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  1. Laika
    <<< Keegan Matheson @KeeganMatheson · 4m The biggest takeaway from #BlueJays GM Ross Atkins: “At this point, additions that would be of significance would mean some level of subtraction.” He added: “Now it makes more sense, operationally for us, if we consider an addition, that we should be subtracting.”>>> Not news but it does align with what most of us here have recently been talking about, with regards to trimming some salary if Chapman or Bellinger come begging for a pillow deal. He might also be talking about options and available roster space, though.
  2. Laika
    Manoah has turned back the clock Also heard that Mitch White is touching 99 and has been fooling around with Gausman's splitter...
  3. Laika
    I understand your point, people who try to trim too aggressively would lose muscle But he could probably gain effective power or arm speed, or stamina, by losing some of the mass / body fat. Think relative strength. You can lose weight and lose absolute strength (you bench less) while gaining relative strength (you can do more pushups) Or at least return his mechanics to what they used to be when he weighed 40 lbs less
  4. Laika
    Okay but he does look more normal here. I think this is more what he looked like when he entered the league.
  5. Laika
    Siri + Caballeto + Pinto might be one too many nothing hitters for the regular lineup. I know it's the Rays and they know what they are doing but I don't love anybody in the rotation after Eflin, either. Even their good plays have obvious flaws. Yandy Diaz has hit for power once, Arozarena has whiff issues, Lowe is a platoon player, J Lowe might be a platoon player
  6. Laika
    omg Gunnar Henderson oblique strain Samuel Basallo stress fracture in elbow
  7. Laika
    Did you just f***ing Compare Salt Lake City To.... Toronto????? Yeah no s*** there was no traffic downtown its f***ing salt lake city buddy
  8. Laika
    Yeah maybe something like 3/$60M with an opt out after year 1
  9. Laika
    I would prefer Chapman. 3B is more of a hole than anywhere in the OF, and he will be a smaller long term commitment. IKF just slides into the Merrifield role, so he's not pointless at all
  10. Laika
    love these 1920s photos of Christie Pits https://spacing.ca/toronto/2015/04/14/illustrated-history-baseball-toronto/
  11. Laika
    what do they even do for Toronto that isn't just blue and white? looks like the first semi-pro baseball club in Toronto was called the Toronto Dauntless. That's a cool name.
  12. Laika
    incoming gold and yellow ovo ********
  13. Laika
    Would kind of be hell if you were a player who liked baseball, to have your peers and friends reporting to spring while you are unemployed for purely financial reasons
  14. Laika
    The Jays are definitely just trying to get one of them on a pure stink bid So, you'd definitely still bet on the field
  15. Laika
    The Save Mitch White clause
  16. Laika
    nevertheless, luxury tax doomers are doing it
  17. Laika
    never heard this rumour i am just still pissed that they flipped Napoli for Francisco blind faith in JPA lmao
  18. Laika
    nah it's just a criticism of IKF "hey, this guy we are paying 7.5M for is barely better than the kid we just DFAd lol" fair point tbh even if it ignores what we know about defense Toronto has to be right about something that escapes public perception on IKF to look good. Or not because it's $7.5M and nobody should even care about that much money...
  19. Laika
    Their wRC+ projections are pretty close But defense is the problem. We know IKF is a good 3B and acceptable defender all over. Lopez might be a bad defender, that makes his floor negative WAR and that realistic possibility makes him unsuitable. Can't take risks like that on the 26 man roster in the Jays current situation. If the team was rebuilding, sure you give him a year.
  20. Laika
    Yeah but Ben Wagner was entering arb3 and he was getting pretty expensive
  21. Laika
    Vernon Wells went 1.8 war, 1 war, 0 war, then had a dead cat bounce that AA was able to convince the Angels was legit Springer just had a 2.2 war year, which followed a 4.3 win year. He projects for 2.2-3.0 wins. It's really not that bad at all. Yeah he has negative projected value but the contract isn't big enough for it to be an albatross
  22. Laika
    You can't say he PROBABLY would be more valuable when his wRC+ in AAA was like 66 and he has no options
  23. Laika
    sad
  24. Laika
    All of these players are worth keeping at these costs, in a nutshell. Just depends on internal projections and internal projections of their minor league depth, I guess
  25. Laika
    Yeah there is an obvious benefit to not going past 2 year commitments as the "Bo and Vlad" era potentially ends after 2025 Free money after 2025 = flexibility to pivot and sign a replacement star in free agency. Whoever that might be.
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