Blue Jays Discussion: The Vladimir Guerrero Jr. injury overreaction thread

[jetsforever]

Bautista signs a minor league deal with the Braves.

Hope he succeeds

 

[nilan30]

I tuned into the FB live and they’re showing Texas TB right now and the video quality is horrible and there are user comments taking up half the picture.

I think if you swipe by comments to the left they go away

 

[Nineteen67]

I think if you swipe by comments to the left they go away

Thanks. I stumbled on that.....

 

[phillipmike]

Glad Bautista is getting a shot will always be one of my all time favorites so i hope he does very well. I think he will be a positive WAR contributor for them at 3B for sure in my mind. Bautista at 1M looks better than Morales at 11M this season and 12M next season. Always wondered why Cleveland didnt take a shot at Bautista for 1M. They were willing to sign him for 18M+ last year, why not 1M this year? Huge bounce back candidate and if not then 1M is barely above league minimum.

 

[Eyedea]

Teoscar is good

 

[Eyedea]

Solarte is the real #SolarPower

 

[GhettoHockey]

Could someone please tell me why Grichuck in RF gets so much playing-time?



Serious question coming from a novice baseball fan

 

[Morgs]

Could someone please tell me why Grichuck in RF gets so much playing-time?



Serious question coming from a novice baseball fan

Randall Grichuk's Worst Season - 94 wRC+ (2017)

Kevin Pillar's Best Season - 94 wRC+ (2015)

He's also always been a plus defender in the outfield, especially in the corners. Expect him to come around at some point..

 

[TheMadHatTrick]

Fangraphs has their new draft rankings for June.

Updated 2018 MLB Draft Rankings | FanGraphs Baseball

Top 15:

1) Mize
2) Madrigal
3) Bohm
4) Swaggerty
5) Stewart
6) McClanahan
7) Liberatore
8) Kelenic
9) Bart
10) Scott
11) Gorman
12) Rocker
13) Larnach
14) Rolison
15) Singer

I really want Scott to make it to us. Could happen as Kiley says he's higher on him than the industry. If not him then it's between Larnach and Turang (#16) for me.

 

[Eyedea]

I think I read somewhere (Kiley’s chat?) that they’ll be releasing a mock draft soon with reports of which teams may be linked to certain players.

 

[TheMadHatTrick]

Any chance Madrigal drops to us?

0%. He's firmly in the top 5 conversation. Fangraphs ranks him as high as 2.

 

[TheMadHatTrick]

For anyone who is following MLB draft prospects trying to learn about some of the Jays potential choices with the #12 overall pick in the June Draft, Fangraphs released their updated draft rankings here: Updated 2018 MLB Draft Rankings | FanGraphs Baseball

Personal favs in the range of the Jays pick are the following:

Connor Scott
Kumar Rocker
Ryan Rolison
Brice Turang
Cole Winn
Cole Wilcox - Personal fav! Sinking Fastball that reaches 96, flashes plus slider, plus Change with solid mechanics which he repeats well

Only guy I don't want is Gilbert. He screams Jon Harris/Deck McGuire.

No love for Larnach? The guy can seriously rake and we could use some lefty pop in the lineup.

 

[TheMadHatTrick]

I think I read somewhere (Kiley’s chat?) that they’ll be releasing a mock draft soon with reports of which teams may be linked to certain players.

Tomorrow I believe.

 

[zeke]

Not sure how it looks on a pc but the mobile experience for this broadcast is topnotch.

 

[Eyedea]

It's alright, but like we're in 2018 and we're still getting 720p streams from official networks?

 

[theaub]

As much as Teoscar needs to stay, really hope we don't give up on Grichuk to do it.

 

[zeke]

I always liked Osuna as a prospect... but you are wildly misremembering Osuna's minor league career. He was always young for his level, and there were signs of dominance, but I wouldn't call his full season numbers "elite" by any stretch.

It was impressive enough that he played at those levels at 18-19 years old, of course, but he wasn't remotely close to dominating compared to the other handful of pitchers who did the same. He also threw 65 innings those two seasons combined.

Not misremembering anything.

His stats for age and level, aside from a tiny handful of starts immediately pre and post injury, put him amongst elite of elite comparables.

 

[supermann_98]

Teoscar ain't going anywhere. I really hope they just DFA Morales and life moves on

 

[supermann_98]

Not misremembering anything.

His stats for age and level, aside from a tiny handful of starts immediately pre and post injury, put him amongst elite of elite comparables.

Agreed, at the time before the Tommy John the biggest knock on him was his fitness, as he carried around quite a bit of baby fat. After the surgery he came back in relief and after some struggles initially he has has excelled there ever since

 

[supermann_98]

Randall Grichuk's Worst Season - 94 wRC+ (2017)

Kevin Pillar's Best Season - 94 wRC+ (2015)

He's also always been a plus defender in the outfield, especially in the corners. Expect him to come around at some point..

A novice baseball fan may not know wRC+, does that mean that he won 94 world rally car races?

 

[Deebo]

Not sure how it looks on a pc but the mobile experience for this broadcast is topnotch.

I have a pc hooked up to a TV, its been pretty much flawless for me.

 

[Anthrax442]

sweet

 

[Suntouchable13]

Looking forward for the clash vs the Yankees this weekend. A split would make me happy.

 

[zeke]

I like our team, barry.

 

[Anthrax442]