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O.K. I guess for a minute there I must have known who he was and had interest in him. I'm getting too old for this.
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Who the f*** is Ryan Helsley and why do I own him?
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Remember when Ricciardi tried to block Scutaro with David Eckstein? Good times.
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Eduardo Nunez seems like a really obvious fit. Can backup all the infield positions and he can play the corner outfield positions too. Hopefully he doesn't mind signing in Toronto because there's potentially a ton of playing time for him.
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Well it does seem to have been a factor in the past and this board gets burned every off-season getting their hopes up for a backup catcher. I remember last year I was arguing in favour of Jeff Mathis and BTS went on a rant because that was aiming so low. Well turns out the actual front office aimed a lot lower and cheaper than Jeff Mathis. You are right that Martin can't possibly be as intimidating a presence to prospective free agents as he used to be. A smart agent would recognize that there could be an opportunity here. That being said, I'm still not going to get my hopes up. I just don't think backup catcher is a position where the Jays front office wants to sink a whole lot of money. Sure the are talking about it but they talked about it last year and still waited until there was nothing but garbage left to sign someone. I'd be o.k. with McGuire being groomed by Martin with maybe a spring training invitation to Soto if he hasn't retired by then. I'm not expecting someone good to be signed.
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If they sign a backup catcher, they are going to move one of McGuire or Jansen.
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Teams seem pretty strict about limiting themselves to three catchers unless one of them plays a second position. I suppose Martin does double as an infielder but even allowing that I highly doubt they go with four catchers.
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So you're going to have four catchers on the 40 man?
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Biggest decision seems to be at catcher. The three catchers on the 40 are Martin, Maille and Lopez. I think the latter two get exposed and so does Pentecost (or you trade them if you can get a return). That would open spots for both Jansen and McGuire who are the two you want to keep. Problem with that is that it doesn't leave you with a spot for an external backup catcher. You'd have to either just hand the backup job to McGuire, hope one of Jansen of McGuire clears (seems doubtful) or try to get a decent return for one or the other. Considering the Jays don't seem all that keen to spend on a backup catcher and considering just how terribly going with a cheap free agent backfired last year (Salty) maybe it's time to just run with McGuire?
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They are willing to commit some money. What they aren't willing to do is take the long term pain for short term gain route that AA took with guys like Reyes, Tulo and Martin. Those Stanton and Gordon contracts commit way too much future money to be appealing. They are going to take a Boston 2013 type approach.
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Some people like to give candy alternatives. Fidget spinners are a new thing but I've heard of Playdoh (for toddlers) and legos (for slightly older kids) in the past.
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Kendrys Morales is your guy.
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I thought most of the fantasy owners were intimately familiar with the KATOH lists which is why I'm surprised by "the who the hell is Maxwell" posts coming from the fantasy side of the board (it's not at all surprising from anyone else). As for my personal Maxwell stake in LOD, he's really just a place holder for Mesoraco's red flag at this point. I did have hopes for him at one point and have rostered him on and off in both LOD and DDL over the last two years but at this point I don't even consider him a worthwhile sleeper much less an asset. Tons of baggage from a guy who was never more than a fringy prospect in the first place.
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I guess you're not a KATOH guy.
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Cripes. Oakland's going to start thinking he's not worth the media attention and trouble. They handed him the starting job down the stretch and he didn't do a whole lot with it and now he's turning himself into a media circus and possible threat to society. They won't be super keen to give him another opportunity if they were even considering it in the first place.
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Which, of course, is a perfectly legitimate and rationale concern for he, as the comissioner of baseball, to have.
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The Dogers looked unbeatable in their two previous series but I guess recency bias and quality of previous opponents skewed my view of how the World Series teams matched up. I'm glad the Astros are doing so well but now I'm worried that it might be a short series going the other way, lol. Since I don't have a huge rooting interest, I hope the Dodgers win tonight so that we're guaranteed at least 6 games.
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I sent a PM to Admin a while back asking him to look at this thread. I haven't heard back from him. I think TheHurl is the only mod who knows how to get in touch with him IRL and Admin is the only one who could potentially do anything about this. It's highly doubtful Admin's going to just stumble upon this discussion and feel compelled to act. You're better off PMing Admin directly or maybe taking your complaints to Hurl to take to Admin.
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Astros doing better than I expected. Good series so far.
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AA's Gose for Travis deal is probably a good example of the kind of deal you're talking about. Travis was an interesting but not particularly hyped prospect who was blocked and didn't end up costing much at all. Even knowing what we know about Travis' troubles staying on the field, it was a great deal.
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This seems to be the straw that broke the Girardi's back: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/yankees-indians-not-challenging-hit-by-pitch-only-start-of-joe-girardis-problems/
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Geez this it the third time I've had to make the correction. It's not Maxwell's story. It originates from the guy Maxwell was with. All Maxwell said about it was a pretty ambiguous statement sent via text message: “I’m really over that happening and it’s BS.”
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Again, Maxwell is not the one who went public with this. That was the councilman that was also present.
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Seems like the story originated with Huntsville city councilm Devyn Keith not with Maxwell. He's the one who gave the WAPO the relevant quotes on the incident. Doesn't sound like Maxwell wasn't particularly interested in revisiting the incident ("I'm really over that happening and it's BS.") https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/10/24/its-bs-mlb-player-who-knelt-during-national-anthem-denied-service-at-alabama-restaurant/?utm_term=.53e2cb80c003
