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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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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
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MLBTR had Brendan Donovan listed as one of their top trade candidates. His approach in the batters box fits the Blue Jays style to a tee, and he slides in nicely at 2B. Projected to earn just 5.4M for 2026 and is still arb eligible again next year. He'd cost a good prospect or two, but leaves almost all our remaining budget for pitching.
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Toronto Blue Jays Targeting High-Leverage Relievers
Pendleton replied to Matthew Lenz's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I had the exact same thought on Williams, he may just have too much of a track record, someone will pay up. And yeah we will be quite flush with MLB relievers if they add anymore. Already sitting 8 or 9 deep (depending on rotation jobs) -
I don't want to see Straw pencilled in as an everyday player. He proved he can have value as a bench guy but I think that's where he belongs, and ideally we could fill that role with someone far cheaper.
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We have OF depth but no obvious starting CF candidate outside of Varsho. I don't see him being moved, defense up the middle will always be a huge priority. We just need to keep his bat pushed further down the lineup
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Is RJ Schreck perhaps a sleeper candidate to contribute to the 2026 roster? He has hit and produced big OBP numbers at each level. It's also interesting to note that upon being moved up to AAA in early June, he actually spent slightly more time in CF than anywhere else. 23 AAA starts in CF, 21 in RF, 4 in LF and 6 in the DH spot. If he can passably hack it in center, obviously that hugely increases his utility. He looks like a hitter
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Well it sounds like the Cards are motivated to cut payroll, so I'm assuming they will be looking for cost controlled assets. I think we would be looking at a package that includes prospects and/or cheap MLB ready talent. Probably would have to give up at least one of our better prospects, along with perhaps warm bodies like a Loperfido, who doesn't have a clear path to playing time here. But the main currency, I'd expect to be prospects
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For a trade candidate bat I like Brendan Donovan. Lefty bat with a career .282/.361/.411 slashline (119 wRC+) who can move all over the diamond as needed. Perhaps the Cards can package him with JoJo Romero who would project as our best lefty RP. Inexpensive acquisitions in terms of salary, that could leave room for other major upgrades.
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Only lone wolf weirdos or massive ego main character types would watch our playoff atmosphere and clubhouse cohesion and not want to be apart of something like that.
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Same, I have always respected these pitchers who gained success from being great at their craft as opposed to having dominant talent. Pitching is an artform
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I would include the countless deaths from accidents, many of which were undoubtedly reckless. It's insane how often they seem to happen within the baseball world
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I've always been a big fan but he just doesn't look like the same guy anymore, someone will be taking a huge risk
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John Schneider - Possible contract extension
Pendleton replied to G-Snarls's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
His BP management was always a question mark, and to his credit I think it has now become a strength. -
Yeah unlike the more soft tossing SP's you often see coming from overseas, there should be way more of an RP fallback option. The stuff looks legit
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I'd like to add Josh Naylor's bat to the middle of the lineup. Should be much cheaper than Bo yet easily makes up for his offense. It's just hard to make the positional fit work, without having DH bats wide open. We would have to move Vlad back to 3B (honestly he seems like a way better defender than when we moved him off but I still don't see it happening) and Ernie to 2B in order to accomodate a big bat at 1B/DH
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I have myself fully talked into signing Cody Ponce. There seems to be a legitimate chance of ending up with a 3+ WAR pitcher who can miss bats, on a multi year deal for around $10M per. Always more intrigued to try find those kind of potential surplus value signings.
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I've seen contracts projected at 2/18 and 2/22, the latter from MLBTR who said a third year is very possible. So he is not only intriguing based on his pitching, but also still should be rather affordable
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Cody Ponce seems like an interesting potential value SP signing. His 2025 KBO season was more impressive than Fedde's 2023 KBO year, prior to Fedde having a 3+ win season in the bigs in 2024. Above average FB velocity and some mildly decent results before he left, might make him a bit more bankable than your typical arm coming from overseas. As a bonus, he looks entirely like Kenny Powers from the CF cam Cody Ponce🎗코디 폰세 コーディポンセ (@cody_ponce_) • Instagram photos and videos WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM 59K likes, 1,150 comments - cody_ponce_ on October 31, 2025: "This is to all the fans in the KBO...
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All just set on off season mode.
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Dave Popkins #79 jerseys should be flying off the shelves
