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OT: The Toronto Blue Jays

He's been like a 1 WAR hitter each of the last 2 years in only about 300 AB each. It's not crazy on a one-year deal, but he's never been healthy for a full year either so not like you can just say "oh, if he gets 500 ABs that will look great".

The better deal for a defensive specialist with a questionable bat is obviously a 2 year deal at 7.5M a year. Much better shared risk with a deal like that.
 
You guys have galaxy brained the perfect solution.

Just play guys in the months they hit well, and then sit them out when they’re not going to hit well. Pay everyone accordingly.
 
Interesting... from Jim Bowden Midterm MLB offseason grades article

The Cubs remain in the mix for Cody Bellinger, Rhys Hoskins and Jordan Montgomery but haven’t been aggressive enough to get close to signing any of them, according to major-league sources.
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Because supposedly, Belly has been down to the Jays and Cubs.... He did go on to say that the Jays are more likely to re-sign Chapman than sign Belly, and he said that the Giants are also in on these guys.
 
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manny said:
You guys have galaxy brained the perfect solution.

Just play guys in the months they hit well, and then sit them out when they’re not going to hit well. Pay everyone accordingly.
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are your surprised Hicks has not signed with anyone ?
 
Pwner said:
Interesting... from Jim Bowden Midterm MLB offseason grades article



Because supposedly, Belly has been down to the Jays and Cubs.... He did go on to say that the Jays are more likely to re-sign Chapman than sign Belly, and he said that the Giants are also in on these guys.
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Giants just moved Haniger for Robbie Ray, creates an opening for Bellinger i assume

Belly was a questionable fit for Toronto before they signed KK, now its even worse.
 
From The Athletics's Giants Beat Writer yesterday:

Now the Giants have room to purchase a new appliance that manager Bob Melvin would find more useful. Like a certain Gold Glove third baseman who slices and dices and juliennes with the best of them. No, it isn’t in Zaidi’s interests to characterize the Giants as dead-set on signing Matt Chapman — there’s never a need to give more leverage than necessary to a Scott Boras client — but it seems like such an eventuality at this point that when Zaidi mentions other possibilities, it almost seems like misdirection.

“We like the group that we have and I think we can certainly go into the season with it, but one of the areas of need is probably upgrading our infield defense,” Zaidi said. “It’s always possible there’s a trade that lines up that way. But as it stands now, we like our outfield group. We’d be fine going into the year with it. We frankly still could add somebody to that mix with Mitch being traded today. Lots of things still on the table there. The most direct answer I can give it is does mean our outfield is set.”

The Giants are likely to roll with Jung Hoo Lee in center field, a platoon of Mike Yastrzemski and Austin Slater in right field and Michael Conforto primarily in left field. With Haniger out of the picture, it’ll be easier to carry Luis Matos or Heliot Ramos or Wade Meckler as a fifth outfielder — or Blake Sabol as a 26th man who could serve as a third catcher and bench bat.
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Hmmm wonder who is actually in on Belly? Just he Cubs and Jays?
 
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