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  1. Laika
    I dunno. I would just guess that with the march of statistics and data the prospect ranker people are just getting a bit better over time. Like, these upper/mid minors players with strong stats are more likely to make lists now, rather than the 17 year olds with big muscles.
  2. Laika
    I didn't even watch the game but checked in one gameday a few times The balls/strikes seemed f***ing horrendous Like, blue is out there squeezing a Cy Young candidate on September 14th. What a joke.
  3. Laika
    Isn't Chapman the only good 3B in free agency? Feels like he is a lock to get a decent contract.
  4. Laika
    I wonder how the team would respond if they fired JS today and flew Gibby in to manage right away
  5. Laika
    lmao yes so the thing is to find the top bozo and kill them I have trouble seeing Shapiro as a bozo. Maybe he is though. Maybe it's Atkins.
  6. Laika
    Yeah none of the young guys have emerged as leadership material. - Manoah is the opposite of a leader - Bo seems very individual - Vlad is on an island / a clown - Kirk is a nothing personality - Jansen is only around half the time And the veterans brought in by trade or signings are a mixed bag. - George / Chapman / Berrios have some leadership qualities - Gausman leads by example but is a bit of a stoner - Kikuchi, Ryu are nothing - Bassitt is actually a bit of a headcase The whole coaching staff and front office seems very low T. I mean what type of front office would sit down with Charlie Montoyo and actually hire him? Good lord. John Schnieder may be able to become a quality MLB manager with some sway but he's too green right now. The Jays had a fun/loose team for a couple years. They decided to squash the fun and turn "serious" this year. But you can't just flip a switch like that. They just went from a team with some charisma to a team with zero personality whatsoever.
  7. Laika
    Heads will roll for sure. Just a question of where they stop. The lesser coaches are definitely gone. Schneider is probably gone. Chadkins probably gets spared...maybe...
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    BlueRocky
  9. Laika
    The ledger does not care how much sleep you get. It's all about WAR and money, and when you flick the abacus it says that deal was a complete abomination. In hindsight, AA probably learned a lot from it, and the Dickey trade. The point isn't that these trades "defined his tenure" it's just that they played significantly into his objective record when Shapiro made the unpopular decision to part ways with him. Like, when he left Toronto he had a mixed track record. He made some brilliant moves and put together good and exciting teams for two runs, but he also had some huge fumble trades and the organization's farm system + MLB situation was a bit ugly (s***** farm, old expensive players)
  10. Laika
    DeScalafani ended up being solid for several years. He would have helped! And he was free in 2015 and 2016, freeing up all the Buehrle payroll for someone else. Handsome Jake was a very good bench player for a long time. Hendo was a stud in 2014 and 2013 with Miami Escobar was a political dump of course but he was good after leaving Toronto. Even Hech was useful for a couple years while cheap and cost controlled. And taking on the Reyes contract lead to a compounded bad decision with Tulo. The ripple effects of this trade really cannot be overstated. It was a disaster and it's safe to say that he Blue Jays in basically every competitive window from 2013 to 2016, to the present window, would have been better off if the trade never happened!!!
  11. Laika
    It's not INSANE to think that Davis Schneider is similar to Rhys Hoskins. Maybe more whiffs but some defensive utility instead. Schneids could hit .230 and still be pretty solid if his walk rate is going to up in the 14%+ range.
  12. Laika
    Pretty funny how stinky even THAT deal is in hindsight. The Ninja had to add Hoffman and Castro for the right to pay Troy Tulowitzki $98M for basically nothing. I think Reyes was owed $48M at the time of the trade. So a $50M additional commitment. Granted, Hoffman and Castro would have never helped Toronto, anyway, given how their careers unfolded.
  13. Laika
    The Marlins trade and the Dickey deal... omg it's so bad to think about it arguably, those two trades cost AA his GM job for a while. His time in exile with the Dodgers, he probably thought about nothing but those two trades.
  14. Laika
    Wait a minute I wonder if Jose Bautista wants to manage?
  15. Laika
    yeah maybe Vlad has been saving 20 more homers for the next few weeks
  16. Laika
    Pitching + Defense strategy still requires a big hit most nights Toronto is allergic to the big hit
  17. Laika
    The definitions are just wrong. https://old.reddit.com/r/HighEndEscorts/comments/16h89qb/nyc_thriving_business_died_out_of_nowhere/
  18. Laika
    it's a recession, bros
  19. Laika
    Yeah it would help if one of them stomped the other. I think they play 7 times.
  20. Laika
    I dunno. Toronto is f***ed. Seattle probably goes 10-6, Texas probably 10-7.
  21. Laika
    Yeah P2F is always one of the more serious/competitive owners
  22. Laika
    Hilarious that Toronto could not muster a single run against an injured Max Scherzer who was throwing cement mixers down the middle most of the night
  23. Laika
    He'd be a f***ing idiot to turn it down Unless his dad is a millionaire
  24. Laika
    20M in total is like 700, 700, 700, 4M, 6M, 8M why would you think about AAV when the player has to make six figures for three+ years to begin? 20M is like guaranteeing him more than some people think he would be expected to make in arbitration anyway. Like, lots of people probably still don't expect him to even make it through arb without getting non-tendered.
  25. Laika
    I disagree that MLB economics are much different than five years ago. The arb system is the same and the $/WAR hasn't inflated that much.
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