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Post by fenris77 on Mar 28, 2016 15:48:20 GMT -5
I don't see any reason why not. His stated preference is to close though, so who knows how much goodwill there is there. I seriously doubt the Yanks use him like that though. They have a historically talented bullpen right now and they're going to win a bunch of games for that very reason, so why mess with it?
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Post by MangoKid on Mar 30, 2016 1:18:54 GMT -5
Can Chapman start? Might need him to when Tanaka's elbow blows up. Yes, because unlike your "ace", he has demonstrated he was fine for a year.
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Post by MangoKid on Mar 30, 2016 1:22:44 GMT -5
Bautista can eat a big bag of dicks as far as I'm concerned. Let him play with a big ol' chip on his shoulder and trade his arrogant ass as soon as he puts together a nice stretch of ball. Done and done. The important thing about the hats is that they match Cleveland's uni's, obviously. We can always talk about the Yanks bullpen for the ages if you like. It'll save us talking about the mixed bag of old timers they're rolling out in other areas. Miller, Betances, and Chapman though? Jesus Murphy. It's not even fair. The Tribe unis are pretty awesome, as anybody with eyes can see. Now, could do without Chief Wahoo, but that's another thing. Also, Yanks are younger than Jays, and 27 other teams, but why bring that fact into the mix. By, like, a lot. Sorta off topic but not really: qualified for a work trip (on top of Cabo next week) to see the Yanks visit the Jays on April 12th. After my last visit there, I fear for the safety of my colleagues...and my job. Details.
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Post by fenris77 on Mar 30, 2016 13:27:49 GMT -5
Sure, as a team the Yanks are decently young, but it wasn't those young guys crushing balls last year like the team had a group trip to the fountain of youth. Regardless of where the rest of the team is at, Tex, A-Rod and Beltran are old, and McCann is no spring chicken either. I'll be the first one to admit that the Yanks situation isn't that much older than the Jays core with Bautista and EE though.
Do you think those four Yankees are going to combine for 109 dingers again this season? Or 326 RBIs? As much as I'm not hating, I have trouble being that optimistic, and the projections have them dropping off to the tune of 20 HR and maybe 30 RBIs (for what that's worth, which is debatable). That's a big chunk of the team offense. So when I say the Yanks are old, I'm really talking about the core of the offense. And while the Jays are also not young, I think their offense has a somewhat longer window, even if contract issues may prevent us seeing that window all in one place.
On the upside I think Castro will be better than people think this year.
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Post by sandman on Mar 30, 2016 15:47:00 GMT -5
Can Chapman start? Might need him to when Tanaka's elbow blows up. Yes, because unlike your "ace", he has demonstrated he was fine for a year. Comparing a fluke injury to a chronic one isn't really a strong argument.
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Post by MangoKid on Mar 31, 2016 9:32:54 GMT -5
Totally agree because he's neither hurt or injured last check.
Question: you think Stroman used PEDs to heal up so quick last year? You know, because...
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Post by sandman on Mar 31, 2016 14:49:26 GMT -5
Considering your team employs the biggest known juicer in the past 2 decades...
Come on Mango, I expect better.
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Post by MangoKid on Apr 1, 2016 15:25:02 GMT -5
You do know he was clipped for 50 himself, right? So by my count that's one suspension each...with almost two decades for Stroman to blow him away.
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Post by sandman on Apr 6, 2016 17:50:09 GMT -5
Bautista at the center of controversy again.
It seems to be the right call however the rule is pretty dumb. Clear intent to injure should be in there but some interference on those plays?
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Post by fenris77 on Apr 9, 2016 20:22:45 GMT -5
Well, so far that whole fountain of youth thing seems to still be working out for the Yankees old timers. Meh. I guess I'll hide behind small sample size and wait for Mango to stop lobbing sarcasm grenades at me.
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Post by MangoKid on Apr 11, 2016 14:28:37 GMT -5
Hmm, scored more runs in fewer games and a better record that the Shitbirds. And, they don't treat the 7th/8th/9th with all the shakes of Jose approaching a bouncing ball in the outfield.
(the preceding message was produced free of sarcasm)
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Post by sandman on Apr 11, 2016 20:56:08 GMT -5
Might as well give Baltimore the banner.
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Post by MangoKid on Apr 11, 2016 23:08:50 GMT -5
Not really, but the East is going to be brutal this year. I think 90 games will get it done as they're all too close (or too flawed, if you'd prefer).
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Post by MangoKid on Apr 19, 2016 23:54:50 GMT -5
From Buster Olney today...this dude sounds dynamite! A lot of baseball executives love hypothetical superlative discussions as much as fans, which is why not one of the dozen or so evaluators hesitated to field this question about the Mets' rotation in spring training: Which among the Mets' hard-throwing starters -- Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz or Zack Wheeler -- is the best bet to have the best career?
All but one of the evaluators had the same answer -- Syndergaard -- and now that the big right-hander has begun the 2016 campaign so well, building off of his dominance in last year's postseason, maybe he's a candidate for another question.
If you were starting a franchise today and you had to pick one pitcher, who would it be?
This isn't the same as picking the best pitcher on the planet, a title that at the moment would probably be held by Jake Arrieta or Clayton Kershaw. But Arrieta just turned 30 and is in the middle of his career, and Kershaw is 28 and already has three Cy Young Awards and about 1,700 innings in the books. If you bought an expansion team and wanted to build a future around one pitcher, Arrieta or Kershaw might not be the choice.
The candidates would include Harvey, deGrom, Jose Fernandez, the Cardinals' Michael Wacha and Carlos Martinez, Gerrit Cole, Sonny Gray, Marcus Stroman, Aaron Sanchez, Luis Severino and maybe Vince Velasquez, given the stunning stuff he has demonstrated. Or you could go all-in on a high-end prospect, as if to project the next King Felix, selecting Lucas Giolito of the Nationals, the Pirates' Tyler Glasnow or either Julio Urias or Jose De Leon of the Dodgers.
Syndergaard is 23 years old and has 27 starts in the majors, and a strong case could be made right now that he would be the best foundation piece to create a pitching staff in baseball, because of an evolution that even the Mets will tell you they did not necessarily forecast in 2014 or at the outset of 2015.
Syndergaard has gotten stronger -- one Mets staffer swears he has gotten taller, too -- and has continued to throw hard, and his growing confidence in his secondary pitches has elevated his stuff into the Kershaw/Arrieta wipeout category. After his first start of this season, against the defending-champion Royals, Kansas City manager Ned Yost told reporters about a conversation he had with Hall of Famer George Brett about Syndergaard's fastball and slider in a pitch sequence against Kendrys Morales. "There is no man alive who could have hit those three sliders [Syndergaard] threw to Morales. I don't think I have ever seen a 95 mph slider. George Brett was in here [his office] and I asked him if he could have hit that, and he said no way."
Over his last nine appearances -- his final two starts of the '15 season, his four appearances in the postseason and his first three starts this year -- Syndergaard has allowed just 37 hits and two homers in 53 2/3 innings with a 2.01 ERA, and he has 13 walks and 79 strikeouts.
On Monday night, the Phillies became the latest team to be overpowered by Syndergaard. He struck out eight and allowed one run in seven innings, and as of this morning, he has the best average fastball velocity of any starter in the majors (98.2 mph), and his slider velocity is more than two miles per hour higher than any other pitcher. His rate of swinging strikes is a staggering 19.3 percent, the best in the majors, and in turn he has the second-lowest contact rate. He also has the fourth-highest swing percentage, probably because no one wants to fall behind in the count against him and be at the mercy of his slider.
Syndergaard is a pitching beast, and he's just scratching the surface of what he can do.
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Post by fenris77 on Apr 23, 2016 22:39:26 GMT -5
What? I'm supposed to wallow in the sins of the past now? I think not. I'm over it. I didn't like the trade then and I continue not to like it, but I don't spend a lot of time wailing and gnashing my teeth about it either.
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Post by sandman on Apr 24, 2016 11:42:29 GMT -5
Still no Mango joke on Colabello?
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Post by MangoKid on May 8, 2016 17:43:31 GMT -5
They did the Jays a favor, no? Next up they should drop something in Tulo's drink.
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Post by MangoKid on May 17, 2016 8:07:19 GMT -5
8,893 views of Bautista getting smashed and still as good as the first one. It's like The Beatles "Revolver" staying power.
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Post by sandman on Oct 9, 2016 23:21:55 GMT -5
DEM JAYS THO
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Post by MangoKid on Oct 31, 2016 0:15:51 GMT -5
Yeah?
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Post by MangoKid on May 7, 2017 21:40:55 GMT -5
MLB season start for 2017? Anybody able to fill me in on how the two most popular squads in these parts are doing?
I"M BACK, BITCHES!
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Post by MangoKid on Oct 24, 2017 8:02:22 GMT -5
^ This one aged pretty well.
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Post by MangoKid on Dec 14, 2017 0:28:05 GMT -5
Anything new in baseball world?
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Post by coach on Dec 15, 2017 8:29:48 GMT -5
Nada, although I hear Atlanta got a pretty good GM.
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Post by MangoKid on Dec 21, 2017 2:34:30 GMT -5
Never heard of him.
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Post by coach on Dec 21, 2017 8:05:41 GMT -5
Stay tuned you will
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Post by MangoKid on Jan 3, 2018 11:26:27 GMT -5
Wait, now I remember. He's the one that mortgages the farm for nothing in the end.
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Post by coach on Jan 3, 2018 19:54:53 GMT -5
Yeah well at least he had a farm which was more than I can say for his predecessor. He built it and he converted it for a chance at the big ring. The point is he was able to build a farm system from nothing and convert that into a contender in what 6 or 7 years? There aren't many who could do better.
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Post by MangoKid on Jan 30, 2018 11:23:10 GMT -5
I think you're overstating his role in "building" said farm. Wildly.
Contender for 6/7 years? You meant 1/2, right?
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Post by coach on Jan 30, 2018 13:16:18 GMT -5
Under JPR they had no farm system to speak of. JPR spent most of his decade trading prospects for veteran talent. They were scouting Caribbean players through a MLB pool. AA rebuilt the system, developed their own scouting system in the Caribbean and then converted them to pieces to supplement the existing core. I believe he was 4 or 5 years in doing that and they contended for the last 2 years of his tenure (so 6 or 7 days in total) but I'm going from memory.
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