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  1. max silver
    I really don't get why you keep repeating this nonsense, with an elite bat this offense would suddenly morph into something much better. The team as a whole has produced a total of 244 weighted runs created this season, with their DH bats providing 23 of those runs. Ohtani alone has produced 53 weighted runs created this season. Replacing the Jays 23 runs with Ohtani's 53 runs takes the offense to a total of 274 weighted runs created, moving them from 22nd up to 8th, and within a stones throw of the 7th place Orioles.
  2. max silver
    Projections had Teoscar signing something like a 4 year 80 million deal so I wouldn't had any serious issues with a 3 year deal.
  3. max silver
    I'm not using hindsight in the slightest. I was big on these two players in the offseason as attainable players who would have injected much needed power into the lineup. Teoscar could have been signed had the team been willing to give him a two year deal, and that most likely would have been a very prudent move as his depressed offensive output in 2023 was a direct result of playing half of his games in Seattle.
  4. max silver
    Holy s*** dude you are just irrationally angry lately. We all get that Bo, Vlad, Springer and Kirk all got off to horrible starts which is the primary reason the offense was so bad in April, but that doesn't excuse the lack of effective bats added during the offseason. For most of the offseason we heard rumors from all of the baseball writers how the team intended to be big players in free agency, so it's perfectly reasonable to be disappointed when the only bat first players made to the roster were the likes of Turner and spring training invites to the likes of Vogelbach an Votto. The every day position player side were lighter hitting defense players like Kiermaier and IKF so there the front office shouldn't get a total free pass of the roster makeup as ultimately the buck stops with them.
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    There were definitely moves out that there that would have helped a lot. Let's say they signed Teoscar and Hoskins for instance instead of IKF, Turner and Kiermaier. That would have made a really sizable difference to the offense, but wouldn't have left much money left over for the likes of Green and Rodriguez and the pitching depth would have been even worse than it is at present. In a perfect world Rogers would have opened the purse strings a bit more than seemed to be the case as an extra 10-15 million or so extra budget would have likely made a world of difference.
  6. max silver
    Hicks was a post trade deadline bullpen reinforcement. It remains to be seen if the team ends up acquiring a similar leverage reliever at the deadline or not.
  7. max silver
    No structural damage according to MRI though. I don't know if this precludes degenerative condition of the elbow ligaments though in that the overall structure is weakened and becoming more prone to catastrophic failure.
  8. max silver
    That's grim news. If I recall correctly Romano already had a cortisone shot in his elbow earlier this season.
  9. max silver
    At this point it would feel like a minor miracle if Ricky makes it through the rest of the season without facing further injury issues.
  10. max silver
    Barring some kind of continuous series of meltdown I see zero chance of Mayza being optioned down to Buffalo.
  11. max silver
    Perhaps the shoulder issues could be connected to elbow problems leading Alek to alter his mechanics, but that's a bit of a chicken/egg scenario that would be impossible to prove one way or the other. Hopefully Alek is one of the guys who comes back with improved stuff after Tommy John rehabilitation is complete and not one of the dudes who never regains their effectiveness. I hoped he would eventually spend an offseason at somewhere like Driveline but if he indeed needs surgery he'll be forced to go through the necessary strengthening process to get back to speed.
  12. max silver
    I would guess a best case scenario for this guy would be to provide a handful of decent innings in middle relief, sort of like Jay Jackson from last season.
  13. max silver
    I did a minor league statcast search to get a glance at his arsenal and he has a cutter that's played as an elite pitch in AAA this season. He throws the pitch 47% of the time and it's generated a 55% whiff rate, average exit velocity of 84.3 MPH and xwOBA of .175. I have no clue how this pitch would play against major league batters but he should probably get a look at some point given the struggles of the Blue Jays bullpen this season.
  14. max silver
    At least he doesn't hate Toronto as much as he hates Boston.
  15. max silver
    This front office group has been really hesitant to call up prospect starters to make spot starts in previous years and has seemingly preferred bullpen games, openers, scrap heap starters and the like.
  16. max silver
    Romano can actually benefit from a lot of relatively easier matchups pitching the 9th inning as well. Garcia does the bulk of the heavy lifting against the opposition top/middle of the order and puts out the fires when a rally is brewing, so putting him in the closer role would likely be counterproductive. I am curious to see what type of role Green is typically deployed in as he was previously an all purpose fireman similar to Garcia when he was at his best. If Romano blows a bunch of saves Green would likely be a solid candidate to take over the closer position or an all hands on deck scenario based on matchups could be employed.
  17. max silver
    I see Mitch White was designated for assignment by the Brewers. I missed that he was cut loose by the Giants earlier in the season.
  18. max silver
    Aside from the making the world series/success in the playoffs part Jays fans can relate to these type of disappointing seasons from key players on the roster.
  19. max silver
    Mayza has generally been solid since around the second week of April as well. He had one really bad outing on the 10th of April where he allowed 3 ER in a third of an inning but has pitched to a 3.38 ERA/2.45 FIP since. His strikeouts are way down though which is certainly not ideal.
  20. max silver
    I'm in no way advocating trading for McMahon. Trading for guys experiencing a breakout season certainly can work out just fine if the guys maintain that type of pace. There's always risk in trades, if you trade for a guy coming off of a bad season there's always the inherent risk the guy is actually bad as well so it goes both ways.
  21. max silver
    McMahon may have taken a step forward with the bat. He needs to show he can keep it up but he's sitting at a 128 wRC+ presently. The .378 xwOBA is actually better than his actual of .370 so it's not like he's been lucky either. On top of that it's largely been built on games away from Coors Field as he's running a home away split of 95 wRC+ at home vs 158 wRC+ away.
  22. max silver
    Ignore list is your friend.
  23. max silver
    Vlad has a chance to come close to earning his money this season if he keeps anything remotely close to his present numbers up. Projection systems have him ending up in the 3.5-4 win range which is a lot more palatable.
  24. max silver
    One thing that's nice about this year's version of Vlad is that he's been producing a ton of value despite the lack of home runs. Over the last 30 days he's produced a 181 wRC+/1.1 FWAR which would correlate to a 6+ win season.
  25. max silver
    Febles has been a real breath of fresh air. I don't recall a single bad send in all of the games I've watched this season. I haven't looked up the numbers but it feels like the team baserunning has been much better so far this season as there just aren't so many unnecessary outs on the bases.
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