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  1. Laika
    The farm system rebuilding strategy is off to a terrible start. I guess "stat scout a bunch of guys that other teams don't value and trade for them" is not a market inefficiency in 2025
  2. Laika
    I don't think that is what they are saying. Williams is asking Mattingly if he knows his personal batted ball profile, basically. Mattingly reveals that he THINKS (i.e. feels) like more of his outs come in the air. Williams KNOWS that Mattingly is wrong and more of his outs come on the ground. Williams reveals that he always wanted to make more outs in the air but he still made more on the ground. In other words it's hard to lift the ball. Mattingly then, like an idiot, says he wants to make more outs on the ground (in other words, keep the ball on the ground) because there is a better chance of getting a hit. Williams then says the other teams want to keep you on the ground because you can't do damage. They will gladly let you hit a single. It's really quite embarrassing for Mattingly. Basically, Williams understands RE24 style thinking and the weighted value of events, innately. Mattingly does not and not only does not know his own batted ball profile but also seems to not understand the value of singles vs XBH.
  3. Laika
    didn't he hit 2 HR on the last day of the season
  4. Laika
    They suddenly have a very nice offensive core. Worst defensive team imaginable though.
  5. Laika
    The fun things this year are basically... George Springer and the Yimi/Hoff tandem. That's about it. I guess if you like gritty vet SPs you enjoy most of what Bassitt has done.
  6. Laika
    I think about this article all the time Amazing in retrospect. Williams knew exactly what he was talking about - he could have been a 2020s saber hitting bro, lmao. Mattingly has no clue.
  7. Laika
    Spanky, it's over Look at the roster and observe how the players are performing It is hopeless
  8. Laika
    I just literally vomited all over my desk
  9. Laika
    Chronic hitting problems Old and shallow rotation Worst pen in baseball last year Very few good prospects Bloated payroll 🙃
  10. Laika
    Uhh Gausman's velo?
  11. Laika
    It's gotta be Hill, can tell from the dumper
  12. Laika
    Charlie Morton should have retired
  13. Laika
    Was last night a dream? A comeback win? Kirk got a big hit for once? Vlad homered? The Yankees didn't destroy Berrios??? The Habs and Oilers won?
  14. Laika
    Words can't even describe how horrible this offense is It's Carlos Carrasco. 6.00 era washed up 38 year old Carlos Carrasco. And all he has to do is throw one fastball down the dick then as many breaking balls outside as he wants, and the Jays hitters have no chance. They'll take the wrong pitch then swing at the junk all day.
  15. Laika
    That Vlad swing at a ball two feet outside followed by the double play from Taters = immaculate
  16. Laika
    He played back to back games in CF in AAA the last two days so he should be very close. Maybe this weekend.
  17. Laika
    Toronto Blue Jays MLB rankings: Hits, 14th HR, 29th 2B, 8th BB, 19th SO, 3rd fewest GIDP, tied 5th most SB, 18th This team has the most sad/hilarious offensive identity. We like players who don't strikeout but also don't hit home runs but DO hit into lots of double plays The ideal baseball player just slapping it directly at the 2B all game long Alexa, what is the polar opposite of "lineup synergy"? *robot voice* according to jayscentre.com the exact opposite of lineup synergy is to hit Andres Gimenez directly in front of Alejandro Kirk for weeks on end
  18. Laika
    Carlos Carrasco, lol Any good team should have 6+ runs on him so the Jays will probably scratch out 2 while Berrios gets hammered
  19. Laika
    And they were facing.... Ronel Blanco and some Gusto guy I didn't know existed until last week.
  20. Laika
    he has the 4th best xwOBA on the team if you ignore Heineman and Lukes if you hit him 9th you are arguably slotting him below like five inferior hitters he is a decent leadoff guy for "traditional" reasons.
  21. Laika
    People won't like this but maybe Gimenez should leadoff. Bo 2nd, Vlad 3rd, George 4th, Potatoes 5th. Speed at the top for Bo and Vlad to bring in with their single fetish. Taters 5th is more of a natural spot for him. Big swings if a couple of guys get on in front of him.
  22. Laika
    Something about what he did and how he did it that just gives the projection systems a boner. Big sample size, upper levels, results and good K and BB rates in MiLB, then backed it up for the most part in a small MLB sample. Spencer Horwitz did similar things and projected well on the strength of it. To be fair to some of these guys (Wagner, Roden, Clement) we are talking about 60-70 cold April plate appearances. It's completely possible they get more rope and it clicks and they end up having solid years.
  23. Laika
    haha it's more like this - he still projects will with the bat and you can platoon him with Clement at 3B, who isn't exactly taking grab of the job
  24. Laika
    167 qualified hitters Bo is 18th in swing rate and 39th in contact rate we are not necessarily talking about an elite contact dude. we are talking about a guy who just swings A LOT and is merely "very good" at making contact. there is an argument that he should swing less so he can get better pitches to hit. a very good argument, probably. offensively, he is basically Lourdes Gurriel and I think we can kind of close the book on him becoming a more complete hitter, unless something changes with his approach very soon.
  25. Laika
    I expected Roden to be a decent hitter but bring nothing else to the table. Funny how he is the exact opposite so far. He has been a better fielder, thrower, runner than expected but he has been a putrid hitter in every way other than the ability to make contact. 100% they should be keeping Lukes around once Varsho is back since he is better suited for a 4th OF role anyway. Wagner may survive since he covers 3B/1B
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