General Blue Jays Thread

linery88 · Post #1481 » by **linery88** » Fri Oct 1, 2021 5:08 am

Parataxis wrote:Has there been a duo with a less heralded 75 HRs than Teo and Marcus?

Semien is making some noise, but with all the attention that Vlade is getting, having our next two sluggers hit 75 just quietly sneaking up on ya.

MLB Network been giving Teoscar/Semien love all season.
Some in the U.S. media have said......
If the Jays had not lost Yates,and Merryweather,they would at the very least,be in a playoff position right now,and possibly leading the A.L. East right now.

https://jaysjournal.com/2021/03/05/blue-jays-takeaways-mlb-network-top-100-list/

https://jaysjournal.com/2021/03/04/toronto-blue-jays-us-media-coverage-loving-our-jays/

The_Hater · Post #1482 » by **The_Hater** » Sat Oct 2, 2021 5:43 am

I think it’s time to consider that Espinal might be the 3rd baseman of the future for this team.

Gold Glove level defense. Underated bat that can hopefully continue to stay above a .700 OPS. Helps keep the payroll down as they are forced into higher spending at several other spots.

I just realized that he was the prospect the BoSox sent us back for Steve Pierce in 2018. Another solid under the radar trade by Shatkins.

Parataxis · Post #1483 » by **Parataxis** » Sat Oct 2, 2021 4:01 pm

Does game 163 count as regular season for statistical purposes? If Vladdy has a multi-HR game, for example?

s e n s i · Post #1484 » by **s e n s i** » Sat Oct 2, 2021 4:18 pm

The_Hater wrote:I think it’s time to consider that Espinal might be the 3rd baseman of the future for this team.

Gold Glove level defense. Underated bat that can hopefully continue to stay above a .700 OPS. Helps keep the payroll down as they are forced into higher spending at several other spots.

I just realized that he was the prospect the BoSox sent us back for Steve Pierce in 2018. Another solid under the radar trade by Shatkins.

obviously you could always have a better third baseman but yeah, espi has been awesome this year. 2.5-3 fWAR season probably, had he not gotten injured. super likeable player too. nice to have him.

The_Hater · Post #1485 » by **The_Hater** » Sat Oct 2, 2021 4:28 pm

s e n s i wrote:
The_Hater wrote:I think it’s time to consider that Espinal might be the 3rd baseman of the future for this team.

Gold Glove level defense. Underated bat that can hopefully continue to stay above a .700 OPS. Helps keep the payroll down as they are forced into higher spending at several other spots.

I just realized that he was the prospect the BoSox sent us back for Steve Pierce in 2018. Another solid under the radar trade by Shatkins.

obviously you could always have a better third baseman but yeah, espi has been awesome this year. 2.5-3 fWAR season probably, had he not gotten injured. super likeable player too. nice to have him.

Plus he can play SS/2B/OF as well giving him Biggio like versatility with a better glove. The key will be his ability to keep his BA high to make up for his lack of power. Of course, we have about 8-10 infield prospects coming up the next 2 seasons as well so there’s no need to go find one in free agency. Wide variety of options.

polo007 · Post #1486 » by **polo007** » Mon Oct 4, 2021 4:07 am

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s e n s i · Post #1490 » by **s e n s i** » Tue Oct 5, 2021 10:37 pm

stroman's a top-flight douche but if we talked to bauer last offseason, i don't see how shatkins don't at least consider what he'd bring on the field (enough to be a net-positive after all the baggage he'd bring with him).

I_Like_Dirt · Post #1491 » by **I_Like_Dirt** » Tue Oct 5, 2021 11:58 pm

s e n s i wrote:stroman's a top-flight douche but if we talked to bauer last offseason, i don't see how shatkins don't at least consider what he'd bring on the field (enough to be a net-positive after all the baggage he'd bring with him).

Stroman just has an ego and likes to talk. I'm okay with that even if he isn't a guy I'd be inclined to hang out qith. Not that I expect the Jays to sign him but I'd much rather him than someone like Donaldson if we're going off personalities.

Post #1492 » by **Schad** » Wed Oct 6, 2021 1:27 am

Term might play into it. Bauer was a mega-douche (obviously, he has proven to be even more than that), but he was seeking a high-AAV, short-term deal that'd have fallen entirely in his prime. Stroman's much less of a douche (he's just kind of exhausting) but you'd be looking at 5-6 years, covering the back end of his prime.

I'm certainly more open to Stroman than I was to Bauer, but there also isn't a massive amount of upside with Stroman. He's a solid, above-average pitcher who gives you a consistent 3-4 fWAR when healthy, which is great. But at the sort of money he'll likely be seeking (I'm going to guess his ask is in the $150m/6 range) that means you aren't getting a lot of excess production up front to offset the period at the back end where he's likely going to be the world's noisiest 4th starter.

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The_Hater · Post #1496 » by **The_Hater** » Fri Oct 8, 2021 11:24 pm

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The reason Jay’s fans turned on Stro has nothing to do with the colour of his skin, his education, or his generally outspoken nature, it’s because he went out of the way to attack the Jays organization and management after the trade. And it seemed to go on for a couple of years until he suddenly started tweeting nice things about our playoff chase?

I actually think Stro was quite popular when he was here. Undersized, full of confidence and had very positive energy.

polo007 · Post #1497 » by **polo007** » Sat Oct 9, 2021 3:39 pm

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Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins Full Year End Press Conference

October 6, 2021

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GM Ross Atkins takes questions from the media after the Blue Jays season came to an end on the last day of the season.

polo007 · Post #1499 » by **polo007** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 2:37 am

New hotel being built in Dunedin, Florida, especially for Toronto Blue Jays baseball team

You can call this Southern hospitality, major league baseball style. The Toronto Blue Jays are building a hotel specifically for its players to call home during their annual spring training visits to Dunedin, Florida.

The hotel is to be built on a stretch of property near the water in Dunedin, which is located on Florida’s Gulf coast — and happened to be one of the stops on Zach Honig’s tour of the area earlier this year.

The proposed development is a three-story, 51-room boutique property that is being called the J Hotel. It’s a fitting name, given that the hotel is meant to be a dormitory exclusively for Blue Jays players during spring training. The city commission had a meeting about the hotel Oct. 7 with the developer and landowners, according to the St. Pete Catalyst.

The hotel is part of a long-term agreement between the city and the Toronto organization signed in 2017 that committed the Blue Jays to remain in Dunedin and continue playing their games at TD Ballpark for 25 more years. It also included a $120 million, 115,000-square-foot Player Development Center that opened in town earlier this year.

The hotel is considered the final piece codifying the MLB team’s commitment to its preseason home, while providing the players a comfortable and private place to live as they work out and get ready for the upcoming season. Only a few of the rooms at the hotel will reportedly be made available to non-players outside of the spring training season.

“[The developers] have a blank canvas, so this will be the best dormitory/hotel in all of professional baseball,” Charlie Wilson, general manager of minor league operations for the Blue Jays, stated during a previous meeting about the hotel.

JTT · Post #1500 » by **JTT** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 2:59 pm

Love the little, “human” things this organization does for its people. Now’s the time to expand it for the rest of the minor league affiliates