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  1. max silver
    Juan Guzman was definitely my favorite Jays starter during the championship seasons. He was awesome during those playoff runs.
  2. max silver
    In normal times the owners are assuming the lions share of risk. But during a pandemic the balance really shifts towards the players in a large way given the increased risk of catching the coronavirus during play.
  3. max silver
    Half a years salary would sure beat the hell out of nothing for most reasonable people. But MLB isn't exactly known for being the most reasonable players union over the years.
  4. max silver
    This original comparison wasn't comparing overall franchise results, that's obviously heavily slanted in the Jays favor, but when comparing actual player performances in the franchises history things tilt in the Mariners favor.
  5. max silver
    I wanted to call ******** on Joe Carter but after looking up his Padres numbers he actually had the worst season of his career in a Padres uniform, despite how ugly his post world series years were in a Blue Jays uniform.
  6. max silver
    Once you get past the top 5 players for the Mariners they have a precipitous drop-off after that. Can't argue with 4 surefire hall of fame quality players at the top though. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2019&month=0&season1=1871&ind=0&team=11&rost=0&age=&filter=&players=0&startdate=&enddate= Jays seem to have more overall depth but less sustained superstar level production, some of which is simply due to star players being moved out of the organization while they were still highly productive. Think if players like McGriff, Alomar, Olerud, and Delgado would have been with the organization for a longer period of time. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2019&month=0&season1=1871&ind=0&team=14&rost=0&age=&filter=&players=0&startdate=&enddate=
  7. max silver
    It's a testament to the strength of the first base pool for the organization that Fred McGriff doesn't qualify for a full time first base spot. He put up 3 years in a Blue Jays uniform with WRC+ of 156, 156, and 157.
  8. max silver
    Brandon Morrow's 1 hit 17 strikeout game was the best Jays pitching performance I had the pleasure of watching. When Morrow had his good stuff and command he was a treat to watch. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/brandon-morrow-greatest-pitching-performance-likely-forgot-152319663.html
  9. max silver
    At least we got nice safe college arms instead of riskier picks like Chris Sale or Mike Trout, huge bullet dodged there.
  10. max silver
    If Gonzalez bat is as legit as it appears to be, you would be able to put together a pretty crazy offensively minded infield. Imagine Groshans, Bichette, Gonzalez and Guerrero Jr. manning the infield, that team would put up some ridiculous offensive numbers.
  11. max silver
    Either way the guy with PTSD that uses an illegal drug to self medicate is explicitly choosing to use any drug that isn't prescribed to him. By your own rigid criteria we should hold this person responsible for their addiction. If you can't even keep your own criteria straight for whether or not somebody is to be blamed for their drug use then you should be able to see how many holes there are in this whole line of thinking.
  12. max silver
    You are contradicting yourself from earlier posts.
  13. max silver
    That wasn't what you said at all though, you were saying it was ok to be addicted to drug if it was prescribed to you. Now as long as something messed your head up it's ok to use illegal drugs too.
  14. max silver
    You walk a pretty slippery slope when you assign blame like this. Here's a fictional narrative to illustrate my point. Let's say a military veteran with PTSD tries a hard drug with one of his buddies, something like heroin for instance. He finds that the drug gives him a sense of calm for the first time since returning to civilian life. He ends up addicted to the drug very quickly. In your eyes is this person a loser who should have his feet held to the fire, or is this situation one with nuance that should be examined before making a determination?
  15. max silver
    If you were to examine the root cause of most addiction issues you would be very likely to find an underlying root cause, whether it's financial stress, abuse, ptsd, etc. Each individual would have their own unique set of circumstances that would lead them down the path of addiction. Suggesting some people deserve addiction or somehow asked for it because it wasn't prescribed by a physician is very flawed. Nobody sets out choosing to be addicted to a substance, and rather than demonizing those that end up with addictions it's far more productive for society to help those people to beat the addictions and allow them to return as healthy productive members of society.
  16. max silver
    Roy Halladay seemed like an amazing human being with the outpouring of stories of how many lives he touched that emerged upon his death. SI ran a very in depth look at his life after his passing, it's a must read for anybody who missed it originally. https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/07/17/roy-halladay-death-philadelphia-phillies
  17. max silver
    I can see taking issue with calling Roy Halladay something like a junkie given the negative connotation of that particular term, but don't really see what's wrong saying he was a drug addict, it's just stating the truth of the situation. It unfortunately sounded like he may have been suffering from multiple substance addictions at the time of his death. I'm not so sure if there is even really a more "sanitized" term available to describe what he was dealing with.
  18. max silver
    I don't know that blaming drug addicts for their addiction, no matter how it was acquired, really helps in any way. But if that's your line of thinking, Roy Halladay was performing stunts in his personal aircraft while intoxicated on a combination of chemicals that may have killed him even without the plane crash. This isn't exactly somehow better than somebody who tries out cocaine and ends up getting addicted.
  19. max silver
    Even you would have a hard time putting me on Marcus Stroman level in terms of drama.
  20. max silver
    That echoes my sentiments exactly, the guy is max level drama queen.
  21. max silver
    Baseball players very well may be the world's worst offenders for constant spitting as well. Maybe the suggestion that players wear masks, although awkward at best, may actually help somewhat.
  22. max silver
    Has there been any word on whether there could be any sort of minor league season this year? The MLB plan looks like a logistical nightmare at best, and that's for a far more limited number of teams and players than would need to be accounted for in the case of minor league ball.
  23. max silver
    Perhaps over social media he won't be as bad as on a television broadcast doing color commentary. I think his best place on a baseball broadcast is actually in the studio where he has more time to put his thoughts together, he can offer more than platitudes and cliches in studio. I've found the quality of analysis he can offer differs greatly in studio vs live in game, and if Sportsnet flipped Joe Siddall and Pat Tabler around their broadcasts would be better off overall.
  24. max silver
    It sounds like this has already been happening for awhile now, particularly with the African American athletes it seems. I do wonder if eventually with the emerging evidence of how harmful football is neurologically if eventually we will see a shift in football participation back to other sports as more and more parents bar their kids from playing.
  25. max silver
    Panik has a better chance to provide some actual value on the field. It's unlikely to be much above replacement value, but at least that's better than the below replacement value that Drury has provided in his Blue Jays career.
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