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  1. max silver
    Gurriel continues to be MLB's streakiest hitter. He at least was able to tread water this year during his down times at the plate compared to previous seasons. The newfound plate discipline is so out of character for him it seems as though a switch may have flipped for him. It's still a very small sample size but if he can continue to make good swing decisions like he has recently the sky is the limit offensively given the quality of his hit tool. We can only hope that Bo would also see the light and rein in some of the excessive aggressiveness at the plate, but that's unlikely to happen. Jansen's power surge looks legit to me. He also displays very good plate discipline, so if the home run surge continues I think he is going to start accumulating a lot of walks as he will be pitched very carefully.
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    I quickly looked this up and Pearson is indeed preparing for more of a bulk/hybrid role. It remains to be seen how he's actually deployed though. Maybe it could be somewhat similar to how Stripling was used in a jack of all trades/swiss army knife kind of role. He could see the occasional spot start, close on occasion, act as a fireman mid game to put out opposition rallies etc. https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/blue-jays-nate-pearson-building-up-for-bulk-role/
  3. max silver
    I actually like his nicknames on here given the immense swag he displays in game. Rocket Raimel and Skinny Predator/Skinny P are great.
  4. max silver
    Biggio was barely ever fully healthy last season starting right from spring training. He recently stated that he feels the best physically that he's felt in years. The Bison's coaching staff has a long history of completely turning around the fortunes of struggling Jays hitters in the past, including Teo, Gurriel and Jansen, so hopefully the extra time in Buffalo had the same effect for Biggio. The early returns are very promising as he is having great at bats, leveraging elite plate discipline and making a lot of hard contact.
  5. max silver
    I thought the intention was more to have him serving in a multiple inning relief role, has that reportedly changed with the Ryu injury?
  6. max silver
    The Smallgio s*** is seriously tired. I don't think he even came up with the stupid nickname in the first place.
  7. max silver
    Hopefully his hand isn't broken.
  8. max silver
    He does lift, I've seen gym photos of him deadlifting in the offseason.
  9. max silver
    Jays hitters are making Kaufman Stadium look small.
  10. max silver
    Yay runs!
  11. max silver
    Kikuchi has been pretty damn good since simplifying his mechanics and ditching his cutter. I also have strong suspicions that Berrios made some sort of adjustment in between starts given how much more dominant his overall stuff was in his last outing. I think the shakiness should hopefully be behind him moving forward.
  12. max silver
    I'm not sure I said reinforcements wouldn't be needed. Pitching reinforcements don't require sending out a top 4 prospect or breaking up MLB's top offensive tandem. You seem to be desperate to bleed value in trade for some reason.
  13. max silver
    That's not what I meant. I was saying that the Jays can trade from the minor league system to grab a back of the rotation starter. Remember the Robbie Ray and Taijuan Walker trades? These trades cost essentially nothing. There is no need to subtract from the major league squad to fill a rotation spot right now. That can certainly change if one of the top 4 goes down due to injury but that's an issue that hasn't arisen yet.
  14. max silver
    The team has 4 very good starters already. Adding a back of the rotation starter is not going to necessitate panicking and shipping out one of the Jays 3 catchers. This can easily wait until the offseason as the Jays have a plethora of good players in the minor league system they can utilise in trades.
  15. max silver
    Having Moreno available as depth in case of injury to either Kirk or Jansen is a good thing. Trading away one of the three mid-season would be unnecessarily risky as we have no way to know whether Moreno hits the ground running or whether he is more of the typical prospect who faces a tough initial adjustment period. If the more likely latter scenario raises it's head you've weakened the offence greatly and suddenly have no minor league depth to call up in case of emergency.
  16. max silver
    Jesus man I'm glad you aren't the Jays general manager. Moreno is a Bo Bichette level prospect, you don't trade guys like this more mid/back of the rotation starters based on potential.
  17. max silver
    We shall see how strongly the competitive juices flow. By the end of his Jays contract he'll have raked in over $100 million for his MLB career so financial concerns won't be much of a consideration.
  18. max silver
    That would basically put an end to his career as a Blue Jay and an end to his career as a pitcher.
  19. max silver
    Last night just seemed to be one of those games where every mistake Jays pitchers made was sent over the outfield fences.
  20. max silver
    Gurriel has received 25 more plate appearances than Tapia. Gurriel has reportedly been dealing with recurring hamstring issues, so unless you want that to morph into something more serious it may be best to learn to live with him needing a few more days off than is ideal lineup construction wise.
  21. max silver
    I don't think Tapia's higher number of plate appearances than Kirk's are that relevant in this conversation. Tapia has played so much largely due to there being a lack of better backup outfielders available on the roster. With Springer getting a lot of DH time, Gurriel missing time with recurring hamstring issues, and Teo missing an extended period, and finally Biggio being ineffective at the plate and missing time due to COVID that leaves a pile of outfield time needing to be filled. Kirk isn't exactly a great candidate to play outfield so those at bats aren't going to available. It would be very hard to argue that outside of the last few weeks that Kirk should have been receiving DH time ahead of Springer, and the team is obviously going to be careful of overplaying Kirk due to his past hip injury history and the physical rigors of playing the catcher position.
  22. max silver
    Cueto's statcast numbers suggest to me that's he's largely been a beneficiary of the 2022 deadened ball. The Jays just roughed up yesterday's starter Kopech despite him entering the game with ace-like numbers, so I'm hopeful the lineup today can continue to work good patient at bats, while receiving the expected benefits from squared up baseballs as it appears as though the ball has really been flying in this series.
  23. max silver
    This is kind of a chicken and egg scenario, do you give a player more plate appearances despite not producing very well, or do you start to reward a player with more playing time as a result of producing more at the plate? Kirk only received 62 plate appearances in April but it's kind of hard to make the claim that he deserved more playing time as he produced all of a 71 WRC+. He really wasn't squaring up baseballs with any type of frequency, and the bulk of his value offensively was derived from his exemplary K/BB numbers. As Kirk has started making harder contact in May conversely he's started to receive far more regular playing time, and now is fully deserving of this. For May he received 82 plate appearances, and as he's really heated up during the last few weeks he's started to see more pinch hit appearances and some DH time as well.
  24. max silver
    Thankfully the last time we saw a lineup like this the team managed to erupt for 11 runs so all is not lost.
  25. max silver
    Based on the results so far this season the number of playoff teams at the moment seems to be just about right. The worst two win percentages of playoff teams right now belong to the Angels with a .540 win percentage, and the Giants with a .551 win percentage. Expand the playoffs any further and you start to see teams like the Rangers with a .490 win percentage and the Diamondbacks with a .481 win percentage make it in.
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