Jump to content
Jays Centre
  • Create Account

max silver

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    7,458

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    6

 Content Type 

Profiles

Toronto Blue Jays Videos

2026 Toronto Blue Jays Top Prospects Ranking

Toronto Blue Jays Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2025 Toronto Blue Jays Draft Pick Tracker

News

2026 Toronto Blue Jays Draft Pick Tracker

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by max silver

  1. max silver
    Key difference is he was never implicated in the scandal in the slightest.
  2. max silver
    If if were up to me the guy would have been slapped with a lifetime ban from baseball. Being at the front and center of two cheating scandals and only getting a one year suspension is laughable.
  3. max silver
    I view Betts as being a clear rung above Lindor in that Betts is an MVP calibre player who is elite everywhere on the baseball field, from hitting, to fielding to running. Lindor has a premium glove but the bat isn't nearly as good, and his value on the bases looks to be trending in the wrong direction as well. I have visions of Jason Heyward as a glove first player given a huge free agent contract, and have the feeling that a mega contract to Lindor could end up being a similarly poor value.
  4. max silver
    I'd rather wait one more year when the MLB free agent class at shortstop has potential to be absolutely stacked. Francisco Lindor, Javier Báez, Carlos Correa, Corey Seager and Trevor Story are all scheduled to become free agents next offseason. Of course there's no guarantee all guys make it there without signing extensions with their existing teams, but this is why I don't see a need to rush into a risky trade this offseason. A little patience with our prospects has potential to pay off very nicely. And if you let a guy like Groshans mature a bit more in the minor leagues, his trade value is only going to increase as he gets closer to MLB ready, provided of course he continues to improve as expected. I don't think Austin Martin is very far away, I suspect he'll be up by early 2022. This is a guy with a 65 hit tool and athleticism to match. Here's what Keith Law has to say about his potential as a third baseman: https://theathletic.com/2168808/2020/10/30/blue-jays-prospects-qa-keith-law-on-nate-pearson-austin-martin-and-more/
  5. max silver
    If top prospects are going to be sent out I'd rather go big and shoot for somebody with more control like Jose Ramirez. His contract situation is so ridiculously team friendly that the acquisition cost would be crazy high though. Paying top prospect(s) and then handing out an inflated free agent contract to Lindor seems foolish to me given how many star short stops are a year away from free agency.
  6. max silver
    It shouldn't take rocket science to come to a conclusion that sending out top prospects, especially the likes of Groshans or Martin (who should be essentially untouchable, he very well may end up being the Jays best overall player within a few years of hitting MLB) for a player that could very well opt out after one season would be insanely risky. Look at the Dodgers model of building a dynasty, they have prospects that they view as untouchable and will not trade them no matter what the return is. Guys like Lux and May provide cheap young reinforcements that allow for the remaining salary space to be spent on MVP level talent like Mookie Betts and absorbing the contract of David Price. The Jays have been burned plenty in the past by trading for expensive star players, look no further than the ill fated Marlins trade where multiple prospects were sent out in a move that was a straight salary dump on the part of the Marlins. Instead of giving up top prospects and still having to pay top dollar salary wise for a top player, why not just sign a free agent instead and save the prospects?
  7. max silver
    They sure as hell won't give him away for nothing though.
  8. max silver
    Vlad's been in such bad shape for his entire life that it sounds like every pound he loses from this point forward puts him into a new "best shape of his life" scenario.
  9. max silver
    Yeah he'd fit in very nicely with the front office preference for versatility. Decent defender across the infield (aside from short stop), low strikeout/high on base, etc.
  10. max silver
    I'm incredibly skeptical that Vladdy Jr. could ever play anything other than a very poor third base regardless of the shape he gets into, his instincts on the infield are just awful. Maybe the weight loss allows him to move better than a pregnant walrus but I would sincerely hope the club has a backup plan for third base in the likely case Vladdy can't effectively man the position.
  11. max silver
    Yeah that scares the hell out of me, Arenado's contract is actually pretty reasonable for a superstar level player otherwise. It would really suck to send out top level prospect(s) for only one season worth of play. It could take a further extension on his contract to sway him away from exercising the opt out, which suddenly creates an undesirable financial burden on the club.
  12. max silver
    I'd rather the team upgrade by shoring up a weakness rather than building on a strength. If Ozuna carries forward his results from the shortened 2020 season he very well may be a beast at the plate from now on, but he has less of a track record of elite production than Springer and does nothing to improve the teams defensive situation. Springer upgrades the team's defensive situation and lineup all in one tidy package. I'm super intrigued by Kim as well and think the team should be targeting him for the middle infield. For what it's worth Keith Law states that scouts he's talked to have him pegged as more of a super utility guy rather than a full time regular at short stop.
  13. max silver
    I'd be supremely pissed if the front office fails to take advantage of free agency this offseason to fill holes on the team. There should be some relative bargains available this free agency, time to kick the door open to contention.
  14. max silver
    Surely you must be trolling here to attempt to give Ozuna and Springer equal grades defensively. Ozuna grades out as average at best in the outfields easiest position, whereas Springer has been largely grading out as above average in the outfields hardest position.
  15. max silver
    The Jays already have enough DH types masquerading as outfielders for Ozuna to make any sense.
  16. max silver
    That's not reassuring news given the kid's propensity for clumsy moves on a baseball field.
  17. max silver
    Hopefully he's at least smart enough to have the safety on.
  18. max silver
    Perhaps the xwOBA of a batted ball doesn't change no matter the stadium it is hit in, but the actual on field result of a lazy high fly ball to right field in a bandbox like Yankee Stadium vs a bigger park like Fenway are going to be dramatically different. He gained an extra 67 points wOBA vs his expected stats, no way the short porch in Yankee stadium wasn't a direct contributor. For what it's worth I'm definitely not advocating against a LeMahieu sigining for the Jays, he'd be an amazing addition. At worst he'd be an absolute Yankee killer due to how well he's hit at Yankee Stadium the last few seasons.
  19. max silver
    Home/away splits are pretty dramatic though, for 2020 home/away split was 256/98 WRC+, for 2019 it's less extreme but still shows a big discrepancy at 157/116 WRC+. I would imagine that will factor into the kind of offers that he ultimately receives as it seems his offense is largely a function of Yankee Stadium.
  20. max silver
    They backed up the talk of adding payroll last offseason by picking up Ryu, Roark and trading for Anderson, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for the time being.
  21. max silver
    If reports from the offsite training facility are to be believed SWR also saw his stuff uptick nicely in 2020, where he has been touching upper 90's velocity and sitting mid 90's if I recall correctly. Combine this with the plus plus command and you have the makings of a potential star.
  22. max silver
    Semien has only had one above average offensive season in his entire career, whereas LeMahieu has transformed himself into a star during his time in New York.
  23. max silver
    Both the club president and general manager are on the record stating the opposite to be true, so I'll avoid the doom and gloom viewpoint until the results of the free agency season dictates otherwise.
  24. max silver
    My mistake then, I was under the impression it was a much shorter time frame than that.
  25. max silver
    I suspect his ego is going to end up getting in the way of making a sensible decision here. I think the free agents should have at least a few days to survey the market before making a decision on whether to accept the qualifying offer, it makes it such a crapshoot for the players.
×
×
  • Create New...