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Connor is so dumb that even his attempts at dunking on other posters just end up smashing him in the face.

Go check for yourself if you don't believe me. ESPN reported he earned at least $35 million in 2023 alone. Whether he earns $500 or $600 million on his next baseball deal he's likely to become a billionaire at some point in the future if his money is managed wisely.

I've seen reports that Ohtani earned in the neighborhood of $40 million from endorsements alone last season, so I honestly doubt he's going out of his way to squeeze more money out of the Dodgers for his next deal. He's noted to be very frugal as well so a few extra million one way or another seems very unlikely to sway him one way or the other.

And on top of that if he can't continue pitching it's not like he'd be immediately forced into becoming a full time DH only as he's a very good athlete who would likely be a great outfielder.

The dude took a massive financial haircut to stay in Cleveland long term and has full no trade protection. I would wager it would be incredibly unlikely for him to agree to being moved in trade.

Yeah the dude has absolutely raked at every step along the way. All 6 of his AA home runs came in a 29 game sample as well so there's hope that there is a bit of juice in the bat. 3 out of 6 of his home runs came on the road as well so it's not as though he received a huge boost from the lefty hitter friendly home ballpark in New Hampshire.

Thanks a bunch for sharing the top 10 list Spanky. Has BA released updated farm system rankings yet?

I think Tiedemann is the club's most important prospect if there is to be any chance whatsoever of sustained contention. I wouldn't personally rule him to be untouchable by any means but if he's the necessary component for a 1 year rental the team needs to simply walk away.

Thankfully it was the Blue Jays prospective depth starters that suffered a litany of injuries last season vs the rotation itself. All of White, Francis, Hutchison and Tiedemann suffered from injury which limited their availability.

I don't think the Blue Jays would have the necessary trade assets available to acquire Tatis to start with.

In both of these cases the hall went against the wishes of the player.

Dick is the new dick. Or the old dick. Or something. Can't say I'm much like Grant though. For starters I don't have an unhealthy hatred of all things Boston so that immediately disqualifies me from that title.

I can read just fine. It seems the issue may be that you have an incredibly short memory. You specifically complained about trading Vlad for a player who barely hit .200. There was literally no other substance in the post.

Imagine using only batting average as a means to evaluate overall player performance.

There's a snowball's chance in hell Carroll would have ever been on the table for any of the Blue Jays catchers.

Seems like somebody is setting himself up for disappointment.

Kikuchi's Steamer and Zips projections each project him to take a bit of a step backwards but nothing too severe. I hope he trains at Driveline again this offseason as it helped him make a dramatic career turnaround after his first rough season with the Blue Jays. On that topic it would be amazing if Manoah were to train there as well as a few added ticks of velo would make likely be a huge difference maker for him.

I don't expect any massive drop-offs in performance, but then I wouldn't have expected Manoah to suddenly tank heading into 2023 or Berrios to struggle in 2022 so anything is possible.

I recall Keith Law said his hips were so big he had a hard time getting around on the baseball. Wasn't he affectionately known as Walrus on the predecessor to this board?

White was throwing bullets/sitting mid to upper 90's to end the AAA season so he likely has a legitimate opportunity to be the swingman/6th starter. I would guess Francis is more than likely to be stretched back out in spring training next season. He was hurt in the spring and didn't have a chance to be fully stretched out before his eventual call-up. Maybe Parsons would receive a callup before Tiedemann if he's deemed not sufficiently prepared for MLB, but that leaves him as a more likely 8th rotation option vs 6th.

It could also be something that would "normalize" given more seasons of data.

That's one guy we are in agreement on. I thought he would make a tremendous 4th outfielder/platoon bat but it's not surprising he would choose to return to the Dodgers.

The 30+ dudes all have pretty spotless health histories at the very least.

Isn't that dude more like the #8 starter?

Both Kirk and Moreno had portions of their career where they were noodle bats, and each of them has had stretches where they are high average hitters with power. Kirk's first 544 plate appearances in MLB saw him produce a 139 wRC+ and hit 21 home runs. He hit the ball hard with regularity with an average exit velocity of 92.1 MPH and a hard hit rate of 46%. This is the type of upside he has displayed against major league pitching. If he returns to any semblance of this he is going to extremely valuable factoring in his gold glove nomination worthy defense behind the plate. Unfortunately he stopped squaring up the baseball almost completely in the second half of 2022, and the next 633 plate appearances aren't nearly as noteworthy. He has slumped to a 94 wRC+, hit only 10 home runs while slapping the ball around with an average exit velocity of 87.9 MPH. It's far from determined what type of hitter Moreno is going to be moving forward. We can definitely state he's going to gun a bunch of runners down when behind the plate, but we simply don't know how his framing is going to look in the future. He had a hot streak to end the regular season which carried into the first few playoff rounds, but leading up to this he spent several seasons of play as a singles hitter who hit a ton of ground balls, seldomly walked, and hit for very little power. For the final 3 playoff rounds he did very little with the bat more akin to how he looked prior to his hot streak. I'd love if we could go back in time and avoid the broken hand that seemed to completely sap his power, but what is done is done.