Jays sign Russell Martin (5 years, $82M)

BigLeagueChew · Post #201 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:07 pm

rarefind wrote:This en francais bit is annoying.

Trade him.

rarefind · Post #202 » by **rarefind** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:09 pm

Nathan Downer... oh boy, excellent question. Good research.

s e n s i · Post #203 » by **s e n s i** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:13 pm

rarefind wrote:Nathan Downer... oh boy, excellent question. Good research.

hey, at least he stayed away from his favourite, most pressing, hard-hitting question of all; "what do you like about toronto the city?"

FrankGrimes · Post #204 » by **FrankGrimes** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:16 pm

now I'm curious. what did downer ask?

s e n s i · Post #205 » by **s e n s i** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:17 pm

FrankGrimes wrote:now I'm curious. what did downer ask?

asked if he had spoken with his former chipola college teammate bautista

BigLeagueChew · Post #206 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:21 pm

Can we clone Russel Martin?

rarefind · Post #207 » by **rarefind** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:21 pm

s e n s i wrote:
FrankGrimes wrote:now I'm curious. what did downer ask?

asked if he had spoken with his former chipola college teammate bautista

Was corrected by Martin after asking if he had spoken to his former HS teammate. Joey attended high school in Santo Domingo.

tecumseh18 · Post #208 » by **tecumseh18** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:23 pm

BigLeagueChew wrote:Can we clone Russel Martin?

If the Rays move to Montreal, I think they'll have dibs on the clone.

EH15 · Post #209 » by **EH15** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:34 pm

If he signed anywhere else, would he be asked a single question in French?

dagger · Post #210 » by **dagger** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:39 pm

Navarro has asked for a trade, at least three teams are interested already, and Alex said it's likely to happen.

BigLeagueChew · Post #211 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:43 pm

dagger wrote:Navarro has asked for a trade, at least three teams are interested already, and Alex said it's likely to happen.

Just guessing here... White Sox, Rangers , Cubs.

Rapsobsessed7 · Post #212 » by **Rapsobsessed7** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:49 pm

What would be your ideal realistic return for Navarro guys?

MikeM · Post #213 » by **MikeM** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:55 pm

Rapsobsessed7 wrote:What would be your ideal realistic return for Navarro guys?

Maybe not 100% ideal but at least somewhat realistic since they need a catcher. I would take Coghlan from the Cubs.

.832 OPS vs. RHP last year. Career .771. Passable defence in LF.

He makes no money for the next 2 seasons.

Santoki · Post #214 » by **Santoki** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:57 pm

Rapsobsessed7 wrote:What would be your ideal realistic return for Navarro guys?

Honestly, you're not going to get as much as you'd think. I'd settle for a solid bullpen arm. Lord knows we need 'em.

Michael Bradley · Post #215 » by **Michael Bradley** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 8:25 pm

Rapsobsessed7 wrote:What would be your ideal realistic return for Navarro guys?

A cheap reliever.

I'm not expecting much more than that. If the Jays have as much money to spend as speculated, then an extra $5M wouldn't hurt regardless of who they got back for Navarro.

T-d0t · Post #216 » by **T-d0t** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 11:35 pm

Too much french in the interview...

Randle McMurphy · Post #217 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 12:16 am

T-d0t wrote:Too much french in the interview...

Don Cherry?

T-d0t · Post #218 » by **T-d0t** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 1:17 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:
T-d0t wrote:Too much french in the interview...

Don Cherry?

is it too much to ask for a separate french interview?

Randle McMurphy · Post #219 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 3:25 am

T-d0t wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:
T-d0t wrote:Too much french in the interview...

Don Cherry?

is it too much to ask for a separate french interview?

I can't think of something I could care about less, nor do I understand why anybody else would.

BigLeagueChew · Post #220 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 7:27 pm

Martin quotes on framing,article by Shi Davidi

“As simply as I can put it, I work with the pitch,” Martin says in explaining his approach. “If it’s a two-seamer to a righty on the inside from a lefty, and the pitch is working its way back towards the plate, I would catch it deeper so that ball keeps working back onto the plate. If it’s a breaking ball or a pitch that’s dipping out of the zone, I try to catch it out in front before it drops down. Really you’re just trying to present the ball as best as you can for the umpire to get a good look.

“A slider or a curveball that’s down, you want to catch it as far out as possible to give the ump a good look as to where that ball is crossing. Two-seamers and breaking balls that are up, you catch them a little bit deeper because you want the ball to get down into the zone.”

“What happened,” he explained during a September interview, “is because the umpires are graded on the strike zone, they have to be more particular, and they know they’re allotted a little leeway on both sides of the plate. If the pitcher had good command in the olden days, if you threw to a spot and were consistent you got that pitch. Nowadays it really is more the catcher and his positioning on the plate.”

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/jays-martin-goes-with-the-pitch-to-get-strikes/