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Ace worth the money - Price or perhaps Greinke?
BigCecil replied to art_vandelay275's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
That actually makes sense after seeing deals for 2nd tier guys like Jiminez and Arroyo look so questionable in hindsight. -
thanks....always fun to win....but the GG for me has been a total sham full of politics for the most part, with too much consideration for offensive numbers indirectly. KK so much > than Pillar although he has been very good. Glad we didn't rely on Gose for CF coming into this year. His WAR 2015 .3 and Pillar 2.5.
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Ace worth the money - Price or perhaps Greinke?
BigCecil replied to art_vandelay275's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
To state the obvious nobody knows yet what the market will be for arms of the calibre we will see this off season but you have to think Max S is the floor. Some of the teams with deep pockets have not achieved what they wanted to this season in part because of a lack of rotation strength and I expect they will spend big taking that risk in order to maintain or address that gap. -
He is and lets hope so. But he has a lot of movement in his swing and for the most part he is a dead pull hitter. Timing is everything with it. A hitter like Papi has aged well on O in part because he has never lost the ability to drive the ball away to LCF.
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Herp is right. Love Jose B but I don't think he is resigned after 2016. He will be moved if we are out of it next year to someone who is in a race. If we are in it, he will be a FA unless he will take a 3 year deal @60mm which I doubt he would. Beltran converted a 131 wRC+ into 3/45mm deal. He has declining defensive ability and eventually his offense will decline (unless he is a freak like Big Papi)
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I think that makes sense but at this point that's not Gibby's plan.
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Yup...but Gibby says Penny will be starting at 2B and not Barney.....just cause dat Penny. He is a big strong small guy with dat pesky bat and glove.
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I see more value in him that signing Price. Perfect opp to move Jose B to 1B at this point in his career starting through a spring training...cut down on the wear and tear of the OF. His bud Edwin will DH. He should be fine with it. Leaves no place for Cola and not a lot for Smoak except for D replacement and spot starts against RHP.
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Shades of 2013 Cecil. Watching him pitch has been awesome. His curve has been like Betances slider in the sense that... Hitters know its coming. Its usually a ball they just cannot lay off or square up. And if they sit on the curve he spots a FB 90-94 on the corners or elavates with it.
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Best team for Jays to face in ALDS
BigCecil replied to RealAccountant's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I think that's over rated. KC got to the 7th game WS last year with little actual "playoff experience". Talent trumps experience imo. These guys have been playing ball under pressure for over a month already. -
Continuing to be lit up like a Christmas tree. Some loooonnnnggg home runs against Cueto.
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Cueto is just getting pounded by the Orioles....even with his little hesitation and quick pitch moves. Nothing working for him.
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Let us rejoice in the banning of FTL and curse his re-emergence in whatever form it takes.
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Best team for Jays to face in ALDS
BigCecil replied to RealAccountant's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I don't care. We will decimate all our opponents to relive our 92 and 93 glory. -
And if we had tits we would be chicks NY. That's THE issue with Pillar. He has poor pitch recognition/selection at the dish. The AB he had yesterday with the bases loaded 1st game was classic Pillar. Yanks walking everyone and he swings at 2 balls passing up an obvious BB to any hitter with reasonable discipline. The book on him is to throw off the plate and get him to chase...which he does. He has a full season under his belt now and he hasn't shown much improvement. His D makes it somewhat tolerable in a stacked line up.
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That's a fair point. I went over those numbers after I posted and that GB% is really encouraging.
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Pillar is a frustrating and wreckless player sometimes (ok a lot of the time). The wrecklessness is why he makes some of the plays he does. And also why he brain cramps. But I can't see blaming him for this. He should/could have laid back and I wish he did, but technically it's his ball if he calls. Just really unfortunate.
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Really? I thought he looked good for a 1st start in the rain. But his stuff wasn't inducing many swing and misses and he wasn't getting the chase down and in or away he was last year. Hi 4 seamer averaged about 94 MPH 2014 and he topped out at 94 yesterday. I'm more than happy with what I saw. I thought he looked to be fading in the 5th.
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That becomes a bigger question now and nobody seems to know if Travis is done or not. Losing Travis AND Tulo....man that's a load of bad luck and WAR we wont have.
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Some people act as if losing Tulo is meh....no big deal. This is one of the top Shortstops in MLB and he isn't just interchangeable with Goins or Pennington. Just because he hasn't hit a ton yet doesn't mean he can't or wouldn't have at some point. He is a serious threat in our line up and a significant presence. I realize there is nothing we can do about it, but its a major loss imo that hurts us significantly. Not going to sugar coat it.
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This totally sucks on an otherwise incredible day but I'm going to leave all the speculation crap until the dust settles and we see what Tulo and the Jays actually have to say. All injuries are brutal, but one this completely avoidable is the worst. Pisses me off.
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Yup...this is one crazy game. You just never know. hope he is ok...that was a truly unfortunate play.
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We need a LHH "Bringer of Sun" in the line up to mix it up with RHH JD. Obsession in this pennant race is deep. Woke up thinking about rain in NY and how pumped I was to see Martin and Tulo making such hard contact with the ball last night. This has been pretty fun stuff.
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normally I ignore FTL but he is getting worse....just when yesterday Trouba finally settled down.
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Spartacus? Meh. mid level Gladiator porn.
