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Especially odd considering he was such a homer for John McDonald. -
Now laying into a caller for talking about how somebody is helping the team 'gel'. Granted, it's a ******** argument, but he soaks up such sentimental ******** when it comes from players, coaches and former pros. A court flatterer.
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It'd be a lot easier to root for Wilner if he had actually stated what he takes credit for. He hedges his bets, but then acts as though he saw a 10 game win streak and Lind resurgence coming.
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Not much in the poll, to be honest. 6% of players never wanting to play for Toronto is a very small number; and that particular result looks silly when you see that 13% never want to play for the Yankees. Only 7% thought the Jays should be wound up. If anything, it is a very flattering sample considering the nasty stadium, turf, and 20 years of no playoffs. It's easy to forget, but many of the players on the field today will only ever have known the Blue Jays as an irrelevance. They just buy into the mainstream narrative. That is probably why a very small minority think the team should be wound up -- not so much to do with the beautiful country and city.
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Wow. Wilner's on a tear tonight. He's managing to turn every subject and question into a vent at 'the fans'. Case in point: a chap calls in asking about a Jerry Howarth for the Frick Award; Wilner's response is along the lines of "People can't wait anymore. They can't just enjoy Tom Cheek winning. They want things before they have come. I wonder if this is a new thing." The downside of seven straight wins!
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Today is the day we need R. A. Dickey to step up
Flashman replied to G-Snarls's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
A bit harsh, methinks. Dickey has been an epic disappointment so far, but he strikes me as a decent man who is having struggles that hit every star at times. He doesn't have the arrogance of a Romero or Arencibia, which is a red flag for the likelihood of taking on criticism and growing from adversity. -
Bautista, you magnificent bastard.
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Hopefully they will can whatever agency came up with this season's campaign. Even before the shitshow commenced, it was a campaign that could only backfire.
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Who DIDN'T see that coming?
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Tabler is soul-destroying. "What [Wang] wants to do now is shut down the White Sox, keep the Blue Jays in the game." No s***.
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A bit tough on McGowan. If DeRosa makes that routine play it is two-out, none on. Can't hold this one against him.
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I wouldn't be half as annoyed if Arencibia was hitting ninth. But he's there in FIFTH, behind our best hitters. Is it two or three times this game that he has left runners on base, thus reducing our chances of cashing in runs? Awful lineup management.
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Once again JP costs us an out when two of our top order are on base. A waste of an out, reducing our percentage of scoring. Gibbons, for chrissakes, move him from fifth.
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Surely it doesn't matter because of the knock-on effect. If Bickford shines as the Jays' best pitching prospect, then it makes pitching prospects higher up the chain expendable as trade bait (to bring in bona fide ML talent). So long as the Jays got what they consider to be the most elite talent available to them, then it's all good.
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Most callers are naive about their use of statistics. Wilner is guilty of subtle hypocrisy in order to 'win' against callers and tweeters. It is impossible to take him seriously.
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Wilner's got some cheek tonight: shredding a guy for using an obscure statistic with a small sample size ... something Wilner does ALL the time.
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It should give the hardcore sabermetricians pause for thought.
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The silver lining would be one of the top draft picks ... but you know this team will scupper that, too, by performing when contention is out of the question.
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Chapman too. Never mind, though, we did get Hech ...
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Possible Trade and Free Agent Scenarios
Flashman replied to Mike_Wilner's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I think that depends on how JJ does with his remaining starts. If he does well, then sure, there will probably be a desperate GM out there, thinking of their career, wanting to make a splash in the playoffs. And I think AA does understand that value is value; a young prospect frees up another prospect to be traded for a ML-ready player, say. -
Is there any statistical justification for why Gibbons keeps Arencibia in the middle order? I've only got the eyeball test to go on, but I'd be keen to know how many of our top order baserunners JP has stranded this season.
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"J.P. strikes out." If I had a nickel ...
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What would it take to pry Profar from Texas?
Flashman replied to Stangstag's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Pretty much this. Besides, we are looking at this the wrong way. A better question would be "What would it take to pry Bautista from Toronto?" Top prospects don't get dealt because teams go hunting for them with superstar bait -- it's the other way around. It is almost always the team holding the star that has the leverage. Hence why we extracted D'Arnaud and Drabek, or had to give up Syndergaard and D'Arnaud. Star + control = top prospect on the table at the very least. -
Games like this are the toughest. Even with a Jays win, there will be little joy. A series loss. With a couple of off-days this week, it's going to take some time for the Jays to establish any kind of winning momentum.
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What would it take to pry Profar from Texas?
Flashman replied to Stangstag's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I'd want more than Profar for just Bautista.
