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The Legend Continues
Yeah, the Red Sox would have made zero trades, drafted zero players, and signed zero players over the last three years if Cherington was still GM.
Fun to think of what Boston would look like if Cherington was still there and not Dombrowski.
They likely wouldn't have Sale, Price, Kimbrel, or Martinez, which means they probably wouldn't have a contending pitching staff, and would be missing arguably their best hitter.
On the other hand, they would still have these kids:
3B Shaw (28): MLB 1934pa, 110wrc+, 3.2war650
2B Moncada (23): MLB 856pa, 95wrc+, 2.1war650
OF Margot (23): MLB 1052pa, 85wrc+, 1.7war650
2B Asuaje (26): MLB 586pa, 75wrc+, -0.2war650
RH Kopech (22): AAA 126.1ip, 3.70era, 3.30fip, 3.41xfip
IF Dubon (23): AAA 358pa, 105wrc+
SS Guerra (22): AAA 464pa, 64wrc+
LH Allen (21): AA 121.0ip, 2.75era, 3.20fip, 3.57xfip
OF Basabe (21): AA 270pa, 111wrc+
RH Espinoza (20): ------ (18, A: 76.0ip, 4.38era, 2.99fip, 3.53xfip)
RH Pennington (23): A 32.1ip, 2.78era, 4.30fip, 3.87xfip
IF Basabe (21): A+ 249pa, 65wrc+
IF Coca (19): Rk+ 304pa, 85wrc+
So Christian Yelich for MVP in the NL? Pretty sad he wouldn't even be top-5 in the AL.
Imagine being one of Betts or Trout and not get the MVP with a potential 10+ WAR season.
To be fair, he shouldn’t even be the favourite in the NL but DeGrom literally has no team around him to help.
Imagine a pitcher with an 8-9 record and a team 13 games out of the playoffs winning the MVP?
The old boys club would literally quit.
Good
Gotta be one of the dumbest argument in sports. "Your team didn't make the playoffs, so you weren't the MVP".
If 3 or 4 position players develop into viable everyday players from the group of Vladdy, Bichette, Alford, Smith, Biggio, Jansen, McGuire, Tellez etc... We are in a great position if players like Gurriel, Travis, Grichuk, Hernandez, McKinney and Diaz keep progressing and adding to team.
Where there is an unknown is on the pitching side. Other then Stroman, Sanchez, Borucki and Reid-Foley.
*Keith Law's blood pressure rises randomly somewhere across the border*Jamie interviewing Gil Kim
"There are several publications that rank farm systems and the Blue Jays seem to be top 10 on everyone's lists.*"
*except Keith Law.
Jacob DeGrom.
9.0 WAR
8 Wins.
Has this ever happened before?
What does the Manalyst have to say about this season? That's what's important...
Walker’s homer, a towering, second-deck blast to right field, was his 10th of the season.
That gave the Yankees 11 players in double digits, tying a mark that has been matched in each of the past four years, a period that admittedly has produced three of the four highest per-game home run rates in history (1.26 per team per game in 2017, 1.16 in 2016, and 1.15 this year).
This year’s Blue Jays could join the above 11×10 list if rookie Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hits two more homers over the remainder of the season, while the Yankees similarly have a shot at separating themselves from this pack if Voit, who didn’t even debut with the team until August 2, adds one more. Voit’s homers on Wednesday night, which were less majestic than Walker’s, represented his eighth and ninth since joining the team.
The Yankees Have a Shot at Some Home-Run Records | FanGraphs Baseball
Worth noting Pearce has 10.
Jays top 5 in HRs this season. Top 10 in wRC+ all without Donaldson, Tulo and Martin not hitting up to snuff.
I expect this offense to be at least top 10 again with full seasons from Vladdy, Gurriel, Jansen, and maybe guys like Tellez and McKinney. Should have a decent floor with Smoak, Diaz, Grichuk and Hernandez.
Offense will be worth something next season. Need to work on pitching and defense.
To be more specific, everyone else thinks it's Top 5.
But, as we all know, they're only saying that because the Jays have told them to. Or... paid them to. Or... blackmailed them to? I'm not sure exactly how it works, but the Jays are lying about stuff or something.