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  1. Brownie19
    Wagner's statcast page is looking pretty sexy, but I'd agree, it's too early to say he's the real deal. How many at bats does it take until you'd believe in Wagner (or others)? Is it 400-500 PA's?
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    Not that Im aware with. He's been contributing for a while now.
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    Don't do this kinda s***. BatFlip is a quality contributor to the board. Don't be a dick.
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    I agree. Rooker looks like a legit star. Incredible given how long it took for him to develop. Butler is a beast. Legit star in the making. They got Bleday for next to nothing and turned his career around and Jacob Wilson's bat looks incredible. Would be unreal to see Billy Beane get one more shot to win with zero budget.
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    At what point are we confident that Horwitz and Will Wagner are legit with the bat? How many at bats?
  6. Brownie19
    I know someone posted about Parker Meadows hitting the GS to beat SD...but I can't find it. Here's a cool clip as apparently the SD announcer went all Lou Brown...with different results. Enjoy. Rob Friedman (@pitchingninja) • Instagram reel WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM 9,284 likes, 69 comments - pitchingninja on September 6, 2024: "Padres announcer Mud Grant channels Major League. Both the Movie pitch from Wild Thing and the Real life pitch from Robert Suarez are 101mph. But much different results. Lol. #mlb #baseball".
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    I never talk it absolutes, but there's no chance we sign a catcher who's better than Jansen to pair with Kirk this offseason. We have much bigger holes to fill.
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    NFL Thread

    Brownie19 replied to Dylan's topic in Other Sports

    Great game to start the NFL season last night. Would have been even better if Lively got that toe in bounds. I'm told the GB/PHI game tonight is exclusively on Peacock. f*** that s***. Can someone help me find a way to watch it without signing up?
  9. Brownie19
    Yeah - I'd agree with that, assuming he's going to get $8M+ this offseason.
  10. Brownie19
    I agree with this 100%. In a perfect world, they would have SP depth in the minors in the form of real prospects they could draw upon to fill in the rotation if Francis/Yariel fail (or there are injuries) - and that would be a reasonable approach to take (albeit there is concern that Gausman/Berrios don't offer the talent you want at #1/#2 anymore, which complicates things). Having young, cheap SPing is a massive benefit to teams and it would be ideal to find that with both Francis and Yariel. The challenge is you're going to need a reasonable backup plan. Ricky T is f***ing us over in this regard as we "should" have Ricky T and Bloss as the main depth pieces in AAA that we could call upon when needed. The lack of depth in the upper minors makes this approach more risky. Perhaps there's a trade to be had this offseason that helps fill that void?
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    The FO has some options in which approach they take, but I think it's pretty obvious they don't have the money or the assets place to fill all the holes. This is likely going to lead to more frustration from Jays fans and this board. Go with Approach #1 as you suggested above and the rotation may be too thin. If we do suffer some injuries, we could be in trouble. Declines from the big 3 guys may also leave us without the talent we need at the top of the rotation. Go with Approach #2, which would be 1 big bat, 1 SPer and Bullpen and they run the risk of failing to address the lack of power and offense for a 3rd straight season. Relying on guys like Bo, Kirk, Springer - and some key Buffalo players to produce more offensively. Each approach will come with it's own probability of failure. I suspect the FO will have their preferred approach, but will keep both open and have to do their best to read the market and take the approach that gives us the most bang for our buck.
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    I love it. It will help make him more affordable to resign this offseason!
  13. Brownie19
    That's true - but literally every single RP prospect s*** the bed. It's like the opposite of volatile - it's consistency. Blue Jays RP'ing prospects go to AAA and they all die on a consistent basis.
  14. Brownie19
    It's hard not to get a little excited with the raw tools that Barger has. I've thought he looks fine defensively at 3rd and his arm is like 4th best in the majors or something. His bat has come around nicely, although it would be nice to see him being more patient and taking walks (which he did do in the minors). Seems unlikely he ever hits LHP, but you could see him become a solid strong side platoon starter moving forward. Age is still on his side too.
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    Yeah - who knows. I never really understand the Giants. The only angle I can see is this is the Giants telling the league and it's players "we're committed to winning and will pay top dollar, as required to achieve that". Do you overpay Chapman in hopes that other stars think "those guys will spend what's required to get top players" and thus it makes them more attractive to free agents? That's the best I can come up with.
  16. Brownie19
    Well it seems all the interesting RP prospects we have go to AAA to die...How on earth is Connor Cooke not on this team and contributing already?
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    Just wait until he gets to AAA and starts walking 10 per 9...Pardinho is the latest victim. It must be f***ing painful watching the late innings of a Bison's game.
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    Well that made me look up who Lou Boudreau was. Quite a good player. It's so amazing to look at stats from that era and see a guy who had a 14.5% BB rate and a 1.3% K rate. Such a different time.
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    That isn't a good sign for the Jays as we near the offseason. That's a big bag of money for a guy entering his age 32 season. That said, he's been really, really good this year. Good for Chappy, but there's a ton of risk in that for the Giants. Giants are an interesting team. Fitzgerald, Bailey and Ramos are nice young players, but overall, this team stinks and I don't see that changing anytime soon unless they spend a f***ton more in the offseason. Not much on the farm system to get excited about, yet they always seem to be trying to shove and buy big names.
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    Yes - players are underpaid early in their careers. That's a separate argument altogether. For those who make it there, they are often extremely overpaid later in their careers too. The system rewards those with longevity. But that really has nothing to do with my point. Vlad isn't in the same class as Soto, Ohtani or Betts at this point in his career. Yes, the bat is, but baserunning and defense are part of baseball. There's little to no way Vlad should be paid as much as those guys at the same point in his career. He hasn't earned it unless you "just" look at old school counting stats like it's 1997. I can't imagine Vlad's agent presenting his case to the arbitrator, presenting a chart showing how many RBI's Vlad's had over the past 5 years - comparing it to Betts (a leadoff hitter) and going "see - Vlad has more RBI's, therefore he deserves as much as Mookie got". It must take a lot of acting to pretend like you believe s*** like RBI's are an impactful way to judge value in your player. It would be even hard trying to argue your pitching client deserves a big raise because they had 16 "wins" last year. It's bizarre.
  21. Brownie19
    100% I suspect he's coming out now after 89 pitches thru 6 innings. He continues to impress. Gotta love it.
  22. Brownie19
    That's just so f***ing stupid that these massive amounts of money are handed out based on archaic ways to measure value, by people who know very little about baseball. Tony Batista would have cleaned up in today's world where empty counting stats reign supreme... How on earth can't MLB fix this? Is it because Owners benefit by this system just as often as they get f***ed over and thus it isn't felt to be an issue? I'd still think the MLBPA would be bitching about it - trying to help those who get f***ed over (all while ignoring guys like Vlad who get overpaid).
  23. Brownie19
    I can't tell from that video...does the ump say anything to Skenes? All I can see from that video is the ump talking to Derek Shelton. I originally assumed Shelton barked at the ump and that was his response, but perhaps the ump did bark out at Skenes to not show him up? Hard to tell because the commentators were talking. Either way - it wasn't a strike - it wasn't even that close and certainly not a pitch you'd start walking off the mound, assuming it's a strike. It's really stupid to show up the ump like that in the 1st inning whether you're a rookie or a vet. I'm also not sure the one Langford at bat is evidence that umpires give rookies a harder time like they did back in 1995. Angel shouldn't be used as any example of how the typical umpire works these days. Angel Hernandez is a disgrace to the game.
  24. Brownie19
    I tend to agree that he'll get close to $30M - but why should he if Soto got $31.5M last year and Betts got $27M in 2020? Soto and Betts had been significantly better than Vlad through the same point of their careers. He's also not Ohtani, who was coming off an 8 and 9.2 WAR seasons. He's simply not in the same class with Soto, Betts or Ohtani. Why isn't there are argument that $25M is plenty fair?
  25. Brownie19
    Bo is dead to me. He's the new VC in Toronto - f*** him. Is Clement good enough defensively to play SS fulltime?
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