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don't think I have ever seen a ZiPS projection that bad for a team every single spot on the team ranges from atrocious to below average, other than where Luis Robert stands

Sasaki just milking LAD/SDP for free dinners and stuff before signing in Toronto

Good point. I guess there might be other ways to "exert leverage" like negotiate for certain conditions or special treatment. But I am sure every team would basically do whatever this guy asks for off the field.

Roki is racist?

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Use me, Sasaki!

I dunno man. Langford and Wood already project very well. I dunno!!!

Fangraphs has their P at 13 WAR which is 11th in the AL! Position players are like #5 in the AL though. Of course that's a defense heavy position players WAR...

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/01/anthony-santander-jack-flaherty-reportedly-open-to-short-term-offers.html

Older players are far less likely to regress to the mean and improve, statistically. He's not the worst signing in the world at some amount of money I just don't really see the point given the projections of guys like Roden and Wagner and Schneider.

Dude he's like 38 and was just about replacement level last year and projects to be replacement level He MIGHT bounce back but I'd honestly just sign Justin Turner again if he are bringing in a crusty veteran

True in theory but Vogelbach projected similarly last year and was much cheaper and he was still a roadblock in front of Horwitz for too long.

Problem with JDM is he sucks. I think I'd rather just play Davis Schneider or whatever.

Okay but there's no such thing as the "budget on the pitching side" Just one budget bro

Pete Alonso

Trollosi was first!

Dude soft-ruined his career with a few weird choices. He could have been a power pitcher with tons of whiffs but intentionally became a groundball pitch-to-contact guy. This made his numbers boring and probably kept his upside down.

Yes. Honestly Springer is just part of the glut of guys who COULD be league average but probably won't be. Toronto has so many of them. Chucky Macadooooo has better 80th and 20th percentile projections than George, per ZiPS! Batters – 80th/20th Percentiles Player 80th BA 80th OBP 80th SLG 80th OPS+ 80th WAR 20th BA 20th OBP 20th SLG 20th OPS+ 20th WAR Vladimir Guerrero Jr. .317 .399 .554 165 5.5 .267 .348 .455 127 2.5 Andrés Giménez .293 .353 .438 123 5.1 .242 .302 .359 88 2.5 Alejandro Kirk .293 .367 .430 126 4.0 .234 .309 .333 86 2.0 Bo Bichette .309 .353 .482 133 4.1 .257 .299 .387 92 1.4 Daulton Varsho .246 .320 .475 121 3.8 .200 .272 .372 83 1.3 Will Wagner .298 .376 .435 129 3.0 .240 .318 .346 89 0.9 Davis Schneider .242 .343 .470 125 3.1 .191 .292 .355 86 0.8 Addison Barger .268 .338 .460 123 2.8 .220 .288 .364 85 0.6 Leo Jiménez .257 .357 .404 114 2.5 .207 .311 .320 80 0.8 Charles McAdoo .268 .331 .443 117 2.8 .217 .284 .348 80 0.6 Michael Stefanic .304 .380 .394 120 2.4 .249 .327 .325 88 0.8 Alan Roden .280 .362 .432 124 2.7 .229 .312 .343 87 0.4 Ernie Clement .287 .317 .441 112 2.5 .229 .257 .348 70 0.4 George Springer .268 .341 .442 119 2.7 .213 .290 .348 83 0.3 Jonatan Clase .242 .315 .412 102 2.5 .194 .267 .320 68 0.3 Nathan Lukes .300 .355 .436 123 2.2 .236 .298 .344 82 0.4 Joey Loperfido .257 .325 .453 119 2.5 .204 .271 .353 77 0.1

Also, ZiPS hates Clement.

If you sort the probable current starters by ZiPS OPS+ Springer should already be hitting 7th. 1. Vlad 2. Bo 3. Wagner (DH) 4. Schneider/Roden (LF) 5. Kirk 6. Gimenez 7. Springer 8. Varsho 9. Clement

just copy and paste the table amazing stuff

His MaxEV dropoff last year was extreme and kind of sad. His average exit velo has also been trending down over time and he is now decidedly below MLB average there (20th percentile last year). Statcast Batting Statistics Season Age Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit Velocity Max EV Launch Angle LA Sweet- Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% 2015 25 1790 284 27 9.5 6.0 89.9 114.2 9.1 35.9 .273 .464 .360 .364 .439 41.5 24.2 11.1 2016 26 2932 467 49 10.5 6.6 89.4 115.9 8.8 32.1 .260 .471 .353 .359 .428 38.5 23.9 11.8 2017 27 2550 441 41 9.3 6.5 89.2 114.6 9.3 31.1 .288 .528 .376 .384 .429 43.2 17.7 10.2 2018 28 2501 425 38 8.9 6.2 88.6 114.7 9.5 30.1 .253 .459 .340 .346 .389 37.4 19.8 10.4 2019 29 2299 370 52 14.1 9.4 89.8 114.3 10.5 31.6 .283 .578 .400 .400 .468 44.8 20.3 12.1 2020 30 821 153 19 12.4 8.6 88.7 115.0 18.3 35.3 .294 .569 .379 .405 .450 42.5 17.1 10.8 2021 31 1328 221 34 15.4 9.9 89.4 116.4 19.0 37.1 .248 .507 .381 .361 .430 41.6 23.1 10.8 2022 32 2175 418 35 8.4 6.0 88.7 113.6 13.9 31.8 .265 .437 .352 .342 .374 42.3 17.2 9.3 2023 33 2528 491 38 7.7 5.6 88.3 115.9 12.0 32.2 .264 .422 .320 .332 .369 39.9 18.3 8.8 2024 34 2304 432 40 9.3 6.5 87.5 110.6 9.4 29.2 .244 .402 .298 .322 .351 37.4 18.7 9.8 Player 21228 3702 373 10.1 6.9 88.9 116.4 11.2 32.1 .265 .474 .352 .358 .406 40.6 20.0 10.4 MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4

Orioles in any playoff series: Game 1 - if Grayson Rodriguez is even healthy he is matched up against the other team's Ace. O's probably the underdog; even though GR is very good, he's not an Ace Ace. Game 2 - Zach Eflin probably goes 60 pitches then it's a bullpen game? O's massive underdogs. Game 3 - Charlie Morton throws 2 innings and then???? O's massive underdogs.

Just bizarre and incompetent. Their team had enough depth already at most places on the depth chart. Yeah they needed depth SP but they needed front end SP more than that. Spending $71M+ on... LF, mid-RP, mid-RP, backup C, SP5, SP6... is wild.

Hopefully he is doing intense bat speed training and he can at least hit for more power