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Suntouchable13
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Bautista is on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time. Probably won’t get in the first time, or ever. He started too late. Do you think eventually he gets in? I want to see him in, I just want to see a guy get in with a Jays cap. We were robbed with Halladay, imo.
saska sault
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Too short of a prime unfortunately. He will get put up with the Jays Hall of Fame no doubt. He is in the hall of really, really good/elite players that didn't have the longevity . A couple more average years and 1 or 2 beast years he makes it.
They really should do away with the cap thing. It just doesn't fit with modern baseball and free agency.
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Yeah I agree, he only really had 6 great seasons, 2010-2015. that doesn't get you a HoF vote IMO.
in 2016-17 you can see it fading away, and he was never an every day player after that and was gone from baseball after 2018.
trellaine201
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He gave up 16HR in 64IP last year lmao. I didn’t even think that would be possible unless your Lance Lynn. He’s washed up.
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You will get Candelario and you will like it.
But seriously, I’m happy if they put all their eggs in a superstar basket (Soto or Ohtani) and go for cheap 1 year deals or internal promotions for the rest.
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GoonieFace
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You realize they haven’t signed him yet right…..
Not to mention context. If they give him $30-40M to replace Chapman who might get $150M, is it really that bad?
Personally I prefer we spend our wad on a real impact player (Ohtani pipe dream, Soto, Yamamoto) and then fill holes internally and supplement with cheap vets in case the youth isn’t ready.
I'd be a little concerned about the contract he might end up getting, but Candelario has been excellent (and every bit as good as Chapman) in three of the last four seasons. I definitely wouldn't want him to be the addition they make, but he would be a solid replacement.
He won't get in. Heck, I was thinking not if he'll ever get to the 75% required, but if he'll even get the 5% required to stay on the ballot past the first year.
He had a great 6-year stretch with the Jays, and provided some of the most memorable moments as a fan this franchise has seen. But as a career body of work, that stretch would be a blip when thinking Hall of Fame.
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Yeah, he was absolutely a Hall of Fame-calibre player from 2010-2015, but even the most borderline of Hall of Famers pad that with a bunch of average to above average seasons. Not only did Bautista not have a single 2 fWAR (average) season outside of that peak, but the entire rest of his career, before and after his peak, was only worth 2.1 fWAR combined.
Demolition of Rogers Centre lower bowl complete as second phase of renovations begins | TSN
Rogers Centre is unrecognizable after extensive renovations began on the downtown Toronto ballpark last month.
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TORONTO — Rogers Centre is unrecognizable after extensive renovations began on the downtown Toronto ballpark last month.
The Toronto Blue Jays released photos of the demolition of most of the stadium's lower bowl on Tuesday. Photos and video show that the field and all the seats on the 100 level have been torn out.
The Major League Baseball team says that 29.5 million pounds of materials were removed from the stadium Oct. 13 to 26. That amount includes 26.5 million pounds of concrete and three million pounds of steel
A temporary bridge was installed over the site of the former seating bowl, according to the Blue Jays. At the peak of demolition and excavation work, 10 excavators were on site with 344 trucks cycling in and out of Rogers Centre over the temporary bridge in one day.
It's the second phase of renovations at Rogers Centre, which will become the sixth-oldest active MLB ballpark once the Athletics complete their move from Oakland, Calif., to Las Vegas.
The team says that the second phase of Rogers Centre's renovations will be complete for the home opener on April 8.
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Suntouchable13
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Good responses to my question about Bautista and the Hall of Fame. Speaking of the Hall of Fame, how the heck Manny Ramirez not in? Was he involved in the steroid fiasco? I don’t recall.
There are these things called search engines. You know, like Google and Bing, for example. A simple search for "Ramirez steroids" would tell you what you want to know.
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saska sault
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Demolition of Rogers Centre lower bowl complete as second phase of renovations begins | TSN
Rogers Centre is unrecognizable after extensive renovations began on the downtown Toronto ballpark last month.
TORONTO — Rogers Centre is unrecognizable after extensive renovations began on the downtown Toronto ballpark last month.
The Toronto Blue Jays released photos of the demolition of most of the stadium's lower bowl on Tuesday. Photos and video show that the field and all the seats on the 100 level have been torn out.
The Major League Baseball team says that 29.5 million pounds of materials were removed from the stadium Oct. 13 to 26. That amount includes 26.5 million pounds of concrete and three million pounds of steel
A temporary bridge was installed over the site of the former seating bowl, according to the Blue Jays. At the peak of demolition and excavation work, 10 excavators were on site with 344 trucks cycling in and out of Rogers Centre over the temporary bridge in one day.
It's the second phase of renovations at Rogers Centre, which will become the sixth-oldest active MLB ballpark once the Athletics complete their move from Oakland, Calif., to Las Vegas.
The team says that the second phase of Rogers Centre's renovations will be complete for the home opener on April 8.
What is this stage doing for renovations? I didn't make it to a game last year but did the reorientate the seats to face home plate already?
They did the upper sections last year, this year is the lower sections.
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