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Blue Jays Historical Discussion and Debate
Dick_Pole replied to Olerud363's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Guzman's good year was in 1996. People talk about 1998 a lot, but 1996 was really a lost season. Cy Young pitcher and ERA leader. Then they added Clemens to that in the next season. Couldn't quite put it all together over the next couple of years. -
Blue Jays Historical Discussion and Debate
Dick_Pole replied to Olerud363's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Going completely by memory, the difference between 1993 and 1994 was the end of the dominant bullpen and the start of the implosion of Juan Guzman except for that one good year before they traded him. -
It's as if you guys don't remember the Raptors going in a funk before. They've had runs like this over the last couple of years just not at the start of the season where it's noticeable. The defense has been sloppy, offense okay. If they were playing good defense and losing the games I'd be more worried.
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When you're the #2 or 2.5 option on a team with a superstar, you're going to be a lot better when teams are designing their defense to deal with the #1. Who couldn't have foreseen this? Just hope for an absolute clusterf*** year in LA and that Kawhi decides that stability, peace and the unconditional love of an entire country beats out warm weather and Unkie Dennis. That should extend the Raptors' window for a good 3-4 years.
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General 2020 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
Dick_Pole replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Instead of assuming that everyone around you is an absolute moron, maybe stop and think for a second that your autistic mind can't handle the idiom. I meant in terms of physical size, not in terms of baseball accomplishments. -
General 2020 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
Dick_Pole replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
The Alomar-Biggio comps are funny. They are not similar types of players. Biggio could eat Alomar for breakfast. If you're looking for a Biggio comp from the World Series era that would be Olerud. -
Why does it have to be that the Jays "win" a Snell trade, or any trade? If they bring in a World Series title and Snell has something to do with it, the Jays win the trade. People hate Trump so much but they all think like him, a binary win-lose scenario. That being said, I'm not a particularly great fan of that trade suggestion.
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General 2020 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
Dick_Pole replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Talk on Twitter of Gurriel being a centerpiece to a Lindor deal and of half the casual homers are having a hard time coping lol. If Gurriel is the main piece in that deal I'm dancing. Especially if they get an extension. -
General 2020 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
Dick_Pole replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Hey if we're lucky maybe the entire team plays according to your perceived ceiling of them and the Jays win 140 games this year -
General 2020 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
Dick_Pole replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
To me this is the biggest revelation in the entire article. If the Jays are getting their young guys to recruit others, they have successfully bought into the team's propaganda. That greatly increases the chances of the team signing them to long term deals at good prices. Brilliant move by the FO. -
KAT discloses that he lost 7 family members due to COVID. Holy s***. Definitely has to be something genetic. I mean, even if there were underlying conditions, to think that there were underlying conditions that aren't related to genetics for 7 family members to die when survival rate is over 99% is a stretch.
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Fully agree with this sentiment. If one penny of already bankrupt government tax funds goes to this so that a multi-billion dollar oligopoly can find a way to make money stuffing condos in the downtown core I am going to rage. And I'm a fan of the team. Isn't the city still paying off the loans on the Skydome debt?
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Do it like Wrigley Field. 5,000 seat capacity. Surround it with condos overlooking the new stadium and put all the seats there. That should be a sustainable and not short sighted at all business model. Or just make a condo complex with a baseball stadium attached.
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Raptors are in the top half and probably top 10 of desirable free agent locations in the NBA. Not everyone can go to Miami or LA. Most of the team's history has been extreme suckage and once the Raptors started getting good they've had cap space issues for most of that. You can't say they have even tried to attract a top-tier free agent. Kawai and Giannis will be the first two opportunities where there is a legitimate expectation of success for at least one of them.
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The only reason Happ gets brought up is the past connection to the team and the Canadian inferiority complex, or the expected complex from baseball writers who conclude only players who have already suffered from having spent time in Canada will be open to the idea of coming back. Happ has little to no utility here. He's barely better than existing options. The Jays have SP #2 and 4-8 already. The team needs #1 and #3.
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General 2020 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
Dick_Pole replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Atkins is the brains, AA is the brawn. If by brawn we are talking negotiating skills and an ability/willingness to make ballsy moves and by no means anything physical. I also think AA is a harder worker. Donaldson doesn't just fall in your lap. You gotta work the phones for that s***. So the two have pretty different skill sets and it's hard to say which one is better and easy to say both could be better if they had a bit of the other's strength. -
I'm liking the Raptors moves so far. The team is about where it is talent wise from last year while keeping its options open for next year. This is a marathon not a sprint for them while the Bucks and Clippers go all-in against an aging Lebron. I think there are more dumb casuals with the Raptors than Leafs and Jays combined. So much weeping over Ibaka as if he was a top-tier star. He's a completely replaceable player and the Raptors did that with Baynes. I'm optimistic that Boucher breaks out this season too.
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Ignoring my posts in the trader's thread.
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I'd say Cohen probably made some friends with those in charge of running the tests but looking at Cano's numbers they're actually not that bad this past year. He might have been able to play up to that contract with maybe 3+ WAR. Then again if it was roid-aided... This means the Mets just became that much more active on the FA market. A $24 million windfall for a guy who was already likely to spend.
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Is Jeffrey Loria trying to buy the Cubs or something? If Bryant is seriously on the chopping block and the ask is as low as people are suggesting, the Jays should be prepared to be aggressive and be the winner. The team has the depth to afford a slight overpay in prospect capital. I think he would absolutely rake here. Though he doesn't help much with the team's mediocre defense.
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Why we can't have pharmacare in this country. Imagine what would happen if doctors and the pharma companies greasing their wheels were able to prescribe government-funded pills? Yikes.
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If they want to prevent tanking, make it simple. The 9th seeds in each conference get the highest odds in the draft lottery. Followed by 10th, 11th etc. Of course then you give s***** 7th and 8th seed teams the incentive to tank but that might be a better scenario then half the league tanking for last place. Another way to prevent this play-in tournament is if no one watches it. I don't think that'll be a problem outside of the fans of the teams involved.
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Ah yes #GenZScience. Where Post Malone's uneducated opinion on the subject heard on a Joe Rogan podcast or something is considered irrefutable evidence: https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/consumer-healthcare/what-is-cardiovascular-disease/illegal-drugs-and-heart-disease Cocaine - the "perfect heart-attack drug"
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All I know is that we have Leonard to thank for this, twice. He comes here relatively cheaply then forces the Clippers to trade a bunch of picks. Now draft picks are devaluing faster than the U.S. Dollar. Makes the Raptors look genius and we know the front office doesn't play those games.
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Lincecum prior to his KD Lang days.
