskjayfan
    Adam Lind was top 15 in the entire mlb in wrc+ this year. The Yankees will pay 10s of millions of dollars for mediocre players having off years when they get desperate at the trade deadline. They took on Drew's contract. You may not want to keep lind, but you pick up his option and trade him because he's an asset that would get something in return.
  20. saskjayfan
    tr There's zero chance Lind's option isn't picked up. I'd bet large sums of money on that. They might trade Lind, but there's no way they pay a mil and let lind walk.
  21. saskjayfan
    there's no doubt the O's can compete, but expecting the bullpen and starters to produce at the same level is a big ask. Asking a guy who had a career WAR of .2 coming in at the age of 31 and posting a 5 WAR this season to repeat is a big ask.
  22. saskjayfan
    xFIP does nothing to explain the past of why a team won or lost. The only thing that matters is actual runs allowed. It doesn't matter if their pitching was lucky or not. As a predictive indicator of what you think they will do next year xFIP has meaning, but it does nothing to explain the past. The orioles were 3rd in AL ERA, which is a big reason why they are in the post season. I'm glad the O's are in. I don't think they can repeat next year and I'd rather have the O's in vs the Yanks, red sox or Rays.
  23. saskjayfan
    career years from guys you don't expect it are always huge. Carp played extremely well for the sox last year posting an .885 OPS...but followed that up with a .519. You look at the orioles and the Jays and the great year by pearce and vastly superior bullpen that allowed them to win big games were huge. Machado played more games than lawrie. Wieters only played 26 games, but when you add up the man games lost by janssen, melky, reyes, lind, EE, Rasmus, Morrow it was more than 136 games. Having multiple guys miss time was huge for the Jays because you're stopping and starting. Even when you come back it takes players time to hit their stride even though they are in the lineup. Winning the close games can arguably be attributed somewhat to managerial decisions...Buck vs Gibby.
  24. saskjayfan
    The Jays need to go get Scherzer, Lester or Shields. No one including myself actually believes that will happen. Money does seem to matter. I would trade reyes and one of dickey or buehrle if it meant retaining melky and getting signing one of those three. Colby made 7 mil. Morrow made 8 mil, Reyes made 16 and buehrle made 18. That's 49 mil to reinvest. Half would go to a starter, Melk man would be due a 5 mil raise in year one and you would have some money to spend to rebuild your middle infield through trade or free agent signing.
  25. saskjayfan
    I'm usually overly optimistic on players, but Gose is one guy I truly like less than most. I would prefer some kind of trade to acquire a centre fielder and have gose exclusively as a back up or ship him out in the trade if need be. It's unfair to say this would even be possible, but the thought of gose in centre doesn't do it for me.
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