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  1. Dante Bichette's son's reign of terror as our starting shortstop might finally be coming to a close. He's surrounded on all sides with SSs better than him. Kinder-Falafel on the IL, Leo Jiminez on the big league team and now Gabriel Cancel-That-Big-Bo-Extension in Buffalo. I pray that Ross Atkins finds the courage to do the right thing and trade Bo to the Dodgers for 50 cents on the dollar while he still can.
  2. In the Atlantic League he was third in homers, third in steals and 5th in walks. Been playing mostly 3B and SS in Buffalo. I have no idea how good the Atlantic League is. Looks like a ton of MLB flameouts. Frank Schwindel, for example, has had big league success in the past and projects for a wRC+ of 92 in the big leagues this year, is also tearing up the Atlantic League. But he's a no glove 1B. So maybe Cancel could be a bench guy or something. Regardless, he's definitely worth a look in AAA.
  3. Who the hell is this Gabriel Cancel guy in Buffalo? Looks like he was playing Indy ball until the Jays signed him in late June. He's got 6 homers and a 1.474 OPS in 39 ABs. https://www.milb.com/player/gabriel-cancel-663708
  4. I tend to agree but Berrios doesn't really *seem* like a replacement level pitcher this year to me. He hasn't looked amazing but he is churning through the innings and all of his numbers outside of FIP are pretty decent. K's are down but he's still got a 3-1 K/BB ratio. 4th in MLB in innings. But because fWAR uses FIP it says he's barely above replacement level. Has he really been THAT much worse than Gausman who has 1.5 fWAR?
  5. Yeah I was hoping for a Bo trade this entire time but he is still sucking ass. I thought he would have gotten hot by now but he hasn't hit a home run since mid May! I'd still troll for offers but at this point it might be better to wait until the offseason or next trade deadline when he his hitting better.
  6. It's amazing at how he's turned around his season in about 2 weeks. It's been a combination of: -Never being as bad as his numbers suggested (I've been saying this the whole time) -On fire with the stick for 2 weeks -His defense and baserunning bouncing back at age 34 If he stays hot he will not only have an okay year, but perhaps even a strong bounce back season. And he will probably continue to project well through the remainder of his contract.
  7. I would obviously trade Berrios if we could but his contract shouldn't be too bad of an albatross as long as he's healthy. The option years look ugly at 24 mil but they still just count for 18.7 AAV for tax purposes. It's hard to fill a rotation with 5 guys so as long as he can give us 1+ WAR a year it's not going to kill us at an 18.7 AAV. The guy can eat up innings, he looks to keep himself in great shape, and his contract ends at age 34 which isn't great but not dire.
  8. Yeah I agree that would be wise but we might just need to let him go. This team has so many holes that if we want to compete next year we can use that money elsewhere and just roll with Kirk and a guy like Phil Clarke as the backup. Just bat Kirk 7th or 8th and take what you can get out of his bat; at least he gives us elite D. Clarke is a lefty who can take walks. Just try and hide him against lefties and he should hit ok.
  9. Last year Jordan Montgomery and Chris Stratton got SS Thomas Saggese (40+ FV), RHP Tekoah Roby (50 FV) and LHP John King (middle reliever). Kikuchi and Yimi would probably be a similar package.
  10. I basically agree with all of this but I'm not sure how much we will get for Yimi, Richards and Jansen. -Yimi is banged up and he doesn't have a very long track record of being that great. -Richards is the type of guy who is a decent regular season pitcher but he might not throw many innings in the playoffs with all the off days. -I read somewhere (can't remember where) that Catchers rarely fetch much at the deadline either as teams are hesitant to mess with the staff chemistry midseason. All 3 should get us something, just not sure it will be that much. Kikuchi should be able to crack the Top 3 of plenty of playoff contender's rotations. I think he could get something decent.
  11. If everything on that list happens the 2025 playoffs will indeed be easy to make
  12. Well, I don't really care if we win per se. But, I do want: -All pending FAs to play extremely well to help their trade value -Vlad to ball out to either make it worth extending him or to pump his trade value up -Bo to start hitting so we can trade him -Springer to keep it up, he's got another pricey two years left -The Buffalo Boys to play well to show that they can be pieces moving forward -Kirk and Varsho to show that they can be starters over the final 3 years of control -Gausman, Berrios and Bassitt to pitch well so they can be productive members of the team to round out their deals or pump up their trade value -Green, Pearson, Little and anyone else in the bullpen with a pulse to pitch well so we don't have to find 8 new relievers in the offseason All of that will lead to wins and would be better for the franchise moving forward then picking a little bit higher. We can just hope for the lottery to fall our way in that regard anyway.
  13. Yeah and then he usually goes on a tear. Entering last year he has a slash line of .419/.479/.742 in over 70 career plate appearances when the furries are in town
  14. Getting caught up on Bo's crazy stalker lady. Wow those are some thirsty tweets. And call me crazy but I think all options need to be considered here. Bo needs a slump buster and he needs one BAD. Dude has a .608 OPS right now. Just saying.
  15. Yeah I'm not expecting much. Something like the Jays pay all his salary and get a low level lotto ticket or a relief pitching prospect in in return.
  16. Yeah at this point they are playing KK in the hopes that he'll start hitting so they can trade him.
  17. The problem with tanking is that it is good in theory, but it carries some really nasty stuff along with it that will affect our future just as much, if not more, then picking a few spots higher. -Vlad goes back to his slap hitting ways -Bo continues to suck -Gausman fails to get back on track -The Buffalo Boys suck -None of the fringe relievers turn into reliable pieces for next year -Springer goes back to solidifying himself as the worst player in baseball
  18. That is f***ed
  19. Great start by Yariel, good to see him bounce back
  20. celebrating teachers lmao
  21. Yeah even just losing those series and we'd still have a puncher's chance. The sweeps just wrecked us.
  22. Friggin' Gerrit Cole ruined Canada Day. Yet another reason to hate that crybaby.
  23. Turner 2023: .276/.345/.455 Turner 2024: .250/.354/.377 He has a wRC+ of 114 in both years. Crazy how down offense is this year.
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