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  1. Laika
    Wow I can't believe you actually won this league. Idiot...
  2. Laika
    nah 8 9/10 Bats 8 SP 3/2 RP
  3. Laika
    Ryan Goins ISO MLB: .087 MiLB: .098 2014 AAA: .069 GruberLB: .145
  4. Laika
    thank you so much
  5. Laika
    amazing.
  6. Laika
    And here I am thinking we live in a post "can Ryan Goins stick?" world.
  7. Laika
    From the article: http://www.hardballtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/6a.jpg A quantification of JP Ricciardi's ineptness, mostly. Although a little bit of that is on Alex I suppose. He took over before 2010?
  8. Laika
    There's a pretty decent chance that Lowrie just wouldn't want to come here, and even if so you're looking at at least ~3/33 for him. It's easy to drop hypotheticals like "just sign this guy instead" but people need to realize that not every player is available to every team. Especially for a team like Toronto trying to attract free agents, more often than not they basically have no fair chance at signing them. Toritani is much more likely to sign in Toronto for multiple reasons and he fits for multiple reasons. It's not a case of Toritani vs. Lowrie, because that's a fantasy choice for Toronto. In reality it might be a case of Toritani vs. the status quo, or Toritani vs. some trade overpay for a stopgap 2B like Daniel Murphy when the club already has Devon Travis who they think can fill 2B in 2016 or even late 2015. Toritani has merits as a realistic target; Jed Lowrie remains nothing but a FA unicorn. should of just signed Robinsin Canoe ugh
  9. Laika
    There, you told yourself.
  10. Laika
    neat, thanks.
  11. Laika
    He's stung it a bit more than Mune in Japan. Mune was .080 ISO there and Toritani has been .130. The bar is so low at 2B in Toronto that even if he's just Mune (Steamer -> .240/.306/.310) with "+1" bonuses across the board (.250/.320/.340; so basically, Yunel Escobar), that could be a solid 1-2 win improvement depending largely on the defense. That's essentially 2013 Dustin Ackley who would've been about a 1.5 win player if the M's didn't move him to CF where he bled some runs.
  12. Laika
    Yeah that might be the best news out of all this. A window into the FO that sheds some light on Beeston's current role (I'm assuming him and Cito just play connect 4 all day).
  13. Laika
    The articles from Japan make it pretty clear that Toritani isn't interested in coming over unless he can be guaranteed a starting gig. I think there's a price where he'd be a great flyer fill in. He really shouldn't cost that much given his age and lack of great tools. I'd give him 1 year and a chance to start out of the gate but I wouldn't give him 3 years. Guys like Nakajima and Nishioka were similar / better hitters in Japan, at younger ages coming over, and they flopped entirely. Doesn't mean much but it's enough for me to think that anything more than a 1 year shot would be dumb.
  14. Laika
    The Butt Stallions rode that trade all the way to 8th place!
  15. Laika
    lol it was probably like, 7 bucks.
  16. Laika
    Every Chris Cotillo tweet hot take format: A: Per this other person, this might happen. B: Follow up tweet with baseless speculation.
  17. Laika
    trollosi strikes again!
  18. Laika
    But, remember last year. The Jays picked Brian Moran and then immediately flipped him to the Angels for international cap space. That was neat-o. Moran ended up having the TJS in April, lol.
  19. Laika
    Punting your major league depth in order to protect guys with fringe relief/bench potential is a dangerous game.
  20. Laika
    = Various Japanese colleagues are saying that the Blue Jays are expressing interest in free agent Takashi Toritani for playing 2B?
  21. Laika
    Pretty surprised that Gilmartin is available... I'd rather have him as my #5 SP than Big Pelf, but I guess it's hard to cut a guy making 5.5M.
  22. Laika
    Agreed. Morosi is just plain insufferable. Heyman is a dimwit but sometimes he can be funny, and sometimes he actually breaks stuff.
  23. Laika
    Castro for Justin Upton would be a big overpay but maybe the Braves could balance it out somehow. Castro for Souza Jr is more than fair on paper, and because of name value and MLB data, the Cubes could probably get Souza + something else nice (which JFaS suggested yesterday). Signing Melky also makes a lot of sense for the Cubes. Could also just give Baez or Castro LF reps in spring and keep all of your infield depth to cover for the inevitable failure...
  24. Laika
    MLB Including RP they have the best overall pitching projection in their division. SP only, pretty much tied with the Cards.
  25. Laika
    I think their SP depth and talent is fine as is. I'd trade Castro for an OF. I mean, they have a legit 1-5, lot of names down the list, and they're projected top 8 in SP fWAR with Lester. Lester Arrieta Hammel Hendricks Wada Wood Jackson Turner Doubront Straily Edwards Johnson
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