Carlos Danger

If you would have replied to that poster with the last 3 paragraphs of your post. No one would have said anything. You were being a bully, your were being self righteous, you were being a know it all. There is NOTHING I can see in your posting, history or background to make your opinion have more credibility then anyone else. It is not about being a grandma. It is about before the internet even existed I didn't like bullies. Now you are being a bully, flat out hard stop. Just post like you did the last three paragraphs and show him why his "opinion" is "wrong" sin the diatribe. L54 is exactly right. Who wants to come on to this page to debate/talk baseball which is the point and be the recipient of the vitriol you were spewing. There are posters on here with high post counts, even cool screen names who consistently are wrong in their baseball assessments and opinions. High quantity of posts and low quality of posting as proven by results opposite to what they were preaching as fact/the gospel. Some are even mods. I missed the memo where you or any other poster is superior to another as long as it is a purely baseball discussion. Lastly, talking baseball and putting forward an alternate opinion is not trolling. I know trolling when I see it, that is not it! Chillax and talk baseball dude, not personal attacks!

If you are talking about, me, I never said our BP sucked, I do think it still needs improvement. I was replying to posters who said it was one of the top 10. It helps to look at things objectively. The writer states it is basically a toss up between the Red Sox and Jays BP. What the Red Sox writer also says, is that the Yankees and Rays have better pens. That is kinda of important when both are in our division and in the context of a playoff push. This is not directed at just you, but it seems like many on here have lost their ability to be objective and are letting homerism or articles from the Toronto Star shape their opinions.

Our BP is 4th in the division according to a Red Sox writer.. https://www.overthemonster.com/2022/4/6/23012539/boston-red-sox-roster-bullpen-matt-barnes-jake-diekman-garrett-whitlock-kutter-crawford-robles Division Standing It’s always hard to judge bullpens from other teams because there are always players who pop up out of nowhere that are hard to see coming unless you follow the team closely on a day-to-day basis. The Yankees, though, I think are still on top with Aroldis Chapman, Jonathan Loáisiga, and Chad Green as a formidable big three, and some good depth behind that. The Rays always have an elite bullpen, so they have to be in the top two and you could probably argue them for being above the Yankees. I went back and forth between the Blue Jays and Red Sox a lot. I think Jordan Romano is the best (especially if we’re not counting Whitlock) reliever between either team, but the depth goes slightly in the favor of Boston, I think. And then Baltimore, well they have one of the worst on-paper bullpens I can remember after trading Cole Sulser and Tanner Scott. Yankees Rays Red Sox Blue Jays Orioles

I think you need to chill, your opinion is not anymore important nor credible then this guy. Who the f*** do you think you are spouting off on the guy like this for having a baseball opinion. You are saying you can't complain about a player until they make a single start in a Jay's uniform? He has an alternate opinion on Berrios. However, is what he said about Ryu wrong? Kikuchi had a very poor second half, and is coming to the AL East... You are acting like an internet bully, go look in the mirror, reflect on how you are talking to people who's only crime is not hobbing the knob of our Team construction and be a better person. That poster didn't deserve that diatribe.

My guy said no, he is full up with Fantasy Teams this year. Sorry guys..

Orioles talked about this a number of months ago. If I recall it has to do with attracting FA pitchers to sign with them. No pitcher wanted to pitch in that hitter friendly band box.

Mets DFAd Jordan Yamamoto today. Sad, super nice guy in person and I was pulling for him...

I just reached out to a guy I thought might be a good fit. Not sure if he is willing to take another Team. I will let you know as soon as I know.

I phoned Ross after he signed Roark to a two year deal. Wasn’t too long after he called me back and said Carlos, you were right and DFA’d Roark. With Yisuki we received the Randal Grichuk of pitchers. Great first half, s***** second half. Yisuki sucked in the second half last year and down the stretch/playoff run. Velocity was down and he does not seem durable.

I hadn’t checked recently and thought Manoah was in the third spot. Regardless, between age, nagging injuries and inconsistencies, I don’t have a heck of a lot of faith in Ryu to go deep much anymore. (Deep these days is 5 plus or 6).

IIR that was the same/similar reaction you had when I criticized the the Roark deal and told you he sucked.

Don’t believe in 4 and 5. Manoah is fine, talent needs to equal results and Ryu is just not dependable IMO. Worried pen will get wore down, burnt out and don’t see the depth.

Not feeling the Jays pitching, maybe 3 reliable SPs, and no solid depth.

Tapia making contact to get the run in.

Thanks to both. Any concern over the line up or lack of in Texas and being a pitchers park for Semien. Any concern over Belt's injury history/current injury? Thanks again

I think I already know my answer. Just wanted some additional feedback. 30 Team Dynasty League H2H. Semien and Belt or Cronenworth and Taylor (multiple position Taylor LAD)

Late innings we have a runner on 3rd with 1 out. We need to tie or go ahead run on 3rd. Or leading off an inning where we are down a run and need a base runner, I prefer Tapia over Grichuk, especially if the second half of the season. Check out Tapias OBP and K rate compared to Grichuk.. Yea Grichuk could get lucky and run into one, but most likely not. Regardless, as others have mentioned, look at this deal for the Team as a whole and not just Tapia-Grichuk. Probably just a chess move in the bigger picture anyway.

Yea, probably April, May and half of June. But not in July, August or September...

Very happy with this. The fact Grichuk is gone makes me happy. Not too worried about the return and not going to look at the deal in a vacuum. The guy is like trying to get back with an ex every year when you know you should just cut bait. Starts of good and you think this is great, but the underlying issues why you shouldn't be together are still there and by the half-way point of the season you know it was never meant to work. Plus, based on what I saw in some games a few years ago, his D is not plus either... Good move Atkins.

I would be interested in the differences in launch angle. Especially during the period pre Vlad.2 when he was hammering everything into the ground at 110Mph..

With $5k rims

As the US goes, so does most of the world. Toronto is one of 30 Teams. If the fans of the 29 US Teams are struggling to pay for gas and put food on the table they are not going to be going to baseball games and they are not going to be paying $150 USD a year for MLBTV or some combo of Apple TV and NBC streaming services etc, etc. When people need to cut back, these are the types of things that go first.

Baseball better get their s*** together ASAP. With gas skyrocketing and food prices soon to rise significantly, (over 65% of the Potash and urea comes from the BeloRuso/Ukraine area- both needed need to grow food efficiently. Less yield by American/Canadian farmers, less supply, but higher field to shelf costs equal higher consumer costs) no one will be able to afford to go the games or have 15 different streaming services to watch baseball. Horrible, horrible timing for a labor dispute...

Ha! We 100% agree on something.. What the hell...!? Maybe they play that music as torture until they hit X amount of Hrs then they can play what they want.