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got a bunch of things wrong, but knew AA would be smart and go with smoak/valencia at 1b

Valencia was pretty good (both eyetest and small sample sized stats) at 1b, and actually the transition between 3b and 1b is pretty natural and there is huge precedent for it. Although "wear and tear" contributes to injury risk, i don't think necessarily it is the only factor, and until then, we should be playing our regular rotations and adjust accordingly. I do however agree that 153 games for reyes is too much, i wouldn't be too opposed to giving goins or kawa 8 additional games and limiting his PT to about 145 games... keep him off the turf as much as possible

pretty sure that travis isn't listed here because he was listed as the tigers #1 prospect

i think the tough part about allocating rest days / dh stints is that you want to get your fielders off the turf, but also take advantage of Rogers Centre's favourable splits toward right-handed power. the core of the team should be getting 5-7 rest days assuming completely healthy, IMO. 10 inter league / 152 games DH. assuming 54 LHP, 108 RHP DH: 147 edwin / 5 reyes 1B: 10 Edwin (inter league), 101 smoak (RHP), 51 valencia (LHP) 2B: 157 travis, 5 goins/kawa/izturis (RHP) SS: 148 reyes, 14 goins/kawa/izturis (RHP) 3b: 157 donaldson, 5 valencia (LHP) RF: 157 jose, 5 pillar (LHP) CF: 153 pompey, 7 pillar (LHP) LF: 153 saunders, 7 pillar (LHP) C: 128 martin, 34 thole (dickey)

ya i think alot of the trade revolved around alomar's insane upside though. by far the youngest player in the trade and already a very good player. still, carter sucks. most overrated jay of all time

we get more cost effective hitters, but lose out on cost effective pitchers.

you could move the fences back (or up in certain parts) without getting rid of any seats. There is a sizeable gap between the seats and the wall

if the jays hold true to their 2018 grass promise, are there any other changes you hope they make to the dome? personally i would look into moving back the fences. I'd love it if Toronto could play as a neutral stadium--i do think our club in general has a tough time attracting low-risk high reward guys looking to rebuild value (masterson, beachy, etc.) as rogers plays as a hitters park. too many HRs.

i was thinking the same, but then maybe thought giving saunders alot of rest + the fact that i think his bat will provide more value off the bench against lefties, as we will be short LHB on those days lol dunno why i brainfarted the goins thing

v R reyes bautista donaldson EE saunders martin smoak pompey 2bman v L bautista donaldson EE valencia reyes martin saunders pompey goins --- will never happen obv

i think you failed to contextualize the idea behind the concept. imo you are right for the most part, but in certain situations it's different. for instance, a "poor hitter" is a very relative term. yes to a team like the mets, bartolo colon is so bad he should probably be batting 8th. but really, isn't a hitter like goins' relative offense vs the rest of the BLUE JAYS offense similar to a pitcher in the AL? jays line up is really really good, probably the best in baseball. goins is really really bad. for a polarized team like the jays (where several of their hitters are VERY good and a few are VERY bad), goins is essentially a pitcher relative to the rest of the lineup despite probably being better than the average hitting pitcher in this scenario, i dont think its simply "yes and no" for the 8/9 swap. i think there is an argument to be made for our worst hitter to hit 8th, as i feel he will be significantly worse than our 8th best hitter. note i am not really taking a side on either side of this issue, just noting that it is worth discussing and not simply dismissing like you seem to be doing

That shocks me, as what I'm talking about is probably a half decade old and has been discussed extensively on places like fangraphs. Although circumstances are definitely different in the AL.

Osuna probably wouldn't get it done. Throw in stroman.

what is the point of "breaking up righties" when smoak is worse at hitting right handed pitchers than any of those righties?