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  1. max silver
    Jays faced back to back lefty starters which probably factors in somewhat.
  2. max silver
    It's not that complicated to find parallels. One elite prospect and one very good prospect sent out for a very good but not elite pitcher with limited remaining control. See some similarities now?
  3. max silver
    Smith should easily be in the top 10 with the massive showing in AAA.
  4. max silver
    I believe Gomes is a rental only. It could easily be McGuire being moved off the roster instead of moving out Kirk.
  5. max silver
    Is it actually a laughably bad comparison. Dickey was coming off of a Cy Young winning season and at the time of trade Berrios is worth a whopping 2.3 WAR this season, and projected for the eye popping total of 3.4 WAR. He has been good at times during his career but never produced an actual elite season. And to top it off what can the Jays even expect to receive? If he stays entirely healthy and there is actually a 2022 season the Jays may get all of 45 starts out of Berrios in return for 2 top 5 prospects in a very strong system. That is horrible value.
  6. max silver
    I see a pitcher who is far from worth the price that was just paid personally. He has produced an xERA over 4. I'm getting shades of the R.A. Dickey trade here. If Martin finds his power going forward this trade is going to turn into an absolute embarrassment.
  7. max silver
    Damn if that was the price for Berrios then the Jays should have just moved on. Is Berrios even a top of the rotation pitcher? Two top 50 prospects for a number 3 pitcher who only has 1 year and two months of control is far too steep a price for a team that is only battling for a wild card spot.
  8. max silver
    The club also could have obtained Villar for free on waivers the year before as well. Seems like history has repeated itself, we just have to hope Hand isn't terrible like Villar was post trade last season.
  9. max silver
    This reminds me of the Villar trade last year where they sent out an actual prospect for a player having a bad season by his standards.
  10. max silver
    Unfortunately Rogers has a sprained finger and is on the injured list at the moment. It seems somewhat unlikely he will end up being traded.
  11. max silver
    I don't get this front office sometimes. Axford has been throwing darts in AAA and regularly hitting upper 90's. But instead of calling him up they stick with Barnes for too long when it's become apparent he's not effective. And they would rather being Thornton back, who was getting absolutely hammered this season. And finally they bring up Snead instead of Axford. Snead will probably see like 1 or 2 innings before getting sent back down.
  12. max silver
    They lose Barnes for nothing anyway so this would have been a good time to bring him up.
  13. max silver
    I took a quick glance at MLB Pipeline's top 100 prospect list and I saw a good sampling of 24 year olds on the list and a handful of 25 year olds as well. I don't think Smith is so old that it will impact his prospect standing to a great degree.
  14. max silver
    I don't think you really could have hoped for a better bounce back season than Smith has been having. He is producing career best walk and power numbers, while also having significantly cut down on his strikeouts at the same time. Smith didn't really have any questions about his defensive ability, his ultimate ceiling was all based on whether he could improve his results at the plate. His success doesn't appear to be based on an unsustainable BABIP hot streak, and seems to be due to improved approach and plate discipline. This bodes very well for his chances to translate some of this into major league success. Smith may be a little old now, but you need to factor in the lost season due to covid.
  15. max silver
    You can effectively ignore that 40FV at this point as that was based on the disappointing 2019 season. With the monster season Smith is putting up now he had re-established himself as a very good prospect. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him showing up in top 100 prospect lists.
  16. max silver
    Minnesota management has stated that they aren't very interested in trading Berrios, and the reported asking price really backs that up. I like the idea of thinking outside the box and trading for Ramirez, and then using Semien to acquire prospects in return. These prospects could be utilized in addition to remaining prospects in the system to attempt to acquire a good quality controllable starting pitcher. Alternatively since Ramirez is so inexpensive there may be dollars left over to sign one of the good free agent shortstops. Imagine the idea of adding Correa on top of Ramirez, Bichette and Guerrero. That's the kind of infield dreams are made of. That wouldn't likely leave many dollars left over for the pitching staff however, and that could end up holding that club back just like the bullpen injuries did earlier this season.
  17. max silver
    I would make that trade in a heartbeat. This feels a little light on the Blue Jays end to me though. For comparison Minnesota is reportedly asking for a similar return for Berrios to what you've proposed for Ramirez.
  18. max silver
    Jays management has shown they are not scared in the slightest to really push their prospects. That's part of what makes it so disappointing that Moreno ended up getting hurt, in that he very likely would have forced his way onto the Jays roster this summer if he continued to torch minor league pitching the way he was.
  19. max silver
    I think it's an awful lot to ask of him to develop an MLB capable defensive toolset at such a young age.
  20. max silver
    Definitely agree on the soft tissue injuries. I've had my share of those and it's a nightmare to deal with as they are so easy to aggravate and set yourself nearly back to square one.
  21. max silver
    I think that's what the front office will eventually decide to do with Adams. Right now he might actually be more useful as a depth piece, if Kirk or McGuire were to get hurt we would be left with Juan Graterol getting regular starts.
  22. max silver
    For what it's worth projections system having him bouncing back into the mid 60's for WRC, but I don't see a realistic path to him receiving over 100 more plate appearances unless two Jays catchers go down for most of the rest of the season.
  23. max silver
    He certainly needs to cut the k's down if he wants any chance for an MLB career. I thought he looked pretty decent defensively at least, so at first I though Adams might turn into a Mike Zunino slugging catcher. But then I compared Adam's and Zunino's strikeout numbers, and discovered that Adam's minor league strikeout numbers are as bad as Zunino's MLB strikeout numbers.
  24. max silver
    His offensive explosion is surprisingly not the best story of the minor leagues for a club that has a ton of them. I think first place goes to Moreno's massive AA performance, he very well may have rocketed up to the major leagues this season if he were to keep it up. Other noteworthy performances include Manoah manhandling AAA hitters and MLB hitters in the spring, Samad Taylor muscling up and adding big time power in AA, and finally Kevin Smith seemingly resurrecting his career and reaching new heights with his performance in AAA. Unfortunately there have been some big disappointments as well. At the top I rank Moreno having his hand broken, closely followed by Pearson losing another year of starters experience by missing most of another season due to injury.
  25. max silver
    Damiano Palmegiani sounds like the name of a cheese to me.
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