tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post6522929995757127576..comments2024-01-23T08:03:30.875-05:00Comments on The Southpaw: A modest proposalThe Southpawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12978086362601077757noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-58755746467323068122010-11-16T11:01:00.169-05:002010-11-16T11:01:00.169-05:00spstrammuI read Gordon can be had for a couple of ...spstrammuI read Gordon can be had for a couple of decent not premium prospects. Roll the dice, take him north, tell him the job at first is his to lose. Just in case he blows up, we can move Lind, pick up a bat for DH. I doubt we will need to as per your citing of the Morrow scenerio.<br /><br />Lastly the Jays now have only the LH bats of Snider and Lind.Both Rasmus and Gordon bat left. I like the balance that would give us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-39091961937219848262010-11-12T14:24:35.514-05:002010-11-12T14:24:35.514-05:00Of course the proposal is not without a cost ceili...Of course the proposal is not without a cost ceiling. I do not know the price but assume, for the sake of discussion, let us say that the posting fee is $6 mil and the contract ends up being 3/18<br /><br />That's a total pro-rated cost of $8 mil per year. last year we paid almost $5 for EE.<br /><br />So the question then would be - if we are trying to find a lead off hitter (and we are, else this idea doesn't fly) then, as a #1 hitter, is the marginal increase in cost (+$3 million annually) worth the improvement from what EE could do in that role, as opposed to what Mishi would do + at least somewhat better defense?<br /><br />I would be pretty confident in saying "yes" to that question.<br /><br />That said, there is OF COURSE a price point ant which one would have to answer "no"<br /><br /><br />But for the record, I'm perfectly content to bargain for 300/366/463/830 for a lead-off hitter. I don't see anyone but Crawford on the market who's a better bet - even a reasonable bet - to do that.The Southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12978086362601077757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-32564809867086423962010-11-12T14:22:16.604-05:002010-11-12T14:22:16.604-05:00It all depends... isn't our new bench coach kn...It all depends... isn't our new bench coach known for being good with Japanese players (thus why he managed the Mariners)? I was wondering when he signed if it might indicate the Jays are looking into that.John_Northeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08075340944933073160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-39420487722074158922010-11-12T13:25:18.748-05:002010-11-12T13:25:18.748-05:00I'm not convinced that move significantly impr...I'm not convinced that move significantly improves the Jays' lineup. Maybe the defense gets better -- Hill is great at 2B, so if we consider him and Nishioka equivalent, then all we get defensively is the upgrade of E5 to Hill, the size of which is inconclusive at present.<br /><br />As far as offense goes, the move you described means replacing E5 in the lineup with Nishioka. Nishioka had a career year this year in NPB, and paying for a career year isn't generally a good idea. His previous best slash line in Japan was 300/366/463 --> 830 OPS. If we assume that to be his true talent level and that he is able to reproduce those numberes after coming over to MLB, he isn't actually a whole lot better than E5's 780 OPS from last year. E5 even had an uncharacteristically bad OBA last year, so that could easily come up somewhat.<br /><br />Basically, I'm not sure that paying a posting fee plus relatively high salary to Nishioka for what amounts to an uncertain defensive upgrade and maybe 50 points of OPS is worth the expense.JKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-52924274970182785692010-11-10T14:34:14.359-05:002010-11-10T14:34:14.359-05:00Why not...
You gotta try and get that top end tale...Why not...<br />You gotta try and get that top end talent and his bat at the top of the order sounds pretty good to me.<br /><br />However I think you have to look at that medical record of his with a fine tooth comb, if it all clears and the price is right...why not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-1120857809554285342010-11-10T01:30:28.712-05:002010-11-10T01:30:28.712-05:00Good idea - bad timing.
While AA and his elves ar...Good idea - bad timing.<br /><br />While AA and his elves are scouring Latin America, the US and TGFN (The Great Frozen North) in search of anything that moves and can play ball - unfortunately, the team has yet to get any serious scouting over in the land of the rising yen - er - rising sun. <br /><br />However, I wouldn't be too surprised to see AA having sushi eating scouts scouring Asia soon(ish).Mylegacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11532592953744479060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-51969724808893211502010-11-09T22:02:58.505-05:002010-11-09T22:02:58.505-05:00About Nishioka: Sold.About Nishioka: Sold.Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08445618400360263938noreply@blogger.com