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  1. max silver
    Wouldn't working on his pitching mechanics and overall stuff also help him to drop unnecessary weight as well? I don't see that the team has anything to lose by having Alek work on conditioning and overall pitching game at the same time with hopes of an eventual 2023 return unless you would prefer 2024 to be a guaranteed write-off.
  2. max silver
    Some of these guys are literally impossible to please. If the team loses a game all hell breaks loose. Win against the A's and it doesn't count because the A's suck. Win 2 of 3 against a white hot team and there is whining because it wasn't a blowout.
  3. max silver
    If Kirk's game calling is this big of an issue the only way he'll get better is by working with trickier pitchers calling their game for them. He can't be sheltered forever.
  4. max silver
    Yeah I don't see a lot of benefit to what would essentially amount to publicly tarring and feather the guy.
  5. max silver
    This should hopefully help the board feel a little better after last night's collective meltdown.
  6. max silver
    I have no doubt the guy is pushing 300 pounds, but it seems just a little over the top to suggest that he's twice the size he was in college.
  7. max silver
    So Manoah was 140-150 pounds in college?
  8. max silver
    Hard to find any kind of silver lining in that overall line. I guess can only get better moving forward at least. Does the organization dare to send him out against the opposition for his next start or is it back to the lab and simulated games for the immediate future?
  9. max silver
    Is Karen honestly the best you can come up with? On second thought that's about par for the course so carry on.
  10. max silver
    There are a lot of really good developments on this team that are largely overshadowed by the disappointments. Like Bo improving by leaps and bounds defensively while continuing to be an offensive force, Brandon Belt has been a stout offensive addition to the lineup, Kiermaier has bounced back completely defensively after hip surgery and been a solid contributor from the bottom of the order etc.
  11. max silver
    This is just one more example of us good Albertan boys getting treated like second class citizens. It seems that everything that ills this province is Trudeau's fault so to hell with that guy eh?
  12. max silver
    It's almost like there is a plague of online Blue Jays critic zombies. These people exist solely to spread their hatred of the front office. Their doctrine is largely based on worshiping the altar of Alex Anthopoulos. This directly leads to a tendency to hate everything about the current front office, and this extends all the way down to the manager whose sole purpose is to be a slave of the front office. I think one of the foremost board members of this zombie cult is Gruber who is constantly complaining about how Ross Atkins directly sets the daily lineup.
  13. max silver
    Having the potential of adding an impact arm like Chad Green available around the time of the deadline is a massive coup for the front office. Trade prices are likely to be insane this year due to the amount of teams battling for a playoff spot around the league.
  14. max silver
    This dude is targeting the highly affluential GTA members of the BJMB.
  15. max silver
    Maybe this message board could be the premise behind a new series. I would be the wise cracking stats nerd, Spanky could be the drunk unkle, Term would be the grizzled detective etc.
  16. max silver
    Yeah we need more information straight away. I'd love to see a sitcom involving a husband and wife who are huge baseball nuts and argue constantly about the Blue Jays.
  17. max silver
    Gray had a really nice month of starts heading into the Jays series before they tuned him up. Still big FIP/ERA spit as his ERA was an unsustainably low 0.84, but FIP was still a very solid 2.76. I am hoping that particular game could be a bit of a launching pad for the Jays offense as I think they have been showing signs of life since then.
  18. max silver
    It's like his balls finally dropped. He used to have success by being scared and too timid to swing the bat because following his highly successful 2019 debut he stopped doing any damage with his bat. Now he's gone all alpha doing a ton of damage at the plate with greatly improved strikeout and walk rates compared to earlier in the season. The last month and a bit for him is pretty crazy as he's sporting a 51.2% hard rate, barrel rate of 19.5%, and average exit velocity of 92.1 MPH. If Biggio can provide these kinds of numbers as a part time player that's still a nice boost for the bench.
  19. max silver
    Totally agree with the decision to shut this so-called debate invitation down. There's really no sense in trying to discuss anything with dudes who are just irrationally angry. These guys should be more concerned about seeing their shrink for anger management purposes instead of spending their time online attempting to spread their rages to others.
  20. max silver
    Shouldn't you be busy bombarding the board with non-stop troll posts?
  21. max silver
    I'm not about to make any predictions about Biggio's future production but there's certainly lots of reason for hope. He's been doing the exact type of things at the plate that were known as his primary weaknesses, such as hitting velocity, hitting pitches up in the strike zone, and hitting the ball hard with regularity. Instead of deriving his offensive value by literally not swinging at pitches he's deriving value by doing damage at the plate instead.
  22. max silver
    You should look this up instead of assuming. Varho's pull rate was a bit lower for the start of the season but not by a great degree. Varsho pull rate by month: Mar/Apr 46.5% May 53.3% June 52.8%
  23. max silver
    Varsho already is a pull hitter with a 50.9% pull rate. Jansen is only a few ticks higher at 52.6%.
  24. max silver
    I think a very large part why the system appears so disappointing is injuries to a lot of the top prospects. All of Tiedemann, Barger and Barriera have missed significant time due to injury. Another top prospect in Bonilla has just started playing recently as well so he's another big name that hasn't provided much hype yet. I think there is plenty of prospect capital to improve the big league club as it stands presently. There might not be enough prospect capital to add a big name starting pitcher or position player but unless there is a long term injury to a key contributor I don't know if the team would be looking to add this level of impact or not. Adding the likes of a lefty mashing outfielder, leverage reliever or depth starters will be easily in reach with the names you've mentioned.
  25. max silver
    Exactly this, it sounds like the Franco situation goes a lot deeper than somebody watching a ball off the bat a little too long or making some sort of mistake in the field.
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