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  1. Brownie19
    Yes. I support this. Although I am surprised Turner got $6M. I suspect JDM may still cost $8M. I'd still love to see if he's got 1 more good season in him. We have fallback options if he doesn't.
  2. Brownie19
    Lots of solid talent still available. Those who signed early did well to get what they did. The market has collapsed. It's too bad we weren't able to unload Bassitt earlier, he could have been replaced for 1/4 of what he's making.
  3. Brownie19
    That's not how the ignore list works. If you ignore them, you just can't see what they post...
  4. Brownie19
    Analytical nerds run baseball and have for years now. The best teams have the best nerds. I completely support the notion that the "plan" was to let Berrios work through the lineup a certain number of times before going to the pen. I have to assume a manager has the ability to modify the plan as required, based on results/feel/etc. Obviously if the starter shits the bed, he comes out early. If he's dominating, they can let him go further. I suspect every single playoff game that's played uses a similar strategy. The challenging point is determining if he's actually dominating, or if he's just performing "normally" and/or getting lucky and whether or not you could deviate from the plan. Schneider decided not to deviate from the plan. We gave up just 2 runs that game, so it's hard to firmly support a notion that it was the "wrong" call - but I understand why fans were upset.
  5. Brownie19
    Thanks for posting. I liked this quote: Although the 34-year-old said there were “a lot of teams calling for me” once he hit the open market, “the Blue Jays were my first priority. I had a good feeling I will be back here when I got traded. I like it here. I had a good meeting when I left with Ross (Atkins). I like how they treat people, your family and the players. It's a little bit different than other teams.”
  6. Brownie19
    Justin Turner to the Cubs for 1 year $6M
  7. Brownie19
    Wow - that stupid rule has been in place for a LONG time. Long overdue.
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    NHL Thread

    Brownie19 replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

  9. Brownie19
    Pirates give Voggy a job as a special assistant to the hitting department...
  10. Brownie19
    I generally support all GM's though. I think fans unfairly rip on them far too much given the amount of information they have available to them. If nothing else, I'm consistent.
  11. Brownie19
    This is pretty hilarious. I also had no idea they were testing the ball/strike challenge system this spring training - because I'm also preoccupied writing 15 paragraph replies defending Atkins. Guilty. LOL
  12. Brownie19
    Interesting. I also lied, he was nominated twice (2020 and 2021) but never won. GG awards are unfortunately a joke. I wish they'd restore the validity of them.
  13. Brownie19
    There are lots of examples of players who aren't good defensively, who have won a GG. Rafael Paleiro is the most obvious example. He won a GG in 1999 while playing 28 games at 1st base and 128 games at DH. LGJ won a GG in LF recently. It certainly happens. Vlad isn't good defensively, even though I do agree that there are glimpses of brilliance at times.
  14. Brownie19
    I'm not sure that's true. If that article didn't exist, we would have had the same conversation in one of the other Vlad related threads (Baerga - Vladdy Signing an Extension, Wait Will Soon Be Over, etc.). Now if moving our conversations to the 'articles' helps the board, then OK - I can get on board with that. But to date, there have been like 70 articles posted and like 48 of them have less than 5 replies. Personally (and I mean this with no disrespect to the writers), most of them seem written towards casuals. I assume that's by design and likely a requirement if you're going to be pumping out several articles a day (across many different platforms, for many different teams). That said, a few have caught my attention and at times, they have created new conversation. I had no idea how many articles would be published. It's WAYYY more than I thought, but that's probably just my ignorance. If this is what's best for the website, than carry on.
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    Yeah - I'd support this. I know he's trying to grow the site, but there's A LOT of articles.
  17. Brownie19
    Bingo. Schneider may have also hesitated because of the respect he has for Springer, but there's little to no evidence that if they approached Springer and spoke to him about moving out of the leadoff spot, that he'd refuse or create any drama.
  18. Brownie19
    Now use career WAR...
  19. Brownie19
    So the answer is no, Springer didn't refuse to be taken out of the leadoff spot. Not surprised, the guy is a class act.
  20. Brownie19
    Bo's OBP was .277 last year, Springer's was .303, Gimenez was .298. If you only consider last years' results, then all 3 options suck. We don't really have an obvious choice, so considering several candidates seems appropriate. Steamer OBP projections Gimenez .318 Springer .319 Bo .324 The .371 mark Gimenez posted 2 years ago is also well above anything Bo's ever done and Springer only surpassed that mark once in his career (2019). I don't see why you'd rule him out as an option in Day 1 of spring training...
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    George refused to be taken out of the leadoff spot last year? That's news to me.
  22. Brownie19
    Yeah - the Red Sox are shaping up to be a good team for the next while...
  23. Brownie19
    That's a pretty good comp right there. Willy Adames isn't a bad one either. He reached free agency a year older than Bo (29 v. 28), but they have had similar results to date (albeit they do it in different ways) and he can actually stick at SS. I think that's a clear sign the market has dropped and I don't think Bo gets anything close to $300M.
  24. Brownie19
    Don't kink shame me Term. So rude.
  25. Brownie19
    I think it's seen obvious to most that Bo wants to test free agency and most here share legit concerns about his ability to sustain his offensive abilities past his early 30's. He relies too much on skills that erode with age. I've really enjoyed watching and cheering for Bo over the years, but I think his time with the Jays is coming to an end.
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