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  1. Brownie19
    Max Scherzer (forearm) threw three scoreless innings for Triple-A Buffalo on Sunday. The veteran struck out four and walked two, while throwing 24 of his 41 pitches for strikes. Scherzer also sat 93.3 mph on his four-seam fastball, which is right in line with where he’s been when healthy the last few seasons. His slider got four whiffs on six swings, and was his best swing and miss pitch on the day. Overall, it was a pretty solid outing for Scherzer, who has been out since late April.
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    I believe I've heard otherwise. I think he has certain people he trusts and he only listens to them. I think that's a type of stubbornness. We had a lot of discussions about this back in 2023/2024 when it became super frustrating that he couldn't replicate his 2021 breakout season. I don't have any quotes or articles (anymore) on the topic. I really thought he'd figured something out late last year. Seems this is who is he is - just unable to fully reach his potential due to inconsistencies. He's as frustrating an athlete as I can remember.
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    Just to warn everyone - Valenzuela might look a lot different at the plate when he's only playing a couple of times a week. It's something he's probably never done in his career and most player struggle initially to become bench players who can still perform with irregular playing time. I think we should keep Valenzuela with the big club when Kirk returns - we should see how he handles that role and give him experience at it - but there's a good chance he struggles with the bat in that role. What a great find he's been though. Unreal. Poor Will Wagner is a below average AAA player right now unfortunately.
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    100% - I highly doubt we'll see Kirk starting at catcher 5 days a week when he returns. They will be cautious with him.
  5. Brownie19
    Remember Elvis Andrus? It happens - even to very good defenders. Okamoto has been very solid defensively. I don't have any concerns with his ability there.
  6. Brownie19
    I generally follow the Barrie Baycats and catch portions of several games each year (as my boys play ball out of the same complex/stadium). A couple of the guys I used to play ball with in the NDBL are coaching for the Baycats and there are still a few players I played with in the league. I missed seeing Puig when he was in Town on May 14th, but it was like -7 that night, so we bailed on going. The Baycats also have a U22 junior team now and I know a few of the kids on it. There's a chance that one day a lot of the kids I used to coach may play for them, which would be cool.
  7. Brownie19
    Seems pretty obvious to me.
  8. Brownie19
    For the same reason the haters don't leave this place...
  9. Brownie19
    That is an interesting observation. I wonder if that changes when Barger returns? I assumed they just thought Oka at 3rd, Clement 2nd and Sosa 1st was stronger defensively than Clement at 3rd, Sosa/DS at 2nd and Oka at 1st... Reports said Oka was GG level defensively at 1st in Japan, so I can't imagine the Jays are against playing him there. We just don't have the same defensively flexibility with Barger out.
  10. Brownie19
    I like getting Seabold back. @sliderguy35 was pumping his tires this spring. Where is sliderguy35 btw? Did we scare him off?
  11. Brownie19
    How do you think it felt in the 60's? LOL Dude pitched in 4 different decades! That's insane.
  12. Brownie19
    Really? This guy looks awful. He lost 3+ MPH on his fastball last year - averaging 90.5 MPH warm piss as a RPer. Surely we have better options?
  13. Brownie19
    I'm actually shocked Nolan Ryan isn't Top 3 all-time in HBP's. He's 15th, behind Roger Clemens. I wouldn't have guessed that. Roger had a temper, but he also had good control. Ryan was incredible, but he was very wild. Charlie Morton is 5th all-time in like half the innings of most of the too guys. Randy Johnson is 6th all-time. He must have hit a metric f*ckton early in his career, because he has great control for the last 2/3's of that amazing career.
  14. Brownie19
    It's hard to fathom the fastest guy in the minors was 3 for 8 stealing bases in college last year. Did they forget to tell him he can "go" before the pitcher releases the ball?
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    I had a whole paragraph that explained it man. I don't know what else to tell you. Obviously there is "some" element of current results factored in - but I'm not some SSS moron. The early results increase the concern.
  16. Brownie19
    Detroit is entering a win cycle - I suspect they want more ML ready talent. Jays don't have it, and we typically don't make short sighted deals like that anyway. I do wonder how many times will line up to give a 30 year old Skubal some massive contract/extension. It's got deGrom written all over it.
  17. Brownie19
    Dude - I didn't say he was falling into "bust status" after a couple of weeks worth of PA's. I said he was a high risk of busting the day he was drafted, which is fundamentally and statistically correct. Although I'm sure Olerud would point out that a 22 year old who can't hit CPX pitching has almost a 1000% chance of being a bust and that belief stabilizes after very few PA's.
  18. Brownie19
    Unfortunately, I think there's a high probability that Cook is a bust. He seemed like a swing at upside, given his athleticism. The athlete is so good that we'll "fix him" and make him a ball player. Similar to Anthony Alford perhaps (although he was pre-occupied playing football and the hope was he'd become a ball player once he quit football). I would have said this before he played any games. Obviously far too early to declare he's a bust, but he's a high risk profile as someone who didn't have a ton of success in College. Good news is he also has a relatively high floor as his CF defense alone might drag him to the majors ala Anthony Gose (who's still trying to make it as a pitcher - he's in AAA for KC at age 35, still trying to live the dream). At least his name isn't Anthony.
  19. Brownie19
    That helps, as Jake Cook is off to a brutal start.
  20. Brownie19
    A healthy Yimi would be a massive shot in the arm for the pen.
  21. Brownie19
    Spanky - I don't know what's going on, but this sounds serious. Deep breath friendo. Don't let him get the best of you.
  22. Brownie19
    Big time effort today. Starting to play better ball boys!
  23. Brownie19
    @Brandon Glick - this pitch table is missing Fisher's numbers from Thursday still. Must be a glitch in the code when a RPer starts a game?
  24. Brownie19
    No I can't see them doing that unless they feel Valezuela needs full time playing time to continue his development. Who knows what how they view it. I think he's helped the big league team right now, so I want him to stay and contribute however he can.
  25. Brownie19
    Varland may have asked for it too. We know they like those counting numbers. It helps with their arbitration numbers and how much they get paid. Or maybe JS just didn't want to take any chances. We need to build some momentum and blown leads/saves are super deflating.
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