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With all due respect; your point here is pretty stupid. Ortiz is the first guy to maintain elite performance at that high an age since who? Barry Bonds? To pretend that this is some sort of expected outcome at this point is lunacy; it is beyond extremely unlikely...and we've got a guy on our own roster (Jose Bautista?) who proves that, with prime Bautista actually being a better hitter than Encarnacion. The only other name that people can bring up is Jim Thome, and in reality Thome is a guy who clearly regressed after age 35/36 despite ONE fluke season in 2010 (age 39) wherein he managed to re-find his elite hitting albeit in a season wherein he only played in 108 games. To use David Ortiz as some sort of "expectation" of Encarnacion's future outlook is beyond foolish. Even Boston knew that Ortiz's elite hitting performance relative to his age was unlikely, which is why he's been playing on 1-2 year contracts since ~2012. The reality about Encarnacion's season this year is that metrically it was actually the worst hitting season he's had since he officially broke out in 2011. The only reason why it looks like he's been as good as in previous years is because he managed to play in more games this past season than in any of those previous years. More at bats = more standard counting stats (RBI's, HR's, etc). In reality his strikeout rate jumped ~5% this year and his wRC+ dropped about ~15 points. There is no reason to expect that Encarnacion from ages ~34-38+ is going to somehow manage to stay healthier than he did from ~29-33.

Does someone want to look for that outside two-seamer or what?

Wayne Kirby is also overweight. How do you know that it wasn't just a fat joke? Fat people like fried chicken too. Wait...that would make it "fat shaming" though; which I think is as bad as racism these days?

Bruh, we don't even have real grass.......

You mean like Jose Bautista? Maybe he's David Ortiz... or more realistically he's got 2-3 more years before noticeable decline. Young starter who will likely only get even better > aging bat at a non premium position.

He turns 33 in like a week. There is nothing attractive about trading a 22 year old starter who is already among the best pitchers in the game for a 33 year old first baseman.

Michael Holmes was ranked 6th by BA in a "Top 10 Future Scouting Directors" list in 2012.

Crosscheckers are high level scouts who are sent out to evaluate prospects that are recommended by area scouts. They see prospects all over the country and are tasked with comparing the prospects from the different regions that they evaluate. The national crosschecker is the one who will ultimately recommend high round caliber prospects to the Scouting Director, who will then go and evaluate those prospects in person.

Pentecost was injured, therefore any comparison is completely pointless and literally stupid. He's had horrible injury luck, it happens. There are quite a few notable draft analysts who really liked Pentecost, his prospect status has been hurt by injuries and injuries alone.

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Bo Bichette (playing LF): 2 for 5 with a double. Also had a hit off top pick Kyle Muller.

The signing period lasts a full year, not just one day. We sign guys every year for 6 figures who never make any of these "July 2nd headlines" because they come after the initial wave of signings. I think that a lot of you are making quite rash conclusions.

19 year old Joel Espinal: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K

Bo Bichette hit a grand slam. This kid is looking like the truth.

BA just released their projections for all 30 teams. Anyone got access to the article?

Bo Bichette 1 for 3 with a line drive double and two walks today. Kevin Vicuna was 2 for 5 with a double as well. Obeso 2 for 4 with two doubles. That GCL Jays team looks nice. Vicuna is really intriguing if his bat is coning around as shown to date.

Francisco Rios is the Jays' representative at the Futures Game. Also on the roster are Joe Musgrove, Phil Bickford, and Jeff Hoffman.

He's walked 7 batters in 53.2 innings pitched.

GCL Jays (via Chris King):

Because he's 17 years old. Are you serious? Baseball is a really hard sport.

Cavan Biggio was 4 for 4 with two doubles last night for Vancouver.

Jim Callis ‏@jimcallisMLB 3m3 minutes ago 11th-rder Travis Hosterman signs w/@BlueJays, $400k ($300k vs slot). Florida HS LHP, projectable, feel for spin & throwing strikes @MLBDraft

Jays announced all these guys as signed:

Its virtually the same draft regime from before. We've selected a guy like Bichette before: Dwight Smith Jr. Averageish athlete with bloodlines who "has hit everywhere" and has defensive question marks....