Pendleton

Hockey twitter trying to wingman for Anthony Beauvillier is just gold

I was thinking more along the lines of younger players who will grow up watching the Jays on tv. Seems like South Korea has fielded some strong teams at recent LLWS.

Flores should be fairly cheap and can also play 2B/3B. Mashed lefties, would be an excellent bench piece.

Wilmer Flores

Perhaps could one day help the Jays in landing future Korean FAs

I wonder how receptive Castellanos would be to a mostly full time DH role. He's a proven middle of the order bat and still young, yet the defensive limitations might keep him rather affordable.

Do you guys believe this signing will affect the way the Jays plan to attack the remainder of this off season, in terms of being more aggressive in pursuing further immediate help?

Should be first in line for the 40-man axe

That could be the Jays offer, but this is a case where I'd see Boras pushing hard for the team option/buyout for year four rather than a vesting option, in order to net the biggest guarantee possible for a client with injury history. That's of course assuming there aren't any big four year guarantees on the table.

Lol jeez the Ducks are destroyed by injuries and a flu bug right now. Missing their top 3 forwards + more. Korbinian Holzer is playing 3rd line RW today, alongside rookies Comtois and Lundestrom.

Wilmer Flores

He went for the Vince Carter and ended up nearly killing Kevin Love with a flying face f***

I saw Bahl live a few weeks ago, very impressive mobility for a kid that size.

And he makes 9M per for two more years. Luckily on a team with an abundance of cap space at least.

Someone like Thames vs righties, maybe Dietrich who was mashing pre injury last year and grades as a good defender at 1B. Also bring in Wilmer Flores to mash lefties.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/12/mark-shapiro-on-blue-jays-offseason.html Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro joined Sportsnet’s Tim and Sid to discuss the state of the team’s offseason efforts. He emphasized that “there’s still a good amount of offseason left” and suggested further additions are yet to come. Shapiro acknowledged that the market has driven salaries higher than anticipated. In response, the club has “adjusted our threshold on players and gone … a certain percentage higher than we thought we would go.” That still hasn’t resulted in any major additions, with Shapiro explaining that a variety of circumstances have kept the Jays from locking up certain targets. One particular challenge, he suggested, lies in convincing players of the team’s readiness to win games. That seems to present a bit of a chicken/egg dilemma, though obviously the organization hopes that its on-field output will improve from within as well as benefiting from new additions. So what of the hoped for “significant additions”? Shapiro says the club has “already added” — a nod to the still-unofficial Tanner Roark and Shun Yamaguchi additions — and is “not done this winter.” (Shapiro suggests the club values Yamaguchi for his ability to provide rotation depth and “upside out of the pen.” ) But Shapiro acknowledged it’s less likely now than it once was that the club will install one major player, though he made clear he’s still holding out hope. Shapiro asks that the organization be judged at the end of the winter and based upon the entirety of the roster movement that occurs. He believes there’ll be “significant” improvement by that standard when camp opens in the spring. But Shapiro also left some unmistakable warnings not to expect too much. He cited the need to maintain “future flexibility” for a hoped-for “window of opportunity,” explaining that the organization must “grudgingly approach giving up that flexibility.” And when asked about potentially adding to the position-player mix, Shapiro used the opportunity to explain why the organization is hesitant to “give up” on certain players, proffering Teoscar Hernandez and Derek Fisher as examples.