KingKat

Loek Van Mil never played in MLB so it's still Rauch. Van Mill is the tallest player in pro baseball (Japan currently). Van Mil is 7'1".

Does this strike anyone else as oddly petty?

The Five Year Plan is a great name for a dynasty team.

wtf?

I hear what you're saying but if you want to protect the players, I think you have no choice but to connect the dots and make assumptions in cases like these because it's not like you could ever 100% prove intent. The fact that it was Joseph at the plate, it was behind his head and that Stroman doesn't miss the plate by that much even when he's off is more than enough to make the leap. You can't have pitchers throw at people's head. Someone could get killed. If the cost of policing head hunting is that an innocent pitcher gets punished unfairly from time, that's a more than fair price to pay IMO (not that I think Stroman is innocent in the first place).

Well deserved. Head hunting is no way acceptable. Head hunting and crowing about it in front of your dad qualifies as losing your s***. Love the guy but he needs to smarten up.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/95121414/blue-jays-stroman-suspended-for-six-games

The owners like Goodell but it will be pretty hard for them to keep him when dumping him provides such an easy out. The nex commish's task will be to revise the personal conduct policy which ironically was pretty much the first thing Goodell did when he first took over. Put in the new guy until he has his own P.R. fiasco. Rinse, repeat, print money.

Well that's nice but not terribly helpful in this context. Since you asked me to look it up, I'll just assume that you don't know where to find this information either.

If you know it to be a fact than you must have proof of your own no?

There's only one person in this thread living in a fantasy world and that person is.... Jaysblue.

So the burden is on me to check your assumptions. Nice way to hold an argument.

A 23 year old really stands outs in a sea of mostly 34+ FAs.

lol How big an ass do you have to be as an umpire to get suspended.

Damn. Melky is easily one of the youngest of the group.

So you're saying I should tell them about bunting?

Makes sense. They are already committed to Prado and 3B is his best position. You could even argue that he loses the bulk of his value once you move him somewhere else.

^^^^ Not crazy.

Actually base running is calculated into WAR. It's one of the reasons Mike Trout was favored over Miguel Cabrera as MVP in sabermetric circles. It's the old school crowd that wanted to give more credit to the guy who hit the most homeruns.

Evidence?

I must be a sick f*** because I loled really hard at that.

ftfy

Hum... I'm not exactaly Doctor Spock here, heck I've never even had chidren but I'm pretty sure corporal punishment on a one year old is pointless.

I would love to have Headley on a short deal like that. The more switch hitters you have in your starting lineup, the easier it becomes to manage your bench. Valencia could start the season in a DH platoon and then move to the infield when the inevitable injuries happen (unless he's one of the injured). Sandwiching Reyes between two superior defenders in Lawrie and Headley should also work pretty well defensively.

It's true that am always going to advocate erring on the side of caution with prospects but the economics of the game pretty much dictate that you shouldn't waste MLB service time on a developing player. I'm not a fan of burning option years and jockeying legit prospects on and off the MBL roster. Instead of calling me chicken little, you might want to actually consider the substance of the argument. As far as Pompey is considered, no one could make the argument that the Jays weren't extremely aggressive with him this season. This is a guy who was barely discussed as a prospect in the off season and then he went through all the levels in one season, something usually reserved to elite and/or college talent. No one saw this coming. I mean good on him for having a great season and maintaining roughly the same production throughout. The org could certainly use an influxion of positional talent. Having him so close to Gose on the depth chart certainly makes the CF situation look a lot better than it would otherwise but that doesn't mean some additional depth wouldn't help as well.