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  1. Laika
    Toronto bullpen has the 2nd best xFIP in baseball. And second best SIERA. ERA and FIP not as good. It's possible they are getting pretty unlucky. When I think about Yimi Garcia, for example, I can't help but think that he is being tested by god. His K-BB numbers are sublime and he is throwing very hard but he has a f***ing 30% HR/FB rate lmao.
  2. Laika
    And now Zach Pop looks like a replacement level reliever again. Stupid sinker
  3. Laika
    George Springer is a f***ing problem. 0.086 ISO. He is playing like Randal Grichuk in a cold streak. Ugh. Belt has been useless. The "supporting cast" is mostly without power. Biggio + Belt + Espinal + Luplow + Lukes + Kiermaier have.... 268 combined PA and 5 combined home runs. Merrifield has none but that's not his game anyway. I'm not worried about the catchers. Their K-BB rates seem fine so they will both come around.
  4. Laika
    Barriera supposed to debut today
  5. Laika
    But they just extended him through 2027. Leave it to the Rockies to turn one of their only assets approaching free agency into a brick with no value. He's an okay player but the total package is a bit borderline. Like, the K-BB numbers are fringe and the power isn't amazing. Not a guy I want to own into his 30s. Metrics do like his 3B defense. He's probably a .230/.300/.400 hitter outside of Coors.
  6. Laika
    The bat looks EXTREMELY legit. But so far the defense and baserunning look horrible. That contract is good for a viable outfielder but if he is closer to a DH it's not good.
  7. Laika
    https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/05/cubs-designate-ryan-borucki-for-assignment.html
  8. Laika
    Every other manager in baseball would bug a FAN with a SERIOUS INTEREST in the results as much or more than John Schneider
  9. Laika
    I don't see any obvious trade candidates at 3B. The other 3B free agents are Donaldson, Turner, Longoria... Brian Anderson, Candelario, Eduardo Escobar. I don't see any SS or 2B free agents that would work well at 3B on a competitive team. Addison Barger better start hitting!!!
  10. Laika
    He's just barely missing some of these pitches. Lots of sky high flyballs that he could have put in the seats.
  11. Laika
    Every free agent Toronto signs, no other team was matching the money. That's just how it works. Basically without exception.
  12. Laika
    If Toronto did anything wrong WRT Belt their mistake was falling for the "I was injured" narrative for a mid 30s player. It's easy to look at track record and projections and gobble up that narrative. He was a fantastic hitter for years, and his projections remained strong, but he was bad in 300 PA last year with documented leg injuries. So they assume he was bad because of those injuries AND assume he will not be bad going forward because of those injuries. Why make those assumptions? It's not a big deal of course but at this point in time you'd rather they just gave some random guy the job and reserved the $9M for a deadline acquisition.
  13. Laika
    It's 2023. Inflation is 69% a year. $9M is tinkering for most teams. I dunno, I don't think the front office is incompetent. I doubt they bid against themselves. Wil Myers got $7.5M, Carlos Santana got $7M, Jean Segura got $8.5M, Adam Duvall got $7M, David Peralta got $6.5M.... Toronto might have thrown an extra $1M or $1.5M at Belt to get him to sign.
  14. Laika
    Bellinger and Gallo would not have signed here though, given the current roster construction, because they would not have full time jobs. Belt signed as a platoon DH and occasional 1B... If Toronto was bringing in Gallo or Bellinger, it would have been instead of the Kiermaier signing or Varsho trade. At the time Belt was signed people were a bit surprised because the thought had been that Jansen and Kirk would occupying DH most of the time. I think the alternative to Belt would have just been signing a much lower cost DH/1B option to backup the position and maybe pinch hit. Someone like Mike Moustakas. Someone you would feel fine cutting if Barger or Horwitz are killing AAA.
  15. Laika
    Well, Tellez is not a particularly good player despite being a good hitter. Still hunting his first 1 WAR season. Stuff like signing Brandon Belt just falls into the annual roster tinkering category. You don't need to control a long-term platoon DH; you just need to assess your depth chart once a year and add the appropriate final pieces during the offseason to make it all work.
  16. Laika
    Alex Fast @AlexFast8 · 24s · April CSW Leaders (SP, min 400) 1. Strider: 38.7 2. deGrom: 37.3 3. McClanahan: 36.1 4. Gallen: 33.9 5. Germán: 33.5 6. Lodolo: 33.2 7. Kershaw: 32.9 8. Berríos: 32.9 9. Gore: 32.9 10. Ohtani: 32.8 Alex Fast @AlexFast8 · 12m April's Barrels / PA% Leaders: 1. Chapman: 21.1 2. Gallo: 15.4 3. Burger: 15.3 4. Rooker: 15.1 5. Raley: 14.3 6. Arozarena: 13.6 7. Muncy: 13.6 8. B Reynolds: 12.9 9. E Sosa: 12.9 10. Wisdom: 12.7
  17. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    The thing with the Bruins this season is... they were never as good as their record. It never made sense that they kept winning. Sure they were good but they must have been the luckiest team in recent history. It's just a normal, solid roster with one star forward and a collection of really solid two way guys. They weren't obviously better than many of the other good teams. Given the ages of some of the core players I did not really expect them to win the cup. They still choked horrendously though. Marchand break away to win the series two games ago, doesn't score. Winning with a minute left in game 7, get scored on.
  18. Laika
    Swear to god, Espinal tried to get jacked before 2022 so he could hit for some power but becoming a bit muscle bound f***ed up his defense and speed significantly.
  19. Laika
    Maybe that wanted to give him a full day off for maintenance. I dunno.
  20. Laika
    2022 Red Sox 16-3 Cubs 2-1 Reds 2-1 Tigers 5-2 Royals 5-2 Angels 4-3 Twins 3-4 As 3-3 Pirates 3-0 Rangers 4-2 47 - 21 against teams that finished under .500
  21. Laika
    Using Bass in the 8th when Pop was evidently available was... sure something. I was hoping they would just go to Pearson in the 10th. Yeah, high risk/reward but with the guy on base there is a chance he just blows everyone away. Espinal is driving me crazy. That's two or three routine grounders he has booted this year. You are on the team for ONE REASON man.
  22. Laika
    DFA Bass Demote Espinal
  23. Laika
    Where is the new whiff talent in the pen coming from? Four places. Yimi Garcia is throwing his FB harder than ever and throwing more breaking pitches than ever. Result, highest whiff rate of his career. Zach Pop, similar story in terms of breaking ball rate. More sliders and more whiffs. Trevor Richards - scrapped the slider. Now 57% changeups, up from 37.5%. His 20.1% whiff rate is wild. Erik Swanson - is on the team. Shows how silly relievers are. You can trade for one good reliever and just tell a couple guys in your pen to throw more sliders and boom, you go from 14th in MLB RP K% rate to 4th. You don't need to spend $60M on some 31 year old free agent closer.
  24. Laika
    Bassitt seems to have righted the ship. Kikuchi and Berrios have been surprisingly good. Cimber was bad but he got DL'd. That means the only ostensible issue on the pitching staff right now is... Alek Manoah! pressure is for tires!
  25. Laika
    AAA pitcher so giving the AAA hitters a shot here
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