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  1. Laika
    Bleh. He has to be pretty good to justify this. Needs to be a setup man or viable bulk pitcher / SP. Now I don't really like it. Could have just paid Chatt Mapman an extra few million or something. Jays might pay their swing man $8M while paying their starting 3B $7.5M. You sure about that, Ross? You sure about that?
  2. Laika
    #5/LR - White and Yariel fight for it #6 in AAA - Francis #7 in AAA - Tiedemann #8 staying at the complex until he apologizes for 2023 and adds 2 mph to his fastball - Manoah
  3. Laika
    I would honestly be surprised if he gets that much money Was a pure reliever in 2022 and didn't even pitch professional in 2023 The package (96+ with good spin and other secondaries that might play) is interesting but not 32 million dollars interesting IMO. Fujinami last year was a 28 year old with better stuff, coming off 107 okay innings in Japan, and he only got $3.25M guaranteed from Oakland... I am hoping this is closer to that. Something in the low risk, high reward category. Obviously, I don't know how his stuff grades so perhaps he is really good and a multi year deal is in order... I dunno...
  4. Laika
    This is a pretty exciting signing. He could just be a middle reliever or swing-man, but the stuff looks promising. There is youtube video of him from the last WBC where he threw like 8 innings. Also, he pitched 6 innings against Canada in 2021 WBC qualifier and whiffed 11 guys. Looks like he can spin it and throws 96+
  5. Laika
    Sounds like the Jays have signed this Yariel Rodríguez guy but the deal can't be made official until some immigration s*** is sorted. Or, more cynically, the deal is tentative and might not happen because of the immigration s***
  6. Laika
    Varsho will out-WAR Manoah by at least 5 WAR in 2024
  7. Laika
    Did you watch him pitch? It was perhaps the worst demonstration of major league starting pitching I have ever seen. The only comparable season that I have personally watched that may have been as thoroughly awful would be.... Gustavo Chacin after he got figured out. A lot of the other modern SP disasters in Toronto, the players did something a bit better. Kikuchi 2022 was a nightmare but he still missed bats so you could see how he could improve. Ricky Romero sucked at the end but he ate innings in 2012 even when he could barely walk. Aaron Sanchez was goddawful for a bit but his stuff was still good and he remained "hard to hit" sort of. I think people are kidding themselves if they think he deserves another chance, or it was just some injury he can get over, or the sample size matters at all. If he was in Atlanta AA already would have traded him for a AAA reliever
  8. Laika
    it is unfortunate but this happens from time to time with pitchers they just decline in their 20s and they are done sometimes they get hurt, sometimes the league figures them out, sometimes they do a bunch of blow and crash a speed boat into a bridge GTA style Toronto should expect nothing from him he never had good stuff, really. it was mid/back rotation stuff at best.
  9. Laika
    I actually don't know why we would expect a bounce back from Manoah It's not like Vlad where there are good underlying numbers Manure was just absolute dogshit with s***** stuff and s***** command and a s***** attitude I am expecting nothing and would prefer him to be AAA depth out of the gates
  10. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    It's probably NOT a lack of effort. I would not assume that a group of NHL players just does not work as hard as other groups. It probably just looks like a lack of effort. I bet their offense is easy to counteract or adjust to in games, or something like that, so they are tactically prone to getting shut down all of a sudden. This is why the teams who are consistently good on defense or in a two-way sense, like Boston, just look "better" on an ongoing basis than the offensively focused teams like EDM or TOR.
  11. Laika
    This is the way. Also, at least one P will get hurt in spring anyway so it's not a projected crunch until it looks like there are maybe 3 too many P
  12. Laika
    Sam Shaw... interesting 55 hit 50 run 50 fielding is certainly a good MLB player
  13. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    LMAO the leaves might actually miss the playoffs amazing stuff
  14. Laika
    He's a teenager. Bo Bichette looked like a Donkey Kong barrel when he was drafted and people were assuming he was a 3B/RF at best
  15. Laika
    Well, yeah. Nimmala will be our Carlos Correa. Starting SS in 2026.
  16. Laika
    It's just the Cleveland approach, haha. Kinda works for Cleveland but they are a small market shitdog team. Ideally Toronto exercises this "edge" or strategy in mid/late rounds or with small money signings but still acts like a big market team at the top of the draft and for top international signings. At least the Junior Arias kid sounds like a power prospect. I dunno why, but part of me thinks Manuel Beltre will really overperform expectations this year. Arjun Nimmala has 70 raw power per Fangraphs so at least Toronto didn't get cute with their last top draft pick. "Nimmala is a tooled-up teenage hitter with huge power projection and a risky hit tool caused by poor breaking ball recognition." ----> sounds like Orelvis haha
  17. Laika
    Can a guy really ever be "back to full health", in the context of professional sports, when he was so hurt for two whole years? Like, some damage just cannot be 100% undone. Also, some of the statcast stuff from 2023 like EV data doesn't show a guy who is 100% back. More like, 90% back or so.
  18. Laika
    Yeah you have to give him credit. Even the people who dislike Atkins for whatever reason, valid or not, cannot deny that he has gotten some big stuff done on a consistent basis.
  19. Laika
    Pretty much. Or, like that guy in sales who won't take a hint and insists on scheduling a follow up call in one month to see if you have changed your mind
  20. Laika
    Or Atkins is just a little pest who calls agents / other teams more often than most
  21. Laika
    Looks f***ing good
  22. Laika
    Can't imagine it's that bullish. The bat just won't project well at all
  23. Laika
    Guaranteed Ross does not disagree with me They probably think IKF will give them 1.5 WAR in 450 PA, mostly at 3B. The stuff he says to the media is BS anyway. Lip service for incumbents, etc. We all say Biggio play a very mediocre defensive 3B for a year. I really don't think they want Cavan playing there much
  24. Laika
    Guys, IKF is the presumptive 3B. The only argument for signing him is that his 3B defense is elite. They didn't pay 2/15 for a backup infielder or utility man. Not saying they can't sign Chapman and adjust IKF's role but barring that, nobody on the roster is jumping him on the depth chart without earning it in season
  25. Laika
    Honestly dude you have to shut the f*** up Every post you make sucks All of your trade ideas suck It's spam
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