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Blue Jays Hot Stove Thread

I'll gladly criticize Shapiro for this decision. Yuck:

https://twitter.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/1218574091361431552
 
BA released their new top 100.

Pearson 7
Groshans 29
Woods Richardson 61

With Woods Richardson ranked there and Kay appearing to be in the mix for a rotation spot this season, the return on Stroman is looking good.
 
I'm eargerly looking forward to the explanation on this one:

https://www.tsn.ca/blue-jays-reese-mcguire-arrested-for-exposing-himself-1.1441695
 
Fangraphs put out their top prospects list and the Jays have 4 guys in the top 100. Pearson is at #8, Simeon-Richardson at #76, Groshans at #80 and Orelvis Martinez at #89.
 
Frank E said:
I'm eargerly looking forward to the explanation on this one:

https://www.tsn.ca/blue-jays-reese-mcguire-arrested-for-exposing-himself-1.1441695
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Coming off a break out year this is not good.  More details here  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7996799/Blue-Jays-investigating-arrest-C-McGuire.html
 
Sounds like a strange situation for the kid, I hope there is some kind of explanation that makes sense but I am not that hopeful. I guess he will be playing for Houston soon.
 
The report is he was masterbating in his car watching porn on his phone with no pants on. The police asked him why he was doing this in the parking lot of a strip mall when he lived a few blocks away.  Too bad I thought he was better than Jannsen but looks like he will be done as a Jay. 
 
Highlander said:
The report is he was masterbating in his car watching porn on his phone with no pants on. The police asked him why he was doing this in the parking lot of a strip mall when he lived a few blocks away.  Too bad I thought he was better than Jannsen but looks like he will be done as a Jay. 
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He?s either a)  Stupid.
                b)  Took something that interfered with his mental clarity.
              *c)    A reckless idiot.

*I?m thinking this one is more like it.

No excuses for him.  If he will be done as a Jay, good riddance.  I?ve lost respect for such a person.  He obviously had brain enough to think but elected to be careless & irresponsible.  And in a public place with females around.
 
I remember Tony Fernandez.  A beloved Blue Jay.  Rest In Peace.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-icon-tony-fernandez-passes-away-age-57/
 
Tony will always be my favorite Blue Jay,  I loved the guy.  His gangly style at the plate, reminded me of a Praying Mantis, I always called him the "Insect Man" because of it.  In an affectionate way of course. 
Had three friends pass this week all within 24 hours, this feels like the 4th.  Way to young.
 
Rob Manfred.  Intentionally the worst commissioner in professional sports or just incompetently so?
 
L K said:
Rob Manfred.  Intentionally the worst commissioner in professional sports or just incompetently so?
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It's really interesting to me how so many players are actually speaking out against the Astros and Manfred. It's just not really something you see from baseball players in general. I think this sign stealing thing has a long way to run yet..

Even Mike Trout spoke out!
 
It was probably inevitable but the Jays have decided to black out their games on MLB.tv throughout Canada and have them exclusively on Sportsnet.

It's not something particular to the Jays as I think the MLSE teams are worse for it but it does strike me as particularly damaging to Baseball, a sport that's struggling to bring in young fans, to make streaming their product much more expensive than comparable entertainment options. For the cost of being able to legally stream all MLB games I could get all of Netflix, Spotify, Disney+, AppleTV and XBox Games Pass for roughly the same price.
 
Nik Bethune said:
It was probably inevitable but the Jays have decided to black out their games on MLB.tv throughout Canada and have them exclusively on Sportsnet.

It's not something particular to the Jays as I think the MLSE teams are worse for it but it does strike me as particularly damaging to Baseball, a sport that's struggling to bring in young fans, to make streaming their product much more expensive than comparable entertainment options. For the cost of being able to legally stream all MLB games I could get all of Netflix, Spotify, Disney+, AppleTV and XBox Games Pass for roughly the same price.
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Ya Nik, I don't see any upside in the decision at all. We need to have young viewers and most are affixed to streaming devices.
 
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