Carlos Danger

Yes, so much from AZ that would give me a boner. Regardless, where from, we need more depth for the rotation.

Yes, property taxes will go up depending on your purchase price. However, the yearly increase is normally capped by the County you are in. So Palm Bch county as an example is 2% or something like that I think. If the previous owner was paying taxes on a $150K condo, they bought in 1990 and now is worth $800K (you paid). That 2% is a lot!

Just looking at Kikuchi. Over the last two seasons he was good for half a season. So, the actual track record/results are that he has sucked 75% of the time over the past two years. He started the 2021 season on fire, made the All-Star game then went down hill in the second half. 2022 he was not a viable SP for a playoff team and a team trying to win a division. Is he better than other options, or a better 5 than other team's 5s, yes. However, if our goal is to is to win the division and improve in all facets from last year, Kickuchi has not shown he is the answer in the 5th rotation position. One injury to the starting 4 or another Yo-Yo season from Berrios and now Kikuchi is your #4... Not who I want to go to war with..

Remember, there is the price of a condo and then a monthly maintenance, association fees and then assessments. You could have a $1000 dollar plus maintenance and association fee per month. If the building is old, they might need to fix the pipes etc and then you get a $25 million dollar assessment fee divided by 200 units etc.. Lot's of hidden costs in condos apart from the mortgage.

Well to play Devils advocate- For one Ray, there was two of Rourke and Kikuchi.. We don't know if the Blue Jays are ok with Kikcuchi and White. They very well maybe and probably are, still looking for additional pitching. My post was for other posters who think we have sufficient and solid depth after our top 4.

What metrics are they using to forecast improvements as SP for Kickuchi and White??? Kickuchi pitched in the pen to end the year. White didn't finish the season strong.. If you had a pitcher who's over all numbers sucked but they finished strong or were a BABIP victim it is one thing. I don't see any of that with these two.. You are literally relying on some voodoo magic to project an improvement.. I agree with Jim and others.. We should bring in another SP.. Wade Miley, Wacha etc... Someone that has a more consistent track record then anything else I have seen.. Which is just throwing s*** (with some of them) against the wall and hope it sticks.

The Sheriff is 100% right. If this was a business plan I would kick it back and cancel your bonus. This is a great starting 4. That does not equal depth. The Blue Jays have made the team and SPs better than last year. Great starting four! Let's take a look after that: Why are people considering Kikuchi and White as depth. What changed from last season? What metric are you using to show that there will be a difference from the 2022 season? Kikuchi has 1 and 1/2 seasons of suck vs 1/2 a season of being good. That is not a strategic plan built on substance, it is a hope and prey. Hope and pray maybe one of the two will be better. Hope and prayer is not an acceptable strategy. Ryu is older, not shown a propensity to stay healthy and good, need both the past few years. Again, this is a hope and pray strategy based on zero metrics saying he will be available, healthy and good. Relying on spec SPs that have never pitched an inning of MLB is not a strategy, again, it is hoping that one of those spec SPs can come up and translate their milb numbers to MLB hitters. The track record on milb pitchers doing this is very small compared to the rankings pre first MLB appearance. Then, you have pitch count restrictions etc. The usual suspects were saying our pitching depth was fine last year prior to the season. I said it was not, it was not. Again, great starting 4.. Good job FO. After that 4, off a cliff.... based on any tangible MLB performance metrics.

Florida is a micro market and different compared to other parts of the U.S. The demand for property in Florida is still strong from all the people fleeing NY, CA and Illinois etc. They have cash from inflated home prices in their home state and interest rates don't affect them as much. Unfortunately, $800K won't get you anything too great in Florida these days.. Unless you go to more rural areas.

Yes. The Giants should never have scheduled a press conference until the contract was signed and they had approved the medicals. The Giants jumped the shark on the standard baseball process. A process that is recommended by MLB to be followed by all teams.

https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/red-sox/red-sox-scour-trade-market-catching-blue-jays-look-obvious-match?cid=sm_npd_rsn_bos_fb_mn&fbclid=IwAR0HC-qmVJpVRuyug0jLH_8W1tC-f2_5i_NaZBdDJfw3rZlJBVuh08gjWCM&mibextid=Zxz2cZ#lbxwq244ytza63fw7se Boston? Not my first choice, but nice to know they might be in the mix.

That was my thought when he turned down $3 million. It is only the AL single season HR l record ball, not all time.

I took this to mean how one should act when losing. I assume if ok with the dugout, the same would apply to the club house. Hence, to help me understand/clarify your position, I asked if the example from Money Ball is ok in your book?

Merci beaucoup

Def a good game...!! France surrendered...and no one is Crying for Argentina.. Except tears of joy..

Thanks for the recap. I love to hear AA interviews. Did you mean to write Cubs vice Twins? Or did AA say the Twins also outbid them on Swanson?

Dude, we were in two different universes, hence my confusion with all your replies. My post had zero to do with something that happened with the Blue Jays and I never said it did. I was replying to Max Silver’s long post where he was talking about in general, let grown men do as they wish and it doesn’t matter what they do after a loss. I was talking about philosophical differences in discipline, leadership style and rules.

So you would have had no issue if you were Billy Bean and you walked in and saw that given the context?

No, not the Blue Jays. Just to Max Silver’s assertion that a Lazaiss faire attitude is no problem and they are grown men in baseball.

My point. I think it does matter what players, a Team, do after a loss.

What about the part in Money Ball where Jeremy Giambi and all them were partying it up with music and dancing in the club house after a loss and in the midst of a long losing streak.. Is that ok?

Maybe that is the secret/reason we have been landing so many FAs lately. I know I would take a lower AAV if I was playing on that team.

That closes out the Stroman trade correct? No one left, no one worth a s*** anymore….

A young elite CF/OF who is a lefty bat, can also play catcher, who hit 27hrs and had 16SBs. Has shown year over year improvement. Nobody in baseball recorded more outs above average than Daulton Varsho. Dalton Varsho would make the team much better then it was before the KK signing and even after. Smart winning team builders on this board know why he would be a great get.

Garrettttt Cooperrrrr inbound!

I agree with you on a Macallan 18, great stuff! Johnny Walker Blue is also smooth on the pallet for a special occasion. Unless you are a baller and can afford it on a regular basis..