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  1. Laika
    Yeah it's not really about the money Just not interested in locking in a fringe average LF for three years
  2. Laika
    It'll be funny if he has a strong year. After all of the discussions on swing and launch angle... it would prove that the entire story was fitness.
  3. Laika
    Fair deal They aren't even paying him for 2 war a year, so expectations will be realistic
  4. Laika
    Yes But Cleveland is pretty bush...
  5. Laika
    Yeah I don't blame him for gritting it out through the playoffs. I guess he could have had the surgery right after the world series though.
  6. Laika
    That price is getting up there IMO I mean he has a 0.6 fWAR projection I think the range out ourcomes is 0 WAR to 2 WAR, $18M basically pays him for the top end
  7. Laika
    Max Scherzer Undergoes Back Surgery By Steve Adams | December 15, 2023 at 11:03am CDT The Rangers announced Friday that right-hander Max Scherzer underwent surgery to repair a herniated disc in his back. General manager Chris Young tells reporters that the team and Scherzer tried “multiple conservative treatments in pain management” before resorting to surgery (link via Kennedi Landry of MLB.com). Unfortunately, the last-resort option was apparently deemed necessary, and the operation will sideline Scherzer into June or even July.' it was pretty obvious that Scherzer was f***ed stubborn old mule probably resisted the knife and cost himself half of 2024 as a result
  8. Laika
    you have very low standards Brantley is like, the final tiny little piece
  9. Laika
    The Royals might win that division if Melendez and Pasquantino rake!
  10. Laika
    Yeah I don't have JDM tunnel vision like some of these others. I'd like him on a 1 year deal but he is so old and the K rate is a concern. I'd feel just as good about Pederson, Turner, Brantley and the team could even go cheaper and sign Carlos Santana or Belt, depending what else they do. Or sign guys with more position utility like Gallo, Pham.
  11. Laika
    I dunno. He has amazing stuff. And good command. He has just been homer prone in Japan.
  12. Laika
    Interesting how NOBODY is talking about Shota Imanaga
  13. Laika
    He is an old right handed DH
  14. Laika
    Just a PR nightmare for Milwaukee I'm sure they would love to move Yelich but I really doubt they would dismantle the core of their playoff team
  15. Laika
    They are kind of like Oakland, just actually good. They like MLB ready bats and pitchers. They like undervalued arms, arms they can change, pop up pitchers...
  16. Laika
    Bellinger if it's for 4 years I'm okay with giving Brantley one more chance but Winker, not even sure he's worth a minor league deal. He's a big f***ing baby with a s***** attitude and he had spinal fusion surgery or something. He might just retire.
  17. Laika
    Yeah that's fine in theory But the big pieces on free agency are landmines
  18. Laika
    Just think about the young players and prospects Toronto might still have if they just didn't even try to compete for the last 5 years. Moreno, Frasso, Robberse, Kloffenstein, Austin Martin, Samad Taylor, Groshans, Max Castillo, Gunnar Hoglund, Simeon Woods Richardson, Ryan Noda, Kendall Williams, Josh Winckowski... System looks pretty decent if you don't care about winning!
  19. Laika
    It's way easier to overhaul your system when you f***ing suck forever A lot of the Reds young pieces came from their firesale. It kind of remains to be seen whether they can develop talent consistently and over time. O's have a lot of high quality draft/development stories right now. They seem really solid. But they still had four top 5 picks in a row and got Adley and Holliday out of it along with Kjerstad and Cowser... that has nothing to do with turning a system around and everything to do with just being horrible for many years in a row.
  20. Laika
    It takes more time than people think to turn around team cultures and entire development systems. It's really not as easy as just bringing a few people over. These are f***ing institutions with hundreds of people involved and complex systems. Toronto is on the right track. Also, the division doesn't really matter, it's all about asset generation. If the 2 WAR 2B you just developed doesn't move the needle for your team, you just trade him to a small market team for that Ace in arbitration they they can no longer afford. AND Toronto IS aiming for more upside with their draft picks, particularly the high picks. It's very obvious. Tiedemann, Barriera, Nimmala - they are almost always shooting for the moon on at least one high school pick near the top of the draft. Same can be said on the international side, they do very often throw big money at one hype 15 year old.
  21. Laika
    Yusei Kikuchi age 26 NPB 187 innings, 10.4 k9, 2.3 bb9, 1.97 ERA Yamamoto the next Kikuchi confirmed No wait, the next Dice K.
  22. Laika
    Toronto is just doing the Cleveland playbook. One of these 5'9" infielders with fringe pop is going to come up and be a slick defender who is smart enough to pull 20+ HR every year. Some day. Now do the Cleveland playbook on college SP, please...
  23. Laika
    I said this to a friend but the letdown from not signing Ohtani is just massive, mostly because there is nobody in free agency and the smart thing to do is just not spend all the money. Worst case scenario is probably the team overpaying some free agents right now because they have anxiety to make a big move.
  24. Laika
    I really don't think Bellinger gets close to $200 Maybe he does just because it's such a weak free agent class but $150M is horrible for his projections so $200M is just shockingly bad.
  25. Laika
    Yeah I trust that he's not interested in Cody Bellinger for $150M
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