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  1. max silver
    Anthony Santander going 3 for 30 in the spring would be far from ideal given the likelihood that it bled into the regular season.
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    Just don't let Max challenge balls and strikes and that's a golden combination.
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    Yeah that shoulder looks awfully healthy to me. I'm also curious to see how he looks once he gets a chance to play the outfield and test out the throwing arm.
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    I generally enjoy most of what Stoeten writes, my only real issue is some of the SJW nonsense he pushes at times.
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    I saw a post suggesting that a reader had seen the job listing for the Athletic Jays beat writer and it was in the $75k range or thereabouts.
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    I recall there was discussion that they were attempting to hire a new writer. I used to receive a ton of value from my Athletic subscription as there were the aforementioned 3 Blue Jays centric writers along with several Flames writers as well, but not it's down to zero for each. A large chunk of the Blue Jays coverage now is basically Ken Rosenthal dunking on the organization at every possible opportunity which is not something I'm interested in paying for as I could read Steve Simmons for free if I was actually interested in that kind of content.
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    Adames basically produced a Bo Bichette season in 2024 with a 119 wRC+ and -16 DRS/0 OAA. It's nearly impossible to know what to expect from Adames moving forward.
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    That was the Athletic who fired him. I believe he was drunk for a podcast where Stephen Brunt was being interviewed. It's a shame he got himself shitcanned from the Athletic job as that publication used to feature 3 Blue Jays centered writers and now is down to none.
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    Bo tends to go in defensive slumps where he makes a bunch of mistakes and his metrics have a tendency to plummet as this occurs. I hope that it will be possible to track changes to the metrics a little more easily at some point in the future to make it easier to quantify the drops to the various metrics once the inevitable slump hits. I think his arm strength has never been much of an issue, I believe his issues stem from poor mechanics at times that leads to the errant throws. We shall see how the range looks this season after the barrage of calf issues last season, hopefully that hasn't been overly affected.
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    I was impressed by Nimmala in the field as he was silky smooth at short stop and flashed a very strong arm. He wasn't overly challenged by any of the plays but I thought he looked very sure handed vs Bo who has people holding their breath when the ball is hit his way.
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    I liked the stuff he was featuring but the command is definitely a work in progress as he grooved a bunch of fastballs.
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    If you read between the lines even a little bit it appears as though Bo is very old school in his preparation approach. He's made comments that strongly suggest he's not particularly interested in the more advanced data and training approaches. That's fine as it's obviously his prerogative with regards to training methods but I fully believe he's holding himself back with the extreme over aggressiveness at the plate and unlocking his full potential will require improvement.
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    In the unlikely event that the current front office actually wins a playoff game you can still keep him. This version is much better.
  15. max silver
    If I'm not mistaken the shoulder issue wasn't a long term and that the initial injury happened a month or so before his season ended. I believe it occurred on a defensive play.
  16. max silver
    Ok I'm getting suspicious someone has hacked Jonn's account or something.
  17. max silver
    Fantastic post.
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    The board has been a bit of a nuthouse at times this offseason. It's perfectly understandable as many here are completely stressed out and people are at each others throats even more than usual. It's interesting that there are some loose factions that have formed over the offseason as well.
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    I'm actually low key a little bit worried about how his shoulder bounces back from the surgery. He's not blessed with the strongest throwing arm to start with and primarily relied on getting rid of the ball quickly with great accuracy. Losing any zip on the arm could force him to play primarily left field. A greater concern of mine is whether the power output is affected, as he could very quickly become useless at the plate if he can't even produce decent power output.
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    Well to be fair you did suggest that Varsho should be fired into the sun...😆
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    That's an interesting discussion topic to be certain. I went a little further back and George also featured reverse splits in the 2022 season as well which makes 3 seasons in a row. You have to go all the way back to 2018 to find another season where he performed better against left handed pitching, so that makes 5 of the last 7 seasons where he posted reverse splits. It appears as though his career split totals are largely being driven by the results from his first 4 seasons in the league. Over the last 3 seasons he's gone backwards year over year so hopefully this is something that he can reverse with the appropriate adjustments at the plate. Springer RHP/LHP splits over time Career 124/134 2014-2018 120/150 2019-present 127/124 2022-present 113/99
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    Springer has reverse splits the last two seasons so this might not be a great option. Popkins has his hands full trying to squeeze some more juice out of Kirk and Springer as these guys have both been underperforming their expected statistics to a large degree.
  23. max silver
    Come on man you should know by now that Orelvis didn't test positive for steroids.
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    I'm hoping that Wagner can at least be passable defensively at third base to open up a little more potential playing time. I believe the club is giving him some reps at first base as well to increase his versatility. DH could be a little clogged up with both of Santander and Vlad featuring quite a few plate appearances there which could limit his playing time a bit.
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    The primary issue that held the team back was the lack of performance when it mattered from the all star talent on the roster. If you examine the 4 year period in the current window from 2021-2024 peaked the club enjoyed peak combined performance from their two young cornerstone players once, and had one season where the duo was basically acceptable. The other two seasons saw a really disappointing combined contribution. Bo and Vlad Combined FWAR 2021 11.2 FWAR 2022 8.1 FWAR 2023 5.2 FWAR 2024 5.8 FWAR Imagine how much better the 2022 and 2023 teams could have been if both of Bo and Vlad performed up to their capabilities. 2023 in particular was a massive disappointment, and that team very well may have been challenging for the division instead of squeaking into a wild card series if the supposed core didn't disappoint to such a large degree.
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