Brownie19

Most Thursday night game blow - but this one is particularly horrible. Matchup of 2 of the shittiest QB's in football.

I like it. Maybe bump back the dugout areas a bit like they are now, but otherwise - move the fans closer!

Eddie was pretty dominant in 2002-2004 - even at age 37/38.

What I see in this video is Adams walking off the field with his head slightly down and this f***ing camera man walks right in front of him. Adams didn't need to shove the guy (nor should he have), but this guy also needs to understand the players are walking off the field after a bad loss and if he's going to cut in front of the path of the players entering the tunnel, he needs to stop and make sure the coast is clear - which he didn't. Perhaps easy for me to say as I'm not in that position, but I'd have hard time morally issuing a lawsuit against Adams because he pushed me after my own stupidity, simply because he's rich and the opportunity is there. If this happened between the cameraman and one of the Teams water boys - would he sue him for $150K in damages? Doubtful.

I guess. I'm just saying I like the idea of Carlson for the right price. Young, switch hitting CFer with a great pedigree and 4 years of control? Sign me up. I have to think Kirk has more value than Carlson at this point. If you could sweeten the pot and use Jansen as the prime asset in the deal, that would be really solid.

You wouldn't move 2 years of Jansen for 4 years of Carlson who's entering his age 24 season?

Carlson would be a good target. I like that.

I mean - I love that idea if you're able to land a legit starting CF, another SPer and another lockdown bullpen arm some other way. I'm just not sure we have the assets to pull that off without moving a catcher.

I can't imagine Romano would have been sharp after throwing 2 innings on Saturday. We'd have been praying to the gods that Berrios was on and took us to the finish line. Then again, Seattle would have been short handed too I think.

I mean - he only started 7 games in corner OF positions for the Jays....

Cimber is also a reverse split guy. Gets lefties out better than he does righties. That's actually ideal. Keep Santana on his shittier side and bring in a pitcher who gets lefties out well. That would have neutralized them bringing in Moore for Kelenic also. Whooooops.

Braves for me. Just love that team and B2B winners would be cool for a franchise I followed a lot as a kid that just couldn't put it together in the playoffs year after year. Astros to shut up the whiners. I'd love to say Seattle because they've never won, but I don't think that's going to happen. And f*** the Padres.

Yeah - what Adams did was totally wrong and he should have acknowledged that an apologized immediately. What I don't like is people who immediately think lawsuit and want to cash in simply because he's a rich athlete. And not that it matters, but why did that guy run right in front of him in the first place?

What's with this f***ing bird on the field? What a game!

That's fair - I'm just curious. I'd agree with you.

That's fair - I was thinking average in my head when I wrote 75%, but yes, it's probably only 60% of the time when you consider OBP.

That's fair - however, I suspect that wouldn't be the universal reaction and people would be nick picking it right now. That's what fans do.

Ruiz was 100 wRC+ in AA as a 19 year old (not 20) in 415 PA's (and then yes he was just 88 wRC+ in AA as a 20 year old - which is odd). Moreno was a 192 wRC+ as a 21 year old in AA in just 145 PA's. Ruiz was also a 145 wRC+ as a 22 year old in AAA with big time power. Moreno was 120 wRC+ in AAA as a 22 year old without a lot of power. I do agree that you might get 'true' value for Kirk right now. Not everyone would give you 'true' value for Moreno given his injuries and lack of power this year.

I'm curious. If he left Gausman in - and Gausman gave up a grand slam to Santana, would most on this board support JS and simply suggest that it was Gausman who didn't execute? or would we rip him for not bringing in Garcia or Bass or another RHP in that situation?

Catching prospects seem to 'bust' more than most positions. We have 2 proven MLB catchers in Jano and Kirk. Moreno was the #1 prospect in baseball (for a short period - err maybe still is according to some), yet it seems to me like he's a f***ton riskier than other #1 prospects in baseball like Rutschman, Franco, Vlad, Witt Jr., etc. even Corbin Carroll. I want all those players over Moreno in a heartbeat. Moreno seems like a Keibert Ruiz type and I just don't think he or Ruiz will ever have the same impact at the ML level that those other #1 prospects will. If someone thinks Moreno is in that top category with other #1 prospects in baseball, then I'd listen to what they have to offer. Alek Thomas + stud young SPer would be a really solid fit IMO.

The reality is managers make good and poor decisions regularly. Sometimes they aren't exposed because of various factors and other times they are. If Mayza gets Santana out, the Jays win and post game, JS says they felt Santana could do more 'major' damage hitting left handed, but were OK giving up a run or 2 in that situation (given they were up 8-1) then people would have nodded and said - oh yeah, good call - what a smart guy this JS is. But of course, the absolute worse f***ing outcome possible happened (which probably had what, a 5% chance of happening?) and now we're all here complaining that it was the stupidest decision ever made, even though Mayza probably gets Santana out (let alone he gives up a hit) in that situation, what, 75% of the time? Here's another example - JS starts Espinal in Game 2. If Espinal goes 0-4 with that error, we should all be questioning why the f*** he started a slap dick hitter coming off the DL in an elimination game when he didn't get 1 rep at the major league level before returning. But of course Espinal goes 2-4 so absolutely nobody is questioning that move right now (nor giving him any credit for that ballsy move). And god knows if the left Merrifield in LF and he didn't get to that fly ball down the line (that Tapia didn't get to either) then people are complaining he didn't put JBJ in the game for defense. That's the world a manager lives in.

The more I think of it, the more I like the idea of Moreno for Thomas + one of Arizona's young, ready starters. Fills 2 needs, while we remain stacked at C with Jano/Kirk.

This is like the 5th time you've mentioned Shelby Miller in the past couple of days. Is he your brother or something? He threw 4 innings this year (yes with great results), but he hasn't pitched well (or much) since 2015 man. These are the types of lottery tickets that could pay off and I'm all for bringing him in as a non-roster invite to spring training, but there's no way you give that man a guaranteed contract...

Brandon League? He had a f***ton of movement on his fastball. It was a super sinker, but never induced the swing and miss you would have expected.

Oh - yes, Frasor started back in A and A+ ball. LA moved him to the pen before he came to TO. Looks like they converted League to the pen in AA ball also. Sorry, the FG page didn't show much for these 2. Neither lasted that long as a starter though.