Old school starters like Verlander are so much more fun to watch than all the opener BS around the league. You know when you give him the ball you have a great chance of winning and that he will go deep into the game (umpiring permitting). Glad to see pitchers like him still exist.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/marcus-stroman-wins-pr-battle-blue-jays-await-true-results-deal/
"And so, they made their second Sunday swap – having earlier sent Eric Sogard to the Tampa Bay Rays for two players to be named later, whom they will pick from a group of four pitchers in the lower levels of the minors, according to an industry source."
Well, the PTBNLs are allegedly two pitchers in low A, so Todd is either a credible source or he took one hell of a realistic guess. His mod status should be granted regardless.
SWR: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Since the trade: 6 GS, 2.54 ERA, 28.1 IP, 18 H, 7 BB, 29 K, 1 HR
18 year old making A+ look like a damn breeze. Wonder if he starts in AA next season.
Hatch now has 34 K's and 2 BB's in 35 innings and a +50% GB rate since the trade. He turns 25 next month so not a youngin, but add him to the list of AAA SP depth in 2020. The more, the better.
Beeston claiming they were going to replace the turf eventually and then giving a time frame so far away that he knew he wouldn't be around to answer for it was genius. He got ahead in life for reasons like that.
Drury I can understand, but McKinney baffles me. He legit has no tools. Doesn't do anything well. With Fisher you see power, speed, and walks. Maybe you can turn that into something. Drury can play D at 2B/3B and might have some untapped power potential. With McKinney I don't see a single thing. Not even versatile because he's a bad defender in every OF spot. Maybe he can play 1B once in a while, but that's not a valuable skill.
Hope he's moved in a DSJ type of move in the winter.
Yeah I was debating putting him 7th ahead of Pardinho and Kay, but went with the pitchers instead. I'll say 7-10 is interchangeable for me depending on preference.
I expect the Jays to trade him in the winter if he has a healthy September. Someone, I think Heyman, mentioned prior to the deadline that Giles wants to stay in Toronto, so maybe an extension is doable, but one year away from free agency after this season and a big arb number points to a trade.
Yeah I remember he had really good stat cast numbers last season (EV, LA, barrels). Now that is starting to come back after a bad start, combined with a good BB%, and he's playable in the OF.
Not a star, but looks like he might be a big league regular if he keeps it up.
He has power and can draw walks. Too many GB's and contact issues. So there is good and bad with him. Some times those types can surprise, especially in today's game. Like I said I'm not expecting anything great out of him, but between him and McKinney, it's a no brainer. One has tools/some upside, the other does not.
Agree about Alford. He's a long shot as well, but the Jays can afford to take risks on boom or bust types.
I've seen it posted on this forum multiple times, and on Twitter, so you might be alone in hating that nickname.
I'm more partial Montoyost, but can use either one depending on the situation.
I realize I'm BS'ing with you, but you're taking everything seriously, so I'll stop here.
Since you don't know what triggered means, here is a translation of what you just posted:
"I'm not triggered......but you trigger me".
Like I said, obnoxious homers. With no self awareness either, apparently.
There is an ignore feature, by the way, you can use it. You obviously read my posts thoroughly, I'm flattered, but you can choose not to. Just saying.
Wow, Kay has completely turned things around since joining Buffalo. With the Mets he had gopheritis with an average K rate, but now he's not giving up any HR's, striking batters out at a good clip, and giving up too many walks (but improving each start). Very positive signs.
I kinda want to see Fisher play (there is some upside there even if he's a long shot to ever reach it), but yeah, I don't look forward to watching McKinney play. Or Tellez for that matter. Definitely want to see Alford get some AB's. He's out of options next year (I think), so he'll probably be on the 25/26 man roster in some capacity in 2020.
Holy s***, some of you are the most obnoxious homers I have ever seen. If a tongue and cheek sentence about Montoyo playing everyone triggers you this much, you may need to evaluate your life a bit. Wow.
At least my Buntoyo nickname was more accepted. I can rest easy knowing that.
When someone wrongs me in life, I throw really hurtful insults like "he plays everyone". Harsh, I know, and I probably need to watch my language, but it needed to be said.
I don't think they'll care about the super 2 as much as the extra year of control. If he's dominating AAA in April, then no need to wait. Call him up after you get 2026 under control.