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  1. glory
    Well if he used advanced stats which show that Archer is better than his record/ERA indicates then he wouldn’t be able to throw shots.
  2. glory
    I was going to bring up Lawrie as well. Dude was insufferable and more annoying than Stroman, and his white ass got called out for it. Not sure what race has to do with anything here.
  3. glory
    Grandy/Pearce is the type of platoon a team runs when they are waiting for a prospect to come up. It's two old dudes who can hold the fort down until someone better comes up. Alford could probably use some more rips in AAA. It's really Hernandez who got screwed since he is what he is, although his K% after the trade was bad enough to not have complete faith in him.
  4. glory
    The jays front office seems more collaborative. According to Atkins, Cherington worked with Garcia's agent on this deal. I'm sure Atkins, Cherington, LaCava, Tinnish, etc, do a lot of grunt work, and maybe Shapiro too, to get deals done, just that Shapiro has the final say. A random homeless man has probably done more work in the past year than Beeston did in his last tenure with the Jays.
  5. glory
    Wish the Jays still had Papa Buehrle to keep him in check. Maybe that was a reason in their interest in CC. O Then again it is possible that Stro ('s personality) is beyond fixable.
  6. glory
    Looks like $8m in 2018, and $10m option for 2019 or $2m buyout. So, 1/10 guaranteed. Not too shabby. He could be a 1-2 war starter and gives the team an arm for 2019 which they desperately need.
  7. glory
    If Guerrieri is going to be used primarily as a reliever instead of a starter, then I think he makes the team assuming his arm is still attached to his body. I think the Jays add a starter and put Biagini in the Bisons rotation to start the year. Osuna Tepera Barnes Loup ---------- Petricka Guerrieri Dermody/Mayza (to get a 2nd lefty in there)
  8. glory
    Yup, as I said in the other thread, I'm betting Diaz/Solarte end up with near everyday plate appearances by the end of the season. Tulo looks toast, and Travis has been hurt every year for four straight years. The only downside is we might see a lot of Gift as a back up, but whatever.
  9. glory
    Who so far is in the best shape of their lives? Clearly not Tulo.
  10. glory
    Diaz will get the majority of games at SS in 2018 (and Solarte at 2B). That's pretty much the entire reason why the Jays had to trade assets to get backups capable of starting. I can't wait until the Tulo/Travis infield is finally a thing of the past. I like Travis, and Tulo was a beast in his prime, but neither one can stay healthy, and one is declining hard, so just please move on.
  11. glory
    Brian Kenny is this forum and Russo is the sportsnet comments section.
  12. glory
    I actually don't mind Wilner's opinions (can't speak on his radio announcing as I've never listened to it), but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to mention that he's ugly AF. Perfect for the radio where you don't have to actually see him.
  13. glory
    To be fair to Wilner, he has the perfect radio face.
  14. glory
    Yeah all this talk of collusion would have never happened if Boras just had his guys sign the ridiculous contracts they were offered. I hope the owners and players are smart enough not to let Scott f'n Boras cause a lockout. Just to reiterate, trade Sanchez if/when he bounces back. Dealing with Boras for three years sounds like damn torture.
  15. glory
    Shapiro's view on relief pitching is awesome. A relief ace (Osuna) is necessary, but for the middle relief crop, just find some guys with great K rates/velocity and see who sticks for a year.
  16. glory
    Loaiza's 2003 season right after leaving the Jays still stings.
  17. glory
    I think the Jays are probably a .500 team in '18, but I want them to make the playoffs now if only to shut Krylian up.
  18. glory
    So let's say he stays healthy the entire time. If he doesn't opt out, that means he pitched poorly or doesn't feel he can get what is left on his deal (or more) on the open market, so the team is stuck with an overpaid player who is not worth the contract. If he does opt out, that means he can get more than what is left on his deal, meaning the team is going to miss out on any additional surplus value the rest of his existing contract may have provided. Neither scenario benefits the team.
  19. glory
    Yeah I don't know why fans think opt outs are good for a team. Sure if a player opts out after 2-3 years than it mitigates the risk of a longer deal, but if Darvish blows his arm out after a year, he's not opting out, and if he pitches so well that the contract is surplus value, then he is opting out, so I don't see where the Cubs benefit. Still a good deal for Darvish, though.
  20. glory
    I think it's a good plan, but they still need someone to throw innings in 2019 aside from Stroman (and I'm not assuming anything about Sanchez until he throws a full season after that blister issue). If there is some rotation option available at a depressed cost on a 2-3 year deal, it's still worth pursuing even if the team wants to avoid long term deals. Of course, they could have pursued it and got shot down, so in that case a one year stop gap would make sense. Unless they can find a suitable trade, like for McHugh or someone like that.
  21. glory
    Interesting that the Jays are either going for one year deals to older players (Estrada extension, Grandy, possibly the fifth starter) or trading for players with many years of pre-FA$ control left (Diaz, Solarte, Grichuk). No in between. They are also stacking up the AAA team with near ready prospects. This seems like the type of set up where the front office is bracing itself for a mid season sell off and don't want to commit to too many older players, while at the same time having cheap fill ins to take over positions in 2019, 2020, etc. They may not even want a free agent starter on a three year deal. Maybe the Morales deal has made them scared.
  22. glory
    Garcia or Vargas would make sense. Dickey would as well but dammit I don't want to see him pitch for the Jays again.
  23. glory
    Wish the Jays traded Sanchez last year the moment he hired that douche to be his agent.
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  25. glory
    My guess is he will try for something like 5/175, not counting 2018. If the Jays didn't have Martin and Tulo, then I might be ok with one really big and potentially bad (down the road) contract, but with those two plus Morales making $51m in 2018, $52M in 2019, and then Tulo still being around in 2020, it would be a few years before JD became the sole bad contract.
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