Laika

Yeah man acquiring Chapman and signing Gausman are real bandaid moves not saying he is great or anything but you could easily put together a list of good moves as long or longer than that Debbie Downer's list of bad moves Toronto is a consistent contender and WC team in a brutal division. Their front office is probably upper third of MLB, definitely upper half. It would be nice if they were elite. I agree it would be nice.

Okay now someone make a rank about everything Atkins has done right

Horrible entertainment in both the NBA and NHL finals. Just two no contest series.

Completely agree. Most hardcore lefties are very forgiving when it comes to their sports teams. It's just a game, after all.

It's the Oppression Olympics! Everybody, flex your Persecution Fetish! The regular posters discriminate against the negative nancies! The mods discriminate against conservatives! The world is unjust!!!!

hmmmmm I'd probably do it you can replace the young guys off the waiver wire or through your draft. williams has injury issues.

Accurate summary of watching Vladimir Guerrero Jr. play baseball: - ah, he just missed that one! - ah, i bet vladdy wants that pitch back - damn, that grounder was right at the second baseman - shoot, a hard flyout to CF - dang, that was a meatball why didn't he swing? - rats, why swing at that? - nice! a hard single off the LF wall. oh f***, thrown out at second. why risk that there? - here is Vladdy with the game on the line. let's get a good AB here. first pitch meatball grounded to short, okay.

Well, Vlad is pretty much to stupidest baserunner in baseball and he has no defensive value Varsho has a fringe hit tool but provides positive value in every other facet of the game funny enough Varsho has a higher ISO and HR count than Vladdy. Hitting for more power!!!! lmao

that is literally my job right now

More than one way to skin a cat If you think the pen is even remotely close to as important as the position player core, or the starting rotation, man do I have some s*** to sell you...

Chapman is a 4 win player getting paid like a 1.5 to 2 WAR player. Definitely not easy to find 2.5 surplus value wins but.... it's possible. The most likely avenue is not even direct replacement. You just put something league average in the 3B hole and then seek the missing value from free agency, anywhere on the roster, or develop it.

They get two more kicks at the can even if 2023 doesn't work out. Nobody walking after 2023 is irreplaceable (Chapman is a big deal but it's one guy. Belt and KK and Whit were hired guns anyway.) And then the only guy walking after 2024 of importance is Jansen.

If Atkins is good at anything it's focusing on the MLB roster and plugging holes on a year to year basis. People have said he's bad at spending money but really the opposite is true. He has made more great decisions than poor decisions when it comes to spending money. This is evident from just focusing on the big choices like letting Ray and Matz walk, signing Gausman. Springer and Bassitt contracts look decent. Chapman and Merrifield trades were good. Berrios extension looks better now. Personally, I think even Kikuchi is almost earning his $$ this season. His fWAR is negative but his RA9 WAR is +0.8 so far. His xFIP is the same as his ERA, which is solid enough. Lots of complaints about the bullpen construction but at least that is one of the least important parts of the team. And it's fine/average. And there are still come shrewd acquisitions in the pen even if Pop/Cimber/Bass look like flops at the moment. Richards looks great this year, Swanson looks great. 2026 is definitely a critical year. 2025 will be the last year for this core. In 2026 they will have Springer and Goose but they might not be impact players by then. Berrios should be fine. Varsho, Kirk, Manoah, and Pearson. Everyone else of significance potentially gone.... but, frankly, the only ones you might even WANT in 2026 and forward are Vlad and Bo. So again it just comes back to Vlad and Bo. If Shatkins manages to extend Bo, everything looks different and you build that next five year core around Old Bo. Similar idea for Vlad, but that plan is conditional on Vlad developing. Right now he is not a "build around" player. As far as the farm goes, I think it's probably a lot better than the current "snapshot" makes us think.

Toronto needs to start putting the foot down June 18/19 is what I had circled as the potential turning point, that's when the schedule gets easier

The doubters and mostly gone are not necessarily HRs

Zach Plesac is a bad seed I heard that his church believes there are only two types of [breaking balls]

f***ing hilarious that the Guardians optioned Karinchak

Could move Brian Anderson for a pick upgrade. Not asking much. His overall numbers are still decent + playing everyday + 3B/OF.

The power outage on your team is kind of hilarious Abreu - 3 HR Meneses - 2 HR Gimenez - 4 HR Moncada - 3 HR Chisholm - hurt, so only 7 HR

basketball has weird FA rules maybe the Raps still hold the cards and would do a sign-and-trade even if he leaves

*if they start pulling the ball more

Yeah, I was never bullish on his new approach. You see it all the time with mid-career pull hitters who try to suddenly become all-fields guys. It's almost impossible to change your approach like that and find long-term success unless you have a plus plus hit tool. Defenses adjust and pitchers just change the way they throw to you, and you still have a rigid swing with technical issues/holes. I think Grichuk did this every spring. He's cutting down on strikeouts, going the other way! Buck Martinez is jizzing his pants! He's going to be so good! And then end of the year his numbers are identical.

Okay that kind of helps explain why the security guard levelled Adam Hadwin. The boys in black must have been on edge. Sounds like the Canadian crowds would/will love LIV golf...

What happened

Isn't he controlled for one more