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[Dr. Dinger]

Now my rotation won't be a complete disaster when Syndergaard needs TJS

[BTS]

I'm so tired of Dinger's BS.

[The Cats Ass]

I'm so tired of Dinger's BS.

 

Does he have dirt on pretty near every member in every league?

[Dr. Dinger]

I'm sure you guys will change your tune if Cutch bounces back to a .400 wOBA and Sale finally explodes. There's risk on both sides. Plus, frenchsoup gets another Blue Jay!

[King]

Matt Wieters and a 6th round pick to KingFiller

 

3rd round milb pick to J4L19

[The Cats Ass]

I'm sure you guys will change your tune if Cutch bounces back to a .400 wOBA and Sale finally explodes. There's risk on both sides. Plus, frenchsoup gets another Blue Jay!

 

Can't wait to get a haul for Liriano!

[BTS]

I'm sure you guys will change your tune if Cutch bounces back to a .400 wOBA and Sale finally explodes. There's risk on both sides. Plus, frenchsoup gets another Blue Jay!

 

Estrada has been well-travelled recently:

 

from FS to me for 1st and 2nd waiver picks

from me to you for A-Gon

back to FS in this deal

[P2F]

Can't wait to get a haul for Liriano!

I wish I owned some Blue Jays, so I could get a haul for them from FS.

[Dr. Dinger]

I've made some really terrible trades in this league. Here are three that stand out:

 

Gave up Roberto Osuna+ for A.J. Reed

Gave up Yelich + Sano for McCutchen, Todd Frazier, Pomeranz

Gave up DJLM + a s***** closer for Dee Gordon when he was suspended

[jays4life19]

Matt Wieters and a 6th round pick to KingFiller

 

3rd round milb pick to J4L19

 

Confirmed

[Laika]

I've made some really terrible trades in this league. Here are three that stand out:

 

Gave up Roberto Osuna+ for A.J. Reed

Gave up Yelich + Sano for McCutchen, Todd Frazier, Pomeranz

Gave up DJLM + a s***** closer for Dee Gordon when he was suspended

 

None of these seem that bad to be honest. Second one is a woof but who knew McCutchen would do what he did and didn't not do last year? bad luck

[Boxcar]

I'm so tired of Dinger's BS.

 

lol this trade is fine. Christ.

[Dr. Dinger]

None of these seem that bad to be honest. Second one is a woof but who knew McCutchen would do what he did and didn't not do last year? bad luck

 

I kinda look at that deal now as Sano + Yelich for Sale + Frazier, with Pomeranz and Estrada canceling each other out. It's a write-off!

[Boxcar]

None of these seem that bad to be honest. Second one is a woof but who knew McCutchen would do what he did and didn't not do last year? bad luck

 

I'd do Osuna+ for Reed still. The DJLM trade is the worst one by far of those three imo.

[Laika]

I'd do Osuna+ for Reed still.

 

Same, but you'd have to catch me in the right mood.

[Dr. Dinger]

I'd do Osuna+ for Reed still. The DJLM trade is the worst one by far of those three imo.

 

I'm still on the Reed wagon with you. I'm pretty sure Osuna is about to go boom, anyway. I don't really lose any sleep over DJLM because his season looks like such an outlier, but it did piss me off that he had like a 1.000 OPS from the day I traded him ROS.

[Spanky99]

Can't wait to get a haul for Liriano!

 

We can't get a haul for JD?

[Boxcar]

I'm still on the Reed wagon with you. I'm pretty sure Osuna is about to go boom, anyway. I don't really lose any sleep over DJLM because his season looks like such an outlier, but it did piss me off that he had like a 1.000 OPS from the day I traded him ROS.

 

He's had a bit of a progressive skill change. He was still quite valuable in 2015.

[Laika]

The DJLM trade is the worst one by far of those three imo.

 

DJLM remains impossible to evaluate. He was legitimately awful for three full years, then OK but it looked like all Coors, then awesome but it still seems like mostly Coors. He doesn't have power or impact speed.

 

The thing is, Coors isn't going to give some s***** hitter a 10% walk rate and super high contact rate. Apparently he might maybe have become an elite hitter (for AVG)?

 

In the LoD, Cyborg seemed to barely prefer him to Brett Lawrie during the Miggy auction. I think the line was "ew, I can't see myself ever owning LeMahieu".

[Spanky99]

DJLM remains impossible to evaluate. He was legitimately awful for three full years, then OK but it looked like all Coors, then awesome but it still seems like mostly Coors. He doesn't have power or impact speed.

 

The thing is, Coors isn't going to give some s***** hitter a 10% walk rate and super high contact rate. Apparently he might maybe have become an elite hitter (for AVG)?

 

In the LoD, Cyborg seemed to barely prefer him to Brett Lawrie during the Miggy auction. I think the line was "ew, I can't see myself ever owning LeMahieu".

 

Shut your whore mouth, son!

[Boxcar]

LeMahieu stepped up his game last season by embracing his true identity. The result has been a .305/.362/.406 slash line over his last 812 plate appearances.

 

“I became a player who knew what his strengths were and what his weaknesses were,” LeMahieu told me. “Last year, I decided to strengthen my strengths as much as I could. I hit the ball to the other side of the field well — I hit the ball oppo — and I don’t hit for a ton of power. In order to succeed, to be at my best, that’s what I need to do.”

 

It’s hard to argue with the results. LeMahieu’s line-drive (29.3% this year) and hard-contact (33.8%) rates have gone up along with his higher percentage (40.3%) of balls hit the other way.

 

The introverted infielder wasn’t very expansive with his answer when I asked if a mechanical adjustment was involved in the transformation. All he shared was, “I just tried to make sure I don’t get outside of myself.”

 

Colorado hitting coach Blake Doyle had more to offer on the subject.

 

“We did a few things to simplify his approach,” said Doyle. “We had him cut down the plate, so that he wasn’t trying to cover all 17 inches. At this level, you need to pick a side, pick an area, until you get to two strikes. He’s also staying inside the ball with his hands. He’s letting the ball travel more, and he has more control of the club head now that there’s less movement with his body.

 

“He’s not a leg-kick guy. There were times he was kicking a little bit and his swing was getting a little too long. We cut down on that movement. When you’re his size, people expect you to hit the long ball. That’s not what he does well. We talked about it, and DJ bought into being someone who stays inside the ball. That’s who he is.”

 

He’s also a productive big-leaguer, which was far from a given when the Cubs drafted him 79th overall out of LSU in 2009. The Detroit-area native hit .344 as a collegian, but he was a bit of a square peg in a round hole due to his aforementioned profile. Chicago wasn’t all that bullish on his future, as they swapped him to Colorado two years later for a pair of spare parts.

 

LeMahieu admits there was no Plan B had he stalled in the minors.

 

“I was hoping I was going to get here, and that I would stay once I did,” said LeMahieu. “But you never know. The big leagues were my only goal and if I didn’t make it, I didn’t know what I was going to do. I put all my eggs in that one basket, so I guess I kind of had to make it.”

[AdamGreenwood]

In the LoD, Cyborg seemed to barely prefer him to Brett Lawrie during the Miggy auction. I think the line was "ew, I can't see myself ever owning LeMahieu.

 

 

Interestingly, he was the initial owner of DJLM, but traded him away for Vance Worley in the first LOD season.

[P2F]

I'm strongly considering moving George Springer and Kyle Seager. I would have a strong preference towards a return of high-upside MLB or MLB-ready pieces.

 

Fire them offers away.

Edited March 21, 2017 by P2F

[Cyborg]

I feel like I'm overpaying here but oh well.

 

George Springer

Pedro Baez

Austin Riley

 

For

 

Austin Meadows

Josh Hader

Anthony DeSclafani

4th Rd MiLB

[Laika]

I feel like I'm overpaying here but oh well.

 

Georges Springer

Pedro Baez

Austin Riley

 

For

 

Austin Meadows

Josh Hader

Anthony DeSclafani

4th Rd MiLB

 

Wrong Springer. That's his French Canadian cousin.

[Dr. Dinger]

I don't think it's likely that Meadows will ever be as good as Springer is already.

[BTS]

I like the Springer side of this.

[P2F]

I'm putting a lot of stock into Meadows, but I think everyone knows by now how much I love that kid.

[Dr. Dinger]

AJ Reed is also going to P2F as a part of the Kyle Seager deal. Farewell, fat man.

[P2F]

Confirmed.