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  1. Laika
    Really, it should be a good old fashioned spring training pitching battle for that last spot or two. I'm guessing that Drabek and Redmond still have a couple of option years left, so they have the outside track, but for a team that is trying to win now it would be pretty dumb to roll with Happ if he looks crummy and one of them looks sharp. And if McGowan looks great in spring, then they should give him a shot. It's not like he has a track record to project from - he's basically just a piece of talented poo that they're throwing at the wall. Assuming health and not considering options, I think everybody would prefer to see Hutch and Stroman as the #4/5 given the current depth chart, but that's just not very likely to happen in the context of the current roster.
  2. Laika
    I guess the only ? would be workload. 117.1 innings in 2012, 123.1 in 2013. College reliever the two years prior. Is he stretched out enough to start the year in a big league rotation, or should he be building up a bit in the minors? Maybe they build him up slowly in AAA with innings / pitch caps for a month or two before calling him up to inevitably replace struggling Happ or broken Morrow.
  3. Laika
    The point here is that Dickey and Gausman have similar 2014 upsides, sure, but Dickey has much less of an uncertainty/risk factor.
  4. Laika
    Trevor Bauer Dylan Bundy Danny Hultzen wait a minute...
  5. Laika
    Sign Mark Ellis (or any small projected 2B upgrade, Brian Roberts would probably have liked a bit more than $2MM) Sign better bench pieces (specifically, make it so that Moises Sierra isn't the team's best RH bat off the bench) Trade Aaron Sanchez for a sizable rotation upgrade
  6. Laika
    That's right AA, stop investing just as your flurry of woefully inefficient moves have taken your team to the point where investing heavily in the short team actually makes A TON of f***ing sense. 2 or 3 wins could be the difference between playoffs and layoffs, millions of dollars in profit... but go ahead, just stand pat.
  7. Laika
    This had to have been before they signed Ellsbury, right?
  8. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    Translation: loser talk from a dead inside Jays / Sens fan
  9. Laika
    Unregressed.
  10. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    Ten year contract plz
  11. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    omg I hope the Leafs lock up Phaneuf forever.
  12. Laika
    Definitely
  13. Laika
    I don't think you'd have to project Salazar for even 150 innings for him to be considered a far better asset. Note that I'm not saying Salazar will be better in 2014 necessarily.
  14. Laika
    In the context of right now, making exactly zero assumptions. Just looking at years of control, cost, and sane, well reasoned projections. The only reason that Tampa hasn't already traded Price for Salazar (or a similar asset) is that they know they can get some buffoon in the fog to give them even more.
  15. Laika
    Which, of course, means exactly diddly s*** going forward.
  16. Laika
    In a rational market Danny Salazar would unquestionably be a more valuable asset than David Price. The Rays know that Price's perceived value is miles above his actual value, and they'll capitalize on it big time.
  17. Laika
    This news came out like, last week, guy.
  18. Laika
    He definitely does, and has been for a while. You're probably not reading the right people.
  19. Laika
    I think a lot of attentive fans are starting to notice some questionable compartmentalized thinking from Anthopoulos. He things the offense is fine and he only needs to add pitching. He thinks the team power is fine so he only needs to add contact hitters, or speed. etc. etc. etc. He definitely does not seem to think of individual players as holistic run machines.
  20. Laika
    I'd be inclined to agree, contingent on whatever the hell his medicals would look like. Contract stipulation: no head first slides.
  21. Laika
    I dunno, maybe, but I think a lot of vets would rather platoon on a really good team than start on a team that just won 74 games.
  22. Laika
    Like why the f*** would Mark Ellis want to come to a clusterf*** team up in Canada and play on plastic/cement when he's 37 years old and the Cards are offering him a better shot at a WS?
  23. Laika
    "Hey Mark, Alex A here, how about coming to Toronto to be our starting 2B for a year or two?" "lol" *click*
  24. Laika
    They probably want too much for him. The same reasons that you want him are reasons that the Nats would want a solid return for him. Last I read they are fine with keeping him as their Util guy next year. That's excellent depth if you're a team gunning for the playoffs.
  25. Laika
    Small SS. Minor league numbers are pretty good and projections aren't exactly pessimistic, and rightly so. He's not a good 2B or anything but hed be better than Izturis, and probably almost free.
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