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  1. Laika
    Just the value of the prospect package, in context. i.e. the Jays paid more for old man Dickey than the Phillies paid for a *basically* prime Halladay. I'm probably wrong though. I have no idea how highly regarded Taylor was.
  2. Laika
    I don't know. A small portion. But the ones that do tend to be pretty f***ing good. The lottery ticket has value. d'Arnaud was the meat and potatoes of it anyway. Syndergaard was just a really nice looking side dish. He's grilled Zucchini.
  3. Laika
    Without crunching the numbers, d'Arnaud+Syndergaard seems like more value than what they got for Halladay.
  4. Laika
    As opposed to selling after the deadline? Probably. It's a moot point though. Everyone except JJ is still here next year. They'll just chalk it up to "bad luck" or whatever, and give the ugly can another kick in 2014. Replacing Johnson with one of Hutch, Nolin. Or Sanchez in May, cuz Blue Jays.
  5. Laika
    I still think Dickey turns it around. Something is way off with the guy. They don't even look like knuckleballs half the time... it's like he's just lobbing changeups in there all day.
  6. Laika
    RA Dickey is pitching barely better than replacement level. We traded Travis d'Arnaud and Noah Syndergaard for him. That's a top ~20 position prospect and a top ~50 pitching prospect. Syndergaard has a 2.35 FIP in A+ and is getting excellent reviews. He's striking out more hitters and walking less hitters than Aaron Sanchez is at the same level. d'Arnaud is hurt right now, obviously, but Arencibia has a .299 wOBA and continues to be an arrogant, replacement level scrub. Sad NJH is sad At least Wojo's AAA promotion is off to a rocky start, Hech is hitting like a girl, Marisnick is whiffing a lot, and Hendo's arm exploded.
  7. Laika
    They could conceivably bring him back and give him a 90 pitch cap. I mean, why not? Desperation is the only sensible route at this point. They've backed themselves into this corner with no depth, now they need to do what they need to do. Too much invested in this season.
  8. Laika
    It's definitely a natural disagreement. You can tell that Dirk has only recently immersed himself into the world of sensible baseball statistics, but that's fine. He's getting better. I really like having him on the airwaves, the pregame and that Baseball Central thing. I don't think it really perturbs Zaun either. He's the competitive jock type, so he probably likes to argue on the air, and in his mind he's always right so it doesn't really matter what Dirk says.
  9. Laika
    And it seems like him and Meadows are falling down draft boards together. I thought these guys were virtual locks for top ~6 selections.
  10. Laika
    You know they would've passed on Giolito anyway. I had a weird ass dream last night. My girlfriend was the Blue Jays GM, and we made the 10th overall pick at an A&W drive through. She wanted to pick someone I'd never heard of, and I was all mad about it, so we drove off and later found out that the scouting director picked Trey Ball. Then she turned into a chicken and the GM office flooded with two inches of water and the door wouldn't open. So the chicken GM girlfriend had to walk on it's tippy toes and it's chicken feet got all water logged and wrinkly. And Tinnish kept swimming down to slide paper under the door, because he wanted to keep the GM in the loop. And this happened in a school for some reason and there was a bike club which I was more concerned with than anything.
  11. Laika
    Seems kind of nuts that Frazier might actually be in the picture at #10. He'll probably get popped at #9 by Pitt, just like Giolito got popped at #16 by the Nats last year.
  12. Laika
    Jose Reyes is running
  13. Laika
    Ceiling is basically Jon Jay. Maybe with a bet less defense (corner OF) and a bit more in terms of peripheral skills. We're talking about someone with a good hit tool, modest tools everywhere else, but enough instincts to make everything play up. Martin Prado (the LF version) is another comp that comes to mind.
  14. Laika
    Yan Gomes > JP Arencibia
  15. Laika
    Relative to his peers, almost. His wRC+ is at 211 right now. Bonds broke the 200 mark 4 times during his peak. 212, 233, 234, and 244. Now, obviously, Bonds did those over 4 full seasons and Miggy's # is only after ~45 games or so.
  16. Laika
    Daniel Norris figures something out. May 13: 4 IP, 5 K, 3 BB, 0 HR, 1 H. May 18: 4 IP, 7 K, 3 BB, 0 HR, 3 H. Tonight: 4 IP, 10 K, 2 BB, 0 HR, 3 H. 1 run given up in his last 12 innings.
  17. Laika
    Where is RIPEXPOS?
  18. Laika
    At least we can take a bit of solace by being in the "I told you so" boat.
  19. Laika
    For the NA slot add? That's going to be May 31st now. I want it to be before the prospect cut down deadline, which is June 2nd at 11:59 PM EST. I'll add the NA slot on May 31st in the AM. Let's say 8 AM right on the nose. I'll set an alarm for it.
  20. Laika
    The prospect cut down date is June 2nd. It makes sense to add the NA slot just before that, so people can promote and stash a prospect if they want to juggle their roster that way. I'll push it through on the morning of Friday, May 31st.
  21. Laika
    I set it to the last available date, Sept 1st. Keep in mind that between the draft and the end of the year, there will be no draft picks for anyone to trade.
  22. Laika
    Relax. We don't always have time to process s*** promptly.
  23. Laika
    Do you not realize how ironic this sounds? You're basically the only one acting like an expert.
  24. Laika
    Meanwhile, J P R N C B A hits clean up...
  25. Laika
    I kind of want two of those players, but I don't really have any room. Damn.
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