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  1. Eat My Shatkins
    Brewers going to trade for Drury from the Mets next? Lol
  2. Eat My Shatkins
    If they can find another legit high end starter (at the right price) then I'm all for it. Going to have to be via trade now though in my opinion, because any of the free agents that are left will just get tossed onto the pile of hopefuls the Jays already have.
  3. Eat My Shatkins
    Most here know this I'm sure, but a reminder: Robbie Ray from 2017-2019 33-15 W/L 3.72 ERA 618 K's in 460 IP 12.1 K/9 4.4 BB/9 1.4 HR/9 Then whatever the f*** he tried to do to his delivery in 2020. Hopefully they get him back to what he was before, then we can flush 2020 down the toilet and voila the Jays have a legit #2. Guy is only 28, I'm sure they can get him back to form. I know it's hard to picture though, because he was so s***** last year. But supposedly there is a legit, identifiable and fixable reason for the shittyness. Fingers crossed. Also, Pearson has the stuff to be an ace. We all know that. The Jays top 3 SP's have a chance to be amazing. If that happens all they need is a couple more guys to just be average (Matz, Roark, Stripling, etc)
  4. Eat My Shatkins
    Yeah you're right, he was pretty good.
  5. Eat My Shatkins
    Haha. The last time the Jays traded for Price they had a juggernaut offense and should have won the world series. They would have too if it wasn't for the lucky ass royals and some godamn disgusting umpiring at crucial moments in the ALCS. And to go along with that juggernaut offense, the Jays had the used up carcasses of RA Dickey and Mark Buehrle along with Hutchison and Estrada pitching the bulk of the innings until they traded for Price and Stroman came back from injury. Unless a couple of aces fall from the sky and land in Atkins lap that's kind of what this team is going to have to do too. Hope 1 guy steps up, hope 1 guy rebounds and then try to trade for a top of the rotation starter if they're in contention.
  6. Eat My Shatkins
    Yes it certainly would be outmatched, but IMO signing Walker or Odirizzi isn't going to change that.
  7. Eat My Shatkins
    Jays have a crap ton of SPs at the MLB, AAA and even AA levels, looking to either rebound or establish themselves. All it takes is 2 or 3 to be successful and 1 or 2 to be average and suddenly the rotation is much better than expected. Then the Jays FO can always look to bolster that mid season with a trade if the team is in playoff contention. Ray Matz Roark Stripling Chatwood Pearson Merryweather Hatch Kay Thornton Murphy Murray Zeuch Waguespack Castro Luciano Manoah Alggeyer Castillo SWR All it takes is 2 or 3 with Ryu...
  8. Eat My Shatkins
    Maybe the Jays can trade for good starter. Does taking Moustakas and his contract from the Reds reduce the acquisition cost of Gray or Castillo from the Reds? Gurriel and a top 5-10 prospect for Castillo and Moustakas? Too much or too little? Move Biggio to the OF, Moustakas plays 3rd and gives you another left handed bat in the line up.
  9. Eat My Shatkins
    Do we still think they're after Rosenthal? I thought that ship sailed when they signed Phelps, but I hope I'm wrong. He racks up the Ks and had a s*** load of career saves pitching for a perennial playoff team and has a pile of playoff experience too.
  10. Eat My Shatkins
    Nice K rate in a small sample size last season. Jumped up to 13.5 K/9 And we still got Hatch too haha
  11. Eat My Shatkins
    Would have been better if it was to make room on the 40 man for Paxton instead of Payamps, but still a good thing.
  12. Eat My Shatkins
    Can't wait to follow that projected AA rotation. SWR, Luciano, Manoah and Castillo.
  13. Eat My Shatkins
    Just chomping at the bit to see the Jays sign Paxton and then get this show on the road. 1. CF - Springer 2. SS - Bichette 3. 2B - Semien 4. DH - Hernandez 5. LF - Gurriel 6. 1B - Guerrero 7. 3B - Biggio 8. RF - Grichuk 9. C - Jansen B - Tellez (In there for Grichuk vs RHP, Teo to RF) B - Espinal/Urena B - Fisher/Davis B - Kirk/Mcguire SP - L - Ryu SP - L - Paxton SP - R - Pearson SP - L - Ray SP - L - Matz RP - R - Roark RP - R - Stripling RP - R - Chatwood RP - R - Merryweather RP - L - Borucki RP - R - Romano RP - R - Yates RP - R - Dolis Use Roark as the 6th starter unless there is an off day, then have him be a long man out of the pen on what would have been his regular start day. Lefty heavy rotation, and a righty heavy bullpen. Probably not ideal I guess, but f*** it. Bonus points for squishing out Roark like the turd he is and replacing him with Rosenthal and then signing Marwin Gonzales to replace one of the bench players.
  14. Eat My Shatkins
    They aren't bringing Osuna back. Remember why they traded him in the first place.
  15. Eat My Shatkins
    I agree. Even without bringing in another starter (which I'm pretty sure they will) they have enough arms to roll out a 6 man rotation. 1. Ryu 2. Pearson 3. Ray 4. Matz 5. Stripling 6. Roark 7. Chatwood (multi inning guy for sure, can start as well) 8. Merryweather (I believe they said they want to stretch him out, maybe he's a multi inning guy this year?) 9. Kay (starting in AAA?) 10. Hatch (I believe they want to stretch him out? Starts in AAA?) 11. Thornton (Not sure when he's slated to return) 12. Zeuch (Starts in AAA) 13. Waguespack (Starts in AAA) 14. Murphy (Starts in AAA) Tons of depth, and lots of wild card type arms, and it's probably a good idea to spread the innings around given the light work load for everyone in 2020. If/when they bring in another starter (come on Paxton!) they can push Stripling or Roark to the pen to eat innings from there.
  16. Eat My Shatkins
    If the Jays were in on Bauer, then you know they are hot after Odirizzi/Paxton right now, or maybe they even had a trade for a good starter on the back burner waiting on Bauer's decision. Hopefully some good news coming in the next day or two.
  17. Eat My Shatkins
    OK, now hurry the f*** up and sign Paxton Jays.
  18. Eat My Shatkins
    If the Jays think they can get Walker to the next level, or they can't get Paxton to sign, then I'd be OK with bringing him back. To me though, Paxton has way more upside if he can stay healthy and bounce back he's a top of the rotation guy. They need that a lot more than they need more mid to bottom of the rotation filler.
  19. Eat My Shatkins
    Paxton and Rosenthal please.
  20. Eat My Shatkins
    If the Jays were to sign Paxton, we'd have 4 lefties in the rotation. (L) Ryu (L) Paxton ® Pearson (L) Ray (L) Matz On a different subject, does anyone think they'll run a 6 man rotation this season to spread the innings around, considering nobody pitched a starters work load in 2020? (L) Ryu ® Pearson (L) Ray ® Stripling (L) Matz ® Roark
  21. Eat My Shatkins
    They're just tossing mud against the wall to see what sticks. If they want Kay starting in AAA, and Ray starting in the show, then Borucki is the only left handed reliever on the 40 man. Hopefully at least one of Mayza or Liriano show they are good enough to warrant a spot so they can have some high leverage left handed options out of the pen. Too bad they couldn't get Hand to sign.
  22. Eat My Shatkins
    Come on Atkins. Inject that s*** directly into my veins. I am ready.
  23. Eat My Shatkins
    I agree. If they kept him in the pen and signed Rosenthal, there would be a s*** ton of opposition strike outs from the 6th inning on with that group of relievers. Only thing missing is a proven stud lefty, but hopefully Borucki can turn into that, and/or maybe even Mayza will come back strong from his TJS.
  24. Eat My Shatkins
    Man, I hope they can get Rosenthal inked to a deal. Great career K and BB rates, and over 130 saves. It'd be nice to have 2-3 options to close games in case of injury, and if every one actually stays relatively healthy then you have a lights out high leverage bullpen. Plus then you shouldn't have to worry about Montoyo trotting your closer out there 3 games in a row or until the poor bastards arm falls off. Yates Rosenthal Romano Dolis Borucki Pretty solid group right there to anchor the BP.
  25. Eat My Shatkins
    I can see Vladdy, Tellez and Hernandez all getting a lot of AB's as DH this season with the roster as it stands. Plus Gurriel, Jansen, Kirk, Springer and Semien might get some AB's as DH as well. I don't see how Atkins could possibly be in the market for a DH bat right now.
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