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At a glance I don't think DeJong has the arm for third base as he's 24th percentile in arm strength. Although he's improved tremendously, Bo at 3rd is also likely a recipe for disaster given his issues with throwing accuracy on shorter throws from short stop.
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It would be a really tall ask to call up a rookie to make his major league debut, all while replacing one of a team's most important players in the thick of the wild card race. Barger can compete for a spot on the club out of spring training and not be dumped into the middle of an absolute pressure cooker situation.
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I really hope that Seattle decides to sell. Teo would be a perfect fit for this roster.
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Prices at the deadline are much higher now than they used to be due to the much larger pool of potential contenders. If the front office moves the likes of Tiedemann and Orelvis for rental players then you can go ahead and bitch about how they emptied the farm like AA did.
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It's too bad the Blue Jays have one of baseball's worst minor league systems. They must have had to move several top prospects for Hicks. Oh wait, they moved a few middle of the pack back end rotation options. There is a wave of middle infielders currently filling the roster in Buffalo, but those don't count obviously. The team had a rotation full of legitimate prospects that allowed this trade to be made without touching any of the top prospects, so it's not nearly as dire as you are trying to portray.
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Tiedeman is almost certainly going to be a lot more than a cheap back end of the rotation arm.
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If he's not healthy he won't even be on the roster to start with.
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Yeah it's quite the swing in value adding Hicks to the pen and removing break only in case of emergency option White from the roster.
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The potential difference maker rotation options are already dwindling a bit with the Scherzer and Montgomery trades. It also sounds like the Cubs may go for it so that could also mean Stroman may not be available as well.
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You are speculating whether Romano will be removed as closer. If he's done nothing to warrant being removed from this spot why would you even bring it up as a topic for discussion unless you thought there was a reason to do so?
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Romano had done absolutely nothing to warrant being removed as closer.
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I think the entire pen is going to be stacked if/when everyone is back healthy and at peak effectiveness. A pen with Romano, Green, Swanson, Hicks, Mayza, Garcia and Richards as a starting point is pretty stout. There will be an interesting battle to see who fills out the remaining spot between Cabrera who has been really impressive in his small sample with the team, Pearson and Jackson. It appears as though there will be a tough decision on which guy is the odd man out when it's all said and done.
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Yeah both of these guys likely max out as 5th starter/innings eater types, but each of them may have been legitimate depth options as soon as next season. Given how the team had all of the older depth options flame out this season hopefully the rotation depth will be more successfully addressed next offseason.
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Damn that's a really steep price. Definitely needed another leverage arm with Romano on the shelf right now so good on Atkins for pulling the trigger.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2023)
max silver replied to Krylian's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Alejandro Kirk appears to be serving up a giant steaming cup of shut the f*** up to all of the filthy fat shamers on this board. You guys should be ashamed of yourself. -
I think Chad Green is likely to be the late inning shutdown guy once he is ready to be activated.
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Umm have you not seen how poorly Romano has performed in non save situations? It might not be the best move in the world to move him out of a role where he has really excelled.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2023)
max silver replied to Krylian's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
It's far from dumb to run a 6 man rotation for a few weeks where the team has no days off. The Jays ran with a 4 man rotation for an extended period of time and are extremely fortunate that they escaped with all of the starters in good health afterwards. Bassitt in particular has been battling some minor issues this season directly as a result of this, and the remaining rotation members had to completely alter their maintenance routines in order for the team to survive this stretch. Gausman was on track for a career high in innings, and had his own minor injury scare heading into the all star break. The top 3 of the rotation has pitched a ton of innings this season, and the ability to back off of a bit during a tough stretch of games will allow these starters to get a little more rest and recovery time heading into the stretch run of the season. It's a good thing they will be able to take the foot off of the gas a little bit for a few weeks given how hard the top 3 has been pushed this season. -
Come on man, even you are better than this. Who gives a f*** whether Kikuchi was bad last year. Your argument is similar to saying Manoah should be kept in games longer because he was good last year instead of taking into account how he is actually performing this season. Kikuchi is a much better pitcher this season than he was a year ago. His stuff is better and his command is much better. His numbers third time through the order this season are much improved vs over his career as well. When he's dealing against a weak lineup, has ace like stuff on the night, is commanding his pitches effectively with minimal mistakes, accumulating whiffs, has shown no sign of fatigue either with regards to stuff or command, pulling him in the 70 pitch range is an extreme example of over managing. The Mariners did not look dangerous against him the entire game, and most of their baserunners up to that point were softly hit infield singles.
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This game outlines how Mitch White needs to be gone as soon as Chad Green is ready if not sooner. If management doesn't trust White to get 3 outs with a 4 run lead, Swanson running on fumes and everyone else unavailable White is literally useless to the team.
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There's no guarantee Scherzer would even be a pitcher you wasn't starting in the post season based on his performance this season. The worst case scenario would be Scherzer suffering injury and missing most of the remainder of the season and getting no return on the investment.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2023)
max silver replied to Krylian's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Missing from this entire conversation aside from the poster who originally brought it up is that Garcia has a vesting option for next season, so aside from a trade or an absolutely stupid decision like a mid-season DFA that would greatly weaken the overall pen, he's going to be coming back next season. -
General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2023)
max silver replied to Krylian's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I had no issues with pulling Gausman after 6 innings. He was coming off a minor injury after a pretty lengthy layoff and featured a really mediocre fastball on the day. He was fortunate to only allow 4 runs given how he allowed 4 gone runs. If ever there was a day to push him further this wasn't it. -
General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2023)
max silver replied to Krylian's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I see zero reason to fret so much over a $6 million option. If the team were to unceremoniously dump Garcia over a relative peanuts salary increase this would send a very poor message to potential free agents about whether the organisation is one to ultimately be trusted. Garcia provided the team with 0.9 WAR last season, and he will very likely end up with a similar contribution in 2023. A relatively paltry 2 million dollar salary increase which was negotiated in good faith by both sides is far from the disaster you are attempting to portray. You are acting like Garcia is going to see his salary triple instead of a modest 50% increase. -
General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2023)
max silver replied to Krylian's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Your way of thinking really puzzles me some times. (who am I kidding, basically all of the time). Garcia had a great stretch of games over nearly 2 months, and as soon as he gives up runs in back to back outings the crap about DFA'ing him comes back. Apparently two games where the batted balls fall in for hits is enough to cancel out two months of work where he was a key member of a shutdown pen. What's this middle reliever nonsense you keep stating? Garcia has been very good in high leverage situations, 2.64 FIP, 11.57 K/9, and only a tiny bit better in medium leverage situations, 2.60 FIP, 9.82 K/9. The young arms can be held as depth pieces in case of injury or underperformance. You seemed to have missed that the Blue Jays are already a luxury tax team. Pinching pennies on Garcia won't necessarily save them anything based on what relievers are being paid in free agency now, and there's no guarantee any of the young relievers working their way up through the system are going to be even as good as Garcia, let alone improving on what he has to offer.