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polo007 · Post #81 » by **polo007** » Tue Sep 1, 2020 10:53 pm

polo007 · Post #82 » by **polo007** » Wed Sep 2, 2020 3:41 pm

Ross Atkins on what Toronto Blue Jays deadline moves mean for future | Tim and Sid - Sportsnet.ca

18:11 | September 1, 2020

Toronto Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins joins Tim & Sid to discuss a flurry of trade deadline acquisitions made by the team and if it signals a change in the direction for the club.

polo007 · Post #83 » by **polo007** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 12:31 am

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SharoneWright · Post #84 » by **SharoneWright** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 1:02 am

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Is it just me, or does he have small feet? :dontknow:

Fairview4Life · Post #85 » by **Fairview4Life** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 4:51 pm

Just a little forced perspective there.

polo007 · Post #86 » by **polo007** » Fri Sep 4, 2020 7:29 pm

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I_Like_Dirt · Post #87 » by **I_Like_Dirt** » Fri Sep 4, 2020 8:47 pm

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He looks like a character developed for Wii Sports. Dude is going to be a powerhouse.

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polo007 · Post #88 » by **polo007** » Sat Sep 5, 2020 12:53 am

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Trilogy · Post #89 » by **Trilogy** » Sat Sep 5, 2020 3:19 am

Happ trade will always baffle me. Drury has put up -1.6 WAR in the past 3 seasons. That's hard to do, lol.

Lateral Quicks · Post #90 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sat Sep 5, 2020 1:19 pm

So some of our long-term projects look to be panning out this year:

Rowdy Tellez: .266/.336/.532/.868
Teoscar Hernandez: .298/.351/.617/.968

So, small sample size or have these guys turned a corner? Would be huge if we could depend on these guys to fill 1B and LF for a while - we have team control over Teoscar for 3 more years and Rowdy for 4 more years.

polo007 · Post #91 » by **polo007** » Sat Sep 5, 2020 4:47 pm

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bluerap23 · Post #92 » by **bluerap23** » Sat Sep 5, 2020 8:06 pm

Lateral Quicks wrote:So some of our long-term projects look to be panning out this year:

Rowdy Tellez: .266/.336/.532/.868
Teoscar Hernandez: .298/.351/.617/.968

So, small sample size or have these guys turned a corner? Would be huge if we could depend on these guys to fill 1B and LF for a while - we have team control over Teoscar for 3 more years and Rowdy for 4 more years.

Teo had a 939 OPS in the second half last year. I think he will come down a little but he seems to have developed.

polo007 · Post #93 » by **polo007** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 12:18 pm

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dagger · Post #94 » by **dagger** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 3:53 pm

Teoscar Hernandez with a potential rib injury serious enough to land on the IL. Getting an MRI today. The would be a killer.

vaff87 · Post #95 » by **vaff87** » Mon Sep 7, 2020 12:54 am

Last year, Tellez struck out 28.4% of the time. The league average is 23.2%. And now this year he’s striking out 15.1% of the time. Went from 5.2% below average, to 8.1% better than average. That’s pretty impressive.

polo007 · Post #96 » by **polo007** » Mon Sep 7, 2020 8:57 pm

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polo007 · Post #97 » by **polo007** » Tue Sep 8, 2020 1:22 am

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polo007 · Post #98 » by **polo007** » Tue Sep 8, 2020 2:25 am

Placeholder or not, Caleb Joseph feels like a rookie again with Blue Jays – The Athletic

The team’s taxi squad catcher until just this weekend, Joseph acknowledged he has had to work to stay ready for this opportunity. He’s kept himself sharp by working diligently in the cage, following the advice of former teammate Mark Trumbo to always keep his timing with the highest-velocity pitching possible.

He has also worked to become an important part of the team’s clubhouse culture.

“I just was trying to find a way to contribute to the club when I was not on the active roster,” he said Sunday when asked about the “three stars” he selects after every game. “I thought, you know, we are a Canadian-based team, and Canadians love their hockey, right? So instead of doing something involving a belt or something, I thought, ‘Why don’t we just do three stars of the game?’ Because that’s what they do after every hockey game."

“It became something. After the first game of the season, we did it, and it’s kind of grown and progressed (to) where we can acknowledge some really cool plays. We can also acknowledge some not-so-cool plays, in light and in fun, but also holding ourselves accountable."

“I think the fellas have really grasped what we’re trying to do, and it’s kind of become a fun celebration. Winning games in the big leagues is hard. It is really hard. And with such a young core and with such a young group here, you really want to make sure they understand that winning is not — it’s expected, but it is so difficult that you’ve really got to enjoy it."

“I made the playoffs in 2014 with the Orioles, and I thought, ‘Oh, man, this is great — we’ll just do this every year.’ And it took another two years to get back there, just as a wild-card (team) in ’16 when Toronto spanked us. But I haven’t been back since, and you get the feeling that, man, this is a special moment; let’s make sure we enjoy it. So, having that kind of postgame celebration, I feel like everybody is really relishing in the win. And, more times than not, their team wins and we get to really savour the moment and go into the night feeling really good about ourselves, trying to build some momentum going into the next day.”

At times Joseph sounded as much like a coach as a player. He is clearly quite deeply invested in the success of his young teammates. And though from a distance it is maybe easy to see him as a mere placeholder for prospect Alejandro Kirk (who is now the designated catcher on the Jays’ taxi squad), there is undoubtedly more value to having him around than his stats suggest.

How long that alone will allow him to stick around is unclear, but if he can keep contributing with the bat just a little bit, it seems like it would be foolish for the Jays’ front office to rush him out of a roster spot.

polo007 · Post #99 » by **polo007** » Tue Sep 8, 2020 11:11 am

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