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  1. Laika
    don't care unless it's a homer
  2. Laika
    the board has always been like this i think you are just getting old and more indignant
  3. Laika
    his name is nathan pearson
  4. Laika
    yeah they always want him to throw 1.1 innings. i don't really get it. he's not that type of guy...
  5. Laika
    those gameday strikezones are designed to be nice to umps if it is within the main strikezone, it's basically in the heart of the plate
  6. Laika
    on video it wasn't a good pitch way too much plate. jansen wanted it 12 inches higher.
  7. Laika
    dude just needs to miss the zone more often, on purpose maybe
  8. Laika
    Garcia has the best stuff of his career (I assume) and is giving up a lot of runs. It's a real test of mental fortitude and stat smarts. He should probably just change nothing, continue to throw it like this, and the results will likely be much better going forward. Right!?
  9. Laika
    I'm just happy there was a big trade in the DDL. Woo.
  10. Laika
    Wet Hot Danny Jansen Summer has begun
  11. Laika
    Varsho has some real juice in the bat. Hopefully he goes on a HR streak at some point this summer.
  12. Laika
    Yeah it would have been insane to cut Cimber. I guess it's just a minor roster mismanagement issue. Toronto had no choice but to cut Merryweather. It's just too bad they were in that situation where the bullpen was full of mostly dudes with mid-reliever upside.
  13. Laika
    I dunno. With the volatility of relievers it's questionable to cut a guy like Merryweather and keep guys like Cimber. Valid to criticize Toronto on this one. Why let a guy with extreme "stuff" walk and keep certain others who are at best middle relievers?
  14. Laika
    Fair enough, but Toronto has at least been better than Baltimore Since 2000 Toronto has two 5th place finishes and two separate competitive windows (2014 to 2016 and 2020 to present). Baltimore has 8 5th place finishes and one competitive window (2012 to 2016). Toronto's version of bad is extended mediocrity. Baltimore's version of bad is hopelessness. Not quite the same.
  15. Laika
    Yeah I think it's approach based. Which is why I would not be too concerned quite yet. He's probably physically capable of being a 15 HR hitter it just means his slashline might look more like.... I dunno... .253/.313 /.426? that is Travis d'Arnaud's career line.
  16. Laika
    Are people saying that praising Baltimore is "not ok"? I don't think so. The full and fair representation of the position would be something like this: Yes, Baltimore has a nice young core breaking into the big leagues right now and an excellent looking farm. Yes, their developmental system seems to be doing very well. However, they have a long track record of being a dogshit organization so maybe we should hold off on the Orioles fellatio for juuuuuust a little bit longer because it's very much within the realm of possibility that they will f*** it up. Prospects will break your heart. A few high profile busts and some failure to spend money properly and they might end up as the same sorry Orioles we know and love in a a couple of years.
  17. Laika
    Moreno's profile is mildly concerning right now. He has a 6% walk rate, 20.5% K rate, and a 0.085 ISO. In 2022 there were exactly zero qualified hitters with ratios like that, and an above average wRC+. Some comparables with walk, K, and power rates sort of like this might be Ke'Bryan Hayes, Nick Solak, Raimel Tapia. But even these three limp dick bats have more demonstrated game power than Moreno has done so far. But it's only MILDLY concerning because he's so young and his minor league track record implies that more pop is on the way.
  18. Laika
    Well I guess Matt Mervis isn't good after all Funny how it happens.
  19. Laika
    Smart move going to Mayza.
  20. Laika
    too early to say anything about them Kasevish looks like he has no pop Toman has a chance to be a high end prospect but it's a long shot. Not hitting the ground running.
  21. Laika
    Which "high end" prospects are underperforming? Barger and Zulueta were pop-up guys last year. Sleepers, basically. They aren't high-end prospects. I guess the better question would have been where ARE the high end prospects? Since the Bo Bichette draft, they have not been turning ANY non-first rounders into good "high end" prospects and some of the first rounders have flopped (Martin, Groshans, etc.)
  22. Laika
    it's not true though Barger and Tiedemann are hurt, that is mostly bad luck. Zulueta is flopping but he always had poor command. Most of the other relevant prospects are doing fine, or at least treading water. And then there are some breakouts in the system.
  23. Laika
    I'll give you the Yankees but not the Red Sox. They have been good for a long time but they have operated like a clown organization for a few years now so I think their current regime is simply stupid and bad.
  24. Laika
    BETTER: Rays, Braves, Dodgers, Astros CLOSE: Orioles, Yankees, Padres, Giants, Mariners, Twins, Brewers, Guardians, Cardinals WORSE: Royals, Athletics, Nationals, Rockies, Tigers, White Sox, Pirates, Red Sox, Angels, Marlins, Phillies, Mets, Diamondbacks, Cubs, Rangers, Reds A few of those placements will be controversial but whatever. The general picture doesn't change. Put the Yankees in tier 1 if you want, or the Mets in tier 2. Doesn't change anything.
  25. Laika
    I can't wait to find out!
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