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  1. Laika
    I think he had a $6M buyout on the option though So it was more like turning down a $7.4M option
  2. Laika
    I just love it. I love everything Ross does. Perfect player at the perfect price. A perfect cherry on top of the end of a perfect offseason. Smitten.
  3. Laika
    Belt's health issues and K rate, pretty big red flags He limped to a good platoon season in 2023 but man a lot of it was accomplished by just jumping fastballs and guess hitting, right? I don't have much confidence at all that he will be good in 2024. Feel like Turner is a better "hitter" still and obviously has better health despite age; he just played 146 games. Also, can hold his own against RHP so can just be a full time player if need be.
  4. Laika
    Nice
  5. Laika
    Nice Curious to see the AAV In an ideal world it's less than Pederson, and then we can think there might be a remote possibility of squeezing one more FA bat onto the roster
  6. Laika
    Yeah all of these guys have serious warts. There are valid reasons that Soler has better projections than JDM and Turner, but most of that is simply age. I've never really liked or wanted Jorge Soler so the idea of giving him something like 3/$45M makes me squirm a bit. Would very much prefer to throw some money at JT or JDM for one year. Kind of feels like JD Martinez is holding out for a big AAV on a 2 year deal though.
  7. Laika
    Their off-season has been so convoluted and I'm not sure they improved by more than one win Trash org tbh
  8. Laika
    They might be very overconfident in their ability to create good relievers They've done it a few times for a few years but really pushing the theory now
  9. Laika
    Yeah Not the sexy 38 HR upside but better floor. Maybe.
  10. Laika
    Damn. The Twins killed it here. But, that happens when the infielder FA market is so weak
  11. Laika
    Who is flexing? Buster Olney just decided to use the words "went hard" in his article Probably a side effect of his Cialis
  12. Laika
    I don't know if they really "want" Disco. He's a salary dump on them. But they probably think he can be useful for them in baseball terms.
  13. Laika
    Not as bad as you'd think. Polanco = +$9.4M Topa = +$7M Gonzalez = +11M DeSclafani = -$1.1M +$7.5M for the Twinkies Similar value from Toronto would be something like Swanson + Barger or Leo Jimenez
  14. Laika
    Damn. Ms got hosed.
  15. Laika
    Ah yes. I remember being mad about this. Playoff PAs: Biggio, 8 Merrifield, 2 Espinal, 2 Varsho, 5 KK, 6 Davis Schneider.... ZERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  16. Laika
    Yeah it was the most frustrating Blue Jays team I have ever seen, for various reasons. Not sure any of the bats that moved at the deadline would have made a difference though. I guess someone like Tommy Pham might have gotten a couple of playoff PAs over Merrifield? Something like that. I dunno.
  17. Laika
    I think 3B is IKF's on the strength of his defense unless and until a kid steals playing time from him. Those possible kids are Barger, Palmegiani, and Orelvis Martinez. Biggio is the wrinkle on the roster who could also take some time there and he will probably get first crack. But, Biggio has major flaws and was a fringe 3B defensively. And prospects are prospects. I am mentally prepared for 500 IKF PA and 1.6 WAR.
  18. Laika
    obviously not that hard, haha
  19. Laika
    I don't think plenty of DH days for Springer is a necessity, nor a great idea necessarily. Full season last year, 130+ games in the OF, he held up and had a positive UZR and OAA. Actually stole the most bases of his career. This is an everyday position player who just had a solid defensive year but with weirdly low power output. I wouldn't want him to all of a sudden have the DH "mental penalty" as a recurring part of the equation. KK as a fourth OF would then be an awkward fit since he's be LHB along with Bellinger and Varsho. Lot of money for a defensive sub or pure backup. meh. Soler as the DH is a better roster construction. Maybe David Schneider as the 2B/LF wheel-man against LHP when KK takes a seat on the bench.
  20. Laika
    Chapman is a better fit for the Cubs anyway. I feel like between Happ, Suzuki, PCA, and Tauchman, they already have 2-3 WAR at the three OF positions. I am not a Madrigal or Patrick Wisdom believer so I don't see the same quality at 3B for them. Not sure if they think about Morel or Michael Busch as 3B or OF options, though. Chapman is also, of course, a better fit for Toronto than Bellinger, too. Bellinger really not an amazing fit anywhere. Maybe the Rockies, hahaha.
  21. Laika
    This is so not true about last year. Everyone thought pitching depth and RP quality was the weakness before the season. The offense being limp only emerged as an issue as the season rolled along and Vlad/Kirk/Springer never got hot. You can argue that they should have traded for a big hitter but... easier said than done, and most still expected the incumbents to hit better in the second half, reasonably.
  22. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    Pretty cruel game. Dude gets hired February 2022, they immediately go to Conference Finals and lose. Next year they go 50-23-9 and lose in round 2. Then is canned after a 3-9-1 start in his second full season. You can't really tell me that 13 games tells you much of anything about a coach. Obviously we don't know the additional info, maybe he sucked or didn't have player respect, who knows
  23. Laika
    Hard to change prevailing FB shape. That's kind of just a function of arm slot and genetics (finger size, grip, etc.) But coaching and tweaks definitely can help him find the ideal shape given his tendencies, and the ideal mix of FB varieties
  24. Laika
    Grichuk suxxxx Probably not even an upgrade over current situation vs LHP which would be Varsho CF Schneider LF Espinal 2B
  25. Laika
    Yeah you're right that's almost certainly not happening If they add two legit bats it's probably because someone like Soler has an AAV slightly lower than projected and then one decent vet like Tommy Pham can't find a job for some random reason and signs for $5M kind of desperately. Maybe Pham is a bad example but you know. I do think the plan is to just raise the floor at 3B with Falaffle and then kind of hope some upside emerges from the glut of fringe infield incumbents. maybe a platoon, maybe a guy like Barger or Orelvis taking the job in the summer.
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