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  1. max silver
    I'll just go ahead and pretend this start didn't happen.
  2. max silver
    I'd agree Baez is a very interesting target. He's a remarkably bad target but he's far from boring.
  3. max silver
    I never said to rely on any of those as starters. I think the team needs to shoot a lot higher this offseason than Kepler. 3 of the last 4 seasons have seen him below 100 wRC+ and that seems like the most likely type of output to expect from him. I think that any of the guys I listed have a decent shot to provide that type of offensive output, except with the benefit of being paid league minimum salary instead of costing real money in free agency.
  4. max silver
    Those dudes are harder to come by and tend to cost a premium in trade and free agency.
  5. max silver
    I don't think Kepler makes any sense for the Blue Jays as a target. He offers limited realistic offensive upside and the team is flush with young left handed outfield options. This includes Barger, Loperfido and Roden. I think there's a very good chance that every one of those players offers a superior offensive season to Kepler and he wouldn't actually provide an upgrade.
  6. max silver
    I'm not sure it's fair to suggest Vlad was a slap hitter. He averaged 94.8 MPH in the month of May off of the bat. He was actually hitting the ball so hard that some of his potential extra base hits turned into singles as the ball was off of the wall so quickly and into the outfielder's glove.
  7. max silver
    I would be massively shocked if a bunch of lighter hitting defense first players were brought aboard.
  8. max silver
    I don't think Canadian taxes are that much higher than most US locations. It's primarily the states with no state income tax that have a huge advantage over the rest of MLB.
  9. max silver
    Nimmala has continued his hot streak. Over the last month he's posted a .313/.361/.616 .977 OPS good for a 170 wRC+. He's hit 7 doubles and 7 home runs in 108 PA (.303 iso). Strikeouts are still a bit of a concern but he's been improving recently with 27.8% k rate in this sample.
  10. max silver
    Unfortunately the dude is made of glass. He's posted very impressive numbers whenever he's on the field.
  11. max silver
    Who in the world are these nicknames even supposed to be referring to?
  12. max silver
    I loved the line about how Richards was a 3 pitch pitcher: fastball, changeup and wild pitch.
  13. max silver
    I think third base could potentially be filled by some combination of Barger, Vlad and Clement. This could add flexibility to add offense at first base as another possibility.
  14. max silver
    What's this about 9 years with a top tier payroll? This club isn't even in the top tier of MLB spenders in the first place, and they didn't reach the luxury tax threshold for the first time until the 2023 season. This year they stand to actually finish below the luxury tax level at the end of the season. So that makes a single year of luxury tax level spending in 9 years.
  15. max silver
    Roden wasn't drafted until 2022 so the Covid year shouldn't factor in.
  16. max silver
    Nobody was defeated here. The whole crux of the argument from the science deniers was that Bassitt was obviously blasting the front office as being some sort of unfixable mess which meant the team was completely ruined until the were replaced. When Bassitt clarified his comments about the unfixable stuff being primarily age and injury issues among various teammates that couldn't be removed as a factor this basically disproved that theory. There's a loss for the science deniers. Bassitt was rightly blasting the front office's mediocre offseason, but at the same time it's also completely true that Ohtani aside free agency was very weak last season. So no victory for either group as there's truth in both stances. Some people opined (incorrectly) that Bassitt might have clarified the comments on his own after being asked about it by Jays beat reporters. There's a loss for the beacons of truth. In the end there's simply no victor in this argument.
  17. max silver
    Yeah a quick look at the rules seems to indicate that to be the case. This is Roden's 4th season in the minors with the club. He's a total non-brainer guy to protect as he's the most likely of the current crop to develop into a full time player. He's reported to have a strong arm and run solid routes so he could eventually become the heir apparent to replace Springer in right field, although the recent success of Barger at the plate shows he may also factor in.
  18. max silver
    The club suddenly has a wealth of young outfielders. Two spots for next season are seemingly locked down with Varsho in center field and Springer in right so it will be interesting to see how this all shakes out. I think Loperfido has a shot to become 4th outfielder and Barger a shot to be a super utility type. Maybe Barger and Vlad could largely split time at third base next season. Roden's breakout in AAA complicates things a bit, if he continues he is starting to look more and more like a potential every day player candidate as soon as next season, but having said that the team would really benefit by adding a big bat to the roster to man a corner outfield spot.
  19. max silver
    There's limited AB to go around in the outfield already between Varsho/Springer/Loperfido/Schneider so it might be better to keep Roden in AAA playing every day so he's not primarily sitting on the bench.
  20. max silver
    Sounds kind of like Danny Jansen who literally hangs his hands in the strike zone.
  21. max silver
    How so? This looks more like a situation where both sides have been somewhat vindicated. Bassitt made controversial comments that were entirely up to the individual to interpret the meaning of, he stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest that likely embarrassed his bosses, and clarified and/or walked the statements back a bit after being talked to by his bosses. So there's little reason to go patting yourself on the back like you've achieved some sort of victory here.
  22. max silver
    Kikuchi was one of MLB's most effective starters over nearly a full year stretch. In the calendar year from May 30, 2023 to May 30 of this season he produced 4.5 FWAR in 33 starts, which was 7th in all of MLB. That's quite a remarkable turnaround compared to the type of season he produced for the club in his initial season.
  23. max silver
    The team is full of players who have underlying statistics that support better than the production they've contributed this season. This applies to all of Bo, Springer and Kirk who have drastically underperformed compared to their expected stats. I don't know specifically when Kirk turned around his quality of contact as I haven't dug that directly into the numbers, but you can search his expected stats using Statcast search. Using the same dates I've referenced Kirk produced an xwOBA/wOBA split of .161/.235 for the first two weeks, compared to .361/.320 since then.
  24. max silver
    I'd like to read more about him as well as he seems to be an under the radar success story this season. He barely pitched from 2020-2022 only pitching about a total of 38 innings across those 3 seasons. He likely maxes out as a multiple inning reliever or something of that sort but he's had quite a bit of success this season out of the rotation for a minor league system that's had very little success developing starters.
  25. max silver
    I'm sure Mattingly must have helped some of the team's hitters but all of the available articles seem to directly mention Matt Hague as being the primary coach assisting with the offensive turnarounds this season.
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