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2021 Blue Jays General Discussion Thread

I?m honestly more impressed with his eye.  It?s so rare that you see him truly lost on a swing.  Obvious he strikes out but it isn?t very often that you see him completely fooled on a pitch. 
 
L K said:
I?m honestly more impressed with his eye.  It?s so rare that you see him truly lost on a swing.  Obvious he strikes out but it isn?t very often that you see him completely fooled on a pitch.
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His plan at the plate is also quite impressive. He's not just "swinging for the fence". He knows the situations. He knows to choke up and shorten his swing when he has two strikes.
 
This is big two weeks leading up to the July 30th trade deadline. 7 games vs the Red Sox between now and then.
 
https://twitter.com/jimcallisMLB/status/1417171238880006148

So the Jays did go overslot on their high school pick. Hopefully it's a good gamble.
 
Another loss to a top team.  The Jays have done well against sub .500 teams but struggle against better opponents.  Another tough start from Stripling.  Hopefully they can get a starter before the deadline as he would be much better out of the pen as long reliever

Stripling giving a bit of a good post game press conference talking about how leaving his family behind to go to Toronto was affecting him.  It?s a young club so not a lot of families but it does have an effect as they are about to be separated after this series
 
Deebo said:
https://twitter.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/1420772917185482754
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Might be too little too late at this point but that's a solid move.  Hand can fit in as another arm in the 7th/8th inning slot.  Doesn't have a lot of swing and miss stuff but he can get outs.

Adams doesn't have a future with the team between Jansen, Kirk and Gabriel Moreno having a meteoric rise through the prospect rankings (.373/.441/.651/1.092 stat line in AA this year AND he's good defensively throws out 44% of base runners)
 
Yup. Good value for the Jays there. Adams doesn?t have a full time role with the team, and might not even be a full time MLB player.
 
It's definitely a big price tag, but the key for me is that Berrios is signed through 2022. So this already strengthens the rotation from day 1 of next season and worst case some assets are recouped at next year's deadline.

I don't think that a non-rental pitcher of Berrios' calibre could be acquired for anything significantly cheaper.

From what I've been reading the Jays are still deep down the middle as well.
 
He's a good pitcher.  It's a big improvement to the rotation but that cost....man.  Not great.
 
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