1. Are there any updates on Tiedemann’s rehab? After a brief Google I can’t find anything from the past couple months. No news = good news?
2. With relatively crap performances from almost all levels of our minor system (w Nimmala and Yesavage exceptions noted) where can I find hope for the future?
3. Would you advise any of our MILB teams to take up John Oliver on his rebranding offer? I would have said Lansing Lugnuts before they left our umbrella.
Wagner, Clase, Schneider, Barger, Roden, Lukes, Straw and Clement gave me a pretty, pretty dang nice return in OOTP 2024, just sayin'.
Seriously, though, I know that the Jays probably believe in some of these guys more than any other team in baseball, but the probability seems high that most of these players are/will continue to be fringe major leaguers at best.
I guess my question is, who here do you feel is most likely to be a contributor in 2025 and who is most likely to spend the rest of their careers riding a variety of busses. I like Ernie Clement the most but they still should of signed Bregman.
Hey Stoeten, it might be because I spent last night in a pretty empty Angels stadium drinking $17 beers and watching two teams who mostly couldn’t hit but I feel like so far this team is both disappointing and more or less what I expected them to be - feels quite a bit like last year not scoring enough runs which then magnifies any time the defense or bullpen isn’t perfect. Am I being overly pessimistic or is this about who this team is barring some great luck around health / players outplaying their projections going forward?
Thanks for doing this. Your insights are the best. Aside from our hitting (which is a big 'aside from'), I can't help feeling that the Scherzer signing is going to be an albatross hanging over our heads the whole year. Who knows when and if he will even pitch again? I'm sure everyone, obviously including the front office, knew there was a huge health risk in signing him - for 15.5 million at that. So why did they do it when there were other starters out there that were much, much cheaper? I understand that those other starters didn't have the pedigree and maybe didn't want to come here. But was the main reason to sign Scherzer simply to make a bit of an exciting splashy signing to appease a grumpy fan base and get bums on seats? If so, that just seems so...desperate and short-sighted... and now we are forced to sign what's left of those other guys (Turnbull). Am I wrong?
You may not get to write up responses before it happens, but any predictions on attendance for the Seattle series? Cutting down on cross border shopping is one thing but paying to cancel flights and hotels on top of the cost of unused tickets would be some real commitment to the US/Trump boycott.
Stoeten, I love your level headed approach to most things Jays. Can you get mad and ragey about something for a change though? Just something baseball you've always thought was kinda dumb and didn't make sense that you've avoided making a comment on for the sake of being "sensible" and having a "brain". Robot umps, benches clearing conversations that result in Brett Cecil finishing the year on the IL, extra runner, STATISTICS, low hanging fruit, whatever. Can you please get angry about a thing(s) and let us feel your frustration?
Love your work as always, fingers crossed for a more pleasant and winningful season for you to cover.
This question is a bit moot, because they obviously did the thing, but how much do you think the position of Vlad’s contract in the list of biggest contracts of all time played a role in their seeming reluctance to pull the trigger? Do you think there is pressure amongst front offices not to raise the tide too high too quickly?
Mr. Stoeten, let me start with praise. You rock! Now to my question. Trade talk. Assuming the Jays are in a favorable position to enhance the lineup (Power-hitting 3B or quality arms), what/who in the system could they, would they offer that could get a decent return?
Was going to ask a similar question - maybe too early to tell, but assuming we're still in the mix near the deadline, what's a preview of some potential targets to improve the offense especially, since that still seems to be a key area of weakness?
As always, Stoeten, you rule. A couple questions:
1. Are there any updates on Tiedemann’s rehab? After a brief Google I can’t find anything from the past couple months. No news = good news?
2. With relatively crap performances from almost all levels of our minor system (w Nimmala and Yesavage exceptions noted) where can I find hope for the future?
3. Would you advise any of our MILB teams to take up John Oliver on his rebranding offer? I would have said Lansing Lugnuts before they left our umbrella.
Why don't we see more 8-for-1 trades in MLB?
Wagner, Clase, Schneider, Barger, Roden, Lukes, Straw and Clement gave me a pretty, pretty dang nice return in OOTP 2024, just sayin'.
Seriously, though, I know that the Jays probably believe in some of these guys more than any other team in baseball, but the probability seems high that most of these players are/will continue to be fringe major leaguers at best.
I guess my question is, who here do you feel is most likely to be a contributor in 2025 and who is most likely to spend the rest of their careers riding a variety of busses. I like Ernie Clement the most but they still should of signed Bregman.
Hey Stoeten, it might be because I spent last night in a pretty empty Angels stadium drinking $17 beers and watching two teams who mostly couldn’t hit but I feel like so far this team is both disappointing and more or less what I expected them to be - feels quite a bit like last year not scoring enough runs which then magnifies any time the defense or bullpen isn’t perfect. Am I being overly pessimistic or is this about who this team is barring some great luck around health / players outplaying their projections going forward?
Follow up after game 2 - aaarrrrgggghhhhh
Thanks for doing this. Your insights are the best. Aside from our hitting (which is a big 'aside from'), I can't help feeling that the Scherzer signing is going to be an albatross hanging over our heads the whole year. Who knows when and if he will even pitch again? I'm sure everyone, obviously including the front office, knew there was a huge health risk in signing him - for 15.5 million at that. So why did they do it when there were other starters out there that were much, much cheaper? I understand that those other starters didn't have the pedigree and maybe didn't want to come here. But was the main reason to sign Scherzer simply to make a bit of an exciting splashy signing to appease a grumpy fan base and get bums on seats? If so, that just seems so...desperate and short-sighted... and now we are forced to sign what's left of those other guys (Turnbull). Am I wrong?
You may not get to write up responses before it happens, but any predictions on attendance for the Seattle series? Cutting down on cross border shopping is one thing but paying to cancel flights and hotels on top of the cost of unused tickets would be some real commitment to the US/Trump boycott.
I'm so curious to see whether Canadians are there. Maybe Alberta will attend...
Stoeten, I love your level headed approach to most things Jays. Can you get mad and ragey about something for a change though? Just something baseball you've always thought was kinda dumb and didn't make sense that you've avoided making a comment on for the sake of being "sensible" and having a "brain". Robot umps, benches clearing conversations that result in Brett Cecil finishing the year on the IL, extra runner, STATISTICS, low hanging fruit, whatever. Can you please get angry about a thing(s) and let us feel your frustration?
I would love to see Andrew re-post his rant about Gibby pinch hitting for Devon Travis....I still chuckle at that.
Love your work as always, fingers crossed for a more pleasant and winningful season for you to cover.
This question is a bit moot, because they obviously did the thing, but how much do you think the position of Vlad’s contract in the list of biggest contracts of all time played a role in their seeming reluctance to pull the trigger? Do you think there is pressure amongst front offices not to raise the tide too high too quickly?
Mr. Stoeten, let me start with praise. You rock! Now to my question. Trade talk. Assuming the Jays are in a favorable position to enhance the lineup (Power-hitting 3B or quality arms), what/who in the system could they, would they offer that could get a decent return?
Was going to ask a similar question - maybe too early to tell, but assuming we're still in the mix near the deadline, what's a preview of some potential targets to improve the offense especially, since that still seems to be a key area of weakness?