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  1. max silver
    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.
  5. max silver
    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.
  6. max silver
    I think Chad Green is likely to be the late inning shutdown guy once he is ready to be activated.
  7. max silver
    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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    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.
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    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.
  10. max silver
    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.
  11. max silver
    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.
  12. max silver
    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
  16. max silver
    Go take a gander at the advanced defensive metrics. Vlad has Fangraphs second worse defensive value after adjustment among all MLB defenders, and only finds himself ahead of well known defensive butcher Kyle Schwarber. Despite the occasional blunder in the outfield Teoscar is having a really nice season defensively, ranking 4th in overall Fangraphs defense among qualified right field defenders.
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    Teoscar grades out as a positive right field defender this season by every available metric. Compare that to Vlad who is having an awful defensive season at first base and the WAR difference isn't a huge surprise.
  18. max silver
    Garcia went something like 4 weeks without allowing a single run. Over nearly the last two months he's arguably been the team's best reliever next to Mayza. I see zero reason to panic because he finally yielded a few runs on back to back days. His usage can be fluid based on how he's pitching, whereas if he's dominating the opposition there is no reason for the team to hamstring itself and limit his leverage, as this will invariably lead to the other leverage options being overused.
  19. max silver
    Is this the Pierce Johnson in question? https://www.fangraphs.com/players/pierce-johnson/13435/stats?position=P If so this guy is having a pretty lousy season and is far from a guy I'd want thrust into a closing spot.
  20. max silver
    Some people are obviously less worried about that than others. Like if some people are happiest enjoying what they eat and place more value in this vs the size of their waist then so be it. This obviously is far from ideal in a professional athlete but before this season each of Kirk and Manoah were top performers with similarly robust physiques compared to what they are featuring this season.
  21. max silver
    You can find this information under the pitch modelling tab in fangraphs when viewing a team's overall pitching stats. This can be sorted by date in order to isolate an individual start. Manoah's second start back doesn't seem to be available in the Stuff+ rating on Fangraphs. Vs Tigers 4 seamer 85 Sinker 83 Slider 88 Changeup 49 Stuff+ 82 Location+ 112 Pitching+ 109 Vs Mariners 4 seamer 92 Sinker 72 Slider 99 Changeup 47 Stuff+ 86 Location+ 79 Pitching+ 75 Before Demotion 4 seamer 92 Sinker 95 Slider 96 Changeup 71 Stuff+ 91 Location+ 95 Pitching+ 93 After Return 4 seamer 88 Sinker 79 Slider 94 Changeup 48 Stuff+ 84 Location+ 95 Pitching+ 92 The stuff+ numbers are unfortunately worse across the board since he's returned from the minor leagues.
  22. max silver
    This is a false equivalency. The Yankees rule is essentially an on field dress code and simply requires a player to shave and get short haircuts in season. A no fat player rule would directly police a players out of season eating habits which is something which would never fly with the players union.
  23. max silver
    For a guy that is arguably MLB's best outfield defender, and in a split where he's going to receive the vast minority of his playing time given the relative scarcity of left handed pitching in MLB? Absolutely.
  24. max silver
    What makes you think Danner is ready for a callup? He's currently sporting a 6.14 FIP in AAA while allowing 2.66 HR/9. I'll take Yimi and his impending $6 million vesting option any day of the week over that kind of output thank you very much.
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    So let me see if I have this right. Only last year's numbers count against left handed pitchers and not his 2021 and 2023 seasons. But when it comes to total offensive output only 2023 counts, and not his contributions from 2021 and 2022. I'm sure you can see why I take issue with this line of reasoning. Varsho is so good in the field and on the bases that I'm perfectly fine if is more of a slap hitter against left handed pitching and a power threat against right handed pitching. All he has to do against LHP is basically hold his own and it's incredibly easy to justify playing him every day in center field.
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