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  1. glory
    Hand just has to throw anything close to the plate and it will be called a strike.
  2. glory
    Gyal-Vees (as Buck would say) has been pretty good this year.
  3. glory
    Is Ric Flair in attendance? What's with the no stop wooing?
  4. glory
    Isn't Samad Taylor in Dunedin? Don't see him in the lineup, though maybe he's hurt or something.
  5. glory
    Yeah seriously. If anything this makes me wish the Jays kept rebuilding but used some dough on actual good players in free agency so the big league team could be watchable. This is brutal and there isn't even any long term prospects playing except Jansen. Our best prospects are still in the minors.
  6. glory
    All I saw was Paulino's name and I'm happy.
  7. glory
    I never said Grichuk is a bad player. He’s a good player. But has a very risky skill set offensively because while the power is real, the walk rate is consistently bad. If he improves on that and maintains the power then you have a damn good player but right now that’s not certain. My beef is mostly with people saying that if he stays a 1-2 War player that’s it’s not a big deal. Those types of players aren’t as valued in today’s game. He has the potential to improve though, and I think that’s the main reasoning behind this. They think he’s better than he’s shown.
  8. glory
    If you look at the top 30 players in wRC+ in 2018, it took me to the 24th ranked player (Baez) to find someone with a BB% below 9%, and he had a BABIP close to .350. If you focus just on players who had a 120 wRC+ or above (54 players total), the players who had BB%'s at or below 7% (pretty much Grichuk's ceiling to this point) were Baez (4.5), Andujar (4.1), Gennett (6.6), Piscotty (6.9), and Cron (6.6). WHat you are saying is not wrong, a 120 wrc+ is a 120 wrc+ regardless of how it happens, but look at the probability of Grichuk being one of those players (or better) with his BB%. It is a detriment to his game. That's not meant to be a dig at Grichuk, he's not even close to one of the team's issues right now, but you're fooling yourself if you think a lineup full of players who walk at 5% clip is not going to lead to middling offensive performance overall. It's hard to be good offensively with that type of walk rate.
  9. glory
    Ok, I'll rephrase. Focus on BB%. Whether that leads to a high OBP or not is fine, but know how to draw walks, work the count, etc. Right now it seems entirely focused on exit velocity, barrels, etc, which is fine since it has value and can potentially lead to greater performance, but there's a reason why Smoak took a step forward with some adjustments and why expecting someone like Teoscar to do the same is not as realistic.
  10. glory
    Look at the players they have acquired. How many of them will have OBP's above .300? One or two players like that is fine, especially if they bring value from other areas, but that's basically the entire lineup except Smoak.
  11. glory
    The good part of the deal is the front loading. I just don't agree with the "if he's a 1 WAR player in years 3, 4, and 5 then he's playing up to the contract". 1 War outfielders have zero value in today's market. This contract is basically the Jays trying to buy low on Grichuk hoping he improves from here on out, kind of like Smoak. If it works then they'll look great, but if it doesn't, then yeah, a 1-2 war outfielder making $9m isn't bad, but not good either. I want the Jays to start valuing Obp. Thankfully many of the prospects coming up have good on base skills (Vlad, Bo, Jansen, Tellez, Biggio) because I'm not sure how many more hackers who don't walk I can take on one roster.
  12. glory
    Put Vlad at 1B and keep Drury at 3B. That seems like a simple fix. Vlad will hit enough to be an elite 1b so not sure why he even needs to play 3b.
  13. glory
    Drury has 3 more years of control after this year. Even if he broke out this year there is no real reason to sign him long term. Grichuk had a year after this one, so they had to make a decision with him one way or another (sign him or trade him).
  14. glory
    Dombrowski doing us a favor by signing these big contracts. Hopefully he cheaps out on Betts.
  15. glory
    I don't like pinch hitting Grichuk there. Yeah he's a better hitter than Alford right now but who cares? Just let Alford hit and see what he has.
  16. glory
    Rogers will take one look at attendance this year and ask Shapiro to try to win in 2020. Book it.
  17. glory
    Yeah this actually seems a bit excessive to me. I think Grichuk has potential to be better than he has shown so far, but I wouldn't have dropped $50m on him before he comes close to reaching it. He has a 5% bb rate and a career OBP below .300 and even last year didn't show any signs of deviating from that skill set. Not sure this is a smart move, but I said the same thing about the Smoakster, so prove me wrong again Atkins.
  18. glory
    2015-16 were great years for the club. Not surprising that players who were part of it are getting emotional seeing the last remnants of it being disbanded. Just makes me hate the Royals more if nothing else. We had no business losing that series. Wasted chance at a ring.
  19. glory
    That makes more sense then. He makes $130+ mil in his 20's, might still get another much smaller deal in his 30's, and support himself/family for a long time. Happy for him in that case. Protects himself in case of injury, decline, etc. Vlad signed for millions and had a millionaire HOF father. He's not giving anyone a discount.
  20. glory
    Well, you guys said you wanted depth....
  21. glory
    Yeah no one can deny how much value he brought from 2015-18. He was a key member of those playoff teams and great surplus value for the team. If the Jays wanted to win in 2019, then you hold on to him, but clearly they give no F's about 2019, so this was the only solution. Wish him all the best though. Him and his hot wife.
  22. glory
    Offer that to Vlad and he'd laugh in their faces. Acuna either has a bad agent or came from nothing and wanted to get the cash right away.
  23. glory
    Now they need to trade Smoak so Hernandez can DH, McKinney can start in LF, and Tellez can go to 1B.
  24. glory
    But two options so pretty much all of his 20’s for $124 million. If he went to arb every year then he would have been a free agent at age 27. I think he definitely lost money here. But $100 mil is $100 mil. No way Vlad signs a deal like that. He will bet on himself and assuming he stays healthy will get $200-300 mil easy if he’s as good as everyone projects.
  25. glory
    Pillar was a good player for the Jays, but are people seriously thinking he was necessary to keep around? He is a 1-2 war player in his 30's in an era where those types of players have trouble getting deals. Plus the team is rebuilding and probably tanking for a top pick (they have made no effort at all to win) so what good is Pillar on the squad even for depth purposes? If Jonathan Davis and Pompey (if he ever gets healthy) end up with a shitload of AB's, then so be it. 2019 means nothing to Shatkins.
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