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How far away is JoJo Parker realistically? Would be something if he absoloutely destroys the minors and he can come up here sooner than later

Correction. 175+ more games sir :)

Decent enough for opening day. It'll look much different come July than come August. Garcia, Bieber, Yesavage and Berrios all on IL to start too. Miles will for sure end up being designated sooner than later... as early as guys start coming off IL. I would've preferred we gave Seabold a shot...

I agree on Seabold he looks very promising. They need to give him a shot in my opinion Miles and Bastardo if they like them, send them back and try to work out a trade for them. Im sure Giants/Red Soxs probably dont want those 2 guys on their 40 man

Im personally over the Davis Schneider excitement Rather Jimenez or Kasevich make the team... better D, better base running, better flexibility Jimenez is a career .393 OBP in minors and has shown a good eye in limited mlb time Kasevich is unknown and thats excited Schneider is what he is. Send Schneider down. Roll with Okomoto in LF vs LHP, slide Ernie to 3B and put Jimenez/Kasevich at 2B. As of now we need a much better LH bench bat than Schneider. That should be a priority acquisition throughout the year

If the goal is too have flexibility and have a 26 man roster that you can plug and play for match up purposes i dont see how you can carry Schneider, Lukas and Straw on the bench and not Jimenez. Gimenez and Clement are our only SS options and Clement is our starting 2B. Only other guy that can play MIF is Davis and thats 2B. I think we'd have better flexibility to keep Jimenez so vs LHP he can play SS or 2B and get another righty bat. Too many lefties right now in Varsho, Barger, Lukes, Gimenez, Sanchez and none of them are good vs LHP

Lots of free agents guy available but fit seems a challenge However do you guys think Nathaniel Lowe is washed up or could he bounce back? I think he could be had for really cheap If jays trade a positional player for RP he'd be a guy i wouldnt mind the jays taking a cheap flyer on Springer/Santander probably wont play a full season so having Lowe on the bench as a lefty bat could be a good thing. Injuries will also certainly happen Its also crazy to see Suarez coming off a 49 HR season still on the market and hard not to want to kinda see jays add a 49 HR bat

Good for Bo But considering hes not a power bat, avg defense and his up and downs over the years I think its good we didnt sign him to such a contract.

That is just incredibly stupid Mlbs gotta do something about improving the competitive balance of the sports. Not sure what the solution is but theyll need to figure it out

If Mets offer Tucker 5 / 250 thats nuts. Full mode desperation move too. Can't be mad if tucker isnt a jay with that offer on the table

If Mets really did offer 50M per year than I dont see how Tucker can say no. I dont Bo is coming back or he would've resigned by now if he was Im prepared for both to sign elsewhere and if they do I hope the jays can still pick up some guys and hopefully on the cheap Id target some more RP and one guy I think can have a huge impact on this team is Luis Arraez His batting profile would fit admirably with this team and with our positional flexibility I think we can mask his defensive inneficiencies The jays took it old school last year by going for contact and discipline over the long bomb and it was a successful recipe. Not many guys out there that are better than Luis at putting bat to ball. If hes willing to take a 8M / 1 or contract and accept a platoon role he could be big for this team.

If we can get both Bo and Tucker at the expense of dumping Santander and Berrios to the Mets id do it. No questions asked Springer - DH Tucker - LF Vladdy - 1B Bo - 2B Barger - RF Kirk - C Varsho - CF Clement - 3B Gimenez - SS Schneider, Straw, France, Heiny Trade Lukes

Taylor Ward whom they got from the angels If Gunner gets back into form they could have the best offense in the league with a heart of the line up of Gunner, Hard, Alonso thats 120 HR potential there. Holiday, Westburg, Mayo, Rutschman are not bad either and Holiday/Westburg could put it all together any year now and start becoming 30 HR guys too. AL east just got.tougher

I highly doubt that Even from a finance perspective its better to get 300M in 10 years rather than 320 over 12. Invest the difference 3M in annual salary (30M vs 27M) minus tax and you'll come out ahead

You most likely are right. Im just trying to temper my expectation. Generally the teams with the "best anything" tag in the offseason doesn't end materializing, unless its defense. That's the beauty of baseball its so unpredictable. I'll feel better about it in May once Gausman shows no drop in velocity or stuff entering his age 35 season and Bieber showing he's healthy That's really my concern that if Biebs and Gausman are not on it next year, than we'd have to rely heavily on 2 guys (Ponce and Yesavage) that haven't proven themselves over a course of a full season in the MLB which is a grind and takes a toll on pitchers