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https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/munetaka-murakami-landing-spots-mlb-free-agency-npb/ They list us as the fourth most likely landing spot for Murakami, for whatever it's worth
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I was just looking at Luis Severino, I wonder if that makes some sense for both sides. Same age, very similar projections to Berrios but slightly better, only costs 2M more this season. The kicker for us would be the lesser commitment. Both can opt out after 2026 but Berrios ($48M/2) would be walking away from much more than Severino (1 year $22M) and seems far less likely to do so. From our end I think we stand a good chance of getting the better starter in 2026 but also of having the payroll flexibility a year sooner. From the A's perspective, Severino publicly stated his dissatisfaction with their home park situation. They signed him to fill a particular innings eater role and likely will have trouble adding any good arms in FA to replace him, especially in this market. A straight up swap for another veteran SP seems to make some sense.
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MLBTR posted an article indicating that teams were showing interest in converting Helsley to starting. Part of their explanation was that the starting pitching market is weak this off season. Immediately made me wonder if that makes a Berrios trade more possible, than it perhaps would have been in a more typical pitching market. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/11/tigers-among-teams-interested-in-ryan-helsley-as-starting-pitcher.html
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Leiter is a reverse split guy - RHP who has one of the top K rates in the league against lefty hitters. Fisher actually has similar reverse splits, but better.
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I wasn't joking
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Baltimore is calling, he'd be right in the mix for a rotation job
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2025)
Pendleton replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
It was probably an astute move to acquire him for someone like Wagner who has such an entirely more narrow path to a big league career. -
General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2025)
Pendleton replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
https://www.mlb.com/amp/news/top-sleeper-prospects-added-to-40-man-rosters-2025.html Valenzuela mentioned here -
The sky was the limit but somehow they stumbled into the basement and got their foot stuck in the sump pump hole.
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Meh I think this slow burn is better than hockey where the whole off season happens within nearly a week, and then you have over two months of virtually nothing.
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They'll likely sign another back of the rotation type like they did with Sugano last year, but I doubt candidates are lined up at their door right now
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Weird move. I can see how Ward's righty bat fits into the middle of the O's lineup (they are a bit lefty heavy) but could they not have found a similar free agent bat without having to deal from their miniscule pool of pitching? Their highest paid player is Tyler O'Neil, signed last year for 49.5M/3. Does this move push him to a bench or short side platoon role (if healthy)?
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Defrockery is not allowed here, we use a classic tar and feather system that is tested and true.
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Yeah and he must be comfortable with their rehab/training program + coaching staff etc. Long term that can have much more value than chasing the extra few mil now
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We could load this pen up CP Diaz or Williams R Iglesias R Hoffman L Newcomb/Ferguson/Coulombe/Thielbar/Romero R Varland L Fluharty R Yariel/Fisher/Nance/Yimi L Lauer
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2025)
Pendleton replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Yeah he was 17th overall in catcher WAR. It had me sort of contemplating whether he'd draw interest this off season. The FA market for catchers is terrible and Heineman is probably at least low end starting catcher caliber if his great defense holds up to a much larger sample - even if the bat completely falls off. Given that there's always a shortage of quality catchers, I would be surprised if we didn't at least have some calls on Heineman. That's not to say he would return enough value to justify moving him. He surely has more value to a team who doesn't have a Kirk (or anything close) but probably not enough to bother creating a void. We do have a very possible future back up in the recently acquired Valenzuela, but it's likely best to give him some MLB time to prove himself defensively before making that call. -
One decent trade and we would be up to three
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If Ponce doesn't turn out to be legit, that would be the spot to address by the deadline. I also would say there's a non-zero chance of Bieber returning to frontline status.
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DH Springer 2B Donovan 3B Vlad 1B Naylor C Kirk RF Barger LF Santander? CF Varsho SS Gimenez Clement, Lukes, Schneider, Heineman (Straw?) Gausman Yesavage Bieber Ponce Berrios R Edwin Diaz R Hoffman L Jojo Romero R Varland R Fisher [Yimi] R Yariel L Fluharty L Lauer
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Jimenez, Stanifer, Loperfido & Little for Donovan & Jojo Romero.
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I get where you are coming from, not wanting to spend precious remaining budget on anything middling. I just have Iglesias a hair above the middle, he's proven to be pretty darn effective and might very well be our best RP (less volatile profile than Hoff). Perhaps not elite but at the bottom of the top end, it's a quality addition. Plus I don't know that it would necessarily prevent us from also pursuing someone like Diaz and having a really loaded up pen.
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Last year, Iglesias was in the 90th percentile for chase % and 88th percentile for whiff %. Also 81st percentile for K % and 88th percentile for hard hit %. That's a good amount of swing and miss, without getting hit hard, nor does he walk many (76th percentile). I like the idea if the term is short, giving a big long term deal is scary with any RP. By comparison, Iglesias is slightly behind Hoffman in terms of getting whiffs but also far less prone to walks and hard contact. More of your standard late inning RP profile.
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https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/raisel-iglesias-628452?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb His success doesn't seem to be any sort of mirage
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https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25292078-ranking-all-30-mlb-teams-free-agent-destination-2025-26-offseason Bleacher report ranks the 30 MLB teams as free agent destinations. The Jays are ranked at #3 behind the Dodgers and Mets
