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black booty lover said:
Get used to it. They going to suck for the rest of the year. By the time Vlad, Biggio and Buchette all get used to big league pitching, it will be near the end of the year. Same thing with Danny Jansen. This year is about letting these kids getting their AB's and getting their feet wet. That's why the leash will be very long on all them before they ever get sent back down. If this team was trying to compete, you would see a demotion a lot quicker, but they don't give a fuck about this year so the kids will stay up here in the bigs and work out their growing pains.
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Agree. The Jays are on the right path of patience. As far as Vlad is concerned, he needs bats around him to force pitchers to throw him strikes and that is not this year. I suspect they will go to the FA market over the winter with that being a top concern.

If he continues to flop I suspect he will be sent down, right now all he is learning is how to strike out
 
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No Mo Socrates Brito (DFA'd).

Jonathan Davis called up.
Clay Buchholz to IL.
Javy Guerra called up.
 
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Who needs Devon Travis when we have Nerd Power
 
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VGJr reaches base 4 times today, 2BB, 2H, raising b.a. 40 points.
 
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gcostanza said:
VGJr reaches base 4 times today, 2BB, 2H, raising b.a. 40 points.
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What's the name of the Red Soxs rookie who was their best player in April, was it Michael Chavis? He wasn't as heavily scouted by other ML teams the way Vladdy was. Vladdy will soon catch up, he needs to be in the second spot...provided those behind him don't start hitting ants.
 
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black booty lover said:
This is literally just to have another body on the field. The Blue Jays only have 36.4 Million committed payroll next year (14 million to Tulo...lol). They're hoping some of the young guns will start to look better and they're getting ready to spend.
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Heavy on the hoping.
 
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Good news about Vlad Jr, he set two club records: his 118.9 miles per hour single in the first inning was the 2nd-hardest ball hit in the Majors this year and the hardest Blue Jays hit registered in the Statcast era. The second record was reaching base 4 times in a game on 2 singles and a walk, making him at 20 years and 56 days the youngest Blue Jays hitter to do it
 
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black booty lover said:
The Blue Jays only have 36.4 Million committed payroll next year (14 million to Tulo...lol). They're hoping some of the young guns will start to look better and they're getting ready to spend.
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My understanding was that once their young core is entrenched then they would spend to augment and add the missing pieces required to make them a contender.

My question is from what we have seen and what we apparently have on the farm, how many of these guys would make up that good young core? Vlad, Bichette, Biggio, maybe Telez, maybe Gurriel. And we still don't know if any of them will actually make an impact in the majors, including Vlad. It is all still speculation. How many pieces would they have to add? Our rotation is weak as well.

I know this is "only" 4 years into a teardown and the team is still getting less competitive year over year. How many players and how many more years do we need based on what we have?

IMO, with Rogers resources and a market of 35 million people it is an insult to that fan base to have a $30M payroll. What other fan base of that size would accept a process with this seemingly lengthy time frame and lack of entertainment from one of the wealthiest owners in the league. Maybe I am missing something, but I don't get it.
 
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shack said:
As in the Blue Jays 2019 HOF.
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Come on now shack, in the history of baseball, how many players do you know that have reached base four (4) times on 2 singles and a walk?
 
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shack said:
.... it is an insult to that fan base to have a $30M payroll.
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The Blue Jays will have a payroll significantly north of $30Mm in 2020.
 
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gcostanza said:
Come on now shack, in the history of baseball, how many players do you know that have reached base four (4) times on 2 singles and a walk?
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OK, I may be slow but I got it. You are right. That would be an amazing feat. Maybe not HOF, but verrry difficult to do.

We can always count on Phil to enlighten us.
 
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Not sure where to post this.

It's not worth its' own thread, so I'll put it here.

Today I watched (none in their entirety):

City beat Brighton for the championship.
The completion of the 3rd round of the Byron Nelson
The Champions' tour major
Canada vs. Gr. B. at the WHC
New Zealand vs. Australia in women's rugby
Jays vs. Sox
Bruins vs. Whalers
4th round of the Byron Nelson
Cubs vs. Brewers
Raps and Phil (just the last 30 seconds, but why watch any more of any NBA game)

I missed any car racing, darts or poker.
 
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