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  1. max silver
    And they should trade a relatively inexpensive reliever who's only scheduled to make $6 million despite providing a full win above replacement. On top of that there was constant grousing that this incredibly reasonable vesting option was going to kick in and that the team should dump this player to avoid paying him that below market salary for 2024.
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    Kirk has had one poor offensive season in his entire career but of course you are going to completely overreact like usual and call the Jansen/Kirk combination gross. Never mind the fact they are projected for over 4 wins combined.
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    The lack of other elite players wasn't for lack of trying at the very least. The front office has attempted to sign elite players in free agency including the likes of Cole, Seager, Semien and Ohtani but hasn't been able to convince them to sign on the dotted line. Trade attempts reportedly include the likes of Jose Ramirez and Juan Soto but the team wasn't able to line up in trade values to complete these deals either.
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    Yeah definitely had a bit of fat finger syndrome there as the Varsho projections range from 99-106 wRC+.
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    The bottom 4 is not exactly awe inspiring but isn't as bad as you are making it out to be. Biggio/Schneider will most likely be above 100 wRC+, Varsho is projected for anywhere from 99-107 wRC+ and Kiermaier is coming off a 104 wRC+ season and has had an above average bat in 2 of the last 3 seasons.
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    I guess a lot of this depends on what your definition of a "big" lefty bat entails. I think Belt was awfully close to qualifying as one personally with his 146 wRC+ against right handed pitching. If I had any belief in his ability to reproduce those types of numbers I'd love for the team to bring him back but there are just way too many red flags that make a repeat seem unlikely. It seems almost a certainty the team will sign a primary DH but it'll be a tall order to fully replace the type of offensive output that Belt provided. I have zero concerns over losing Whit. He was a decent low cost acquisition whose best years are behind him and he's easily replaced by internal options. Ryu was a nice depth option to cover the innings the team lost when Manoah morphed into baseball's worst starter, but if Manoah didn't forget how to pitch Ryu wouldn't have been of much use to the team. It seems more than likely that Chapman will be playing for a different team next season but I'm still holding onto a faint bit of hope that he may be brought back.
  7. max silver
    He's way down on my wish list for DH types as I'd much rather see the team acquire JDM or Soler at this point.
  8. max silver
    Teo was a free agent after last season so his trade would have zero bearing on whether a Soler addition makes sense.
  9. max silver
    He still mashed lefties when with the Angels as he produced a 136 wRC+. He'd likely be cheap as hell at this point to the point as well.
  10. max silver
    Varsho actually outperformed Kiermaier against lefties in 2023 103 wRC+ to 98 wRC+ so it's not necessarily Varsho who would be platooned.
  11. max silver
    I'm not getting the hate here. Grichuk would be a great addition as a lefty mashing 4th outfielder. It's like the haters would prefer to run the likes of Biggio and Schneider in the outfield instead, and if one of the starters is injured then it's possible one of the aforementioned guys is suddenly starting games in the outfield on the regular.
  12. max silver
    I simply don't know at this point. It's entirely possible that the speculative posts pertaining to the remaining dollars could be correct but at the same time I also see a possibility that the team could spend beyond those levels if the right opportunities are presented. Shapiro and Atkins have always been clear that they have full support of ownership to spend to add talent to the roster and it seems as though they need to present the case to ownership as required when the need to increase payroll presents itself. Atkins has always been up front about his desire to maintain financial flexibility for future years and with upcoming decisions on extensions for the likes of Vlad, Bo and Jansen I could see a DH addition being the final addition to the roster. However having said that I can also see further additions being made if certain players are still lingering on the market when spring training is underway and the dollars and term make sense.
  13. max silver
    Sorry to burst your bubble but this is still all speculative so nothing is proven yet.
  14. max silver
    That would at least be a helluva lot better than what he provided last year.
  15. max silver
    This image of Alek in the gym was posted on Reddit and I think he looks way better the shape he was in at the end of the season.
  16. max silver
    Instead of overpaying either Chapman or Bellinger what are your thoughts about paying either of what they are actually worth?
  17. max silver
    I'll certainly agree that it makes more sense to play Varsho in center field full time and that he and Kiermaier are an imperfect fit. Having said that the team received 4 wins from their center field duo last season so it's not the worst thing in the world to run with the duo again. I suspect that Schneider may receive a decent amount of playing time in left field this upcoming season so hopefully he proves his bat is legit and isn't a disaster defensively out there.
  18. max silver
    I still like Yimi as a key member of the 2024 pen and think the value he provides is perfectly appropriate compared to his salary. I think the team can let him leave in free agency and utilize the wealth of high octane relief arms to replace him in the future. None of those guys (Danner, Cooke, Zulueta etc.) are MLB tested or proven yet so there is risk in relying on any of them as primary pen options vs utilizing the best of them as depth options to cover in case of injury or underperformance.
  19. max silver
    Elite defenders with a league average bat can provide a lot of value all over the diamond. Varsho's low 2023 FWAR value is partially due to the fact that his left field defense rated as decidedly average by Statcast OAA. It remains to be seen if this was a single year statistical blip as his DRS of 11 indicates a tremendous defender. Varsho himself mentioned that left field was the hardest position for him due to the way the ball comes off of the bat, so perhaps with time he could improve in left field with more reps. He produced nearly 5 wins in 2022 playing a lot of innings in right field, so the bat played perfectly well in a corner outfield spot in the past and can again in the future.
  20. max silver
    Do you ever stop with this nonsense? STFU already, you don't know any more than the rest of us what the team's budgetary plans are so stop with the proclamations acting like you can see the future.
  21. max silver
    It's tough to make any judgments based on a tiny low resolution photo where the primary subject is wearing a super loose t shirt.
  22. max silver
    Wow that's a really optimistic Steamer projection. I have a really hard time seeing him staying healthy enough to reach nearly 600 plate appearances to start with so the projection feels pretty unrealistic.
  23. max silver
    Where did I make unrealistic offseason suggestions? Feel free to point that out. I don't know how much of the team's payroll budget remains at this point and neither do you.
  24. max silver
    Holy s*** man give the authoritative budget statements a rest already. Unless you are sitting in the team's budgetary meetings you simply don't know what kind of available payroll the team has at their disposal. You are taking a couple of completely non committal statements from Shapiro and Atkins where they left a lot of room for interpretation, misconstruing these into being definitive declarations with no room for change and then posting a constant stream of decisive statements indicating an exact payroll range that the team is going to spend within. Shapiro himself stated that the market will essentially dictate what level they spend to, Atkins has indicated that the team will potentially add only 1 player at current market values, and each of these statements leave an opening for the team to make more moves if the market shrinks to the point where the remaining mid tier free agents eventually sign for mid tier free agent dollars.
  25. max silver
    I'm team Garcia. I think he's underappreciated as a really good member of the Jays pen. He goes through periods of struggles from time to time but when he's on he's super nasty. He has one of the toughest jobs as mid inning fireman and was one of MLB's best at this job for most of the season. I think he is easily worth the $6 million he earns as he's essentially a 1 win reliever per season. Perhaps Green could do the same job but I like him in a leverage role later on in games to deepen the pen as he can take a bit of the strain off of Swanson.
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