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  1. Laika
    He might just be hopeless. Nothing more than a mistake hitter. I guess when the games matter and getting him out is important, he's still easy as hell to pick apart. Vlad also might be floundering. He is trying to make better swing decisions so he is swinging less, which is great, but he's somehow making LESS contact when he does swing which makes no sense. It's like he's deciding before the pitches are thrown to just take, take, take and then he will guess and swing.
  2. Laika
    The shape of Gurriel's time with Toronto was just really unfortunate. The wrist injury, then the complete loss of power heading into his last season of control... If you ignore his defense and baserunning, and also 2022 where the power disappeared, he really does look like such an excellent hitter. Consistent contact with pop. Jays fans probably underrate him a bit because of emotional baggage. Contract was still probably bad but interestingly the D-Backs got a much better year from him defensively than the Jays ever did.
  3. Laika
    New unofficial but official board rules: 1. polluting any thread with personal attacks = a ban, especially if they are barbed insults that relate to someone on a personal level (their income, race, etc.) 2. every time someone complains about Spanky, Spanky gets another get out of jail free card. and they stack. 3. rule #1 does not apply if you are making fun of connorp. he is fair game. Reminder that the mods are under no obligation to be perfect or even impartial.
  4. Laika
    Maximum character
  5. Laika
    Getting no hit builds character
  6. Laika
    One no hitter ever Seven against. Soon to be eight. Feels like an annual tradition lately. Something pathetic and telling about that. Allergic to excellence.
  7. Laika
    Literally nothing has changed. Nothing. Brandon Belt became Justin Turner and Matt Chapman shrunk 4 inches and lost all his power. Everything else is 2023
  8. Laika
    By the way, Genesis Cabrera sucks and won't last the season in Toronto
  9. Laika
    .500 road trip Get Manoah back Go on a roll (to the cellar)
  10. Laika
    lol These are all horrendous at bats I don't think they've had two good at bats tonight I guess the walk and the IKF lineout
  11. Laika
    Say whatever you want about Francis today but I will say... There were some real positives here. And home runs can be somewhat random. Some of those big Houston hits were not bad pitches at all.
  12. Laika
    The high FB is how he pitches though Houston was just on it. Maybe his spin or command was a bit off. Or they were guessing right. Or it's not a good pitch.
  13. Laika
    And the exact opposite for Toronto It's like they didn't even know Blanco was right handed until today
  14. Laika
    I dunno man. It's like the Astros saw Francis the day before actually seeing him. Good game prep I guess.
  15. Laika
    Let's see how they look the second time through
  16. Laika
    I like Pham but signing him would be moronic if it would cut into the playing time of DS or Ernie, even a tiny bit I'm sorry but I don't think y'all appreciate what this late bloomer twosome are capable of The nice thing about the current roster is DS and Ernie can steal as much playing time as their performance dictates as the year chugs along. Three roster spots are at least partially vulnerable: - 3B, IKF could lose time - 2B, could become less or a platoon - OF, KK or Varsho could get more off days
  17. Laika
    It's not even ugly. Varsho is not great at a #5 hitter, that one is obvious, but he's not a total zero with the stick. KK is also not a total zero, especially for a good CF, and the Jays have pinch hitters with power or platoon players for him. You can't put Ernest P. Clement on a list and say it's ugly, c'mon. Kirk should be solid. Biggio is off to a good start and as a platoon hitter he's fine. He does some stuff. So I think the ugliness is limited to a couple of points: - Varsho hitting too high. Lack of a proper #5 hitting LHB, basically. - IKF playing a lot. Everything other than the above two facts is just being a Debbie Downer. Sure if the players play bad the lineup is bad but what's the point of saying that
  18. Laika
    You can't pick who you would have signed after we all know what their final cost was. Cheating! Not realistic!
  19. Laika
    Pham probably just wanted too much $$ and was stubborn Some old teammates really like him
  20. Laika
    + most of the injury callups will be fun too. Orelvis, Barger, Tiedemann, Yariel, even Horwitz. The only foreseeable annoying things will be: - Manoah inexplicably bumping Francis from the rotation in late April - Ernie Schneider not getting enough starts
  21. Laika
    The game today showed off the fun side of the 2024 Jays Having Clement and Schneider in the fold from day 1 changes everything. And in a few weeks, Jansen and Votto will massively upgrade the bench. Remember last year, the opening day bench? Biggio, Espinal, Lukes. Puuuuuke.
  22. Laika
    rough numbers WAR/600 KK: 2020: 5.5 2021: 3.75 2022: 3.0 2023: 3.0 Projected: 2.0 to 3.0 Pham: 2020: 0.0 2021: 1.2 2022: 0.7 2023: 2.3 Projected: 0.7 Michael Taylor: 2020: -0.5 2021: 2.4 2022: 2.0 2023: 2.5 Projected: 1.2 to 1.8 O'Neill 2020: 1.6 2021: 5.8 2022: 1.8 2023: 1.7 Projected: 1.8 to 3.0 Interesting thing about most of the "they should have done this instead of signed KK" posts is that they ignore the fact that Kevin Kiermaier is just... plain better than all the commonly mentioned alternatives? Like, a lot better and consistently better. Do you want to buy wins or not? And KK's injury risk, his downside, is mitigated on Toronto because Varsho is such a perfect backup every day CF and there are LF thumper options to plug into LF.
  23. Laika
    Just trade Bo and plug Clement in there all year.
  24. Laika
    Ernie Clement can also apparently play a good SS He's actually a stud and I bet every smart GM in the sport has been calling about him
  25. Laika
    great game nice to see the Jays unload on a s***** LHP Clement and Schneider are a f***ing shot in the arm, they need to play a lot - it is inexcusable for them to not be in the lineup at a minimum of 2/3 of the time, I don't care if they are weak side platoon figure it the f*** out even if you cut into the playing time of guys like KK or IKF or Biggio also nice to see Justin Turner figure it out so quickly, I have never said a bad thing about him ever so it feels good to be rewarded for being a good fan
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