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good article on Cease
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6855670/2025/12/03/blue-jays-dylan-cease-contract-analysis/
In the end, though, Cease got the deal because the predictive metrics all say he’ll be good, and because he’s been healthy and shown the ability to pitch innings. If he figures out the splitter and becomes more consistent year to year, the Blue Jays might even get a bargain, but the projections bake in all those fluctuations and say it’s a market-rate deal for a top-rate arm.
i dont care about 3 years or 10 mil, his stats from 5 years ago dont matter. also never use ERA
Ponce’s massive uptick in stuff is what really got him paid (up nearly 3 ticks to 95.5 MPH average last year), but the command really stands out too. He had a strike rate of 66% or above across all four of his offerings last season
I’m a bit surprised Ponce got 3 years, but I think his kick-change is legit + velo is way up from 2021.
Fun signing for the Blue Jays (who now have a bunch of rotation options).
Cody Ponce (signed by TOR) dominated KBO this season, posting a 30.3 K-BB% across 180.2 IP and winning the triple crown. Since his last MLB outing (PIT, 2021), he has seen a +2 MPH uptick on his fastball and transformed his changeup into an elite offering
Cody Ponce’s 2025 season in the KBO was historically great:
17-1
180.2 IP
1.89 ERA
2.15 FIP
252 K’s
0.94 WHIP
Triple Crown
MVPlooks like Carlo is going to be on the IR for an undisclosed amount of time. 🙁
saving him for the playoffs
Vegas has 10 wins and 13 losses
so do the LeafsLeafs could have been in 29th place if it wasnt for Willy
did not expect that, or at Least not at this point in the off season
Cease is a SO machine. Great Start to the Jays 2026 season“In hindsight”? The laughton trade was terrible from the get go and absolutely desperation move and huge overpayment.
Same with the carlo one, didnt need to include a high end prospect.
Both moves could be disastrous for the leafs.yeah, just overpayments for bottom lineup players.
Leafs added Carlo and Laughton, Florida added Jones and Marchand. easy to see why one team is successfulTre is garbage. Dubas was pretty bad too. I’ve been saying this the whole time. The Leafs could’ve done so well with Matthews/Marner if they surrounded them properly. If they identified the culture issue early on instead of pretending they’ll change, or it’s not bad because the fans like him (Nylander) then the Leafs had crazy potential.
Keep Kadri
Trade Nylander
Keep Hyman
Trade Rielly
Keep Marchment/Verhaghe etc..
Freddy didn’t need to go (he’s slowing down now)
Now Minten is gonna be good.Honestly, just surround Matthews/Marner with Canadians who play physical and are defensively sound. Also, you need a goon.
pretty much. such a wasted era.
Leafs won 1 round big fucking deal, got demolished in gm 7.. not a chance this years team with marner is much better. and it would just be a mirage.
I disagree in that they’d still suck with their best player Marner. He set the tone for the team. He made Matthews successful. He bore the brunt of criticism so Nylander could go float around center ice looking for breakaway passes. He was everything to the team.
But Brad is an awful GM.
this is the 4th season in a row there they have trended down by a decent chunk in xgf, possession whatever you want to look at. Marner was there for 3 of them
Tre has chipped around the edges to try and make the team bigger and tougher to play against..but they are just slower and worse.Because they lost their best player over the summer.
Because they’re stupid.
And because the fans are stupid.
they didnt have great numbers last season either, the goalies really masked a lot.
losing a top line player doesnt help, but even with him they would be bad still. things have been sliding for a few seasons, steadily getting worse with each move Brad makes.I wasnt a fan of the GM tre move. he needs to go
Unfortunately even if they try to bail on season (which they wont), they will still fail and finish with their pick in the 6- 14 range
I think at this point they can easily do it.
they are so bad
