Carlos Danger

Was there some illusion he ought to have known Rickey would suck in TO? If the Jays didn't win the World Series, would it have been fair to blame Gillick for adding Henderson? No - obviously not (or at least I don't think so). There was probably a 5% chance Rickey would play that bad for the Jays - but that's exactly what happened. The above is BS. Rickey was a huge part of and contributor to the Jays WS win in 93. f*** his wRC+ and batting average. Are you old enough to really remember the 93 season? Ricky had a .356 OBP for the Jays down the stretch with 22 stolen bases in 44 games. In the playoffs he got 8 hits, 3 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. He was the tying or winning run in the Carter HR. Most importantly apart from getting on base, Ricky was a disruptor. He would absolutely get in the pitcher’s heads as well as the catcher. This led to errors on pick off plays, rushed throws and errors etc by the catcher or MI. The pitch count would increase to hitters and they would take advantage of pitchers phased by Rickey. When the Blue Jays played the A’s in the ALCS a few years prior Ricky single handily forced Ernie Whitt’s retirement by making him look so bad.

Didn’t things get testy/contentious between the Jays and Donaldson his last year over the subject of his injury treatment/rehab?

I would probably go with Holliday with 1-1

I have an offer of 1-1 in the 2025 FYPD for Wyatt Langford. Full Dynasty league. What say you (irrespective of time to the show)? Thanks in advance

Bad link?

We have a number of board associated fantasy baseball leagues with each having its own thread. I think there are some hockey leagues and maybe another sport. Plus the Fantasy baseball advice thread. So in total I would estimate 6-7 Fantasy dedicated threads.

Ok, thanks. Where is the appropriate sub forum to start something like that?

I used to do the same thing when buying a car. Well, the dealer down the road will give me this… I need you to beat that etc. If he said he wasn’t interested it would be surrendering a negotiation position.

Maybe I just cant find it? I would like to ask a question in the Fantasy Baseball advice thread we used to have. Thanks!

You are leaving out Duval who I believe ended up being the NL RBI leader. A bonafide thumper and played plus OF/CF D. Rosario was hurt the whole year and everyone knew Solar was a better player than who he was in KC. Joc was used in the right situations where he thrived and the fact AA added 5 guys with RR from the Pirates at the deadline infused a lot of energy and motivation a la the 2015 Blue Jays. You can’t just look at a snapshot of wRC+ when building a baseball Team. You have consistently being a slave to stat cast. Comparing a snap shot of known power hitters to Dejong is comically absurd. Semien had some of his worst stats of his career the year before we signed him if you go back and look at baseball reference or some s*** like that. However, he had something like a 1000 plus OPS in his last month of the season which showed he had made an adjustment. To give credit to the Jay’s FO, they jumped on him, probably realizing that Semien’s previous season total was not reflective of the player they were signing. I saw the same in Fantasy and it paid of nicely ;). Point being, to discredit AA by basically saying he threw s*** at the wall and got lucky is showing a lack of understanding how to build a real life winner and not just win the statcast competition. As to the Braves vs Jays and playoff success year over year. . The Jays have not faced anywhere near the amount of injuries the Braves have, not to mention all our appearances since 2015 have been via the WC only…

That team also recognized their deficiencies at the deadline, didn’t rest on their laurels made a shitload of trades and acquisitions and it paid off. It pisses me off to no end we did nothing to improve our offense at the 2023 deadline which set the table for scoring zero runs in the game we pulled Berrios and 1 run the previous game or something like that…..

I heard an interview with Teo this AM as I was driving into work. The context was that another team offered $5 mil more than the Dodgers. Teo stated, (paraphrasing) the Dodgers showed/had confidence in him when other Teams in his past had not. I doubt he was reffering to when he was with Houston. So either TO or SEA. You be the judge….

Would you mind posting the whole article if you have access? I am getting blocked by a paywall? Thanks in advance!

This should be in around baseball IMO or whatever the new thread is.

The same is posted on MLBtraderumors. He is not just “scouring” Reddit etc. I don’t want anything to do with Moncada either, but what else are we supposed to talk about?

If you guys think there is some Chinese wall between Shapiro and Atkins when it comes to baseball decisions of any significants you, have not been paying attention and are delusional. They both need to go to get a fresh start/perspective/strategy and risk analysis.

Arb deadline? Vladito's self imposed deadline is like Feb 22 or something, correct?

If the Astros match the 4/82 then he makes a lot more money playing in Texas.

I wonder if Seattle would be a potential fit (possibly for Bo and Vladdy)? We could take back some salary in Haniger and Crawford if necessary. They have a few tasty prospects. There is an 85% plus chance IMO you get more now than at the deadline. 1. You have a lout more suitors now than at the deadline. 2. Do you think Vladdy is going to do better than last year's second half? Value is at a high. 3. One year of control with the possibility to trade again at the deadline has a lot more value than basically two months.

Don't disagree with you on name value. I just don't think the Blue Jays will get as much as people think. Using the Tucker deal as a benchmark. I also caveated Vientos (my preferred target)with a trade a sign deal. i.e, only way they trade him is if the Mets have a 48 hr window etc to sign Vladdy to and extension and get it done.

Makes a huge difference if they trade him pre-season or at the deadline. You would get a lot better return now than at the deadline. Hence if you are going to trade him anyway, do the pre-season!! If they do it with the Mets now, maybe something like Baty, Gilbert and Acuna. I would prefer Vientos in the deal over Baty, not sure if the Mets would do that unless it was some trade and sign deal.

This is correct. All that matters is end of season totals. Time to change your profile pic Jimbo. New Year, new board and new results.

Those older vets who have made their money and make decisions based on convenience to home etc and winning a WS etc are not going to pick TO this year.

Never mind, I guess our sell off got us just under.