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  1. max silver
    I think Bass is being underutilized a little so far, he's been a little buried in the 6th/7th inning, and even seems placed behind Cimber in the pecking order.
  2. max silver
    I think Bo has improved by leaps and bounds defensively this season. He still makes a few mistakes but he's far more reliable and makes some very nice plays.
  3. max silver
    At least they are improving through baby steps.
  4. max silver
    It's like he's been mainlining rails of coke and popped a bunch of Viagra.
  5. max silver
    The Jays seem to be locked into the overuse your closer mindset right now. Last night they use him up by 5, tonight it's using him up by 4. Now it's all but guaranteed he won't be available tomorrow which is a big loss if the game is within a run or 2 late.
  6. max silver
    Well hit ball by Gurriel. He just needs to tap back into some of his previous power to become a beast at the plate. He's really leveraged his well above average hit tool into a much more sustainable approach at the plate.
  7. max silver
    Nice job Jano.
  8. max silver
    Oh how the mighty have fallen. Yanks bullpen went from what was likely MLB's almost dominant bullpen into something more resembling the Jays bullpen in some respects.
  9. max silver
    He's likely a real terror on the bases. It would be quite the improvement being able to upgrade Alejandro Kirk into Billy Hamilton in a big moment late in the game.
  10. max silver
    Lol love the Bronx cheer.
  11. max silver
    The front office is busy playing a pointless game of s***** outfielder merry go round. Shuffling from Zimmer to Bradley Jr. to Hamilton is just so pointless. Maybe the prognosis of Springer playing more than semi occasional outfield is looking bleak and Hamilton may provide some injury backup for in case Bradley Jr. goes down with injury.
  12. max silver
    Jays pitching staff is almost completely shutting down the Yankees offence this series. Assuming Roman gets the job done and if White gets it done tomorrow a sweep won't be out of the question.
  13. max silver

    NHL Thread

    max silver replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    AAV seems very reasonable but the length of the contract is a bit long as he'll be pretty old in the tooth the last few years.
  14. max silver

    NHL Thread

    max silver replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    The guy was absolutely ruined by injuries. He's had a lot of surgeries over the years including several hip surgeries and a wrist surgery as well. He was never particularly quick/fleet of foot and the hip surgeries made him too slow to keep up, and the wrist problems largely robbed him of his best asset, which was a top notch quick fire wrist shot in the slot.
  15. max silver

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    max silver replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    When Gaudreau walked and Tkachuk indicated he wasn't resigning in Calgary I thought a rebuild was likely imminent. Fast forward several weeks later and the team might actually be improved compared to last season, that's quite the turn of events.
  16. max silver
    Go check out Kikuchi's statcast results for his cutter for last year and this year and then you'll see why the team took the cutter away.
  17. max silver
    It seems very unlikely Severino is going to be sufficiently stretched out to start in the playoffs as he was recently placed on the 60 day IL. He still has elite stuff and will be a weapon out of the pen if he makes it back in time.
  18. max silver
    This sounds a lot like complaining just for the sake of complaining. The Toronto Blue Jays are a big market team who don't need to intentionally game the arbitration system to artificially deflate their players salaries. They pride themselves as being a player centric organization and not one looking to pinch pennies around the fringes. If Jordan Romano ends up making a few extra million dollars a season in his later arbitration years because he largely got the job done in the closer position this isn't going to hold the team back from making necessary improvements to the rest of the roster. The team does their utmost to keep their players happy, and splitting save opportunities in order to save a few bucks is far out of character for this organization compared to everything Mark Shapiro has shown up to this point.
  19. max silver
    I had a quick gander various bullpens in the top 15 in saves, and really only came up with a small assortment of contending teams that split the closer duties in this fashion. Nearly every contending team has a definitive closer who has vastly more saves than the rest of the bullpen options. There have been several teams who switched closers mid season due to health and/or underperformance (Dodgers, Yankees and Braves are all examples of this) but for the most part a team chooses the reliever who is best suited to pitch the 9th inning and sticks with this option as much as possible, changing as needed due to availability on any given day.
  20. max silver
    I really don't think bullpen upgrades were available in June as there were next to no trades made at all for the entire month. Prices were already stupidly high at the deadline, I shudder to think what the cost for relief upgrades would have been prior to the deadline this season. I actually like the bench quite a bit right now. Having Biggio, Tapia, Merrifield, and Kirk when he's not catching/DH that day is actually pretty decent, especially compared to previous years. When everyone is healthy the rotation is 6 deep. Of course this depends on Kikuchi actually contributing something, but his first few starts after returning from the IL have been pretty encouraging.
  21. max silver
    Jackie Bradley Jr. is the complete antithesis of an impact bat. His bat is so weak that he's subreplacement for the last few seasons. The Jays already have a no bat defensive replacement available off the bench in Bradley Zimmer.
  22. max silver
    I imagine the front office wants Thornton in case the need to cover multiple innings arises. The pen has really been taxed over the last few games of this series.
  23. max silver
    It looks like fastballs aren't a huge issue for him as he produced an xWOBA of .352 against fastballs. Breaking pitches are a much bigger issue, he stuggles to even make contact with them as he has a 55% whiff rate. It seems as though the league has noticed this and really been feeding him a steady dose of breaking stuff.
  24. max silver
    I'll go ahead and assume you mean Merrifield. I caught one of my earlier posts using Merryweather instead. It seems as though the front office has been trying to address the lack of left handed balance in the lineup over the last few offseasons but have come up empty handed. A deal with Michael Brantley was all but finished until he changed his mind at the last minute. The team was a reported finalist for Corey Seager but the Rangers ended up paying him $325 million, hard pass to signing Seager to that kind of boat anchor contract. They were also linked to Schwarber who ended up taking big dollars to sign with the Phillies. They were also linked to Jose Ramirez as well this offseason, that's the missed opportunity that stings the most.
  25. max silver
    Sadly this is what happens when the inmates are allowed to run the asylum.
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