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  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. Laika
    IKF three hbp lol Maybe an MLB record? Has to be
  4. Laika
    Short flight same timezone they can sleep on the plane I doubt this matters much
  5. Laika
    Berrios just eviscerated Judge and Soto tonight hahaha
  6. Laika
    Somehow the Blue Jays are having the saddest season in baseball White Sox and Angels and Rockies fans are having a better time I bet
  7. Laika
    Lmao what a cuck
  8. Laika
    Vlad's body actually looks fine this year I don't think his body has a whole lot to do with it anymore Just a skill issue at this point
  9. Laika
    Or some type of opt-out deal.
  10. Laika
    Probably a lot of examples if you look into it Baseball is hard Jay Bruce had 17 WAR through age 26 and then almost nothing the rest of his career Alex Rios was excellent at 27 and then suddenly started bouncing between replacement level years and okay years BJ Upton was extremely valuable through age 27 then it disappeared overnight Matt Kemp went to s*** at 28 years old Yoan Moncada went to s*** at 27 Jason Heyward lost it at 26 years old and has just been clinging on ever since because he's a good bench player or role player The peak of the aging curve is still 28 years old. Bo might just be having an earlier peak. Maybe he had an early physical decline, maybe chronic injuries are to blame.
  11. Laika
    Zulu 2024 debut with CIN 3 IP, 1 ER 83.3% GB rate 4 Ks 2 BB 1 H 75% sinkers sitting 96.7mph, 25% sliders sitting 88.9mph 89 stuff+ sinker 139! on the SL 101 stuff+ overall with a horribad 84 location+ his whiff rate was actually atrocious just 2%. lots of weird called strikes. I still think he's a shittier version of Pop
  12. Laika
    Yeah that would be sweet. Shaw seems like a really good prospect. Busch has more WAR right now than Vlad, lol. Bassitt is worth nothing and Yimi is worth who knows what.
  13. Laika
    Arjun Nimmala was demoted to the complex league a month ago but he had a 174 wRC+ there So he was sent back to Dunedin. He homered today in his first game back there.
  14. Laika
    who said that?
  15. Laika
    Who knows what's between his ears But everything he has done so far indicates that money is the most important thing to him He has not entertained an extension from any team even when being offered a reported $400M extension. Spurned the Nats, motivated the Padres to trade him with control left...
  16. Laika
    Soto will go to the highest bidder Just hard to imagine it being Toronto He's also not the same thing as Ohtani. Has an elite current player but not some two way decade superstar. Much riskier deal maybe
  17. Laika
    agree but who the f*** knows what the Vlad camp thinks his value is for all we know an extension is not even possible
  18. Laika
    Houston could put together some package of 50 FV and 45 FV players and that should be enough for Vlad. It's sort of sad but it is what it is. Vlad is not going to fetch a very high end prospect. If he does get traded it will be for a bunch of guys exactly like those that make up Houston's top 10.
  19. Laika
    Kelenic up to an .781 OPS What a rollercoaster player Was amazing for one month in 2023 and then bad the rest of the year Now in 2024 he is doing the opposite. Was struggling for months (platoon player, not even crushing RHP) now all of a sudden he's a star in June. shrug
  20. Laika
    I kind of think he's already there He won't have an elite career WAR but his best seasons are better than Miggy, Pujols Like 2022 and this year 2024 are going to potentially both be ALL TIME seasons. How many players have two of those? I feel like only the legends do it. And he also has the 8 WAR, 52 homer 2017 How many players have 3+ 50 HR years, or a 50 and two 60+ HR years? If you ignore the steroid era guys, then it's... Babe Ruth? And nobody for the latter other than steroid guys. How many modern players have multiple seasons at 200+ wRC+? Almost none. Some guys have one. To see multiple 200+ wRC+ years you kind of need to look at old greats like Williams, Ruth, Mantle. Or Barry Bonds. Like, he has almost no peers when you look at specific accomplishments.
  21. Laika
    Aaron Judge, time to start talking about him as an all time great
  22. Laika
    Yes it's shorthand for "have never been a great team"
  23. Laika
    I think one key is to stop hitting the ball at the f***ing centrefielder Half of the roster seems to just lift flyball after liner after flyball to centrefield. The best defender and biggest part of the park.
  24. Laika
    It wasn't the same He was only bad in April 2022, every other month he was above 100 wRC+ The depth and length of his 2024 slump is quite different
  25. Laika
    Doubt they'd even do it then unless the peripherals look different he does have an okay K rate and a .315 xwOBA he really does not be this bad... I don't get it where did the pop go? maxEV is way down
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