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  1. This is downright dumb. A pitch that needs to be blocked isn't catchable in the first place, it's obvious you have an axe to grind with comments like that one.
  2. Even if the Jays tried to tank they will have to deal with the anti-tanking draft lottery and won't get to pick at the top of the draft year over year.
  3. I think that team was comparable to the 2015 team as one of the best in baseball.
  4. There is definitely a tall hill to climb back into contention but it's possible if enough things go right. If the team is another stinker nearing the deadline it can still be blown up and rebuilt from the ground up.
  5. Yeah I don't think anyone can fault the front office for a player who has recently become increasingly injury prone and inexplicably losing his ability to produce at the plate.
  6. There were multiple reports that Tiedemann showed up for spring training notably larger than previous seasons so getting bigger and stronger isn't likely what's required.
  7. I still notice him sitting on the bench on tv all the time. You can't miss the s*** eating grin he always features no matter how the game is actually unfolding.
  8. I'm pretty sure this isn't an apples to apples comparison. You are taking the dollar per WAR value of non Blue Jays players based on last season, and for the players signed by the Blue Jays you are using their dollar per WAR for this season.
  9. Simply getting the higher ceiling pitching prospects healthy would make a big difference. Healthier seasons from the likes of Tiedemann, Barriera, Rojas and Maroudis would dramatically improve the pitching outlook in particular. Add Yesavage who looks like he's going to move quickly as a highly polished college pitcher to the aforementioned group and the pitching depth starts to get a lot more interesting.
  10. I think Pederson was a really strong bounceback candidate based on his underlying numbers from the 2023 season. His .366 xwOBA was nearly identical to his .367 xwOBA from the prior season but the on field results dropped from .373 wOBA to .331 wOBA.
  11. With the level of defense he provides that would still likely to lead to something like a 2.5-3 win season for $7 million. That's still a great value signing. Projection systems are calling for 88-93 wRC+ the rest of the way which is a touch above his career averages so 70 seems pretty unlikely.
  12. For sure he would need to start in the minors. A better question would have been whether he could potentially work his way into the rotation as soon as next season as he might be close to ready to handle that kind of workload as he's up to 90 innings on the season already. If he throws more innings in the minors after the draft that could have him ready for a full season starter workload very soon.
  13. Apparently there was competition for IKF so if the Blue Jays didn't hand him that deal someone else would have. I still like the Rodriguez signing as well as I think he has the necessary arsenal to at least be an effective back of the rotation pitcher. If he can iron out the command to find a little more consistency in the strike zone he could eventually perform more like a mid rotation arm for 5th starter money.
  14. If they tried to bring in Chapman at the last moment it appears as though they had more than $40 million to work with and just chose not to spend the money for whatever reason. I sort of get shades of 2017 where the team only signed short term lower AAV deals and didn't really make a full hearted attempt to compete for the next few seasons as they rebuilt behind the scenes. If they actually had 60+ million to work with that would have opened the door to a lot more effective offseason than what was ultimately the case.
  15. Yeah that's really surprising if the team actually chose Turner when they had a legitimate opportunity to sign Joc. The only benefit I can see is that Turner didn't look like he needed to be platooned at the time of signing and could be closer to a full time player.
  16. Holy s*** dude how many times do you need to make the same point in a single post?
  17. Could this guy potentially step right into a major league rotation next season or is he likely to need a bit of seasoning in the minors first?
  18. Yeah that really doesn't make any sense. I don't know how there could possibly be enough hours in the day for Shapiro to spearhead all of the player acquisition efforts on top of President and CEO duties.
  19. But the Blue Jays Halladay return of Michael Taylor, Travis D'Arnaud and Kyle Drabek was obviously way better, get with the program man.
  20. I recall the Halladay trade returned the Blue Jays a giant pile of s***.
  21. I don’t view this as some sort of black and white scenario as not all of the front office decisions have been bad. I think the Green extensions and IKF deal were good deals, just like I think the KK deal is a disaster and the Turner signing has ultimately been a disappointment. Ultimately the front office will take the blame for how the season has gone but there has been a lot of unlucky s*** like all of the leverage relievers either missing huge chunks of time and/or being awful when actually available. This has exposed the lack of pitching depth in the organization which has been an ongoing issue but I’m not sure there are a lot of teams that could fully cover the loss of their closer, primary setup guy, having their primary leverage lefty reliever completely fall off a cliff and two other leverage options miss large chunks of times as well.
  22. Huh? Im not defending the front office, I just said the actual on the field results from Green are actually really good. Try to keep up.
  23. It’s not a bad extension in the first place. It’s low key insane to act like Green hasn’t provided tremendous results on the field as he’s barely allowed any runs this season. The club can be extremely happy with what he’s done to this point. Sooner or later he’ll be burned with a pile of rums if the home run rate isn’t brought into check but they have all been solo shots and caused minimal harm.
  24. If I recall correctly Click is in charge of overall strategy for the organization. Based on what has happened in the team's major league and minor league teams this season I'm not so sure he's deserving of a promotion.
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