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Lowrie has had an interesting career to say the least, he's alternated from stud to dud and back to stud seemingly at random. Then you throw in the completely variable health status from season to season and who knows what player you are going to end up with. Only one year left on his current deal though, so even if he busts completely then no big overall impact on team finances.
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It looks like the only position Jed Lowrie can play with any level of decency is second base, he likely wouldn't be a very good backup shortstop since he's only played 3 innings there since 2015. I wonder if the Jays front office is interested in taking on dead money for prospects at this point in the rebuild? Smith looks like a nice long term building block for first base.
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I don't think the front office will be afraid to continue to do what they've been doing in their recent drafts, which is to draft the best player available regardless of whether it's a college player or high school player. They've hit home runs with both types of selections recently, no reason to suddenly get scared and go safe. The scouting director is just a cog in the front office wheel, the new scouting director will have plenty of time to get up to speed before the draft.
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With Fernandez you can at least make the argument that he approached a hall of fame peak at his best.
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Guys that vote for Omar Vizquel to get into the hall of fame should have their votes removed. This is a guy with a career WAR of only 42.5, and he only produced an above average WRC+ twice in a very lengthy career. Sure he was flashy with the glove, but you would hope it would take more than that to gain entry into such a historically difficult hall of fame to get voted into.
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I don't think people would necessarily have an issue with the on-field performance given the economical contract he was signed for. But combine the general contempt caused by the original acquisition cost, and the fact that he was frustrating to actually watch pitch and you end up with a pitcher that was kind of hard to cheer for.
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WPA is the best stat to illustrate what a disaster Caudill was in 1985, he put up -1.69. Fluking your way into a low ERA/RA9 isn't necessarily indicative of a successful season as a reliever.
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Last I heard Boston was actually expecting to receive legitimate prospects in a Price deal, which is ludicrous considering his contract is a negative value contract going forward. I don't think the Jays will trade for Price, but have suspicions if Boston comes to their senses and snaps back to reality somebody will take Price off of their hands.
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After his terrible start to the season in April the rest of his numbers for the year are much better. No way to know if the defense is good enough for MLB if he's never given any rope to start. The organization seems intent to give playing time to low ceiling guys like McKinney and Davis instead, might as well see what Alford can do before cutting bait with him completely.
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Yeah good point no big loss whatsoever if Rowdy is odd man out. Santana looks to offer next to nothing in the outfield based on his metrics, so hopefully his outfield work would be minimal.
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Unfortunately your 2020 top 120 Jays prospects will only have 119 instead.
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If we are talking Jays as a landing spot for Santana they already have a remarkably similar guy on the roster in Teoscar Hernandez. High k-rate, low walk rate, hits the ball hard, poor fielder, untapped offensive potential....Teoscar is a far better athlete at this point as Santana's sprint speed has been declining quite a bit over the years.
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It's sad how little they ended up with considering the type of position player core they had before the tear down commenced. They had Dee Gordon, Realmuto, Stanton, Ozuna and Yelich, pretty damn solid core of players to start a team with. There pitching was pretty f***ing awful though.
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Who even knows what his defense looks like going forward though, he's only one season removed from an absolute monster gold glove level season. There is certainly potential there for at least solid left field play.
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And not to mention Ozuna can actually play defense, whereas Castellanos will likely be a DH at some point in the not too distant future.
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General 2019 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
max silver replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I would think certain free agent contracts would still have some inherent trade value. Let's say in a purely hypothetical scenario that the Yankees decided they didn't want to pay Geritt Cole $300 million anymore, are you saying that the Yankees would receive no offers because has has no trade value? Before you scoff at the notion, recall the the Yankees traded for Giancarlo Stanton and his $325 million contract (not a free agent contract but he got paid like a free agent). Sure they didn't give up a package with huge value, but they gave up actual assets to trade for him. The Astros traded for Zack Greinke, and included some actual valuable prospects in doing so. They received some cash to help to make the trade more equitable for both sides of course, but this is a great example that illustrates that players with big free agents are still valuable. -
The BP scouting report is very interesting, should be an average bat with plus defense: https://legacy.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/eyewitness_bat.php?reportid=589
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General 2019 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
max silver replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Seeing as how both Johnson and Alvarez failed their respective physicals, I wonder how the trade could have been reconfigured without those two involved? -
I wonder what kind of money it would take? Puig might only be like a 1 win upgrade compared to the guys already on the roster. Steamer only projects him for 1.9 wins, and he's only provided 1.8 and 1.2 in his last two seasons. Throw in defense that is declining on top of the likely headaches this guy is going to cause, and I just don't see how he is a good addition.
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JD isn't going to be paid like a DH though so the last few years you might be looking at a guy that's being paid like $25 million just to swing the bat.
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Even at $20 million a season I don't know if Price makes much sense for the Jays after the Ryu addition. Tying up $40 million a season in two oft injured pitchers doesn't seem to be a good use of the likely limited financial resources that are available at this time given the more pressing needs on the roster. Combined over the last 3 years Ryu and Price have only pitched an average of 249 innings per season, and I don't see how you can reasonably expect that to necessarily get better as these guys keep getting older. Adding Price nets maybe 1.5-2 wins in the most optimistic scenario, surely he makes more sense for the Angels or somebody else at this juncture.
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General 2019 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
max silver replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
If you trade them all away then any that develop into stars do so in somebody else's organization, and they get to enjoy having stars at pre-arb pay levels. I'm not saying you don't trade any prospects, but the really high ceiling guys you really gotta hold onto. Noah Syndergaard ring a bell by any chance? -
General 2019 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
max silver replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I think the Jays would be better off without a guy that treats prospects like poker chips. -
Obviously I'm not advocating that Vladdy Jr. learn how to not play 3rd base from Edwin, but Edwin would likely be a huge resource in helping Vladdy with his pre-game and at bat preparation. I recall Edwin has taught others how to effectively watch film to fully prepare for their at-bats, he would sort of serve as a bit of a player coach in that regard.
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If I recall correctly Vladdy Jr. already has spawned little mini Vlad's so I doubt he needs education in that matter.