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  1. max silver
    Unfortunately your 2020 top 120 Jays prospects will only have 119 instead.
  2. max silver
    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.
  4. max silver
    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.
  5. max silver
    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.
  6. max silver
    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.
  7. max silver
    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
  8. max silver
    Seeing as how both Johnson and Alvarez failed their respective physicals, I wonder how the trade could have been reconfigured without those two involved?
  9. max silver
    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.
  10. max silver
    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.
  11. max silver
    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.
  12. max silver
    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?
  13. max silver
    I think the Jays would be better off without a guy that treats prospects like poker chips.
  14. max silver
    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.
  15. max silver
    If I recall correctly Vladdy Jr. already has spawned little mini Vlad's so I doubt he needs education in that matter.
  16. max silver
    I'd love Edwin for that kind of money, he is one of the few guys I think would be worth bringing aboard for his mentoring ability on top of the quality bat. I shudder to think back to the veteran presence garbage waste of roster spots prior Jays teams had employed. Guys like Mark Derosa and Omar Vizquel, guys who were too old and broken down to add any actual value on the field. But with Edwin it would be different, he shares so many similarities with Vladdy Jr. it's crazy. Poor defensive 3rd baseman, eventually had to move to 1st base/DH, high walk rate/low k rate etc. etc. Having Edwin around to mentor the latin players (Teoscar, Gurriel, Vladdy Jr.) as well as the rest of the youngsters would be huge.
  17. max silver
    I think I would have been seriously torn if the Jays managed to land Strasburg for the type of contract he signed for. The pure fan in me would have been giddy like a school girl at a Bieber concert, but the more analytical portion of my psyche would have been cowering in the corner at the amount of pure risk in this contract. At least with Ryu the Jays are getting ace-like ability at a discount, $20 million for what he can possibly provide is pretty damn reasonable. But Strasburg at $35 million a season until he is 37 is super unlikely to age well, the guy has only averaged like 157 innings per season over the last 5 years.
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    While I think reports like this need to be taken with a massive grain of salt, if true it's kind of a big deal as it signals the ability and desire for the front office to shop in the premium aisle at the free agency supermarket. It's been a lot of years since the Jays were interested or able to try to bring in the truly top of the market players such as Cole. For all of the s*** the front office takes for touting the payroll flexibility they have worked towards achieving, the core of pre-arb players they have built is so damn cheap it allows them to take on massive salaries under the available payroll budget. I dream that the Jays may be serious suitors for Mookie Betts next offseason, an in his prime MVP caliber outfielder is exactly what this team needs given the s***** MLB outfield and lack of good outfield prospects in the sytem.
  19. max silver
    I'd say it screams professional eating contest winner. The chick is hot though so it's easy to ignore the big bastard in the center of the photo.
  20. max silver
    Who's this "handsome" fellow? If he didn't have the teeny beard on his chin it appears he would actually be missing having a chin, fascinating photo there.
  21. max silver
    It's totally insane that this deal went through as structured even though Johnson failed his physical. Like why even bother doing the f***ing physical in the first place if you are going to turn a blind eye to the results? I had no real problem with this trade at the time with the information we had available back then, if it worked out the Jays would have vaulted into contention. But the idea that Thor was potentially included is infuriating.
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