Just a quick post today to keep the page fresh, unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your viewpoint). This is just one of those "busy with life" weekends coinciding with, uh, nothing going on with the Jays. So here's a few thoughts.....
I had originally planned to write up a post exploring the benefits of having a look at a sans-Boras Felipe Lopez. Then it occurred to me that it would be exactly the kind of signing that I couldn't really care less about. Really, I do see the benefits of improving the team, even in a "building" year....but how much would Lopez really improve the team? He's a switch hitter and versatile enough, so he couldn't hurt. But I'm not going to go scouring MLBTR about it.
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And speaking of Lopez dumping Boras....is it possible the tides are turning against the super-agent and the front offices around MLB have had their fill? Mix in a little Johnny Damon stagnation, throw in a James Paxton dilemma.....nah. He's still the most powerful agent in sports. Bears watching, though.
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I'm all for players choosing their own destiny and leaving the game on their terms.....but it's tough to watch a Hall of Famer announce his retirement when he hasn't been able to land a job in a few years.
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Hey, any chance JP Arencibia can come up mid-season and be that right handed thumper the team needs in the lineup? Have we given up on him entirely? (I haven't). Can his selectivity improve enough so that he can be more than Barajas-lite? (I hope so.)
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Count me on team GROF when it comes to Rocco Baldelli. Without the massive man-crush, of course. (Never again after Doc). I think he'd be a perfect fit for that extra OF that AA seems to be trolling around for. And if not Baldelli, how come we never talk about Jonny Gomes?
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Jonny Freakin Gomes! Absolutely stupid idea in that he'd be about our seventeenth DH/1B guy. Cannot field anything, anywhere, for shit.
But I want it!!! No, really ... I sort of love the idea.
Not sure on Gomes or Lopez...I think we might just be out of roster spots now.
I do hold out hope for Arencibia. Not much but some. I find it amazing that we now consider Barajas-lite his upside.
As for Boras I doubt he cares much about Lopez. Morales signed with him about 6 minutes after Lopez left. And he has the Bryce Harper sweepstakes to look forward to this year.
I know, I know, but...I sort of irrationally like the idea of having a big goony right handed masher, if it becomes evident Ruiz won't get a shake.
Lopez would be great to platoon RF, spell Hill and EE, maybe some LF and a sure-fire leadoff guy vs RHP, all for ~4MM? DO IT!
Unless of course they sign this Cuban 1B, who can also play the OF.
Rocco wouldn't hurt, I would rather him than Gathright or Reed, although Reed may surprise...
Vernon is going to mash, so are Snider and Ruiz. Jays 80+ wins. Bet on it.
80+ wins...? I'm not sure we know how to calibrate our predictions without Halladay's 15-20 W's.
We could be better than people think, especially if the pitching comes through. Recall that we looked done three years ago until Marcum, McGowan, and Litsch suddenly became credible major leaguers all at once. Then again, it could be like Detriot's nightmare season in the early 2000s, when promising young pitchers had to deal with 20-loss seasons.
A lot has to go right to win 80 games. Once of the problems with losing a Halladay is the type of wins you lose -- those automatic, take pressure off the bullpen complete games, etc. Wins are wins, though, and five guys pitching well can make up 16 wins no problem. What they can't do is match the swagger and confidence a Doc gives your team. But after Romero and Doc last year, we were pretty much throwing dice, weren;t we? We don't have an ace, but I'm optimistic about more balance 1-5
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The win total with luck won't get too high (we need good draft position). What we need are good performances from the young players and the core of the team.
It's foreseeable, if not foreseen, that our starting pitching by late next year (2011) could be Jenkins, Morrow, Drabek, Stewart and Alvarez.
IF - such a thing would begin to unfold - we'd be able to gets a fair number of prospects for various combinations of Cecil, Romero, Marcum, McGowan, Litsch, Richmond (if his arm isn't falling off), Tallet, Mills, Ray and whomever else comes to mind.
Best explanation for the 2009 draft "non-signings", from Batter's Box:
ayjackson - Friday, February 12 2010 @ 06:28 PM EST (#211790) #
My favourite day of the year. No more checking the mail everyday. The Prospect Handbook has arrived!!!!
Drew Hutchison - prospect #31 for the Jays. HS Pitcher signed in the 15th round for second round money. The Jays bought out a strong college commitment.
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ayjackson - Friday, February 12 2010 @ 08:03 PM EST (#211791) #
I see Chad Jenkins has an invite to spring training despite there being 30-some-odd other pitchers in camp. Farquar's got one too, and not surprisingly, Drabek and Stewart.
Oh can you feel it!!!
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WillRain - Friday, February 12 2010 @ 10:32 PM EST (#211792) #
Drew Hutchison - prospect #31 for the Jays.
I mention over 50 names and STILL miss someone...
*shrug*
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Mike Green - Saturday, February 13 2010 @ 10:57 AM EST (#211794) #
Hutchison was a late sign, at the time when the early rounders were passed on, and so there was nary a comment about it. Here's an article from a local newspaper when he was signed.
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Mike Green - Saturday, February 13 2010 @ 11:27 AM EST (#211796) #
The compensation rules actually provide for interesting incentives. The Jays drafted Eliopoulos in the second round and Hutchison in the fifteenth round. If they are in essence equivalent pitching talents and the club has to choose between one and the other, the compensation rules provide for an incentive to sign Hutchison.
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ayjackson - Saturday, February 13 2010 @ 12:40 PM EST (#211799) #
Good point Mike. I'm not sure I've seen that point made before. Better to sign Webb, Hutchison and Marisnick and lose out on Paxton and Eliopolous because you get another crack at those picks next year. Of course, that assumes we couldn't sign them all last year.
makes sense to me....
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Seems like a saavy GM could get an edge making moves like this hypothetically. Throw second round money at guys everyone else thought would go to college and let your high picks walk/stockpile them for next year.
Of course I'd be fine if they signed everybody...
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