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  1. Laika
    One cool thing about social media algorithms is that if you click stuff you get more of that stuff So if you read tweets from salty Baltimore fans, you get to read more and more for days They are crashing out about this call and there was an article yesterday that they were all parading around as a gotcha moment where supposedly an anonymous source from MLB confirmed that MLB called the umps and told them they got this call wrong
  2. Laika
    HR/FB rate takes like 400 flyballs to stabilize Hoffman's career rate is 14.5% with 600+ flyballs but that includes pitching exclusively in bandbox stadiums and Coors Field, up until Toronto. He should be closer to 13% going forward. xFIP will win eventually. I love Jeff Hoffman
  3. Laika
    Toronto should consider DFA-ing Vlad I wonder if a desperate team like the Mets or Red Sox or Padres would claim him Or the PIRATES OR NATS OR WHITE SOX imagine that PR infusion into their rebuilds?
  4. Laika
    Funny how hard / impossible scouting or prospecting is. Brandon Valenzuela wasn't cracking a 100 wRC+ in the upper minors from ages 23-25. You would project him for an MLB wRC+ in the 70s. He was universally described as a good defender but someone with a fringe hit tool. A backup C prospect. But when you read the Baseball America report from before 2026, you can see the nuggets of gold: I mean... advanced approach with close to average power, average exit velos, and good launch angles? On a catcher? This is kind of exactly where hit tool scouting fails. Nobody graded his plate approach. They should probably have been putting a 50 on his power. His minor league MaxEVs should have supported that. I mean his MaxEV in the big leagues is like, upper third percentile All of that being said, he
  5. Laika
    Well well well two lucky hits in a row against Duran, the he seemed rattled BV is a monster
  6. Laika
    5 hits no runs cool
  7. Laika
    Pinango
  8. Laika
    I think I drafted Luis Lara in the LOD a few years ago but dropped him after one year. Because he had a 94 wRC+ in the minors.
  9. Laika
    Accessible and readable writing is a great approach in almost every venue of life. People with low IQs and poor reading comprehension LOVE: Bolded words Capitalized words Headings Lists Plain language (smaller words) Examples when appropriate
  10. Laika
    Gimenez was 95th percentile sprint speed a few years ago, now he is 65th. Speed is gone. Not coming back. Sadness. That is a small part of why his hitting is down as well. He was probably able to beat out a dozen infield hits a year when he was 23 that just aren't happening now.
  11. Laika
    Yeah but it's not going to happen. Traditionally Cease hasn't been one to go deep into games. Bieber won't be healthy enough to. Gausman might spin up some long outings. Just need the offense to wake up so there are some comfortable wins, for once.
  12. Laika
    Rogers could pitch in 81 games and be fine but the other three you do worry about. Even Hoffman. Varland, Hoffman, Fisher, Flu. Yikes.
  13. Laika
    I think the hard lesson that the 2026 Blue Jays are learning is that you can never count on defense when guys are on the other side of the aging curve. Varsho is almost 30, Lukes is almost 32, Clement is 30, straw is almost 32. They may not have modeled enough defensive decline in for these guys when they decided to ignore defense and bring in Sanchez + take a defensive risk on Okamoto. It's tough because of the above. He's a horrendous hitter and there are no signs of improvement but the team has put themself in a position where they need his glove in there every day.
  14. Laika
    Could put Corbin on the Gentleman's IL. I have no problem with optioning Macko and cutting Seabold. I'd prefer to keep SWR for now
  15. Laika
    So Cease and Scherzer are starting tomorrow and the next day. Miles is a reliever now. Probably a 2+ inning RP behind Corbin or Scherzer?
  16. Laika
    Some good news on a lot of injury front: Kirk will play 3 games in Buff and could be back Friday. Yimi rehab in Buff in two days. Bieber starts in Buff in Thursday and could be in MLB after that.
  17. Laika
    I think if they have under 5 years of service time though, and reject an outright assignment, they forfeit their guaranteed money
  18. Laika
    sucks to see the Phillies and somehow miss Nola and Painter, who both suck.
  19. Laika
    Vlad
  20. Laika
    I kind of like having Yariel around as "endlessly DFA-able bullpen depth" as MLBTR says.
  21. Laika
    Yeah he'd get claimed. Probably ends up traded for cash in a week
  22. Laika
    Is Brandon Valenzuela the best hitter on the team? Yes.
  23. Laika
    It's like if Kevin Pillar could hit
  24. Laika
    Clement is a stud.
  25. Laika
    Dumbest baserunning decision I have seen in a long time right there.
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