As much as Stroman says he wants to be in Toronto, I don't think he cares what city he's in as long as he gets paid.
I'm fine with trading Stroman. Are we all thinking this kid is going to be the right kind of leader through a rebuild? Guy can't even take an All-Star series away from bad mouthing the Jays organization in a calculated way. Dudes also a Boris client. Depending on the return, let someone else take that mess.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
I kind of wish Stroman wasn't being as public as he has been but that's the Stroshow.
There will be no hard feelings from my end though, one thing that I really appreciate is how much he's talking up the city of Toronto and the fans. It would be really easy for him to hate on it on his way out.
Goalies: If I'm pickin em you best be sittin em!
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
Anyways, sounds like it was fabricated the Braves rumours
Jon HeymanVerified account @JonHeymanhttps://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status...to-braves.html
Despite twitter rumors, I hear there’s been no talk to this point between the Braves and Jays involving Marcus Stroman. “Total fabrication,” is a phrase I heard.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
Not sure the arms are coming to come close to matching these bats.. but ye-gods!!
Guerrero Jr. player of the week 5hr 24rbi .330 post All-Star break
Bichette - just on a tear 9 straight games with a double. 4hr - 7rbi & .408 ... what a bloody start!!
Gurriel - 30hr in 144 career games - the fastest in Jays history to 30hr. Fastest!
Biggio... ok.. ok.. so he's a work in progress... let's just take his 9SB as a ++ since it's probably the most any Jay has stolen in half a decade. You know he'll come around.
they're fun to watch... win or lose.
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The bats are going to be electric for years. Too bad the pitching wont be. When the Jays feel they will need to improve their pitching, they will have to make trades to do that. So basically, they traded guys like Stroman and Sanchez for prospects in turn to have to trade prospects for guys like Stroman and Sanchez.
Makes a lot of sense doesn't it. LOL!
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
As bad as the record is the core going forward certainly looks solid for the positional players:
C- Jansen – meh. Solid Defense, hits like a catcher
1B – Smoak (then Tellez) solid
2B- Cavan Biggio – work in progress but reasons for optimism
SS- Bo Bichette – yes please!
3B – Guerrero Jr. – yes please!
LF- Fisher – meh, average
CF- Teoscar Hernandez – solid defense, hitting needs work
RF- Grichuk – solid hitting
DH – Gurriel Jr. – love his arm in LF as well.
Bench – Drury – typical bench player
Pitching – no idea
12 team H-2-H 1 year league, daily roster changes, 3 goalie start minimum/week
2xC, 2xRW, 2xLW, 4xD, 3xUtil, 2xG, 5 Bench
G, A, P, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, W, SV%, GAA, SVs
C: C. Keller, C. Mittelstadt, B. Nelson, R. Strome,
LW: K. Connor, B. Tkachuk, J. Gaudreau, J. Marchessault, E. Rodrigues, A. Lafreniere
RW: K. Fiala, J. Bratt, T. Jeannot V. Arvidsson
D: R. Josi, J. Trouba, E. Gustafsson,
G: L. Thompson, F. Gustavsson, V. Vanecek
NO IR
It's fun watching the young and potent bats, no question about it, but pitching and D is what wins games constistently, especially in the playoffs.
And the Jays' pitching & D is, frankly, awful with no end in sight for that awfulness.
I'm also a little tired of the ego involved when I watch how Shapiro and Atkins operate. There was a great column the other day by Shi of Sportsnet where he correctly pointed out how the current management group still gives shots to Anthopoulos.
Why? Anthopoulos made plenty of mistakes, sure, but he also assembled a team that made the playoffs two straight years. He gambled for a championship, as he should have, and left the prospect pool a little depleted because of it. That's just a normal cycle for any team.
Shapiro and Atkins giving him shots is just their way of trying to distract the fans from the poor job they're currently doing. I can live with the most of the deals. Sanchez had zero value because of his inconsistency and injury history so people need to take a step back when analyzing that deal.
He was basically a throw-in.
But including a prospect to get Fisher is a head scratcher.
And dealing Stroman (who was dominant many times this year) for two mid-level prospects is borderline incompetent. It's clearing the slate just for the sake of clearing the slate, which is horrible asset management.
A couple other minor things:
Vladdy should be moved to 1st. Drury should play 3rd. When Smoak is gone anyway. Tellez should be moved for pitching help.
Bichette is terrific but let's see how he does when pitchers and opposing teams know him a little better. And his D is (apparently) not very good. Everybody knew he could hit.
Pitching can always be acquired!! Lets groom these building blocks: Vladdy Jr. Bichette Biggio Jansen Gurriel Jr. etc.. Go Jays Go!!
FYI: I am not a fan of "Shatkins" either!!
Zorro says "vote for Dobber"
Angus is my best friend at dobberhockey..
I can't believe how exciting this team is to watch right now!! The games mean nothing in the standings but mean everything for our future!!
Zorro says "vote for Dobber"
Angus is my best friend at dobberhockey..