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  1. Bobthe4th
    Oh yeah those are just the two that stood out to me. They'll be dozens of players in the system that are eligible.
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    Yeah but they seemed to be very worried that JD would accept the QO making compensation irrelevant. Who really knows though?
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    I remember reading an article that said his calves were defective in some way (abnormally large?) at least 2 or 3 years ago after he had pulled up running the bases.
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    To clarify - no one is saying JD was always going to turn into Tulo. But he has had issues with his calves for years, and as you say he was no longer a young athlete.
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    Good points. The risk was also not very big. We already had a good farm so it's not like the cupboard was bare. Only trades of Osuna and Stroman would have resulted in significantly higher returns than what we got for Osuna and would get now for Stroman. JD, Sanchez and Travis were all injury risks and buy low candidates that got lower, and very few others would have returned significant value. The upside to the risk was potentially competing for a wildcard spot while various prospects are integrated into the team (and baseball playoffs are not like basketball where the best team nearly always wins). This would have set the team up for a quick retool. The upside to not taking the risk and trading everyone would have been a few more lottery tickets, plus a few blue chip prospects, none of which would guarantee anything. With a guaranteed downside of an extended period of low attendances, fan interest, and payroll reductions (potentially lengthening a rebuild).
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    IMO the most interesting thing about this offseason is how low payroll will go. They could easily spend basically nothing on free agents and fill out the roster with prospects and minimum players. It'd save lots of cash for Rogers, who'd then hope enough promise is shown that the team can be built up again the next year and attendances (and then payroll) go back up. The reluctance to give Donaldson a QO does worry me a bit that Rogers are going to lower payroll. One of our advantages in the last few years was willingness to absorb salary like in the Liriano / Hernandez trade.
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    Yeah, he may even be given a spring training shot at the 5/6th starter.
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    Kevin Vicuna and Jon Harris.
  9. Bobthe4th
    Ohtani should be able to return as a DH at some point next season, catchers need longer because they need to be able to throw out base stealers.
  10. Bobthe4th
    For f***’s sake, baseball really is the worst. Now anticipating Vlad’s knees to explode next year as confirmation.
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    Tellez was already on the 40 man too. Might as well give him a shot with Morales and Smoak both being potential expiring contract rental trade chips at next year’s deadline.
  13. Bobthe4th
    I suppose he doesn’t want to start a slanging match and then have a reputation as disruptive when he’s entering free agency.
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    deGrom has better stats on pretty much everything except strikeouts and innings pitched, 1.4 higher WAR too. With both teams currently missing the playoffs, W/L shouldn’t be a major factor even for old school voters. If deGrom gets injured and/or has a bad run and if Scherzer continues to deal and the Nats make a charge for the wildcard (+68 run differential is twice the wildcard leading Brewers) then it could go either way. But right now, it’s deGrom in the lead.
  17. Bobthe4th
    Smith Jr, Urena and Pompey to follow? Unless they’ve completely given up on Pompey (it’d be quite a lot of outfielders if Smith Jr joins Davis).
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    Scherzer won't win the Cy Young because of W-L records. If the season ended today, deGrom would win.
  20. Bobthe4th
    1985 Dwight Gooden 1.53 ERA, in the same season he set the record that deGrom just broke.
  21. Bobthe4th
    Yeah they went to Arash after, who then said Atkins said 2019 will be tough - listening to that video that’s a bit stronger than what Atkins actually said to him yesterday.
  22. Bobthe4th
    Yeah we’re ranked 3-5 most places depending on who’s doing the ranking.
  23. Bobthe4th
    Atkins predicts 2019 to be “tough”. That’d support the theory that payroll reduction is one of the reasons they didn’t want to QO Donaldson.
  24. Bobthe4th
    They internally rank the Jays system as the 3rd best in MLB.
  25. Bobthe4th
    Atkins is on for another half inning if you want to listen.
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