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  1. max silver
    He produces at a rate of about 2-2.5 WAR/550 plate appearances off of the bench. He did this in 2020 and 2022 with deadened baseballs compared to the launching pad balls of 2019. The one time in his career where he was legitimately bad was 2021 when he dealt with a multitude of injuries and largely played in a position he's not suited for. He's still cheap salary wise and will most likely continue to be as he doesn't excel in categories that are largely valued in the MLB salary arbitration system. The over the top hate just isn't warranted here. For the relative peanuts he is paid he provides plenty of value to his team. If another team deems to be a desirable trade target then Biggio can be moved to improve the team in another area, but if he's kept he's a nice bench piece who can still provide plenty of value to the Jays. He may potentially be helped out by the upcoming shift ban, and if/when MLB implements an automatic strike zone he stands to benefit as much as anyone in MLB.
  2. max silver
    Only about half of his WAR came with juiced balls in 2019. MLB has been progressively deadening the baseball starting in 2020. Gregorius has produced WRC+ values of 69 and 58 in the last two seasons, surely even you can recognize that Biggio isn't THAT bad.
  3. max silver
    Varsho and Belt both offer very high potential upsides. Varsho has 5+ win potential and Belt is one season removed from a 157 WRC+. Swanson is coming off of a season where he produced 1.7 FWAR so he shows a very high ceiling as well.
  4. max silver
    Atkins and Shapiro did emphatically state that reaching the CBT tax wouldn't be a limitation on their spending, but does that include jumping past the first tier of spending? Time will tell. At any rate I think this was a great offseason to spend given the upcoming Rogers Center upgrades as the team's revenue stream should be improved quite a bit once the updates are finished.
  5. max silver
    Damnit I caught that mistake the first time around but missed it in the follow-up post. I definitely don't think the NHL is any less susceptible to cancel culture than other leagues given how relatively niche the league is.
  6. max silver
    For the record I was just pulling your leg there. I don't think this is by design and is more of a coincidence than anything.
  7. max silver
    Wait your cheering for the Jays to become whiter?
  8. max silver
    The NHL is pretty damn close to immune to cancel culture though. That league and it's players receive infinitely more latitude than every other entertainment related business in this continent.
  9. max silver
    I'd still like to see a lefty masher added for the outfield as well.
  10. max silver
    Football is akin to religion south of the border. Accordingly the NFL is nearly exempt from the types of pressure faced by the rest of industry in North America.
  11. max silver
    He's gone nearly full troll, like 99% worthless garbage troll posts and 1% posts with any substance. This is just part of his shtick. This is right up there with his "Danny Jansen is blind so should be the catcher traded" routine.
  12. max silver
    Might as well spend up to the end of the first tier of the CBT as the actual financial penalties are very small for doing so.
  13. max silver
    He's no star by any means but managed to produce 1.3 WAR in about 300 plate appearances. Since he came back from Buffalo in late May he produced 1.6 FWAR in 275 plate appearances. I'll take that any day of the week for a bench player.
  14. max silver
    Interestingly enough Biggio has basically even splits for his career vs RHP/LHP. He's produced a 101 WRC+ vs LHP and a 106 WRC+ vs RHP. Recent seasons look pretty bad vs LHP though. Neither Merrifield nor Biggio have enough outfield innings at this point to determine who is a better outfield defender at this point. Biggio has looked pretty good at first base in the limited time I've seen him play there, however Belt is far more experienced and almost certainly adds a lot more with the bat if he bounces back sufficiently.
  15. max silver
    Belt and Biggio don't really occupy the same position much though. Belt is strictly 1B/DH vs Biggio who can play all over the diamond.
  16. max silver
    Seems pretty damn unlikely as Gausman has been really good dating back to the 2020 season.
  17. max silver
    I recall specifically that Bo was mentioned as having offered to move for the likes of Didi Gregorius in order to improve the team years ago. If the team is to bring in a legitimate MLB short stop that's better than Bo I have no qualms he will be willing to move. Espinal hasn't established himself as a player who should be playing every day as he's shown little ability to hit right handed pitching, attempting to force him into the lineup all of the time likely weakens the team vs strengthening it.
  18. max silver
    Do you really think Bo is the person making the decision on the behalf of the organization who plays short stop?
  19. max silver
    We simply don't know how Moreno projects moving forward. He has a very broad range of potential outcomes hinging on whether he manages to rediscover his power stroke. If he's largely a singles hitter a huge chunk of his offensive potential is not going to be realized. Gurriel had very little trade value so he doesn't really have a material affect on the value of this trade.
  20. max silver
    Varsho has only played about 2 full MLB seasons so it's far from a given what kind of value he will provide moving forward. Varsho could very well have a 5 win ceiling at his peak. The 3 WAR projection is largely based on him losing 75% of his defensive value. This seems a little unlikely to occur in a player about to play his age 26 season.
  21. max silver
    I don't think Pham is a great fit for this organization given the amount of value placed on character and Pham's various violence related issues.
  22. max silver
    The sky is always falling with this guy. I really don't remember the front office making any moves that this guy actually likes, it's always the same tired whine bitch whine routine. The team as constructed presently has made an upgrade to the bullpen with Swanson, has replaced Stripling with more of a sure thing in Bassit, has essentially replaced Teoscar with Varsho, and has replaced the collection of Zimmer/Bradley Jr./Tapia with Kiermaier. The outfield has gone from below average to potentially elite defensively, the starting rotation will likely receive more innings, the lineup has become more balanced and the bullpen has acquired another swing and miss reliever. It's entirely possible the lineup is going to score fewer runs, but this should be more than offset by the extra runs which are going to be saved defensively.
  23. max silver
    Yeah bringing in Varsho would have really reduced the amount of playing time that was available for Gurriel moving forward. I don't think Gurriel is quite as bad defensively as he's being made out to be in this discussion, however Kiermaier, Varsho and Springer are all leaps and bounds better defensively compared to Gurriel and are simply far more productive overall players. I do suspect some sort of lefty mashing corner outfielder may be of use to this roster as both Varsho and Kiermaier are likely to struggle against good quality left handed pitching.
  24. max silver
    People just seem to miss the fact that you aren't going to bring back a player with value like Varsho without paying a price that ultimately hurts a lot. It sucks to see Moreno go the other way as he's a potential future stud, but Varsho is really f***ing good right now. This is a dude who produced a 4.6 FWAR/4.9 BWAR season and has 4 more years of remaining control. Moreno was ultimately a luxury on this team. It seems like people were more on board with the idea of burning roster value by using Moreno as a super sub utility player vs trading Moreno to fill an area of obvious need. If the team actually had some young outfielders in the minor leagues a move like this wouldn't have been necessary but that's one area they haven't produced any reinforcements for the roster up to this point.
  25. max silver
    I figured there would be a trade of this sort that pretty much popped up out of the blue. Arizona and the Jays were just a perfect trade match given the excess catching on the Jays roster and excess young lefty outfielders on the Dbacks roster. I just didn't foresee Varsho being the player that the Jays ended up obtaining thinking that Thomas was more likely to be moved by Arizona.
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