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  1. Laika
    Buy when others are scared The reason some FA deals look horrible is because teams end up buying the pico top of the player stock I do agree it would be a good time to extend either of these bums, if they would. They have physical tools (Vlad) or track records (Bo). It makes me sick to my stomach to say that.
  2. Laika
    There is some ******** union - MLB rule that "enforcement has to occur on the field." So they can't just robo every call. At least I don't think so. It probably HAS to be something similar to the current video review system where the ump on the field relays the call.
  3. Laika
    Yeah yeah yeah do both Extend this torturous VladBo era another 7 years
  4. Laika
    Springer 6th against a LHP nice
  5. Laika
    At the time of the trade Sean Murphy looked like the superior player and possibly the best C in the league.
  6. Laika
    Yeah and it arguably sets a weird precedent for the team if they cater to every fan that gets bonked
  7. Laika
    He is blocked. The thing with Horwitz and guys like him is it will ALWAYS make more sense to sign an MLB guy like DV (projected 113-117 wRC+) and then keep Horwitz in AAA if he has options. Then you have two of the same guy, and you have depth. If you instead put Horwitz on the big team (112-117 wRC+ projection) you won't be able to sign a guy for AAA nearly as good as Vogelbach. So your depth is worse and you don't project any better. Is what it is. He is blocked but it's just because of how MLB roster rules work. Once he is out of options he will be a big leaguer somewhere. The other possibility is he slides in as an injury replacement and does so well, overperforms, then he leapfrogs the other option above him. Wally Pipp. I do think they are scared to platoon Turner at this point. Maybe later this year...
  8. Laika
    What adjustments did DS make? Everything seems the same to me. I think he has just been good since 2023 and it has carried through. The "slump" at the end of 2023 was one part random variation (flyball hitters with some whiff will slump) and some parts bad luck. 2023 to 2024 Swing% = same FB% = same Pull% = same barrel rate = same hard hit rate = same maxEV = same K%-BB% = same (same meaning within like, 2 percentage points or something)
  9. Laika
    Sure Either way, let's please not complain about being awkwardly competitive after beating the White Sox
  10. Laika
    Let's just put a pin in the WC3 talk for a couple more weeks okay? For all we know they'll stink the rest of May and the direction will be obvious
  11. Laika
    Bo actually pulled a fastball hard today Sure it was a 92.5 mph s***** sinker but a pulled FB is a pulled FB Also hit a fastball to CF. Then pulled two sweepers. He's back!!!!!
  12. Laika
    One of those ones that is hard to evaluate with WAR because Atlanta cared more about getting someone they thought was a good bet to be positive value while CHW just cared about sorting through a bunch of players that would probably suck as they try to find one or two decent keepers. Bummer - 0.2 WAR in 15.2 innings Shuster - 0.2 WAR in 18 innings Soroka - horrendous Shewmake - horrendous Nicky Lopez - horrendous Riley Gowens - good numbers in A+ So you could say it looks like a good one for CHW. They get Shuster, who seems to be an MLB arm and he is pre-arb, along with a so-so prospect in Gowens. Bummer has options after this year but at $7M they aren't really worth anything. Lopez, Soroka, Shewmake --- possibly irrelevant and will only stick on the Chicago 40 man if they fail to find viable alternatives. But I guess they have all year to continue working with Soroka. His 93 stuff+ is close enough to viable that maybe if he at some point finds average command, he could piece it together as an SP5. There are worthwhile SP5s with worse stuff+ numbers than 93.
  13. Laika
    Sounds like the Blue Jays minus some payroll
  14. Laika
    For the most part it just hates his fastballs Stuff+ like rates secondary pitches based on the fastballs Location grades aren't stable in one start anyway
  15. Laika
    You have to go to the pitcher leaderboard on fangraphs then toggle to Blue Jays and pitch modeling and stuff+ One possibility is that his changeup is actually good and stuff+ misses it. It has issues with change ups Visually the slider has more depth now
  16. Laika
    Yeah still bad Location+ was very good though
  17. Laika
    Vlad is now seventh in 1B fWAR Not even on pace for 20 HR but the defense is much better per the fancy stats Feeling better about him. I'm sure he'll go on a homer binge at some point.
  18. Laika
    Doesn't really matter, can do better
  19. Laika
    No .
  20. Laika
    The org has also already f***ed up two IL decisions this year with Gausman and Yimi Just a clown show at this point
  21. Laika
    Tommy Pham, who basically everyone here wanted as a buy low LF, is already at 0.8 WAR after signing late and free with the White Sox
  22. Laika
    Did buddy actually use Pearson in a 4-3 game? Does John Schneider even watch baseball???
  23. Laika
    Yeah nothing of substance "we have the talent and the time but we need to turn it around now" okay bro
  24. Laika
    I wonder if Ross will say anything worth listening to lmao lmwrdgikrsnglknglkfdngmf "ultimately it's on the players to perform" "we will continue to do the work to define the processes and provide the tools and information to everyone in our organization to be the best they can be" you just know he is going to get 7 softball questions and then maybe the rest will be about Alek Manoah because none of these reporters know what to ask they won't ask why no hitting coaches have been fired they won't ask about his accountability for the farm system not developing enough talent they won't ask about the early career catastrophic declines of multiple hitters they won't ask he is worried about his job they MIGHT ask about the lineup decisions lol they MIGHT ask for injury updates on Joey Votto
  25. Laika
    The Apple broadcasters are WAY better this year
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