Laika
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He means giving Thames the LF gig.
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I had no idea you were so verbose and plump!
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Most people without loose screws were of this opinion: - The trade sucks on paper, but... - At least the Blue Jays will be fun to watch next year! Public opinion can suck eggs. Essentially irrelevant. Handsome Jake could still be pretty decent. Yunel Escobar was a total wasted asset. DeSclafani and Nicolino are probably going to be cheap long-term, below-average contributors for Miami.
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Guy is pretty gross.
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You should have hated the Miami trade in context, and you should definitely hate it in hindsight. The fact that you don't is scary. Are you dumn?
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Wow, good for you. So level headed with your decades and decades of life experience. The true super-fan that we should all aspire to be! How about this: 1) AA was awesome when he was re-tooling the team 2) AA sucked ass when he was first trying to push the team to competitiveness 3) AA has learned from some of his transaction mistakes and improved his approach, OR, the real issue at #2 was the heavy-handed influence of Beeston/Rogers and that has been lifted somewhat this offseason. The guy still needs to show that he can put the finishing touches on a roster and build a team that's actually robust, and not waiting to crumble at the seams.
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lmao
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Baseball Prospectus: 2015 Toronto Blue Jays Top 10 Prospects
Laika replied to Caper's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Realistic role as #1? None, ever. Never should that happen. -
Baseball Prospectus: 2015 Toronto Blue Jays Top 10 Prospects
Laika replied to Caper's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
No matter what order you put the names in, the Blue Jays kind of have a stacked system right now. Again, it's super pitching heavy, but when you can trade arms for Josh Donaldson and Michael Saunders, who gives a f***... Norris Pompey Sanchez Hoffman Osuna Pentecost Travis Nay Reid-Foley Castro Smoral Alford Smith Jr. Cole Tellez Urena Labourt Tirado Borucki Boyd Jansen Hollon Some other potential RP arms (Stilson, DeJong? etc.) Bench Factors: Jimenez Burns Berti Schimpf Lugo? Dean? -
Well they are getting some unnamed infielder from Detroit as well. Probable that some old scout just doesn't like Shane Greene.
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I still think you could save yourself 1000 hours and get basically the exact same information by just looking at team win totals (and it still wouldn't necessarily reflect GM talent. Theoretically, Amaro could have taken over Gillick's Phillies, put them in a terrible long term position but exited after the 102 win season, and he'd look like a GM prodigy). Best way to measure GM talent might simply be $ spent per added win, with marginal wins properly valued (so rich GMs aren't unfairly knocked). Would need big sample size.
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Yup. Holy f*** San Diego. Don't be dumb.
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Sigh, Padres. Grandal for Kemp would be so, so, so, so, so, so, so dumb.
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4/65 for Headley is f***ing robbery compared to the 4 year deals given to Cruz and Markakis. Easily twice the player, not much more money. In a rational market, contracts for Sandoval and Headley are only a stones throw apart.
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What's hard to understand? Most people still see baseball through batting average, home runs, and RBI. Headley generates most of his value through defense and plate discipline (+ decent power and hit). Same reasons that Melky is so overrated - .300 hitter!
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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60 hit, 50 game power, 60 defense, 60 arm. first division talent
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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.
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Fits quite nicely on the ATL mantle beside those Uggla and Upton contracts.
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Sucks for all those guys who jumped ship to the Rays...
Laika replied to RIPEXPOS's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
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inb4 Stroman's arm explodes in March.
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Shields for something like the Anibal Sanchez deal. And then Luke Gregerson or whatever. I don't care about closing experience or who closes.
