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The thought that the Jays starting rotation in 2013 actually benefited from positive pitch framing is a scary truth that I was hoping wasn't true. I was wishing that would be one of the easiest things to improve but short of signing one of the top 3 free agent catchers, it's likely to get worse.
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The game is flush with cash. It's also possible that after seeing what the Rays did with Bengie Molina that front offices are catching up to the realities of catcher values.
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That's probably pretty close to the whole free agent budget. It's still worth it in my opinion because it's ridiculous to try and rebuild the rotation one year after rebuilding the rotation. The money to do that has been spent, it was spent last year. There's not enough money left over to do it again. The Jays need to make sure they get the most out of whatever pitching they have before they chase more pitching. Unfortunately, AA's plan seems to be the opposite. He always says the first priority is starting pitching when he should be saying run prevention.
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Wow, more than I expected although if you count framing, he's probably more than worth it from a $/WAR perspective. If money wasn't so tight, I wouldn't mind the Jays paying that at all but as it is, there's only so much money and a lot of items on the grocery list.
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The big question right now is how does AA deal with the current challenge? Do all the limitations being put on him force him to be sensible (much as he was in his early tenure) or does it make him more desperate and foohardly (as he increasingly seems to be). There's certainly reason to be nervous but we can't discount the possibility that AA will find opportunities to improve the team in the short term that, unlike last year, won't have major long term consequences.
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Agreed. He's good enough offensively that he doensn't need to provide plus defense to provide value and there's the upside of a good defensive season for the reasons you stated. His combination of a well establihed floor, possible defensive upside from the positional change and reasonable terms is about all the Jays coud ask for in a 2B.
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I'm with you. We need to follow the Red Sox model. Let's make deals that help the team now and could work out in an optimistic scenario but no more "make or break" deals. The team doesn't have the ressource to go all in but it can make a few moves that push scrubs out of the lineup and hope for some positive regression from some of last year's big acquisitions. That's the only reasonable course at this point.
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Defense is weak at SS but it might play well at 2B or 3B. It's hard to get a good read on his defensive abilities. He's had years where he was a plus defender and years like last year where he was pretty awful. I'd say he provides enough overall value to be a solid starting option at 2B and he definitely would improve the depth chart at 3B where there really isn't much behind Lawrie. It's in the team's interest to push Goins/Derosa/Izturis further down the depth chart so Lowrie makes a nice target as does anyone decent really.
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I wonder if St. Louis trades for Rutledge if the Rockies refuse to move Tulo? I suppose the Cards would rather turn their attention to Profar so if that were the case maybe Rutledge would be on the table for Toronto. In any case, you have to figure there is no way both Rockies shortstops will be moved. -
Brandon Morrow update - therapy in Arizona clinic
KingKat replied to G-Snarls's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
If anyone's ever listened to one of his rare interviews, it's clear that Morrow is actually more thoughtful than most. This is just people kicking a man when he's down. -
Aaron Sanchez mowing down batters in AFL today
KingKat replied to G-Snarls's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
He'll be doing it for another team. -
Aaron Sanchez mowing down batters in AFL today
KingKat replied to G-Snarls's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
It's frustrating because Stroman himself could be a contributor as soon as this year. -
Man I am always breaking stuff at work trying to make improvements and then scrambling to pick up the pieces before anyone notices. I can totally relate.
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I promoted Bradley way too early which was a rookie mistake on my part and it killed all his value. He's been passed around a couple of times since. I promoted that pitcher from Florida, whatshisname, he was insane and I flipped him for Ryan Zimmerman and Jon Lester which wasn't a mind-blowing return or anything but I was on a playoff run and it got me as far as the semi-finals.
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Offensively, he's pretty much the anti-JPA.
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Seems awfully ambitious for a guy who hasn't even establishe himself as an effective one inning pitcher.
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Brandon Morrow update - therapy in Arizona clinic
KingKat replied to G-Snarls's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
The above ignorant comment pretty much vindicates what Morrow is saying about his injury proneness having been massively over-stated. No one is saying he's a workhorse but since Toronto made him a starter, he's missed the 70 inning threshold exactly once and his other three seasons were 146.1, 179.1 and 124.2 and that includes a season where he was shut down itentionally. The people who talk as if last season was Morrow's norm are being a lot more truth averse than he is. -
Mesoraco was a name that was often tied to the Jays the year he was drafted. It's been speculated that the Jays would have taken him instead of Ahrens had he still been on the board. They also had interest in D'Arnaud from the same draft class whom they eventually acquired. I could see the Jays in on this but how the Reds feel about him is unclear. He is purpotedly their catcher of the future but he hasn't exactly set the world on fire so far.
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1. Maikel Franco 2. Chris Owings (Annoyingly, Arizona is wasting its time with the inferior Didi Gregorius) 3. Mookie Betts (I see him as my break-out candidate) 4. Jose Ramirez (the third my trio of MI prospects) 5. Eduardo Rodriguez (solid projectionable prospect but there may not be much of a ceiling) 6. Dan Vogelbach (dissapointment last year but he still seems to be getting prospect love) 7. & 8. Michael Fulmer and Victor Roache (couple of injured guys who've had a slow start to their careers and have a lot riding on 2013 results). 9. Chris Okey (little more than a place hoder for now but someone I'd prefer to hold on to on the chance he becomes a major draft prospect) 10.Mike O' Neill (org guy with uncanny walk rate, probably never gets a shot to show how true a Cardinal he is)
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I started the off-season thinking the Jays should trade their prospects and go all in to try to at least make one run with the current core but the more it goes, the more I realize that I have very little faith that it would actually work. I just don't have any optimism at this point so I'd actually prefer for AA to sign mediocre free agents, make a show of going for it while holding to what little prospects are left. I don't think this is good point in David Price's career arc to be acquiring him anyways. Tamba Bay will want a James Shields type return for a player who probably won't be a James Shields type performer going forward.
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I went to a game in April and sat behind him in the bleachers and I was just like WTF? I just couldn't believe that this was a guy that was playing CF (albeit poorly) two years prior. He was just so fat and immobile. Seems like the Jays got sold a bill of goods but whether or not they could have anticipated it is not clear to me nor is it clear to me how much of it could be related to the tumour. Did the tumour prevent him from working out effectively? Did it somehow slow down his metabolism? Don't get me wrong, I'm super happy that he should be in better health next year but his upside will be severely limited if that health doesn't translate to him being in much better playing shape.
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The Melky thing was so damn weird. I realize that he had a health issue that no one knew about but it seems like him being so badly out of shape should have been foreseen by the team. I mean a lot of us wanted him to be signed but we hadn't seen him play in about half a year and didn't realize it had gotten this bad. Do the Jays have the same excuse? Don't they run physicals before acquiring players? Negotiations between Boston and Napoli where held up over issues around his physical and he turned out to be in much better overall health than Melky. Maybe I'm making something out of nothing but maybe this is a hint that there's some very basic stuff that is being mishandled in Toronto.
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IRL the Jays can probably get by with an all glove CF like Gose.
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Impossible to answer without knowing the salary and contract structure of your league and the contracts of the individual players but assuming the cost is close, it's a deal worth doing. The value of the two players is much closer IRL than it is in fantasy especially if you don't have a CF spot (and even that only gives a slight boost in value to Rasmus).
