Brownie19

Bills: "Real football isn't played in a dome" Also the Bills: "It's snowing too much, move our home game to Detroit"

Did SD try this with Christian Bethancourt back in 2016? He was going to be a relief pitcher, backup catcher and backup OFer? Didn't work unfortunately.

It's Jansen + for Alek Thomas I suspect.

Holy f*** balls - Endy Rodriguez just tore a strip off the minors this past year....and apparently he's better known for his defense. From Fangraphs: Rodriguez’s defensive chops headline his profile, as he’s universally praised for his work behind the plate. He’s very athletic, and blocks and throws well, but it’s his intangibles — instincts, work with the pitching staff, game calling — that draw particularly rave reviews. As an example, one evaluator recalled a time when Rodriguez gunned a guy out at second, but skipped his throw in a way that looked intentional. When asked about it, he confirmed that he meant to bounce the throw “because he saw the shortstop get a late break” and wanted to give him an extra beat to reach the bag — you can’t teach that sort of thing. You can teach framing, however, which is good because it’s the element in Rodriguez’s game that needs the most refinement. He’s not a butcher back there, but his hands are noisy and have room for growth. Pittsburgh is not trading for one of our catchers. It's too bad T.Swaggs is busting for Pittsburgh or they could have a solid core coming up with Hayes, Reynolds, O'Neill, Rodriguez, Davis, Nick Gonzalez, R. Contreras, Peguero, etc.

Now there's a concept we should explore. With nobody on base - make your catcher a fielder. He can still call pitches with his transponder. It's where the ball crosses the plate - not where the ball is caught (or not caught) anyway! Is there actually a rule saying you must have a catcher behind the plate catching pitches? This might be more feasible when they got to the roboumps too - Angel Hernandez doesn't need to stand behind the plate anymore. He can just sit in a chair next to home plate and call balls and strikes with his cow prodding zapper from there! 3rd strikes and ball 4's poise some issues, but I'm sure we can figure that out.

Thanks man - what website do you get this info from?

I tend to agree with this. I'm only considering O'Neill if we've exhausted SEVERAL other options.

So he's worse than Thornton and Merryweather? Fire Atkins! /s - but this doesn't pass the smell test. What's the Stuff + numbers on him? Isn't it Laika that posts that s***? I'd love to know what website he gets it from (I just googled it and couldn't find it)

This is fair, but the Cards are also firmly in a winning window and have a massive hole at catcher (while also still having Carlson, O'Neill, Donovan and Yepez who play OF). You could certainly see them trading from a position of strength to fill that hole - especially if they think Nootbar is a flash in the pan - or if they think they could just extend Jansen before he breaks out. It will be interesting to see if the Cards get in on the Contreras sweepstakes, or go with a cheep defensive catcher like Maldonado.

Yes they were. 125 wRC+ and 2.7 WAR in only 347 PA's is REALLY good. I have no f***ing idea if he can repeat this. The minor league numbers definitely scare me, but his Savant page certainly gives hope that he's figured something out and is ready to be a stud. Will the league adjust? will he adjust back? Who knows. I'd give up Jansen to find out. I wouldn't give up Kirk to find out. The flip side is Dylan Carlson. He has a great pedigree, but the results haven't been there in the majors and his Savant page suggest he still needs to figure it out. I'll be watching with interest to see who carves out a better career. Jansen for Tyler O'Neill is another interesting fit. He reminds me a lot of Teo - although he already has a massive season under his belt (2021).

Sounds great - until you factor in that you have to pay players money. Enjoy Teo though - he's an easy guy to root for. His smile is infectious, but his defense (and sometime his base running) can been infuriating. His profile suggests he'll probably fall off in his early 30's to be careful signing him long term. We weren't going to, so we get controllable assets and $$$ to spend on FA's, while you get him for 1 more year unless you want to give him a QO. Lots of low leverage guys work their way up into high leverage situations. Swanson's Savant page is really sexy and we need arms that miss bats. With 3 years of control and making peanuts - he's a good fit for us and we get a lottery ticket in Macko who was highly sought after.

Carroll is a budding superstar. Arizona isn't trading him unless we're including guys like Vlad or Bo.

Didn't take Morosi long to start throwing this against the wall.

Guys - let's stop pretending that we're going to land Corbin Carroll in a trade. Dave Stewart is no longer the GM.

Arizona.

They should go look at his Savant page...

100% man.

I'm firmly with Jonn on this one.

He looks like he'd be an ideal/elite 4th OFer on a contending team.

Maybe you should change your name to Rays24? You seem to hate everything.

You realize you no longer get a 1st round comp pick if someone signs the guy you offered a QO to right?

Nimmo is a level above Fowler, but I see the comparison. Fowler was good until his age 32 season - so just sign Nimmo to a 2 year $40M deal - problem solved!

Benintendi blows. Aim higher.

The f***? The Jays were 2nd in the AL and 4th in all of MLB in runs last year.

What the f*** are you talking about? All teams suffer when they get stuck with s***** long term risky deals. Give the price of top relivers, I MUCH prefer the Jays identifying someone they think can be a stud out of the bullpen who has good control and doesn't cost $10-$12M per year.....especially when it appears the market for corner OFers won't be nearly as hot (because it rarely, if ever is). This is a much better use of resources - even if relivers are volatile.