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  1. Laika
    That's fine too as long as people aren't clock squatting I think people don't trust the machine
  2. Laika
    If you are a football fan and have a top 10 pick, just make a queue and tell the draft room to auto pick for you once! Simple
  3. Laika
    Really dislike that for Oakland. Puk doesn't even have to improve to be a decent trade chip at the deadline. Bleday on the other hand needs to change a lot to be above replacement level. He can barrel the ball and take a walk but the problems after that are numerous. Not a good defender, not fast, when he doesn't barrel it's a fly ball and not a line drive plus he has some contact issues (so he may not hit even .220), his raw power is not even as good as you would expect. Just looks like trading a bona fide MLB LHRP for a AAAA hitter....
  4. Laika
    I think Canada could surprise because a couple of the prospect kids on the team are really interesting. Edouard Julien in particular. But a few others have decent stats.
  5. Laika
    Russell!
  6. Laika
    Canada's roster is pretty good. Surprised. The weak spot will again be Ernie Whitt who is a horrendous manager in game.
  7. Laika
    In terms of depth you need to just look at other good teams around the league. It's clear that Toronto is average. A team like MIN has way better depth. But a team like SDP does not, really. Toronto's top 4 SP project for probably the most innings of any top 4 in baseball though, right?
  8. Laika
    Kikuchi will get a much shorter leash as a SP this year The 7 SP on the depth chart Zach Thompson is pretty interesting to me I think Toronto's AAA and AA depth will be a lot better this year. Finally we have some real prospects like Juenger and Robberse and Tiedemann at the upper levels. And Zulu. Also, second half Ryu is a positive wild card... It's not the best depth in baseball but if you weigh the durability of the top 4 SP then it looks pretty solid.
  9. Laika
    They run a six man rotation now don't they? And that depth is all rookies or Tucker Davidson No bueno
  10. Laika
    They'll find a way to be s***** again. Probably this year it will be the sketchy bullpen and the lack of SP depth.
  11. Laika
    connor these people have obviously never been fat, or they are fat but they've never lost dozens of lbs i am OFFENDED
  12. Laika
    This is my assumption too Probably gained 20 lbs or more since he has been in the bigs, before this 43 lb weight loss But tbh even that above image john havok posted.... you could slice 40 lbs off that dude's gut and ass/glutes and I don't think he would look dangerously skinny or anything. There is TONS of weight in the middle of that body.
  13. Laika
    I guess if he just dominates in AA and stays healthy they could bring him right up, if a need arises after several injuries.
  14. Laika
    gross haha
  15. Laika
    Yeah it seems like it. Also, great position versatility on the main roster. And the first 4 SP seem quite "durable" as foolish as it can be to say that about pitchers. Honestly, much of the pen seems safe and "durable" too. There is real upside on the minor league side of the 40 man roster. Guys like Barger, Horwitz, Zulu, Pearson, Pop could all not just fill in but have significant impact. Same could be said for a few guys not currently on the 40 man roster. Like Juenger and Tiedemann. There are only 2 guys on the 40 who are non-contributors in 2023. Hagen Danner and Orelvis.
  16. Laika
    Gunna Henderson traded?
  17. Laika
    Most of these other "two way" guys like Lorenzen, Gose, etc. don't do enough of the other thing to meet MLB's definition of two-way player.
  18. Laika
    Teams can also designate players as two-way players if they meet certain criteria. Two-way players are able to pitch in any situation but don't count toward the active roster's pitcher total. Players qualify for the two-way designation if they have met both of these conditions in either the current or previous MLB season: • Pitched at least 20 Major League innings • Played at least 20 Major League games as a position player or designated hitter, with at least three plate appearances in each game
  19. Laika
    But what if the offers are identical And then Kyle Tucker remembers that one time the Astros executive said negative things about him at the arbitration hearing
  20. Laika
    Hard to see that. Look up shortstops with 450+ PA. Bo might be like... 20th best defensively. Even if you put him ahead of say Correa and IKF he's barely top 20.
  21. Laika

    NBA Thread

    Laika replied to admin's topic in Other Sports

    nothing I guess
  22. Laika
    I kind of doubt it Darvish is no Scherzer or Verlander and he's not projected to repeat 2022, or anything close
  23. Laika
    anyway, connorp is right and you can basically ignore the last two years for baseball reasons and just think of this as a 3/90 commitment after 2023 and BTS is also right. throwing that money at Darvish right now seems pretty dumb.
  24. Laika
    that has nothing to do with what I said
  25. Laika
    "Beyond the sheer need for long-term help in the rotation, there’s surely an element of financial creativity at play here. Darvish’s preexisting six-year, $126MM contract came with a $21MM luxury hit (based on the contract’s AAV). Since this new deal is being tacked onto the end of that old contract, it effectively becomes an 11-year, $216MM deal. That comes with a reduced luxury hit of $19.64MM. It’s not a major savings, but the Padres were right up against the third tier of luxury penalization, so any newly created breathing room is quite welcome. Once crossing into that third luxury tier, a team is penalized not only in the form of steeper tax rates but also by having their top pick in the next year’s draft dropped by 10 places." mlbtr wrote that can't really think of that as the primary motivation for this though. extending an old pitcher until he is 41 in order to save $2M in luxury tax space this season seems... funny
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