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  1. glory
    The Osuna/Castro promotions were dumn and won't happen under this regime. I doubt any players will look at that as a norm. But yes there should be a fine line between too slow and too fast when it comes to promotions.
  2. glory
    The bench was not put together properly. Smoak being on the roster and the team insisting on playing him has made it difficult to work around. Upton should still be on the team. Or a real LF should have been added so Zeke could be the back-up. Not very impressed with the roster decisions at the end of spring, but that's probably going to change pretty soon.
  3. glory
    Tulo and Martin are probably going to be ~100 wRC+ types over the next few years, and possibly lower than that for Martin if age catches up to him. They still do good things defensively so they'll have value, but time to bump the man (aka Pearce) up in the lineup. He's better than both of those guys at this point (at the plate).
  4. glory
    Barney pinch hitting for Zeke pretty much exposed how bad releasing Upton was. May not have made a difference anyway, but Barney should not be pinch hitting.
  5. glory
    Jays needed some more BABIP luck in that inning. Not expecting the Jays pen without Osuna to match Baltimore's (which is a great pen).
  6. glory
    Zeke against righties is still not optimal even though he's an upgrade defensively. Would have been nice to add Pagan.
  7. glory
    Gibby with this front office molding him is not bad.
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  9. glory
    The front office loves Pearce more than Smoak. Unless Pearce is banged up, I think he will play everyday or close to it. It's either Zeke in left or Smoak at first with Pearce playing the other spot.
  10. glory
    Castro is not a robot. Mental part of the game is important too, especially for someone as young and inexperienced as he was. Osuna is an exception, not a norm.
  11. glory
    Pearce playing everyday, either at first or left, is great. Just keep the man healthy.
  12. glory
    Lol, Gibby (rightfully) hates Smoak. Gausman is a fastball pitcher isn't he? Seems like a good time to start the Smoakster.
  13. glory
    Maybe, but I don't think calling him up to the bigs straight from A-ball at age 20 when he is/was only a fastball pitcher helped him at all. He needed to work on his command and secondary stuff in the minors. If you tried to recreate the Castro/Osuna call ups 100 times, I bet a great majority of them would end up like Castro.
  14. glory
    I feel bad for Castro. Dude was rushed to the bigs for no reason and his development was killed because of it. I'd take a chance on him and start him in the minors, but this is his last option year right?
  15. glory
    Franklin grades out horribly at practically every position on defence. His bat would be nice to have around though.
  16. glory
    Gruber tried to tell you guys. You wouldn't listen.
  17. glory
    Salty doesn't look very good. Even Fatty never looked that bad behind the dish.
  18. glory
    Gotta love playing in a s*** hole like Montreal's stadium just before the season starts. Don't get hurt playing on that surface.
  19. glory
    Really looking forward to seeing Liriano pitch this season.
  20. glory
    I don't think any team will claim Zeke at $1mm. Coghlan's a better player than him and he got a minor league deal a day before opening day. I don't think teams are going to line up for Zeke unless they have a huge hole in the OF and just need a body. Maybe the Tigers.
  21. glory
    Outfield depth looking good, which is important since Bats is old and LF will likely be an issue once Pearce takes over 1b full time (we all know it will happen). Good move.
  22. glory
    Holy crap, this is actually a real roster battle? Good lord. Goins is like a pimple that won't go away.
  23. glory
    Yeah his hard contact rate is good, hits a lot of fly balls, and draws walks around 10%. The skill set is intriguing, but at age 30, I don't know how likely it is he turns into anything. I guess we have no choice but to find out. I hope he pans out.
  24. glory
    I'd feel better if there was something out there about Smoak tweaking something, either his swing, approach, or whatever. A lot of late bloomers make adjustments which lead to the breakout. If it's the same old Smoak, then I honestly can't understand what they see or what they are expecting to happen. If the Smoakster has a breakout season and becomes what they apparently envision him to be, then I'll happily admit I was wrong, but god damn it makes no sense. The time to take a chance on him was two years ago, and the Jays did. He didn't pan out. On to the next. I agree that Pagan doesn't move the needle, but he's more likely to be a 1 win player than Smoak is. Even a 1 win improvement for cheap would be a solid add this time of year.
  25. glory
    This makes no sense. By all accounts the Jays made Pearce one of their top priorities this winter, and he even confirmed it. So if they knew they wanted him, and wanted Smoak to play everyday/against righties, then that means they signed Pearce to play LF. I mean, I guess it's better to have him in the lineup in some capacity, but why turn above average defence at first to below average defence in left just to accommodate Justin freakin Smoak? The internal LF options aren't the greatest, but come on. Just sign Pagan and release Smoak. We aren't the Rays. THis is clearly on the front office. Gibbons would probably prefer playing Zeke as much as possible with Pearce at first (as evidenced by Smoak riding pine for much of the last two years), but he'll be forced to do this lineup for at least a month, maybe more. If Pearce gets hurt playing the outfield, then that would be horrible.
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