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  1. Laika
    I don't know anything about hockey prospects. Anybody want to give me a quick rundown on which prospects on my team are actually worth anything?
  2. Laika
    He's gonna trade Moss for a young SS. SOURCES: Moss to CLE for Jose Ramirez is something to watch for. Cleveland wants a COF/1B/DH bat, is looking to move Swisher, and have Lindor/Kipnis up the middle. Personally I think they're stuck with Swisher, but they could put Moss in LF and make Swisher a full DH.
  3. Laika
    You would need to account for salaries and roster age. Personally, I think the whole method is flawed and incredibly biased based on the state of the team before/during the GM's first season (or when they left the team). Example - your #1 dude took over as GM for the 1982 season. The 1981 was strike shortened... obviously he would get mad "dWAR" just for this coincidence. Same for #7 Jocketty taking over a team for the 1995 season. In its current state, this is no measure at all of GM competence or skill. A GM could take over a team while it's solid and get fired 15 years later during a rebuilding cycle, and he'll come out looking like a turkey even if he kept them competitive for a decade.
  4. Laika
    It's possible but not necessary. De Aza might not even be worse than Melky. Seattle could go after Leche if they don't land Upton.
  5. Laika
    60 hit, 50 game power, 60 defense, 60 arm. first division talent
  6. Laika
    John Hart has no time for Sabermetrics. Nick plays the game the right way, battles at the dish, is great in the clubhouse and in the community, and he's got a cannon for an arm.
  7. Laika
    Fits quite nicely on the ATL mantle beside those Uggla and Upton contracts.
  8. Laika
    I like baseball.
  9. Laika
    inb4 Stroman's arm explodes in March.
  10. Laika
    Shields for something like the Anibal Sanchez deal. And then Luke Gregerson or whatever. I don't care about closing experience or who closes.
  11. Laika
    Are oblique injuries just a Canadian thing? http://m.mlb.com/video/v34482861/minsea-saunders-exits-game-after-check-swing-in-8th/?query=Michael+Saunders
  12. Laika
    Best offseason ever.
  13. Laika
    The defensive value that you see on Fangraphs includes the positional adjustment, which is -12.5 runs per 600PA for 1B. His UZR/150 games is pretty much zero - which means he's an average first baseman. I don't know why Fangraphs changed their default defensive display. It made more sense IMO to just show UZR so you could see defensive skill at their given position in any one year. Scouts like Smoak even more than that though I think. He had/has a rep as a very good defensive 1B.
  14. Laika
    Part of me just wants to see a more talented player at first base, but if they make upgrades at a couple of the 2B/LF/RP holes then I'd be fine with Smoak and honestly, I'm kind of intrigued about how he would do in a full season at the Rogers Centre. Also, it'll be nice to have a decent defensive 1B with the way Reyes' throws are spraying around at this point in his career. I think Donaldson is a bit of a loose cannon as well. With Smoak's tiny salary, he's still highly mobile and even viable as a bench player.
  15. Laika
    nu-uh. In runs per 600 PA, the positional adjustments add up to -30 either way (-12.5 1B and -17.5 DH). Doesn't matter who is playing where. You can put Smoak at first and have a neutral 1B, or you can bleed 11 runs with Edwin. Smoak @ 1B = -12.5 defensive value + Edwin @ DH = -17.5 defensive value = -30 for the team. Edwin @ 1B = -23.5 defensive value + Smoak @ DH = -17.5 defensive value = -41 for the team /MATH
  16. Laika
    Is UZR of any real utility for first basemen? EE: -11.6 runs per 150 games, career. Smoak: 0 runs per 150 games, career. Jays would benefit by roughly 1 full win by playing Smoak @ first everyday and keeping Edwin off the field. That extra 2%!
  17. Laika
    Doesn't seem outlandish for a 185 lb man that was running ~16 mph. I didn't even take Physics in high school though, ha. I mean if you simply dropped him from a meter or two, the force of impact would probably be over 1000 pounds....
  18. Laika
    I was insulting Sport Science, not Min Science. I'd assume that Min Science would be much more cleverer. They'd probably only make videos every 11 months though.
  19. Laika
    lol, Sports Science is so dumb. I like the part where they told us how long his arm is.
  20. Laika
    This is an excellent, excellent minor league signing. Carrera is a perfectly viable CF backup defensively, he's got plus speed, and he's actually shown some decent hitting ability in the minors. If Pompey flops, a Pillar/Carrera platoon in CF probably doesn't sink the team.
  21. Laika
    Both the 14 year old super douche Wesley and the Rodriguez guy that he's referencing are just playing reporter on twitter. They either "report" something 5 minutes after someone else had the scoop, or they just blatantly make s*** up based on some rumour from earlier that day. It's pretty funny actually.
  22. Laika
    Maybe I need to be more explicit. I'm just razzing him, boxy. hashtagRazzing hashtagRazzleDazzle hashtagDDL
  23. Laika
    He's not that much better than Melky. Maybe not even better. Maybe worse!!!! Also not that cheap... arb4 this year and made over $7M in 2014. Salary + prospects = real cost for a mediocre dude.
  24. Laika
    http://stores.wholesalecentral.com/Images/0Q5S50OJ6PMWULMO4GOMF0343MVCIA/8593355328.jpg
  25. Laika
    Also, I persistently offered you Utley for Peavy which would have solved basically all of your problems but you were so f***ing afk that I traded him to Boxy (ugh).
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