I’m not sure you know what “tagging” means.

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No Rougned Odor?

Wonderful run starting from the physio table to get on the end of that one.

Get that Coca-Cola Remix garbage outta here!

Except that whole FA Cup final thing.

Which is literally a thing I did not say. I don’t know how much more that straw man can take.

And yet you give the Jays all the credit for what they did with Estrada. What about turning Dickey from Cy Young winner to league average pitcher? Which is it?

Coaches, Learning the Warthen slider, workout regimen, diet, etc. These things matter. You seem to think coaching doesn’t matter, or that somehow the Jays get every player to be the best they can possibly be. This is deluded.

Think of the possible outcomes of a player as a normal distribution. Reaching one’s 50% ceiling the most probable (this can be very good, very bad, it all depends on the player (probably very good for Thor)). I’m suggesting that the Mets got Thor to his .1% ceiling. I’m suggesting the Jays would not have got him that…

Where did I say that? Nice strawman.

Turned Estrada around? So he was something somewhere, went elsewhere and became something better than he was? I can only assume that he would be the same thing if he were still playing for the Brewers?

Different coaches, different training methodology, different pitch limits, etc. Look at the starting pitchers the Mets have produced in the last 5 years; it’s crazy! Look at all mountain of love/respect for Ray Searage in Pittsburgh. These things matter.

He TOUCHED 98 and sat 94 in the minors. He now throws his slider as fast as he sat with his fastball velocity.

Except there is a zero percent chance that the Jays develop this version of Syndergaard. Additionally, no one could have reasonably thought that would add ~5 MPH of velocity on the way from AA to the majors. Let us be glad that we get to see this version of Thor and not the one the Jays would have developed (who would…

Did you miss the entire 2011/12 offseason when Yu Darvish was posted by these very same Ham Fighters?

Best team in England by 1961 miles.

Hard to beat the double birds

More like Pukka Pies Award.

My 5 year old nephew predicted this draw when asked to order the teams alphabetically.