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  1. Laika
    Tidy piece of work there. Best player hits the IL and we also get a look at arguably the best MLB ready prospect in the org (unless you still like Tiedemann the glass cannon...) Team Tank will be very happy.
  2. Laika
    But we all choose what numbers to look at Every projection system still says 100 wRC+ or better His BABIP, LD%, HR/FB%, and Bunt Hint success rate are all below his career norms, expectations, and projections at the moment. Some or all of that deviation is probably just noise.
  3. Laika
    The one thing that has been true about Varsho is that just when everyone and their mom starts to hate him because he looks utterly hopeless with the stick he goes on some kind of homer binge or has like 7 bunt hits and diving catches in a week
  4. Laika
    Yeah but we can thread the needle and have the best of all worlds if all of those guys figure it out and look awesome but then have season ending oblique strains
  5. Laika
    fire sale even if they don't sell the Gausman, Berrios, Vlad, Bo group maybe we get a lucky Gausman dead arm IL tiny. Broken toe for Vlad. Sprained hair for Bo.
  6. Laika
    He does not hit the ball hard often enough but he CAN nuke it and since he has such an extreme FB rate and pull rate he's basically just a dice roll at a home run every time he is at the plate Pretty s***** tbh but that kind of approach is always going to be very unstable, subject to all kinds of swings in batted ball luck or LD rate or HR rate. Still could end up as Kyle Schwarber lite with the stick at some point.
  7. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    I don't understand how a GM can be not good enough for the hot seat in Calgary but somehow a fit in Toronto??? seems wild to me
  8. Laika
    Washed up Ace vs washed up Ace
  9. Laika
    If he's available most teams in baseball would consider acquiring and extending Imagine him in Detroit or Pittsburgh for example. Peak Vlad would be a good fit for those young lineups. Houston would be all over him as well.
  10. Laika
    Casas is not out for the year, he is swinging a bat now
  11. Laika
    Boston probably likes Casas too much. They would have other positions to fill before 1B/DH
  12. Laika
    Yeah velo matters, whiffs matter Can definitely say (sort of in hindsight) they the Jays were deploying a risky pen since several key relievers did not have velo. Mayza, Swanson, Richards
  13. Laika
    Nobody thought the pen was an issue before the season. Nobody thought pen depth was a weakness. That's just baseball.
  14. Laika
    Springer and Kirk had amazing springs lmao
  15. Laika
    It is so absurd He has been obviously and objectively cooked since day one I know it's a human and he has feelings and s*** but fuuuuuuck any waiver wire arm is better. Could have just traded cash for some random DFAd lefty and got so much more. Good chance he is gone tomorrow? I guess
  16. Laika
    Ump is a f***ing spy
  17. Laika
    Horrible reaction time and throw by Vlad Horrible decision by Horwitz to not flip to second and go for a standard double play
  18. Laika
    I'm not even saying perfect anything Just trade some GB for FB Maybe just some specific trick like a D swing he puts on low sliders or something
  19. Laika
    still the same issue for Vlad, just needs more flyballs less groundballs he has been excellent in May+June (167 and 150 wRC+) but not because he is hitting more flyballs. looks like just better swing decisions - K rate is much lower. his wOBA this year is .237 on groundballs and .494 on flyballs. career split is similar. the current version of Vlad is .280/.360/.450 or something like that if he traded some groundballs for flyballs he could very realistically be .260/.340/.540 in my opinion. that is WAY more production and probably 15% better or so by wRC+ that seems like too big of a bump in SLG but I think it's realistic. lots of those flyballs are going to go over the wall! There is no reason he can't sustain a massive ISO it's just absurd that he doesn't have a .200+ ISO all the f***ing time, it makes me want to cry
  20. Laika
    Sell everyone.
  21. Laika
    But nobody is even doing that I feel like the opposite is true, anyway. People felt mad about the trade at the time and continue to let that negative emotion dictate how they see and define Varsho and Moreno.
  22. Laika
    I don't see any issues with this tactic generally speaking If there is actual interference by the runner they can just call that no need for new rules or more of MLB "stepping in"
  23. Laika
    Schneider wRC+ Mar/Apr = 134 May = 136 June = 58 I could see giving him a day or two off to collect his thoughts but he should still be a starter, full-stop. He's been the #1 Blue Jay position player since his 2023 debut. WAR since August 4 2023 (Schneider debut) DS = 3.1 Varsho = 3.0 Vlad = 2.0 IKF = 1.8 (lol) Springer = 1.8 DJ = 1.8 (only 237 PA) Kirk = 1.5 Biggio = 1.2 (lol) Clement = 0.9 (only 187 PA) KK = 0.7 Bo = 0.7 (woooooooooofffffffffffffffffffff) Turner = 0.2 Chapman = 0.0 (thanks for nothing ya bum) Merrifield = -0.6 omfg why did they play this guy at all last year If you set the playing time cutoff lower then Belt and Horwitz slide in there with 1.1 and 1.0 WAR in like 28 games each.
  24. Laika
    Who gives a s*** about Gabriel Moreno anymore? He barely has more WAR on the board right now through 61 games than Kirk has provided in 43 games. The best evidence of what he was worth at the time of the trade is the trade itself. Evidently, the industry did not think he was actually an elite prospect. We can see why - he doesn't actually have an amazing tool package. He's a nice little catcher to have while he is cheap and he has a chance to develop into an above average player. He can put the bat on the ball and he is a solid defender. But it has been very disappointing to see the negative baserunning right away and the consistently poor ISO and barrel rates. Honestly, he's shockingly similar to the player Kirk has declined into. That's kind of funny isn't it. Varsho is just a flat-out better baseball player at the moment despite his obvious flaws at the dish. And he has a more exciting tool package, obviously. y'all boring and dumb
  25. Laika
    IKF three hbp lol Maybe an MLB record? Has to be
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