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  1. Laika
    RF - Springer SS - Bo 1B - Vlad DH - Pederson 3B - Turner 2B - Schneider C - Kirk/Jansen LF - Pham CF - Varsho BN - Kirk/Jansen, Espinal, Gallo, Horwitz/Clement This lineup is pretty deep and it can be done with only 1 year commitments (probably). Yeah, LF and 3B are flaky because those guys are geezers but between guys like Barger, Horwitz, Orelvis, Palmegiani, Lantigua, Alan Roden, the team might have a few good depth options for those positions as well as 2B. Could also sacrifice offense for someone at 3B who can more certainly play the position, like Tim Anderson, Donovan Solano, Urshela, IKF, I dunno.
  2. Laika
    When people say they want Toronto to sign the 1 year veterans for 2024, they are not saying run back the Belt/KK plays. Those were cute little upside plays. $10M or less for players that gave the team 2 WAR. There is no reason to be cute again and think you can do that. Maybe with one of the open positions, but not all three. No, even on 1 year deals Toronto should be serious about this. Give JDM $20M if that is what he wants. Give Hoskins $22M to DH if that is what it takes. Justin Turner might be a great fit, pay him. Overpay by a couple million bucks for Pham or Duvall or whoever you think is the BEST 1 year LF option, to insure the position.
  3. Laika
    Just bring Chappy home for 4/$80 Sign Joc Pederson Sign Joey Gallo and Tommy Pham Slap John Schneider Scold Vlad Tell Kirk you want to see 20 homers win the world series sweetheart extension for Danny Boy blank cheque for Soto
  4. Laika
    Yeah It's really just THIS YEAR that everybody looks like a landmine Typically there are a few more good looking options at the top By all means, Toronto should be offering the next Corey Seager or Freddie Freeman in free agency the most money I mean they literally just went balls to the wall for Ohtani and almost pulled it off, haha
  5. Laika
    We will see but I doubt 8/$200 is actually even the market rate for Bellinger And if some really dumb team gives him that, that is not proof that it was the correct price Honestly, Cody Bellinger, if he is any good, should bet on himself. Take a 1/$30M deal or whatever. If he has another strong year, then teams will back up the truck for him, I guess.
  6. Laika
    stfu jim the Jays sign big free agents all the time now Gausman, Springer, many other lesser examples Cody Belanger is a 2.5 win player asking for the contract that a 5 win player deserves Boras is just looking for a mark team to dump on, just like Bryant and the Rockies two years ago. Not saying Bellinger would be as instantly worthless as Bryant, but same general thing. If Cody wants to talk a 5 year deal then I'm sure Toronto is interested. They might even give him an opt out after year 2 or 3.
  7. Laika
    Skenes probably a bad example because of the bad fastball shape But, say guys like Rutschman, Witt Jr.,, Holliday, Gerrit Cole... the guys who are on the map as studs for years and consensus top picks. I wonder what Adley Rutschman would have got coming out of college if he was just a pure free agent. Or what someone of that profile would get right now. $400M+? The thing that is different I guess with Yamamoto is the sample in the NPB gives a really solid basis to his projections. Which say he is a top 20 SP... 3.4 fWAR I think. Not exactly capital "A" ACE projections though.
  8. Laika
    $375MM for Yamamoto is f***ing wild.
  9. Laika
    Okay
  10. Laika
    Very possible to trade Bo and/or Vlad without "rebuilding"
  11. Laika
    I more or less agree with this Although, not sure I would even extend Vlad But I'm avoiding Bellinger and Chapman unless the cost is MUCH less than anticipated
  12. Laika
    think about it for like 5 seconds before you post, bro
  13. Laika
    Belt had really strong projections. Ironically, Belt is a bigger gamble NOW coming off his 138 wRC+ than he was last year coming off his 98 wRC+. His K rate in 2023 was a huge age red flag, whereas his 2022 numbers were clearly just depressed because of the knee injury and the two prior years he was a f***ing stud offensively. Duvall is kind of just a hacker who ran into more hits than usual in 2023... I think. Pham > Duvall IMO.
  14. Laika
    Everything sounds so minor it won't even be noticed. The new runner's lane to 1B makes sense.
  15. Laika
    Dominguez has Clint Frazier vibes
  16. Laika
    Yeah 30 games or so in AAA More than 2B, actually I think they might see him as a 3B or RF more than the typical 2B/LF combo. Because SS arm.
  17. Laika
    At least the position player DEPTH looks really good for once. Barger is a legitimate prospect, MLB ready, and he is like... 5th and 7th on the 3B and 2B depth charts. The OF depth chart doesn't look as good on Fangraphs but some of these infielders can just go play in LF
  18. Laika
    your mom has cannons
  19. Laika
    Pretty much my opinion too. Schneider, Biggio, Espinal, Barger, Orelvis, Clement can all do it at 2B to some extent. 3B is a tougher defensive position for most of those guys (noodle arms, mostly) and the MUCH bigger hole.
  20. Laika
    Is India even better than Schneider? I don't really think so. Worse 2023 in much more playing time, and worse projections. Hmmmmm I dunno bros.
  21. Laika
    Can't be perfect everywhere The Rangers gave 33 year old Robbie Grossman 420 PA and won the world series Gallo has extreme traits, is only 30, and could be a guy who would benefit massively from minor changes or altered offseason training The thesis is just that there is not much else out there so rolling the dice in one spot on a low cost, high upside player could make sense. If he blows there will be the Bargers or Horwitz types in AAA to slide in. It might make sense if the team is able to get Chapman back and they land a premium DH option like Hoskins or JDM. They might need a budget LF platoon...
  22. Laika
    LOL I think he is using weighted bats here I doubt driveline is telling him to not pull the ball
  23. Laika
    okay but what TWO infielders can they possibly bring in that would bump him down the depth chart?
  24. Laika
    Yeah he still looked good for some of those games He had some specific games where he lined out or flied out hard like, 3 times
  25. Laika
    I think it was probably just.... they left it up to Mr. John Schneider and he preferred Whit.
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