Brownie19

It's interesting to see how a player like JD views all of this. He said he told Ross he wanted to retire a Blue Jay after the 2017 season and seems upset that Ross suggested a 3 year extension (claiming he was going to play a lot longer than that). The Jays clearly needed to rebuild, so logically, signing JD to some long extension entering his age 32 season didn't make a ton of sense - a 3 year extension may have helped his trade value. Of interest, JD actually played 5 more years, with the last 2 being pretty poor, so the 3 year extension would have been a good call. JD seems upset that Ross offered to show him how the Jays project him moving forward. He declined (sounding like he's offended by that suggestion) and cites all his MVP votes and what he'd done in the past - seemingly suggesting that he should be paid based on what he's done, not what he's going to do moving forward. I wonder if a lot of players feel that way? Maybe they do when they feel they've been underpaid (based on their performance) during their previous contract? But no good GM does this - nor should they. He seemed upset that Rogers didn't care if they resigned JD. Again, 2018 Jays were rebuilding and lowering payroll for obvious reasons. I wonder how many players care whether the Owner (who typically know nothing about baseball) "wants them there" or not. He goes on to claim he told Ross "I just want you to be straight up with me", which I suspect is exactly what he would have done when reviewing the projections - but JD refuses to see them. Then he's so butt hurt about all of this, he just tells Ross he won't talk contracts anymore, then claims he thinks Ross approach it like this on purpose because he didn't want him to come back? Based on this video, it seems JD doesn't really understand how the business of baseball works (even if he says he does in the video). This doesn't really surprise me - I think a lot of baseball players and fans are clueless. That said, I suspect it's difficult for a star player to ignore the "feelings" - even if it's just business. I get the impression that's part of it. You dominate and give the teams some amazing memories and you never want that to end - but sometimes it has to. I can't say I blame him for that. Thanks for posting the video.

You know the answer to this...

There are a lot of things you could try that would be significantly better than what you choose to do.

We all know you have a raging hardon for the Braves. You just basking in the limelight.

Who has a great time talking smack about the Jays? You enjoy this?

Miles will be shutdown at some point. He threw like 15 innings over the last 4 years. Seems doubtful he'll exceed 100 IP. If he starts, he gets shutdown sooner.

Get the f*ck outta here with this nonsense.

News flash. Every team in baseball operates using advanced statistics/metrics and predictive models. Nobody gives a flying f*ck about you useless perspective on baseball.

Seems unlikely he's been called up to sit and pinch hit.

Wow - some of your very best work there. It's almost like they made decisions based on projected results, not past results. Odd.

We need a spark. Hopefully this kid can provide it. Kudos to the FO for not waiting.

What is Beeter doing that you like him? 6.66 BB/9, 4.54 xFIP, velo down, K's down

I'm not sure he Dad even says this 🤣

Detmers would cost us the farm.

Another random bullpen arm like Varland - who you'd never heard of last year?

Ponce looked great man...

It would seem easy to cite his back injury and wanting to take time off wouldn't it. Kurtz and Rice should be the AL 1st basemen.

Okamoto by month April .674 OPS, 90 wRC+ May .774 OPS, 113 wRC+ June .955 OPS, 160 wRC+ That's a nice trend for a player who's adjusting to life in the MLB. I do wish it was coupled with a downward trend on the K%, but there's still a lot to like here.

Welcome back my friend!

Nice win boys. Back to .500

Juan Sanchez since May 8th (cherry picker!) 32 G, 141 PAs .310/.376/.516 7.1 BB% / 24.8 K% 137 wRC+ Things are back to pointing in the right direction as an 18 year old in A Ball (-3.1 age diff)

JoJo with 3 HRs in 4 games, raising his wRC+ to 122 as a 19 year old in A Ball.

These complex concepts put his tiny brain in a pretzel...

What an amazing comeback today. Well done.