Brownie19
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I personally don't mind the cat and mouse games involved in the MLB offseason. Every other league has caps and such. The cost of players is super predictable and it's all over within 48 hours. In MLB, you just never know what the market is going to be year to year. One year, guys like Matt Boyd are going to be available for 1 year, $7M and the next year, he's getting 2 years $29M. It certainly makes the job more difficult for GM's.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2024)
Brownie19 replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
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None of this is really true. He has a very unique skill - but it's his only skill. Hitting .314 (.346 OBP) with no power and no walks simply isn't that valuable - and it never really has been. Ichiro was never the best hitter in baseball, nor was Tony Gwynn. I fully expect if you told elite hitters like Betts, Vlad, etc. to give up ALL their power and just slap that ball around, they could do it just as well as Arraez can, but they have the ability to do a lot more and be much more valuable to their teams. That said, Arraez's bat has been more potent in the previous 2 years (130 wRC+) and that's reflected in higher WAR's. He's a very polarizing and interesting player with 2 more years of control.
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He's certainly a very unique player. Super slap hitter with no defense or baserunning.
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Cards probably don't need to eat anything now...
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I agree with this mentality. There's certainly a possibility Matz could give us 2 WAR at a good cost.
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Quantrill's old man was a solid RPer. It would be awesome to see Cal transition to the pen and carve out a meaningful role there like his dad.
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Seems like a very big commitment to a secondary piece. The positions he plays and versatility he brings is big for the Dodgers right now, but it may not be 2-3 years from now. If he doesn't catch fire in the playoffs, I can't imagine he gets a deal like this. Sometimes things just break your way!
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Man - last night was glorious. My wife left with my son for a hockey tournament in Detroit - leaving me home alone. Once I got everything in order around the house and my other sons, I hit the hot tub, smoked a joint and sat down to watch the Packers absolutely dominate the Fins. Having bet my Fin loving co-worker $20 - it really couldn't have been a better night. Love is looking healthy again and taking care of the ball. Jacobs is a f***ing beast and guys keep stepping up on defense. Love it.
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Wow - swing and a miss! What a pickup by the Packers. Evan Williams, a projected 6th rounder is playing like a 1st rounder and is already one of the best safety's in football. Love it. Goes to show you how flawed the public ranking systems (and team scouting?) are.
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That's just because a lot of people are easily fooled and can't comprehend what's really happening. We just saw a very good example of this. People who take the time to understand the deals don't think Ohtani got $700M - we know he got the equivalent of $460M.
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Brandon Crawford officially retires. Dude had a fantastic career.
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Is this finally the year the Dodgers don't resign Kershaw? Does he retire?
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Agreed. I don't see the issue.
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I don't believe that's true...
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The way I understood it is there isn't really some major loophole when deferring money or paying signing bonuses. It all gets captured in the luxury tax calculations. Deferring money just helps the team finance the deals better and now a large signing bonus gets the agent their money sooner (as they don't get their cut on the deferred money until it's paid). I don't think this setup is giving the Dodgers an advantage that other teams can't also implement. It's just the Dodgers have more money to spend than most teams. Am I missing something? I don't see this as a major CBA sticking point.
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f***ing morons.
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Martin and Brian McCann I believe. Catchers with 50+ fWAR deserve some f***ing votes (there's only 16 in history). IMO - both deserve to be in the HOF. I believe catchers are grossly under represented and they are 2 of the best of all-time. They are right there with Yadi and Mauer - just without some of the hardware. Martin and McCann are statistically the 3rd and 4th best defensive catchers of all-time (yes I know those stats have question marks). It would be criminal to keep Martin and McCann out and put someone like Sal Perez in eventually.
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Love this debate. It's one worth having every year. There is no right answer. King Felix was a f***ing special pitcher man.
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If you're going to look at peaks and ignore longevity - then I think David Wright deserves a look. He was basically 50 WAR by age 30 and then the back injuries took over. That said, I'm always torn on how to consider longevity...
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What do we think about this Kikuchi contract? What does it tell us about the SPing market? Personally, I think that seems about right. I think 3 years is about right. I think a 4th or 5th year would have been a sign the market is hot and you have to overpay. I also think $21M AAV seems about right. Did LA get a deal by jumping the market like this?
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Yeah that's all fair and I'd agree that $700-$800M without deferrals would be an insane number to get to. Regardless, this is still a very rare opportunity to land a generational bat at age 26. It's crazy to think we might be the ones losing the same type of bat next offseason!
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First - who the f*** uses bWAR? I can't even figure out how to find WAR totals on the BR site! Drives me nuts. Second - Soto put up 9.2 WAR before Pujols even entered the league. Ages 21-25, Pujols put up 37.6 WAR, Soto put up 32.7 WAR (having extrapolated 2020 out to a full season). Soto's defensive metrics in 2022 drag him down a bit, but yes, Pujols' defense and baserunning early in his career are better than Soto's (Pujols was actually a great baserunner at the time). As for $/WAR, it depends on what Soto is really going to sign for. Ohtani was really $460M when you remove the deferrals (we all need to stop suggesting it was $700M). I don't know where Soto lands and I expect there will be deferrals that make the # look higher, but it might be right around that $520M value that Pujols provided when you strip away deferrals. Finally - organizations only get a few opportunities to add a 26 year old generational hitter on their team.
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Driveline Baseball (@drivelinebaseball) • Instagram reel WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM 133 likes, 7 comments - drivelinebaseball on November 18, 2024: "Which MLB pitchers had the best command in 2024? 🎯 With MLB awards dropping this week, Driveline Director of Baseball Ops @jack.lambert is here to walk through who graded out best in our internal models this season.". I found that interesting
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2024)
Brownie19 replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Toronto Blue Jays (@bluejays) • Instagram reel WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM 52K likes, 1,205 comments - bluejays on November 20, 2024: "A special message from KK 💙 All the best in retirement 👏". Interesting message from KK here...
