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Wow, I will try to post this Picture but nice to see the Pirates doing this. Basically at home games when a foul ball is hit close to a season ticket subscribers seat, they retrieve the ball and send it to him through the mail with a letter saying we wish you were here...

Post of the week!!

The only good news about this tweet is that The Jays held Big Nate off the big club, imagine losing 1 full year of control and this potentially happening.

Just play at the opposing teams home stadium ...so If you were supposed to host the Red Sox...you play in Fenway.. Forget about finding new spots

Yeah, I think thats who it is, I like the "If found report it to Montoyo" lol

Or tied for last

The FY part would do it

Proof right there that at least one person took him up on the "FYSMC"

I highlight the following from the article,I'm not sure who is 26, but I think they are ALL younger than 26. Nice to see the attention though. "But a Toronto team with all kinds of upside in Guerrero, Bichette, Biggio and Gurriel is the one I had the hardest time leaving out of the top 10. All four of those guys is 26 or younger (in fact, the Blue Jays’ average age for their projected lineup is 26) and all four showed spectacular flashes in 2019"

If getting another year service time wasn't reason enough to hold Pearson back for 1 week, the chance the season not even finishing should be be the final straw.

I was gonna say the same thing

Ian Desmond

Most of the top draft teams would have touched base with his camp before the draft to get an idea of what they wanted , also I don't even think the Jays are throwing a maximum offer at him yet as well,

If the season hinges on these two growing a brain, the season will not get one game played.....Sadly, I don't believe in this group of owners or players coming to agreement....too much greed.

Is Veen "signable" ? (with this years draft payouts being $100,000 is due within 30 days of signing, 50% of what's remaining will be paid in July 2021, the rest in July 2022) I wonder if teams will avoid HS picks unless they are assured of him signing.

Yeah, Maybe our games are played in Dunedin....or Buffalo

They have played a game with no fans https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/remember-orioles-white-sox-play-game-without-fans/?fbclid=IwAR2hqOjUbUFMxlj9lr0Wxf_9Vki58sMVreUJq220Z0JhoobDfpUO-KE5CU0 It'll be different but at least we have baseball if they deem it safe to go ahead

Yeah, I was just reading that https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29040818/ntsb-roy-halladay-was-doing-stunts-plane-crashed-had-amphetamines-system

You mention Stieb didn't pitch enough so I thought lets compare him with Halladay since they both pitched mostly for the same team YRS IP CG Stieb 16 2895 103 Roy 16 2749 67 They both pitched 16 years and Stieb threw more innings and more complete games.....so he didn't pitch enough? So.....this begs the question to you.....Did Roy pitch enough?? I think we can both agree Roy deserves to be there...no doubt ...so lets leave that alone but I had to ask. My opinion is very bias with Stieb....I think he should be in the Hall...but again that's bias, I think if you asked any of the opposing players back then, they would prefer to face Blyleven or Morris than Stieb guaranteed and finally if Stieb pitched his entire career in Boston, New York or LA.....I think He would be in the Hall. Stay safe

I agree with this write up on Steib, if anyone remembers him, he was as good as they came back then https://theaceofspaeder.com/2020/03/26/1601/?fbclid=IwAR2R_ZsiUSsdDlR6S1cYh1WfVSN6AbViSkV4_AiNQyfiwLIteRtTVG4mlIk Not sure cut and paste will look..but here it goes: Dave Stieb got his first and only shot at immortality on the 2004 BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot, the writers gave him about the same amount of time as he gave them during his playing career, as he tallied a paltry seven votes, and he was cast away the following year. I contend that Stieb deserved a better look. Sure, his 176 wins and 1,669 punch outs pale in comparison to the hallowed standards of 300 victories and 3,000 strikeouts, but over the last decade or so we have learned to measure a ballplayers career utilizing more than just arbitrary benchmarks. Dave Stieb initially retired due to injuries after the 1993 season, and then he returned for the 1998 season – a season during which he reported to Spring Training as a special instructor – before hanging it up for good… he left the game with a great career behind him, but having never finished better than fourth in Cy Young Award voting, he was far from a Hall of Famer… or was he? Well, for starters, I do not only think that he should have won a Cy Young Award, I would argue that he should have taken home at least three, perhaps four. In 1982, Stieb had his best Cy Young finish, fourth, behind Dan Quisenberry, Jim Palmer, and, the winner, Pete Vuckovich. The only problem is that he was markedly better than all of them. It is easy now to look at wins above replacement and note that Stieb led all American League pitchers with 7.6 WAR, equaling the combined totals of Palmer and Vuckovich. But WAR aside, let’s take a look at how Stieb stacked up against the 1982 AL Cy Young Award winner that season… Pete Vuckovich: 18-5, 3.34 ERA, 30 GS, 9 CG, 1 SHO, 223.2 IP, 105 K, 234 H, 102 BB, 1.502 WHIP Dave Stieb: 17-14, 3.25 ERA, 38 GS, 19 CG, 5 SHO, 288.1 IP, 141 K, 271 H, 75 BB, 1.200 WHIP And just for the record Stieb’s 7.6 win above replacement were 4.8 more than what Vuckovich’s WAR total that season. He was also stellar down the stretch, completing eight of his final 12 games – being pulled after nine innings in two games that went into extra innings and after 11 innings in another – with a 1.95 ERA. Edge? Stieb. Sorry, Clu Heywood. LaMarr Hoyt took home the 1983 American League Cy Young Award, and Dave Stieb was on the outside looking in, as he did not even get a courtesy vote. Stieb, though, pitched just as well, even better by some standards, than he did the previous year (and better than everyone else receiving votes). LaMarr Hoyt: 24-10, 3.66 ERA, 36 GS, 11 CG, 1 SHO, 260.2 IP, 148 K, 236 H, 31 BB, 1.024 WHIP Dave Stieb: 17-12, 3.04 ERA, 36 GS, 14 CG, 4 SHO, 278.0 IP, 187 K, 223 H, 93 BB, 1.137 WHIP Hoyt had a fine season, and was especially adept at keeping men off base by way of the free pass, but yet again modern statistics tell us that Stieb had the better season. Hoyt’s adjusted ERA was just 15 percent better than league average, where Stieb was 42 percent better, and that his 3.7 wins above replacement were trifling compared to Stieb’s 7.0 WAR. Sabermetrics or baseball card stats… I am leaning Stieb either way. The 1984 season saw Willie Hernandez to the American League Cy Young Award. Hernandez, a relief pitcher, had a fantastic season out of the ‘pen, and his victory is not nearly as offensive as the fact that Stieb finished just seventh without a single first place vote – or nearly as great an injustice as the fact that Hernandez also won the damn MVP Award while a guy like Cal Ripken Jr. got virtually no consideration – so let’s take a by the numbers look. Willie Hernandez: 9-3, 1.92 ERA, 80 G, 32 SV, 140.1 IP, 112 K, 96 H, 36 BB, 0.941 WHIP Dave Stieb: 16-8, 2.83 ERA, 35 GS, 11 CG, 2 SHO, 267.0 IP, 198 K, 215 H, 88 BB, 1.135 WHIP My contention here is that BBWAA was, or at least thought they were, ahead of the curve in that they knew the value of relief pitching and finishing games long before anyone had a clue – consistently and incorrectly rewarding relievers in the 1970s and 1980s with Cy Young Awards and occasional MVPs – when the fact is, they did not. Thought aside: this is no different than how the modern BBWAA heavily favors defensive prowess, as we see Omar Vizquel, undoubtedly one of the greatest fielding shortstops in history, garner support for the Hall of Fame, despite having a bat that was nearly 20 percent below average for his career. The unknown here? Value added by having an all-time great defender over just a generational great – I say it is negligible; give me Jimmy Rollins and his great mitt and good bat over Omar Vizquel and his all-time great glove and incompetent offense. But what do I know? I do not believe Willie Hernandez and his 4.8 wins above replacement would be taking home the Cy Young Award had this season played out this way in modern baseball. Instead, Dave Stieb and his 7.9 WAR and his adjusted ERA+ of 146 would likely be considered a more suitable victor. But instead, it happened in 1984, regardless, with or without the sabermetrics, give me the guy who tossed nearly twice as many innings. That is three for Stieb… Bret Saberhagen, the 1985 American League Cy Young Award winner, was, in my opinion, the most deserving of any of the AL winners from 1982 to 1985. So maybe BBWAA actually got this one right, but where they definitely went wrong was another seventh place finish for Dave Stieb. Bret Saberhagen: 20-6, 2.87 ERA, 32 GS, 10 CG, 1 SHO, 235.1 IP, 158 K, 211 H, 38 BB, 1.058 WHIP Dave Stieb: 14-13, 2.48 ERA, 36 GS, 8 CG, 2 SHO, 265.0 IP, 167 K, 206 H, 96 BB, 1.140 WHIP This one is close no matter how you spin it, even looking at the wins above replacement, Saberhagen edging Stieb, 7.1 to 6.8, and adjusted ERA+, favoring Stieb’s league best 171 over Saberhagen’s 143. Stats aside: perhaps neither of these hurlers should have been awarded the Cy Young Award that season. Bert Blyleven compiled a 17-16 record, 3.16 ERA, 37 GS, 24 CG, 5 SHO, 293.2 IP, 206 K, 264 H, 75 BB, 1.154 WHIP, and years later, when the statistics were founded, added a 134 ERA+ with 6.8 WAR of his own… Again, maybe they got this one right, or maybe they got it wrong… again. No matter how you spin it, there is no way the Dave Stieb should be without multiple Cy Young Awards and at least four straight top-three finishes. Dave Stieb could have, under different circumstances, found himself on a list with Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Steve Carlton, Greg Maddux, Clayton Kershaw, Sandy Koufax, Pedro Martinez, Jim Palmer, Max Scherzer, and Tom Seaver… among pitchers to win three or more Cy Young Awards, and then it might have been difficult to keep him out. Dave Stieb was the best pitcher in baseball for a decade (1981-90) when he topped baseball tallying 49.1 wins above replacement over 2,284.2 innings pitched – 21.1 WAR than Hall of Famer Jack Morris accumulated over that period, despite Morris tossing 148.2 more innings. Stats aside: Dave Stieb was also the best pitcher from 1980 to 1989, if my selection was too arbitrary for you, when he tallied 48.1 wins above replacement to Jack Morris’s 38.2 WAR. In fact, for a dozen years, from 1980 to 1991, Stieb led all pitchers with 55.6 WAR. I am not (yet) prepared to say Dave Stieb belongs in the Hall of Fame, but I do believe that he deserved a better look.

I was thinking the same thing...….another thing I haven't seen answered....if the draft goes ahead say by July 2020.... we pick 5th....then the season is cancelled....how do they determine where teams pick the following draft in 2021.....It would be great if we were 5th again but it never works like that for us. Just wondering

Good catch

Hows this for ya! from MLB traderumours. Jose Bautista Eyeing Return As Two-Way Player By Steve Adams | March 2, 2020 at 9:27am CDT It’s been more than three months since Jose Bautista made it known that he had no plans to officially retire. There’s been virtually nothing mentioned about him since that time, but ESPN’s Jeff Passan now reports that the 39-year-old Bautista has been working out as a pitcher this winter in hopes of a return as a two-way player. Bautista plans to play for the Dominican Republic in this month’s Olympic qualifier tournament, though he might not pitch in that setting. Bautista’s accomplishments at the plate are well known, of course. He emerged from journeyman prospect status to Blue Jays stalwart and feared All-Star slugger with a 2010 season that saw him rip a league-leading 54 homers. That kicked off a run of six straight All-Star appearances and helped to bring about the “Joey Bats” moniker that followed him throughout his career. From 2010-16, Bautista raked at a .264/.387/.542 clip, averaging 36 homers per season. His 2016 ALDS bat flip after a go-ahead, three-run homer against the Rangers stands out as one of the more iconic moments in Blue Jays franchise history. All that said, Bautista’s production dipped sharply as he entered his late 30s. A 2017 return to the Blue Jays on a one-year, free-agent deal didn’t prove fruitful, and a followup effort split between the Braves, Mets and Phillies was better but not particularly encouraging. In a combined 1085 plate appearances between those two seasons, Bautista batted .203/.323/.371. He did not sign with a club last winter and sat out the 2019 season. So what’s next for Bautista? He’s slated to play primarily first base in the aforementioned Olympic qualifier tournament. As for the slugger’s mound work, Passan tweets that he’s been able to run his fastball up to 94 mph. Bautista is also throwing a slider, it seems. Former Jays teammate Marcus Stroman tweeted in January that he’d been working out with Bautista and legitimately believed he could pitch in a Major League bullpen. It wasn’t clear at the time, though, that Bautista was actually working toward a spot as a potential two-way player. Obviously, Bautista would face long odds in working his way back into the Majors — particularly as a viable pitcher. The addition of a 26th roster spot and the official two-way player designation may slightly bolster his chances of emerging as a first baseman/outfielder/reliever, but we’ve seen very few players capable of actually succeeding in a two-way role to this point. He’ll need to throw for big league scouts and would almost certainly need to be willing to take a minor league deal, but the possibility of Joey Bats becoming “Joey Sliders” should be a fun one to follow.

Couple of Blue Jays related questions on the chat last night with Mark Polishuk (I loved the nickname he gave Nasty Nate but I think he is wrong with Nates ETA, Im thinking it will be shortly after we score the extra year.) R. Grichuk 9:45 I hit 35 HRs this year playing CF...change my mind. Mark P 9:46 Wouldn't be a big stretch But I think the Jays would be happier to see bigger gains with the average and OBP than a few more homers Jay 9:39 Toronto needs ______ added to the 26 man roster to actually flirt with a wildcard spot... Mark P 9:40 Mike Trout 9:41 Actual answer: the Jays need at least a couple of their younger guys to immediately play up to their big potential. Right now they're counting on a lot of players they think will be good or are pretty sure will be good, but it's just a question of whether or not they'll be good as early as 2020 BB 9:48 ETA for Nate Pearson in Toronto? Is he the first call up if someone in the rotation gets hurt? Mark P 9:49 The Jays are more likely to call up one of their depth arms (basically all of last year's starters who have been pushed out by the new arrivals) before going to Pearson in the early going. I'd expect The Airport to be in Toronto after the All-Star break, or thereabouts The Airport 10:20 Love it! You the man M! Mark P 10:21 Clarification: Toronto's airport is called Pearson Airport, making it a logical nickname for the Jays' pitching prospect. If you don't think Jays fans will start wearing jerseys with Pearson's number and YYZ as the name, you're nuts

https://www.mlb.com/news/phillies-to-retire-roy-halladay-s-no-34 Haven't seen this posted anywhere, Looks like the Phillies are gonna retire #34 on May 29th, the tenth anniversary of his perfect game.