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  1. max silver
    Sooner or later they'll be forced to bring him up to the majors or lose him completely due to the contract terms. You would hope that Turnbull would be a little accommodating to the club to build himself up to the point where he isn't destroyed in the majors instead of forcing the issue.
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    Flintstones references are super dated but the guys using them are of that era when the show was a mega hit so it's just harmless fun for them. I don't know if the team has a ton of better options than Francis at this point. Macko is working his way back on a rehab assignment, but aside from him the other options are the corpses of Turnbull and Kloffenstein.
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    You saw this in person?
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    The team finally seems to have perfected the formula towards the internal offensive improvement they've been chasing since so many of the hitters underperformed in the 2023 season. I think the Popkins hire was a key factor in the internal successes, including Kirk and Springer rediscovering their form, Bo largely returning to the good version of himself (this probably would have happened regardless of the hitting coach), Barger's sudden emergence as a massive threat, Lukes proving that 2024 wasn't a fluke, Clement going on a heater at the plate etc. Even Davis Schneider appears as though he may have rediscovered his form at the plate as well.
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    I think Fisher is a stud and easily deserving of leverage innings.
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    This offense has another gear available once Vlad gets into a power groove and Santander hits his stride.
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    This is largely what the team has been doing with the bat over the last 5 weeks.
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    Hoffman got away with it thankfully as the one splitter was a middle middle 89 MPH with minimal drop.
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    Berrios pitched a very good game. I thought his stuff and command have both looked much better in the last few starts, hopefully he can continue to pitch this well given how poorly Francis has been in the spot before him in the rotation.
  10. max silver
    Adam Macko is up to 4 innings in his most recent start, albeit in the complex league.
  11. max silver
    That's cool the team misses Wheeler but the Sanchez/Abel/Luzardo matchup still looks very tough.
  12. max silver
    I can only guess you are joking, as the 6 home runs is in about a single month's worth of playing time.
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    Yeah Varsho obviously isn't the only guy hitting for power, but the team's power fortunes largely turned around the time he returned. Since Varsho's return the team's power has been a really strong asset: Varsho 8 HR Bo 7 HR Vlad 6 HR Barger 5 HR Santander 3 HR Lukes 3 HR Clement 3 HR Kirk 2 HR
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    Since Varsho returned to the lineup the Jays are 6th in runs and 4th in home runs. I don't think lack of power is really much of an issue recently, hopefully this continues to be the case with Varsho on the injured list.
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    Swanson was pitching much better in recent outings as he threw 5 scoreless appearances. I recall looking at the Statcast box score for his second rough outing after coming back, and he was 100% BABIP'd as a bunch of soft contact fell in for hits.
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    Top of the order hitters rarely seem to be moved at the deadline in recent years.
  17. max silver
    There's no need to get your knickers all twisted. Try thinking about the connotations of "showing signs of life in recent games" in the first place. That can easily mean that Bonilla's prospect status is still hanging on by a thread based on what is likely a historically bad start to his season, but the last week is so intrinsically different in literally every single on field result that it appears he's successfully made some sort of adjustment. After a horrendous first couple of weeks where he produced only 4 total bases, he's potentially turned things around at the plate with 12 total bases in the last week.
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    The projection systems downgraded him for the rest of the season, but to numbers largely in line with what he did in 2022/2023. It's not like he's been projected to be a below average bat for the rest of his career. That will largely depend on what he does for the rest of the season, and will fluctuate accordingly based on his performance metrics as the season progresses.
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    Enmanuel Bonilla is finally showing signs of life in recent games. He got off to the worst start I can recall for a top 30 prospect as he was sitting at a staggeringly bad -20 wRC/,246 OPS up to May 19. He's raised the OPS up to .497 over his last 5 games with a dramatically reduced strikeout rate so hopefully he's turned a corner.
  20. max silver
    A good chunk of that is based on a reduction in his defensive projections. He's been very bad in right field so far this season, but the offensive projections are pretty similar to his 2022/2023 numbers which was probably a more realistic expectation vs the career season from 2024. He's hit much better when in the field which creates a bit of a conundrum given the poor metrics in right field, but his small sample of innings in left field are solid enough so that could be a better place to park him in the field.
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    I made the mistake of believing you were smarter than the typical Reddit poster. I'll be sure to adjust my expectations moving forward. Santander has nearly 2000 plate appearances over 3 seasons where he was a potent slugger, but of course just like the typical Reddit poster you apply a massive dose of recency bias and only count what's happened in a Blue Jay uniform, while pretending like the rest of the player's history has ceased to exist.
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    I expect that Varsho would fall in a similar bucket to Kirk in that he'd be willing to sign an extension that made sense for both sides. I don't think he'd approach $100 million in free agency/extension talks unless he takes a clear step forward with the bat for the season as a whole.
  24. max silver
    That would be a great point if free agents signed based on mid season performance metrics instead of their end of season numbers.
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    Both of Santander and Giminez are bound to have much better numbers by the end of the season. I know you're trolling at least a little bit here but I know you're better than to make any kind of definitive determinations on a 3-5 year deal only 2 months into the first season.
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