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  1. max silver
    I think there is a pretty decent chance that the team will retain Bo in free agency. The uncomfortable conversation about a position change will need to happen sooner or later but the bat is such a key piece to deepen the lineup.
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    He should be fine with time. I don't expect him to continue to rock a 33% FB/HR ratio moving forward as a Blue Jay after sporting a 9.7% FB/HR ratio as a Twin over the first 4 months of the season.
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    I don't think Nance is going anywhere once Bieber is activated. It's just a waste of assets to lose Nance for nothing and I expect that Fluharty will likely be the odd man out. If/when Garcia is ready to come back that creates another difficult decision, but with Sandlin I believe he has options remaining and can also be sent to Buffalo.
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    Hoffman has retired 8 of his last 9 outs via strikeout. He’s starting to resemble the ultra dominant April version just in time for the stretch run as he’s commanding his entire arsenal so much more effectively. I think the deadline bullpen additions will help avoid more of the 4 games in 5 day stretches for Hoffman as those largely oreceeded the periods where struggled the most.
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    Bo has plenty of arm strength to play second base and I don’t think his arm is too weak for short stop by any means, his issues stem more from issues getting to balls in the first place due to diminishing range.
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    I think the team is just going through a bit of a team wide offensive slump. They weren't going to continue scoring 5-6 runs/game on average over the entire season, particularly given the number of AAA reinforcements being featured on the roster. I do think that once Springer is back and locked in he will provide a massive boost to the offense, and that will finally put the roster closer to full strength for the stretch run.
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    Yeah that seems possible that both of Bo and Kirk are wearing down a bit. Bo tends to go through defensive slumps at times where he's bobbling more plays in the field so I'm confident he'll clean this up in time. In past seasons he tended to have a few games/weeks where he made a bunch of miscues in the field and then played slightly above average defense to allow the metrics to tick back up towards neutral. This season the diminished range in the field hasn't allowed the metrics to recover once he's emerged from the slump. I'm hoping that a healthy offseason to work on improving his explosiveness/athleticism at short stop can help to recover some of the lost range instead of needing to rehabilitate from leg injuries but that might be wishful thinking on my part.
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    I suspect peak deGrom likely featured the best combination of stuff and command in MLB history out of the rotation. It was like facing a top shelf closer except out of the rotation. I wasn't surprised that he wasn't able to remain healthy given the stresses that throwing that hard would have created on his body.
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    Maybe although that would depend on how he finishes the season offensively. His last few months are rough as he's struggled to an 87 wRC+, but I do have confidence he'll reverse his fortunes at the plate eventually.
  10. max silver
    Um I think you're the last person who should be scolding someone else about Kirk's contract value after your insistence that he would certainly be paid more than $20 million per season.
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    It's possible there wasn't time for this as Buffalo played an early day game today.
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    Little certainly didn't do himself any favors with his command but his outing could have turned out a lot differently had the defense turned the weakly hit ground balls he induced into outs.
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    France has actually been hitting pretty well over the last month with a 137 wRC+, albeit with no home run power. He presents an interesting project hitter for the coaching staff, but one that I ultimately would have preferred to be given a shot in spring training to earn a spot vs the middle of a pennant race. Aside from mystery pickup Buddy Kennedy he'll almost certainly be the least deserving guy to stick around once Springer and Gimenez are ready to return, and it wouldn't surprise me if Loperfido ends up being sent back to Buffalo for a few weeks as more of an asset management type of move.
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    I think that both of Donaldson and Bautista had similar lengths for their respective peaks, with 6 peak years for each. Donaldson had an injury plagued season that was mixed in with his peak years that brought down the averages a bit over a total of 7 years. Bautista's peak saw him produce 156 wRC+/33.2 FWAR over 828 games. Donaldson's peak (including the injury plagued 2018 season) saw him produce 143 wRC+/39.6 FWAR over 949 games.
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    It's a shame we only got to see that group together for a handful of seasons.
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    I was a huge fan of the bad boy duo of Josh Donaldson and Jose Bautista. I'll go with Bautista as he was a franchise icon due to spending more time with the club, but the MVP season of Donaldson is probably my favorite single player season of all time.
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    I think Buck has been slowly embracing advanced statistics more and more in recent seasons. The old school catchers all universally abhor catchers catching on one knee despite the fact that it's been shown to actually reduce passed balls/wild pitches and may help to prolong the careers of catchers due to much less wear and tear on their hips and knees.
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    The Blue Jays were still MLB's highest scoring team since May 1 even before the Rockies series. Vlad and Bo are finally both on heaters and with Varsho infusing a ton of power into the lineup the offensive explosion became possible.
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    Man you've been a giant wet blanket for several years now, so you deserve every bit of s*** that you get as you fully earned it. Even now it's glass full at best with you with snide comments about the Jays trade deadline stating that the players they got aren't any good and if they had better prospects they could have added good players.
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    This is 3 ace level starts for Gausman in his last 4 outings. I'm hopeful that he's found his game for the stretch run as the top of the rotation version of Gausman is a game changer.
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    You must have been living under a rock this season if you don't think this team has faced a pile of adversity and has only enjoyed good fortune. This team has overcome the following on their way to an AL best record: - Giminez missing most of the season due to various injuries - Varsho missing most of the season due to various injuries - All of Vlad, Bo, Kirk, Clement and Santander getting off to poor starts with the bat - Santander getting off to a horrible start and then blowing out his shoulder - Francis turning into a turd and Scherzer missing most of the first half - Swanson and Green turning into pumpkins, Garcia and Sandlin missing huge chunks of time due to injury It's been a huge testament to the organizational depth that this team has continued rolling along despite missing so many key regulars throughout the season. In fact the team hasn't been at full strength at any point of the regular season.
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    The Blue Jays are positively guaranteed to lose this game because France is in the starting lineup instead of Schneider. Who is Ross a puppet of now? Based on the general tenor of your latest incoherent rant I'm guessing you should be implying that Schneider is the puppet and Ross is the puppet.
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    Thank goodness the team didn't choose the 3 year option.
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