Orgfiller
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Isn't it kind of a waste to be paying an elite reliever ~$17M on non-competitive years? Unless the Yankees suddenly go all out, they probably won't be expected to be competitive until 2018 or maybe 2017 if they make some big trades, and having Chapman, much like having the 3 headed monster last year seems like a waste in the meantime.
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That's exactly what North would have done. Oh boy...
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Your first base depth chart (including Steve Pearce) is the most Boxy thing ever.
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How many guys do you have that could close next year? Wasn't clear enough from your post. By the way, would you be open to dealing Moustakas?
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Atkins: Blue Jays want to give Gibbons extension
Orgfiller replied to TwistedLogic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Letting Bautista hit first and JD second for the majority of the year is a pretty unconventional thing when you consider that guys like Erick Aybar and Jose Iglesias (not to mention our second favourite manager who hits Alcides Escobar first) got to hit at the top of the lineup this season. -
All of those things that you mentioned that he could do except for the stolen bases are a product of playing in Coors Field for his entire career. He's only hit above 20 homeruns once, last season when he hit 29, he's a career 105 wRC+ hitter, so his OPS in a less extreme park should be noticeably lower as should his batting average, and him being 30 means the days of 30+ stolen bases a season are likely behind him. He's also not a particularly good defender, sure he can play all OF positions but it's more at an average or below level, and with his age can only be expected to decline. Then there's Stroman who's already a very good pitcher, is much younger and has more control. Simply a much more valuable piece any way that you look at it. Stroman doesn't need to improve one bit from this season and he should still be expected to be easily more valuable than Blackmon over their control years.
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Huh, I just saw somewhere that the likely plan is to play Eaton at CF, which is understandable given that they want Turner back at SS, but takes a hit to Eaton's value. He grades out as a negative defender in CF by both DRS and UZR/150, although he likely hasn't played there enough to have fully regressed numbers, and he's wildy above average in RF, albeit in a very small sample size.
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He might be, I'm not 100% sure. It changes exactly nothing for me tbh.
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Stroman + for Blackmon? Wtf? This is the same Blackmon who is 30 years old and has had exactly ONE noticeably above average season in his career, has only two years of control and projects for 1.1 WAR. No thanks.
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Why would he retire? He could get comfortably above $15M for next season, and more if he bounces back strong.
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Ah, of course. Pitchers lol
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He was serviceable in 2013 and 2014, then he just lost his control. But who cares, it's a minor league signing.
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Lol @ Jon Heyman. He's a lefty.
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Pretty sure you didn't mean Seth Smith.
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I'm not saying he or Kopech are slam dunks either, but I'm arguing that it's definitely possible and defensible that they viewed Moncada as a generational talent with loud tools across the board like many other scouts have, and thus chose to go with someone with considerably higher upside than all of the Nats' prospects along with Kopech who also represents a high upside player, allegedly undeveloped secondary offerings or not. I don't think anyone here is saying that either of these guys are sure bets to become superstars, but the raw talent and ability that they possess give them a big edge over the other prospects being offered.
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It most certainly is not substantially better if you believe that Moncada is the superior talent to all involved, with Kopech being another high upside play.
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So you're telling me there's a chance?
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Moncada is touted by a lot of prospect guys as a generational talent, and Giolito has seen his stock drop as metafour suggested, while Kopech and his elite fastball has only gone up. I honestly think the Red Sox's top 2 here are much more valuable and have higher upside than the Nats' top 2.
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Giolito is overrated and Moncada is (much more?) more valuable than Robles, I can totally understand why the White Sox would go for this deal rather than the Nats' proposal which did not include Turner, although we also don't know how much more talent they did add.
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Neither do I, Moncada is seen by most evaluators as an elite talent, and IIRC Kopech has fantastic stuff (he's the one with the 100 mph fastball right?) Add in a couple of sleeper/lottery pick prospects and it's a pretty strong return.
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And Sale is also a pitcher with wonky mechanics, so that's an even bigger advantage for Donaldson.
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The Warriors are having so much fun out there. It's a joke to them, they just make it seem so easy, they're toying with the opposition.
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Man, Durant and the Warriors are so f***ing good. He was the ultimate addition to their team. KD currently averaging a career high in blocks, rebounds, steals, eFG% (by a lot), while still putting up 27+ PPG with nearly 5 assists per game.
