Carlos Danger

There is no one on this board who would be happier then me if Jansen won ROY.. I heart Jansen. TOTALLY semantics: However, with a player in Jansen's situation there is usually a caveat when they are in the majors as an everyday players and they are being described: Rookie, Rookie Sensation, Former #1 ranked prospect in the Braves system, was a 1st round pick playing his first year in the majors.. I don't think you would hear commentators announcing the Blue Jays starting lineup for opening day, say; catching today, is Blue Jays prospect Danny Jansen... You would hear, Blue Jays Rookie, or First year starting catcher/player etc... I think he has shed the prospect title and deservedly so.. Now get over there and shine my shoes ROOK!

Did you feel left out and like you didn't matter in the 90's? It was a great decade man, El President getting BJs in the oval office, Tech boom, Blue Jays won a couple of World series.. There was still 25 cent draft night at the bars..

If a guy is your starting catcher come opening day, is he really still a prospect?

The capitalist in me agrees with you.. However, the last part in the Major League Baseball Players Association is also spelled UNION, so I don't see it ever happening.

I have actually been on a low-carb diet for almost a year.. I can get away with nuts, but only Coke Zero etc... No regular soda.. I only drink Whiskey (no-carbs) and the occasional low-carb beer. I guess if I am really worried about my health, I should be more like Canadians and eat Poutine covered in globs of gravy for sport, chug real maple syrup daily and drink beer with nothing less then 6.5% alcohol.. Oh!, and Eskimo Ice Cream Bars, since they were invented by the Canadian Eskimo..

Dude, I am no cheapskate, but $7 is a lot for a bag of peanuts here in America.. I can go to Texas Road House 5 mins away from my house and eat barrels and barrels of peanuts for free... and free refill on my sodas!! Of course I understand that due to the perma freeze of the tundra in Canada, you are not able to grow your own peanuts.. Then you have import taxes, GST, PST, probably need an inspection tax to make sure the peanuts are gender neutral or representative of females, and indigenous groups.. Then the manufacture has to re-package them with French wording and probably change the American English to the Queens English.. Actually, now that I think of it.. $7 Cdn or ($2.25 USD) is not that bad a price for a bag of peanuts after all that.. My bad...

See! Olerud just made my case for me... This should be on Fangraphs! Finally I am getting some support around here. Thanks man!

Does he live porn?

Love 1-7 in today's line-up!

Don't think they would take that in lieu of guaranteed money.. There are only probably a handful of players who could probably make more on a % of merchandise vs having a fixed amount negotiated in their salary.

As much as I have been an advocate of the Young Guns, Alford and supported some of your baseball positions.... Some scouts report based on ST performance is not a vindication of anything..

Not a Coors fan... However, if you talk that way about Miller Lite, we will be having a Royal Battle!

Only surprised they named him prior to his start... I thought Carlos was going to wait until after he pitched today.. Probably just to stop him from bitching..

Huh! That brings back some memories. I had forgotten all about him. I think I recall you making your case back on Scout, now that you mention it. Maybe you are right.. I will stick to my guns that from a purely fan point of view (entertainment) getting behind your team. I would much rather watch Tellez at this point than Morales..

Great rebuttal counselor. Does that work in court?

His OBP was just over league average. Not super, but not bad. Definetly brought up by his BA more so then walks, however there is nothing showing he didnt belong... He might not have walked a lot, yet, but compensated with hits..

Dude in his 70 ML ABs he had a .943 OPS and a 154 Ops+

Yea, because our 2018 team with Morales, Travis, Pillar and Maile did so well and without those guys we would be... Well, not worse then we would be with the above mentioned. I realize, Biggio and Bichette have never played AAA. I am not arguing they should break camp. Tellez on the other hand did fine in the majors when given his shot. Reward him until he either proves he can stick or needs to be sent down.

I think you are getting confused. We were discussing entertainment value, i,e who you would rather pay, might motivate you to go see a ballgame. I am not saying they should all break camp with the Jays.. However, to that point, we did just fine in September compared to the rest of last year in September with a few of those guys in the line-up.. There was zero regression from what the team was when we had all the veterans, and they (the kids) were a hell of a lot more fun to watch.

Blair is right! From Sportsnet: Still, some Blue Jays pitchers are at least intrigued by pitching to help the shift. Ryan Borucki, who had his best outing of the spring on Sunday (and let’s cut the B.S.: Ryan Borucki needs to be on this Opening Day roster) Said: “As we get deeper into the games mean more, yeah, I might start to be a little more conscious [of] where guys are and pitch to the shift. But right now … we’re just learning a lot of stuff. I haven’t pitched with the shift a lot to this point in my career. Right now I think I just need to pitch my game.”

I will grant you this with Pillar... But not Morales and Travis vs Tellez, Bichette, Biggio etc or even Maile vs Reese..

You cannot use 2015,2016, 2017 Travis numbers to make case for him in 2019. I might as well use Jose Bautista numbers in 2015, 2016 to make a case for him in 2019. For one. I was a HUGE Travis fan, I thought him not being in the line-up was a key reason we lost the 2015 LCS and also played a big role having him injured in 2016. I was also an advocate of Travis breaking camp with the club out of ST when the consensus was he should start the season in AAA his first year with us. Travis's career WAR and OPS is totally weighted prior to the Travis of 2019 or even 2018. That OPS and WAR you are citing was from just over ONLY 200 games played between 2015-2017. Travis was not putting up those numbers last year and he was finally injury free, so no excuses there.. he only put up a 0.6 WAR last year and he played 1/3 of his total career games last year. Additionally, and very important for our pitching, Travis's D sucks.. He doesn't turn the double play well, has a weak arm, lacks in range, has bad footwork and routes. His numbers last year do not compensate enough for his s*** D to have him in the line-up. I don't believe Travis can play any other position effectively. Therefore, he is a s***** 2b only who is not hitting anymore. Compare him to Drury and LGJ who I believe can effectively play multiple positions, and hit as well or better and even with LGJ problems on D, he has room to improve, has a strong arm and play SS. Travis is only regressing and getting older with more injuries.. Tellez: Tellez hit through the minors until he ran into a bad spell. Very well could have been mental with his Mom and all.. He hit in the majors in Sept, (against Rays, Yankees, Red Sox etc, not just AAA and AAAA scrubs) he continues to hit. He was for the exception of his bad spell in the minors, a hitter.. Morales hit for only half a season last year... Does everyone forget his horrible start... Not hustling down the line.. Tellez is a feel good story/player you want to cheer for.. Morales, can go play golf all year for all I care..

I actually agree with 95% of this.. Except you spelled ACEucki wrong.. My point is from an entertainment point of view, it really sucks to have to suffer through Morales or Travis until/if one of them get hurt... It seems like a coronation instead of putting the most entertaining product on the field.

Well, I understand and agree with Biggio.. I think Tellez would stick on the ML team now, I think Bichette could use a few months in AAA, but doesn't need the whole year (or until September). I also understand Rogers doesn't know or care about the Danger family and one game is nothing. However, I don't think many casuals are looking at anyone on this team to go see except for Vlad whenever he gets here.. If guys like me who are pretty dedicated baseball guys feel this way, I am sure it is not only me who feels the same.