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Derek Van Ryper

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145 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

So the Brewers already had that just from playing against him a couple of years ago in San Francisco.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

I think it's attention to detail and maybe just having everybody in the organization rowing in the same direction.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

Eno and I talk about this on Rates and Barrels all the time.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

I think the best organizations, top to bottom, have everybody working and communicating in a way that just sort of maximizes the potential of everybody on the roster.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

But it goes all the way down to guys like David Hamilton too, right?

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

It's not just...

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

Can we make this guy who was a number four, number five starter for his first couple of years a one or a two?

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

It's can we turn the bench guy into a temporary starter?

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

Can we turn the temporary starter into a regular starter?

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

It's just getting a little more out of everyone goes a long way.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

Yeah, I think so.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

I mean, I think you can pretty reasonably forecast, even though it's been debunked as meaningful, the Verducci effect is still something that teams sort of internally are working through.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

It's 30 to 40 innings over the previous career high workload, right?

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

And I think you can start to anticipate that now.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

I think it's a great time to make trades.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

What happens in a lot of fantasy baseball leagues is people get past the 50 game mark, usually around Memorial Day here in the U.S., and

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

It's like the calendar flips to June and everyone gets the itch.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

Redraft leagues, keeper leagues, dynasty leagues, they want to make deals because they believe that their strengths are real strengths and their weaknesses are real weaknesses and there's still enough time to do something about it.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

I think in the case of this young group of starting pitching that's popped, it includes Nolan McClain, it includes Cam Schlittler, Chase Burns, who you mentioned, Trey Savage.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Gausman Takes Blame, Prospect Report & Kevin Morby

There are varying levels of how those guys will be managed, but I do think you have to account for that.