Since I’m just drunk on this trade stuff and I feel like taking another sip from the bullshit bottle, I say sell high on Luke Maile now. I know that the beloved chosen one is a fan favourite and he’s just so nice. And he should be delivered to the All-Star game and all that stuff. But, it’s time for the Jays to move on and sell high.
The refreshing Luke Maile story has been nice during a pretty ugly season, but he’s not the catcher of the future and it’s time to free Danny Jansen.
Danny Jansen continues to do Danny Jansen things for the Bisons. He is currently slashing .308/.416/.495 and has a Danny-Jansen-is-better-than-Luke-Maile OPS of .910. It’s time for Danny Jansen to be set free from Coca-Cola Field and set foot on the good carpet of the Dome.
When Jansen isn’t calling the game behind the plate, Bobby Meacham has him hitting DH because he hits baseballs and he hits baseballs hard. I’ve been watching Bisons games a lot this year – especially since the Jays have been so shitty – and this kid is ready for the show now. And it doesn’t take a big time baseball scout to tell you that. Any fan that has been watching the Bisons knows this. And so does Steven Sanders, Gil Kim, Ross Atkins, Mark Shapiro and company.
Danny Jansen is leading the Bisons in hits. He’s leading the Bisons in good ol’ fashion RBIs. He’s leading the team in OBP and in OPS. He’s just leading the Bisons. I could go on and on about Danny Jansen and rah rah the hell out of him because it’s fun and because Danny Jansen is Actually Good.
Luke Maile has been fine this year. He has been putting baseballs in the air. He has been making solid contact. He has been doing things that have fans hash-tagging the shit out of #DeliverTheMaile-meh.
But, the Jays should deliver him to a contending team and sell high on him now. The Jays have so much catching depth in the system, there’s no reason to keep Maile around for next season. So I say, take a sip from the trade season bottle and let’s have some fun, and let’s see the Jays sell high on Luke Maile before Luke Maile actually starts doing real Luke Maile things.
Luke Maile is making MLB minimum wage and is arb-ing it up until the end of the 2022 season. So any contending team looking to upgrade their catching position should be very interested in Luke Maile right now. He’s slashing .241/.339/.398 and has an OPS+ 102 – not too Maile bad at all.
Milwaukee might be looking for a catcher like Maile, so they can upgrade from Manny Pina who has been pretty shitty this season. Pina is slashing .219/.280/.356 and has a sad OPS+ 70.
Boston is another team that should probably look to upgrade their catching position because Christian Vazquez has been really bad. He’s been about as bad as all the shitty popular music played on the radio these days. He’s slashing .210/.253/.284 and has an Ed Sheeran OPS+ 45 – not very good at all. Luke Maile could be a prince behind the plate and in the batter’s box for the Brewers and the Red Sox.
So, let’s cut all the cute shit and stop with this #DeliverThe blah blah blah and start thinking about the damn future here, folks. Danny Jansen is better than Luke Maile. Danny Jansen is the catcher of the future. And it’s time to free him. Luke Maile has been doing good things, which is totally cool. But, the Jays should fleece some dumb team like Boston and let Maile go do those good things somewhere else.
I’m starting to get a bit thirsty now, so I think that’s all I have to say about this stuff. I think it’s time to walk down Queen West, go to my dive bar, and have a drink. And then maybe get a Roti – or something.
Sell high? What’s that? Two dozen baseballs instead of one dozen?
Who fucking cares. Get a halfway decent/reliable reliever and you’ve done great.
This comment is good shit.
Not sure you would get a decent return for maile…but I agree with the sentiment.
Maybe time to trade Russ Martin for a top prospect or two?
Nah, Mike Trout.
It’s a good idea for sure. Just don’t know how much we’d get back for him that would be of much value. Maile and Morales for Syndergaard…who says no?
Include the Moose-dude’s two dozen baseballs and it’s a fair deal.
The Mets won’t say no. They wouldn’t be able to get the words out from laughing so hard.
What’s your dive bar?
My home away from home.
…I’ma guess…. The Dime.
When I think dive on Queen West, my mind immediately goes to the Done Right Inn.
Holy shit i forgot about that place… I use to live like 2 mins away.
Epic Dive.
Not having ever lived in Toronto, I only would up there once. The fact that they take Canadian Tire money at par has always stuck with me.
You guessed right my man.
Canadian tire money at par?!! I wonder what the exchange rate is on monopoly money?
I would like to keep Maile. And I’m sure every team in baseball thinks they have someone at least as good in their system already, so there is no trade market, only a DFA market where they get him for nothing in return.
But someone might take Martin as a backup/playoff option if the Jays eat…hmmm…75% of the salary.
So everyone has someone who is better than Maille, BUT would take martin who is playing worse, for more money???
Time to go all in on a rebuild. If we package Tulo and Martin, we should get a few top prospects. If’ we’re prepared to go within the division, maybe Tulo and Martin to the Yankees for Gleyber Torres and Justus Sheffield.
Nah, Ohtani and Trout.
If we package Tulo and Martin, we are getting nothing back from the other team other than salary relief. Unless your comment is satire. Is it satire?
If someone actually thought this, that’d be some pretty funny shit.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
I think with the season he’s had Maile has upgraded his value from Player to Be Named Later to PTBNL AND “cash considerations.” Who knows, if he keeps this up we could squeeze $500 in International Bonus Pool money out of someone.
Maile, Granderson, Pillar, Pearce, Morales, Garcia all fall into the same category for me. All bit players who are about replacement level that I would like to see moved of possible to promote some younger guys, I don’t expect all to be dealt but move what you can. Give me more Lourdes, Dwight Jr, Jansson, Gavilio etc. To see who can compliment the big guns in a few seasons. I guess I’d like to use the rest of the season to evaluate the AAAA guys to see who can stick and who can’t.