Brownie19

I haven't seen anyone reporting on the AAV/$$$ involved in this signing, but I just noticed on Naylor's Fangraph page it says 5 years $92.5M (2026-2030). That seems about right to me - $18.5M AAV. To be honest - he has a lot of similarities to Santander prior to signing with the Jays. Santander hit free agency a year older than Naylor. He also has more power and a slightly higher K%. But in general, they are 2-3 WAR players with 115-125 wRC+ type bats.

So true. I have put (what I feel is) a lot of money into my kids to play sports (hockey and baseball). The funny thing is you almost have to put a certain amount into them when they are young to put them in a position to take advantage of that opportunity when they get hair on their balls. That's when it matters - that's when you find out if they really want it or not. You find out who they really are once they get their first BJ.

The way I read it is Barger was SOOOO privileged that even after his dad built a ball diamond and training facilities for him, home schooled him and hired a personal trainer - he still SUCKED and couldn't get playing time on one of the thousands of local travel balls teams - so his dad started his own travel ball team and filled it with Dominicans (was Barger a loser with no regular friends?) and FINALLY, after all of that, he finally became a legit prospect. The epitome of "daddy ball" for sure. In fact, he might be the biggest and most successful example of daddy ball in the history of baseball.

Do we really need these responses to gruber's nonsense? We've beaten this horse to death over the past 2-3 years. Atkins haters point to the lack of playoff success and love to wave the "waves of talent" quote in everyone's face. We finished 2 outs away from winning the world series and we're still giving these naysayers the time of day? It's nonsense. 2020-2025 is CLEARLY the best stretch we've seen since the incredible 1983-1993 run (which was really remarkable). You want to argue the payroll is the reason? Well guess what? It was a major factor in '92 & '93 - you want to discount that success too? You want to focus on one quote - like everything a GM says must come true or they are failure? That's moronic, but OK. The list of homegrown talent that were drafted/developed by the Atkins regime is pretty substantial. Vlad, Bo, Kirk, Barger, Schneider, Yesavage and Flu were all major contributors this year. Add in prospects we've traded to bring in guys like Varsho, Berrios, Teo, Clement, Varland, Gimenez, Little, Fisher, Bieber, Sandlin, etc. Obviously the FO isn't perfect, but you have to be one miserable c*nt to not give this FO some credit. To keep repeating the same nonsense year after year is really embarrassing at this point. If you haven't or can't enjoy the run we've been on and the current state of the team, than I feel bad for you. It's really sad.

It's really too bad that Straw isn't at least an above average bat v. LHP. If he was a 105-110 wRC+ hitter v. LHP, he'd be the perfect fit for this team. As is - I can appreciate what he brings to the team, but it does feel like we have some guys in the upper minors who can replace Straw for next to nothing...

Joe - when you post, I can't tell if you're trolling or if you're just generally out to lunch.

Varsho's floor is like 2 WAR and the ceiling is 5 WAR. a 4/$40M extension would be a steal.

The Seidler family announced Thursday that they’re exploring selling the Padres. John Seidler currently controls the Padres after the passing of his brother Peter in 2023. In Thursday’s press release, the Seidler family said it would continue to put “every resource into winning a World Series championship,” but that it wouldn’t comment further until the process of evaluating potential bids for the team plays out.

Yeah - that's perfectly fine.

Yeah - I like the idea of Devin Williams - especially if he comes at at discount in terms of years and AAV over guys like Suarez and Diaz. All the underlying numbers suggest he's still a dominant high leverage reliver.

The Stuff+ on Fairbanks fastball has gone from 152 to 135 to 103 to 99 over the past 4 years. Stuff+ on the slider has also declined for 4 straight years, but it's still a nasty pitch (145, 139, 132, 125). I'm sure Fairbanks can still be an effective bullpen arm but it's not a great trend.

The metrics under the hood haven't been great the past 2 seasons and he's been prone to injury.

The "fit" works well if Springer isn't brought back after next year (which would make me sad). From everything I've heard, he brings great leadership to the clubhouse as well, which shouldn't be understated. He was quite consistent and solid the 3 seasons prior to joining the Jays. He was hurt for most of the season - he deserves a mulligan for sure.

Pat Murphy (Brewers) just won it B2B seasons as well...

Showing confidence in Hoffman may be one of the major reasons he performed well in the playoffs. Confidence in one another (even during struggles) may also be why the team was so tight as a group, which certainly seemed to benefit them during the playoffs.

Nice troll effort.

100% they were - over and over. Embarrassing.

Yeah - there's a lot to like about Imai.

nope - just a moron 😁

Hey Olerud - it was a joke.

You suspect Little of crime too?

I wonder if part of this is simply because he doesn't see high velo as consistently as ML players do. Obviously the big question is can he adjust or not.

Kudos to you for keeping an open mind about this. Managers can improve, just like players do.

Anecdotal evidence, but my 15 year old son plays SS. Due to some Daddy Ball issues, he got reps at 2nd base for the first time in years this past season. I asked him if he liked it and he said he loved playing 2nd because it was SOOO much easier than playing SS.