Dick_Pole

Because it's just so imperative yo give starts to Anderson and Biagini.

This is pretty much how I picture BTS to sound like IRL though.

The Jays have a better than 1 in 30 shot. How many North American cities would be recognized by someone overseas? LA, NYC and Chicago for starters. Toronto would be up there. There are too many people here with a Canada complex. Although to be fair the Jays have yet to succeed in posting. If Otani is a libtard that hates Trump and loves beta males like Trudeau, it's basically 100% chance. Hell, if Trudeau can recruit him to Canada that will be his political legacy. Refugees are coming across the border by the dozens. Let's at least get one that would be useful.

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Without gutting the farm system which is what I think this FO wants to avoid while still improving the MLB roster - Smoak, and let Pearce play 1B. Would need a third team involved. Possibly Pillar+ if Pittsburgh is willing to accept a lesser, cheaper player with more years of control as the centerpiece.

At least they're not Detroit:

Hate it when people say s*** like this. (I am especially triggered by the homophobic, misogynist, transphobic and racist remark of John Havoc saying Sanchez has lady fingers). Yeah ok if he was a hockey player or a football player he'd be out there. Hell, even us normal folk could easily live through this type of injury in our day-to-day lives. Sanchez has a specialist role as a baseball pitcher where the fingers must be in top shape. Same with piano players or doctors performing complex surgery. He can't do his job well with blisters. Would you rather have him out there, pitching with non-optimal grips that result in poor control and meatballs? Might as well just send a healthy Rowley out there in that case.

Meh. Lots of panicked people here again. Shapiro and Atkins are merely trying to keep up the appearance of contention in order to keep the Jays' brand momentum and attendance strong until the time when the team is a perennial contender instead of a marginal one. I trust the FO to make the right decisions because that has been what they have done so far since taking over nearly two years ago. If they think the win in franchise value from holding onto Donaldson and having a shot at the wild card next year is worth more than the prospects in return by trading him, then I trust them that this is the right overall move. People like Jimbo who have a burn it all down mindset can't comprehend that a team can remain competitive and build for the future at the same time if it has people who are smart enough to do the job. The reason why the Jays didn't make the playoffs for 20+ years wasn't because the team wasn't willing to go the Nationals route. It was because it had the clown show of Ash, Ricciardi, Godfrey and Beeston leading it to the abyss.

Dammit Jim, If Guerrero flames out like Travis Snider, I swear the mods of this board need to change your avatar to a picture of a clown and script circus music to play every time a person scrolls over your posts. What has Guerrero done at the MLB level? Absolutely nothing. Yet you prattle on as if you just won the lottery. Way to f*** up this guy's chances by running up a lot of bad karma. How often do scientists brag about how much they are right? Not often, because they have a lot of knowledge but also realize that they need to spend their time learning a lot more. The only time they "brag" is when they want to influence public policy and society for the better. To use a sports analogy, someone who is a sharp handicapper won't go babbling about it to everyone lest his system gets exposed and his window to profit off of the bookies closes. A fool on the other hand, would take every opportunity to brag about being right. Because the fool is rarely right and the time that he is right is a cause for celebration. Now Jim, which one of these categories does it sound like you fall under over the last couple of pages and every other time you bring crap like this up?

Great game. Let's see what he does against a defense that's not in tatters. If I was a fantasy football player and owned him, I'd be entertaining some buy high offers right about now.

Did anyone else thoroughly enjoy the flushing of the Patriots tonight? I had the over expecting a big game from Brady and the usual fellating of the amazing 40 year old by the announce team but I'll take the win with the Chiefs putting up 42. The Patriots D was baaaad. A mix of injuries, new guys not yet meshing to their system and just the fact that they get exposed when the offense isn't handling the ball 35+ minutes a game. Bet the over on every Pats game until the defense proves otherwise.

What is this? Between this comment and John's homophobic, transphobic and misogynist comment about Aaron Sanchez having "lady fingers" this alleged very progressive poster is completely out of control. He obviously has extreme racist beliefs about pitchers. Would he say a white pitcher has lady fingers? Or is more suitable for a watermelon eating contest? That's it. I'm just so triggered right now. Either ban this poster for life or prepare for another attack from my Antifa, commie, feminazi friends that lasts for three days and watch the Jays get swept during that time without having an outlet to express your disappointment. UGH!!!! I'm so upset I just don't know what to do with myself right now. White enough that you won't need sheets at your next Klan rally, eh John?

Downvoted cuz wrong part of Texas. Also he should have made reference to black people looting and fat people falling off of/through cots (Houston is the fattest city in the U.S. last I checked). You guys have such low standards.

Think of the bright side. Chances are these teams won't be very good in 2018 and the Jays will have a second kick at the can as a fringe contender while waiting for the young guys to come up.

...but predicting Smoak would hit 35 HR when he hit 32 HR in the previous two years with a season's worth of PA is really not that bold. Might as well have predicted that he becomes an every day player in 2017...which I guess is still kind of bold.

I'm still a little ways away.

You glass half-empty mother f***ers are just so upset over Morales because Smoak worked out well. If Smoak was a bench warmer riding a .600 OPS like you all were predicting (not me I knew he'd be gold) and Pearce was the every day 1B you people would be all like "well at least we have Morales". Morales is only useless because Smoak has been so good and the win on Smoak's contract is far bigger than the loss taken on Morales.

I pick Gruber. The 55-year old retired player. Not the poster here posing as him.

To be fair, you were trolled by a troll response to a troll post. That's like....exponentially worse than being trolled by the original post. Looks like no one is going to take my bait until this site goes down again. Perhaps in the next DDOS attack my commie feminazi friends will also hack the email data and post that online. All the freaks banished from the board are going to have access to real-life information. BTS is a goner.

Asians don't count. Too light-skinned and too many positive, non-threatening stereotypes. They must be light-skinned Paki or darker to qualify. Preferably those who have a religion that causes them to dress funny or threatening or have been shot at by cops.

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I regret nothing! Between Brownie19's (what kind of name is this anyways? A racial slur for South Asians? I'm very triggered) slut shaming posts and self-professed very progressive John_Havoc's misogynist, homophobic, transphobic and racist (would he say the same thing about a white pitcher instead of a light-skinned Latino pitcher?) comment about Aaron Sanchez having "lady fingers" (this was fat-shaming too, since this is a name of a type of cookie), I just couldn't stand by and do nothing. As far as Hurl banning me instead of dealing with all of these racists and misogynists, he is literally worse than Hitler, the Quebec police force and Donald Trump combined. He is abusing his privilege as a white male and mod here. Speaking of privilege, why are all the mods white males? This board should be actively seeking females and racial minorities for mod duties here to fairly reflect the diverse nature of Canadians and the Blue Jays' fan base. Perhaps then this board will be more welcoming and inclusive to fans of all different backgrounds and increase membership which has been a stated goal here. These mods need to clean up their act and apologize like that wannabe nigfag Shaun King made ESPN apologize for running a cotton-picking style of a fantasy football draft. Then all of the world's evils will have been extinguished.

I'm very disappointed by all the slut shaming in here. You libtards should know better. I am forwarding this thread link to everydayfeminism.com. Expect antifa to dox you soon, you sick perverts.

*Opens Twitter* *Sees Phil Kessel trending* *Sees headline "Phil Kessel eats hot dogs out of the Stanley Cup"* *Closes Twitter for the day*

Yup lol But seriously, I don't know why people are so down and sarcastic on this guy, comparing him to Redmond. If there's a late-bloomer, lightning-in-a-bottle type of guy to put some hope in, this guy is it. He's had decent MiLB numbers even if his best competition is a couple of years younger than him. The K numbers aren't where you would like for a minor league call up and the projections don't give him any respect with ERA/FIP way over 5. But, meh, gotta put faith in something. Steamer can't deal with the military effect. The discipline instilled within him is worth at least 200 basis points on his ERA. Military graduate will be the new FIP-beater. Dozens of articles on fangraphs will be written about it.