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  1. Laika

    NBA Thread

    Laika replied to admin's topic in Other Sports

    As long as Gary Trent leaves town I don't care what else they do
  2. Laika
    but you are kind of missing the point here we are just looking for ways to explain to Crash Davis and jaysblue why "just 20 extra hits" over a whole season is actually a big deal you can't use the obvious measurements like linear weights because Crash Davis does not understand any of that you have to use on-the-field analogies that Joe Average Athlete could track
  3. Laika
    But you can apply different kinds of mental gymnastics here. Say some player gets 30 extra hits in a season. Decent odds that at least one of those will be a huge "game winner" type of hit, right? Suddenly you can think of those "30 extra hits" as "one extra win" or even "two extra wins" And in your head it suddenly weighs more. Of course the player who can lead to one or two extra wins is better! We have just done a double mental gymnastics backflip to a WAR analogy. And we haven't even talked about scarcity. AAA is full of guys who can get, say, 100 hits in 450 at bats. But it's HARD to find guys who can get 120 hits in 450 at bats. 20% more than 5'10" is 7'0" -->
  4. Laika
    And then Bartolo took his rotation spot all one big conspiracy?
  5. Laika
    Bartolo deserved it Santana had 139 career wins and didn't even pitch after 33 Bart had almost 250 wins and pitched 146 innings at 45 years old I think the voters in 2005 could just SMELL the incoming greatness from Bartolo
  6. Laika
    RE Manoah He is kind of the personification of "mound presence". If something like that CAN significantly impact results, you are probably going to see it helping a 6' 6" / 285 guy who pitches angry, throws inside all the time, and is as likely to hit you with a pitch as anyone in baseball. I mean I don't really see much reason for him to be worse than his FIP says he was in 2022.
  7. Laika
    He probably got lucky in 2022 and did not display #1 skills. Expect #2/3 production but be pleased if there is some sneaky reason he has for run prevention that gets proven over time
  8. Laika
    Here is a great idea: Get rid of the competitive balance picks and all other little equalizer things and instead only let the "small market" teams sell ad space on jerseys. That's your economic equalizer. Then the draft is fair again and only teams like the Cardinals get uglier on camera
  9. Laika
    He was hurt though I mean if Baltimore was going to just give him a short rehab and call him up maybe they should and could have done something like put him on the opening day rosters then DL him? Then they remain eligible for the rewards. Haha I have no idea
  10. Laika
    Not sure they need more incentives. Most top prospects who should have made opening day rosters did in 2022.
  11. Laika
    Yeah but it incentivizes teams to put top prospects on the roster day 1 I dunno. have to draw the line somewhere
  12. Laika
    In a 12 team league Torkelson can scram. Painter might impact this year. Kirk is squarely in the top half of C.
  13. Laika
    Yeah is keep Kirk and Painter
  14. Laika
    Goodwill His development But yeah it was more like... He was on the opening day roster if not hurt so they just put him on the team when healthy
  15. Laika
    Post all your keepers and best cuts
  16. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    believe he was fan voted in *puke*
  17. Laika
    Yeah it's fine 1 war projection and being paid for that much production
  18. Laika
    too much for Zack but happy for him Royals paying a lot for a mascot to pitch some innings haha inb4 "I'd take him over Kikuchi" yeah we know we all f***ing would, shut the f*** up
  19. Laika
    it might be close depending on the context and how heavy handed the league wants to be certainly if it's two established league members then it's not veto worthy
  20. Laika
    it's a bad trade for sure
  21. Laika
    I dunno, tough one. I think Story is done as a great player though. He wasn't even a good hitter his last year in Colorado.
  22. Laika
    100% "listen Alek, I respect you but maybe if you mixed in a bit more cardio the projections would be better" and then just say okay little man to Stroman
  23. Laika
    Recker has zero nuts
  24. Laika
    Stroman. Takes up less space.
  25. Laika
    omfg lmao
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