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  1. glory
    The Jays might have made a competitive offer but they needed to trump everyone else’s offer to get him, and that clearly did not happen. The Japanese market is always going to be a hard sell for the Jays. They missed their shot with Darvish. The blind bid system was more advantageous to them.
  2. glory
    It’s not contradictory. If some random team (the Jays) killed everyone in the field money wise then he would have probably signed with the Jays. But if offers are generally around the same area, then location is going to heavily factor more than anything else. Boras wouldn’t let a client bail on a significantly better offer, but chances are he didn’t get one.
  3. glory
    He would have gone where the money was, but I think the Jays would have had to blow everyone out the water for him to choose Toronto over a west coast team. We don't have the New York appeal, and this isn't blind bids anymore like what happened with Darvish. Most Japanese players will probably end up on west coast teams if they have any say in the matter. I'd be interested to know what the Jays offered though.
  4. glory
    Kikuchi is going to the West coast or New York. Always the safest bets with Japanese players, especially when it’s not blind bids anymore.
  5. glory
    I didn’t mention it because I don’t think there’s any chance in hell he will come close to that again, especially in the AL East. He seems like someone who will get torched in this division. As a reliever I think he might be more valuable but the Jays might be more worried about the innings than the value/role. For $1.5m and a nothing prospect, it’s not a bad deal.
  6. glory
    I'd be fine with that type of deal, but holy s*** this team is going to suck even more than everyone expects them to if they trade Stroman and replace him with Richard. Richard was about a 0.5 WAR reliever per season in 2015-16. I think using him out of the pen and hoping for a good half season might net more in a mid season trade than anything he could do as a starter. If anything, starting him might destroy his value, especially in this division.
  7. glory
    Shatkins doesn't want to trade prospects, and pitchers looking to increase their value won't sign with the Jays to play at RC/face the AL East on repeat, so I'm not even sure what the alternative would be. Shoemaker is basically this year's Garcia. Richard seems like a warm body who can eat up (s*****) innings or pitch out of the pen. The trade itself is meaningless (unless this impacts your maple boner) but I'd rather have practically everyone currently on the 40 man roster over him so not a fan from that aspect. Edit: Forgot Drake is there. Easy decision. Richard over Drake is fine.
  8. glory
    Connor Panas going to the Padres. Jays have to dump someone from the 40 too. Probably Drake.
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  10. glory
    SRF, Pannone, Paulino, Thornton, and Waguespack are all on the 40 man roster and have options remaining. Merryweather too whenever he gets healthy. The Jays need someone who can eat up innings (preferably Yusei but most likely someone like Gio) but otherwise I'd expect a s*** ton of innings from the minor leaguers on the 40 man roster. Even if Stro and Sanchez start the season with the Jays, they probably don't finish with them. There is going to be a lot of turnover in the rotation throughout the season.
  11. glory
    I wonder who the Jays end up trading Martin to. I would assume he’s the guy they move for his sake but the list of suitors is dropping.
  12. glory
    Stroman, Sanchez, Borucki, and Shoemaker is not a rotation I'd expect to be 100% healthy all season. The AAA guys (SRF, Pannone, Paulino, Thornton, Waguespack, Merryweather when he's healthy, etc) will get plenty of opportunities next season.
  13. glory
    They'll be pissed about every move Shatkins makes.
  14. glory
    Gio makes the most sense since he can eat up innings and the Jays really need that. The AAA rotation is going to be cluttered though.
  15. glory
    Nicely done Shatkins. This is the type of low risk gamble that can really pay off.
  16. glory
    He might be a guinea pig for the player development staff this year. Shapiro wants to create this big org culture where players are given the best nutrition, mental health, leadership training, etc, etc. This would be a big test for that as he's surely going to suck in the bigs but they'll work on his repertoire at the big league level while helping him with all the other stuff on the side. That's my guess at least. I think he stays all year. Shatkins is ready to punt 2019 so the roster spot probably won't mean much to them. Although that theory will be tested once the pen is tired and they need fresh arms. Having someone there that they can't option or use in high leverage situations is going to hurt them.
  17. glory
    Who is left on the pitching market? Keuchel and Kikuchi is all I can think of. Maybe once those two are settled the market for Stroman will become clearer. Morosi is a f***ing hack but Shatkins definitely seems to want to trade Stroman (at least there's a lot of smoke now) so I think it's a real possibility.
  18. glory
    People need to stop citing Morosi as a source. He’s just so bad.
  19. glory
    Yeah, a sabermetric AA sounds like a damn good GM. Of course he gets good after he leaves.
  20. glory
    Heyman is a hack too but he’s more credible than Morosi. That says more about Morosi than Heyman, but still. Morosi is one of the worst out there.
  21. glory
    It's understandable to get hooked on this rumor since the off season has been so boring, but yeah, Morosi is s***.
  22. glory
    Allen, Patino, and a 3rd piece would be fine with me. No thanks to Quantrill.
  23. glory
    Right now yes, but xposbrad wants to hold on to Stroman and trade him during the season, which is what I was responding to. Someone mentioned before and I agree completely with it; true contenders don’t view Stroman as a difference maker. It’s the teams like the Padres and Reds (bad teams looking to improve) that will offer more. These teams won’t be buyers in July. Now might be the time.
  24. glory
    If you think we are going to get a better package than Allen/Baez in today's marketplace for a year and two months of Stroman, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.
  25. glory
    I call him Trollosi for a reason. He's a hack. When Rosenthal says something, then we're getting somewhere.
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