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  1. max silver
    I was onboard with the idea of bringing Seager aboard as well, there seems to be a perception among some here that he's a mediocre player with no value that nobody in their right mind would be interested in. I see a solid defender with an above average bat that would plug a massive ongoing hole for the club that dates back several seasons.
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    Thornton is also available to piggyback as needed. I like the idea of a 6 man rotation, Ryu has tended to pitch more effectively with extra rest, and it would make it easier to manage Pearson and Manoah's innings as the season progresses. Pearson has only put in a maximum of 100 innings in a season and I believe Manoah has only been up to 125 or so. Neither guy pitched much last year so it's best to watch their workload closely.
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    Kay is only going 3 or 4 innings tops as well, so you might as well make the upside play and bring Pearson up.
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    You can easily see the man is still dealing with some lingering effects from his quad injury. Did you not see when he grabbed at his quad when busting it up the first base line?
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    Assuming he can keep this level of performance up at least to mid season Matz is a guy they should seriously look into extending past this season, he has looked like a top of the rotation pitcher so far. Totally amazing trade given how little was given up and how dramatically they have Matz turned around up to this point.
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    The runner was totally out of the base line though. Sometimes I wonder why they bother having the running lane painted onto the field since it's seemingly random when they choose to enforce the runner actually being in the lanes.
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    Zeuch has the unfortunate combination of below average stuff and below average command. He has been hammered by both righties and lefties, so making him a righty vs righty reliever won't really work. His only effective pitch is his slider, perhaps the best move would be to dramatically increase the usage up to the 40-50% range instead of feeding up his poorly commanded batting practice fastballs.
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    If anything it seems like he's taken it up a notch in games that count vs actual quality competition. The total package he presents right now is basically what has been expected from Vladdy with the bat, from the plate discipline, to the unrivalled quality of contact. He's even looks to have taken several steps forward with his defence and baserunning, it's remarkable how much better he is performing in every single aspect of the game up to this point. If he was receiving a serious helping of good luck I'd have reason from skepticism, but Vladdy is crushing baseballs at a ridiculous rate and it doesn't look remotely like a fluke.
  9. max silver
    This goes back further than just a few weeks. Vlad mashed in winter ball, mashed in spring training and has continued that momentum right into the regular season.
  10. max silver
    With the way the season has unfolded up to this point I wouldn't bet against it.
  11. max silver
    Good to see Gurriel is feeling well enough to play as well.
  12. max silver
    Moving Bo off short stop isn't going to magically fix the defensive miscues unfortunately. He's had trouble handling balls cleanly and ends up having to rush his throws a good chunk of the time. This will continue to cause exactly the same issues whether he's at short, third or second base. Maybe a position move has him handling the ball less often though.
  13. max silver
    23 seems awfully early to suggest as a defensive peak for players. According to this article, which uses Defensive Runs saved data, MLB players peak defensively around age 26. Bo obviously has quite a ways to go before reaching age 26, no reason to be so smug and definitively suggesting he is going to get worse instead of better. https://sportsinfosolutionsblog.com/2020/05/08/a-closer-look-at-defensive-aging-curves/
  14. max silver
    A guy with potential like Merryweather isn't somebody on the edge of the 40 man roster. It's no coincidence that the front office has been talking him up since acquisition, he showed his elite stuff last season when healthy and has continued that into 2021. There are always bubble guys on the 40 man who are DFA fodder, Merryweather has never been close to that as a Blue Jay.
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    That's not remotely true. Merryweather was a guy with top notch stuff but coming off Tommy John surgery. Gaviglio is the only roster filler of the two.
  16. max silver
    I doubt he'll see a lot of playing time with Riley Adams there this season. He makes for a decent depth catcher though in case one of Jansen or Kirk goes down though.
  17. max silver
    Yeah that Morales deal was pure s***, it seems like the Jays missed the memo on handing out big contracts to one dimensional DH types that offseason. Rumors have it that Morales and Gurriel were a bit of a package deal though so in the long run maybe it was worth it. The Jays somehow managed to turn Morales into international bonus pool money, which allowed them to sign Yosver Zulueta. So instead of Edwin they eventually end up with Nate Pearson, Gurriel and Zulueta. Nice tidy piece of business there.
  18. max silver
    Lots of good points here. Only thing I'd disagree with is the Jays being better off if Edwin stayed, they ended up turning the compensation pick into Nate Pearson
  19. max silver
    I think the idea is to stash Espinal as depth for when the inevitable injuries hit. Panik had an opt-out so there's a bit of asset management at play here as well as Espinal still has options remaining.
  20. max silver
    If second half of 2020 Panik is the guy that shows up this year he makes a pretty decent infield utility option as well, we just have to hope Charlie doesn't play him nearly everyday again despite having multiple better options available this season. In his last 24 games Panik put up a reasonable 114 WRC+ and 0.5 FWAR. Of course there's every chance this might be the results he obtains during an unsustainable hot streak though and most of the time he's the same replacement level player seen in 2018/2019.
  21. max silver
    I'd venture that Warmoth needs to first prove that he can put up results in games that actually count for something before we anoint him as the major league utility man. It's nice to see that he might be resurrecting a career that looked to be quickly swirling down the toilet. I'd also like to see if Kevin Smith can start to tame down his strikeout issues a bit, I think there's enough tools otherwise (good raw power, good arm and glove, decent speed) that he too could turn himself into a good utility man.
  22. max silver
    Hooray bad AL East injury news that finally isn't a Jays player. Although it's been a bit of a tough year for AL East contenders with season long bullpen losses. Yankees lost Britton, Jays lost Yates and now Anderson for the Rays. All three teams still have pretty stout looking pens even without these guys though.
  23. max silver
    I lol'd at pitchers having randomly having their balls tested.
  24. max silver
    If you're doctoring the ball with foreign substances I'm not really sure how you can go about removing the evidence afterwards though. Especially given how many balls are utilized in a typical MLB game.
  25. max silver
    They should definitely take their time on this one. I've had oblique issues in the past, and it's super easy to aggravate the area doing menial easy tasks and be right back at square one. Besides, they have 3 starting quality MLB outfielders available until Springer is healed up, and Jonathan Davis has a nice 4th outfielder toolset.
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