2023 Toronto Blue Jays Season Thread - Page 2 - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

Cali Panthers Fan · 03-23-2023, 01:28 PM

^When assessing Guerrero, they failed to mention his gold glove defensive play at first base as a factor. Considering it was only his 2nd full season playing the position, that's freakin' remarkable.

Bo's analysis is spot on, so I have no issue with his ranking.

But then they rank Manoah at 51 even though they predict he will win the Cy Young THIS YEAR!

They also seem to drop guys way down in the rankings if they have any injury concerns. I get that you can't contribute if you're injured, but you cannot rank guys based purely on injury concerns. Tim Anderson, a guy I think is one of the purest contact hitters in the game, was in the 60's!

I'm so confused.

Still, pretty impressive to have so many guys in the top 100: Guerrero, Bichette, Manoah, Springer, Chapman, Gausman, Varsho

Kasi · 03-23-2023, 02:07 PM

Nice start by Kikuchi today. Needs to have a bit better control but that velocity and movement will play.

Jason14h · 03-23-2023, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

^When assessing Guerrero, they failed to mention his gold glove defensive play at first base as a factor. Considering it was only his 2nd full season playing the position, that's freakin' remarkable.

Bo's analysis is spot on, so I have no issue with his ranking.

But then they rank Manoah at 51 even though they predict he will win the Cy Young THIS YEAR!

They also seem to drop guys way down in the rankings if they have any injury concerns. I get that you can't contribute if you're injured, but you cannot rank guys based purely on injury concerns. Tim Anderson, a guy I think is one of the purest contact hitters in the game, was in the 60's!

I'm so confused.

Still, pretty impressive to have so many guys in the top 100: Guerrero, Bichette, Manoah, Springer, Chapman, Gausman, Varsho

I think it’s a blended ranking based on their experts - so the one guy predicting Manoah Cy Young

The predictions are by different people from player to player .

So maybe that’s it ? But yes a little confusing the method but gives a good picture of the elite players and we have a lot

KootenayFlamesFan · 03-23-2023, 03:37 PM

You love to see it.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1639017820032839681

Jiggy_12 · 03-23-2023, 03:42 PM

Between Kikuchi looking amazing and Pearson lighting up the gun again, there’s some definite optimism around the fringes of our rotation. Would be a huge bonus of those guys can see some success this year

Blaster86 · 03-23-2023, 04:39 PM

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Between Kikuchi looking amazing and Pearson lighting up the gun again, there’s some definite optimism around the fringes of our rotation. Would be a huge bonus of those guys can see some success this year

I think putting Pearson in the rotation would be a massive mistake. Guy is made for the pen now, let him be a huge asset there.

GirlySports · 03-23-2023, 04:50 PM

Batboys and Batgirls need to form a union

https://twitter.com/user/status/1639032337123127296

Jiggy_12 · 03-23-2023, 05:02 PM

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I think putting Pearson in the rotation would be a massive mistake. Guy is made for the pen now, let him be a huge asset there.

Oh definitely agreed. Meant to say the fringes of the pitching staff. We need to work Pearson back up for a while

GreenLantern2814 · 03-23-2023, 06:30 PM

I’m so excited for baseball games that don’t take 4 and a half hours to complete, with shifts that eliminate the need for good athletic defensive 2Bs, who are responsible for probably a good third of all baseball highlights.

I’d love to see more complete games from starters - maybe these pitch clocks and shift bans will allow for more of that.

Baseball is grand.

bluejays · 03-23-2023, 06:47 PM

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You love to see it.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1639017820032839681

Pearson has always had great pitches. It's more the confidence needs to come up dramatically. That can only be achieved by putting him in as little pressure situations as possible and building him up over a period of a few years. I'm not sure the organization will be that patient with him but the bullpen is where he belongs completely. I really hope I'm wrong about this but I think this year they build him up, and when he shows just enough I think this off-season they trade him. It's a shame because I think his ceiling is still crazy high. It's again, just his confidence.

bluejays · 03-23-2023, 06:52 PM

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https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...op-100-players

7 Jays make the top 100

Freddie Freeman #5?? I wouldn't put him top 20. A lot of odd picks really high. The batters seem to have been weighted higher, which is fair but the rankings seem off. I guarantee you if you could start a franchise right now the ranks wouldn't fall close to what is listed there. Always makes for interesting conversation though.

KelVarnsen · 03-23-2023, 10:15 PM

I’m playing MLB The Show 23 right now. It’s probably not 100% accurate but Rogers Centre looks amazing with the new outfield.

Inferno · 03-24-2023, 10:13 AM

https://twitter.com/user/status/1639297002235109378

KootenayFlamesFan · 03-24-2023, 10:21 AM

Kikuchi makes the rotation to start the season. Had an impressive spring, would be huge if he could sustain that all season.

bluejays · 03-24-2023, 10:26 AM

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https://twitter.com/user/status/1639297002235109378

I like Manoah getting the opening day nod. He can handle the pressure and should be a guaranteed win. I got opening day tickets, though in the 500s. Probably my 7th opening day game. Always is a good time.

Jiggy_12 · 03-24-2023, 11:13 AM

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I like Manoah getting the opening day nod. He can handle the pressure and should be a guaranteed win. I got opening day tickets, though in the 500s. Probably my 7th opening day game. Always is a good time.

Might want to check those tickets! Jays open on the road in St Louis and don’t play at home until their 11th game of the year.

bluejays · 03-24-2023, 11:38 AM

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Might want to check those tickets! Jays open on the road in St Louis and don’t play at home until their 11th game of the year.

Yup. Tickets are for the home opener. I also just realized the announcement was for opening day starter on the road as opposed to home. Damn, was hoping he’d be the home opener starter.

Jiggy_12 · 03-24-2023, 11:46 AM

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Yup. Tickets are for the home opener. I also just realized the announcement was for opening day starter on the road as opposed to home. Damn, was hoping he’d be the home opener starter.

Well hey, game 11 lines him up for that one too! Assuming they go 1-5 twice through

Derek Sutton · 03-24-2023, 12:39 PM

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I think putting Pearson in the rotation would be a massive mistake. Guy is made for the pen now, let him be a huge asset there.

Pearson rounding out the pen puts them in good shape.

Romano
Mayza
Bass
Cimber
Pearson
Garcia
Pop

Great depth. It would be nice if they could add another lefty to give Mayza a break.

Cappy · 03-24-2023, 12:57 PM

A bit off topic, but I found a youtube video that copied from this article about how often MLB teams have their retractable roofs open:

https://www.foxweather.com/learn/mlb...frequency-data

Toronto at 54% of the time is pretty good; but what gets me is the texas teams and Miami: Rangers just above 10%, Astros under 10%; miami at only 2 games in 2021!

Whats the point of spending all that money on a retractable roof