Laika

okay, well every qualified first baseman not named C. Walker sucks by that measure and is in the bottom 25th percentile of qualified position players. so sorry but not sorry because your initial comment just made it seem like you didn't know what you were looking at

Based on OAA? Defensive metrics for 1B are pretty weird / dumb. Almost everybody other than Walker (big +) and Lowe (big -) fall into a tight band, within 4 runs of zero. It's not like other positions where range matters ALL THE TIME and you get TONS OF MEASUREMENTS of range in a season. Eye test says Vlad is very good there and he did lead qualified 1B in "scoops." Great hands, strong arm, above average athleticism. Could improve in a few ways of course. He led the AL in DRS, the defensive stat that predated UZR and OAA So when he has a -4 OAA but the best qualified 1B in the AL only have +1 and +2 OAA should that stat really be the difference maker? Probably not given the nature of it.

Not all stars are created equal. It's like Trout vs Judge Judge can have a 10 WAR season too but Trout is still just way better at baseball

nah it's a 540 McTwist

McDavid is a tier above Matthews and Draisaitl is a tier above Marner.

Great bench coach for that team. He might be the best bench coach in baseball now. Underemployed. Sort of. I would not be shocked to see him managing the White Sox in a couple years.

Ranger Suarez is a legend now

I enjoyed watching the Phillies hit a bunch of tanks f*** Houston! but I did turn the game off in the 6th inning

Yeah I can’t believe they didn’t yank him as soon as it was 4-0

Yeah there is almost nothing they NEED to do. It would let a certain chunk of the fanbase down but if they did literally nothing other than tinker on the edges of the roster that would be justifiable. Almost nobody from their good 2022 team is a free agent

I do think the team could trade Teoscar but it's just another one of those small possibilities they will put on their very Ross Atkins-y whiteboard of non-aggressive brainstormed general possibilities for offseason discourse. Offseason Explorations - trade a catcher - trade Teoscar to get a longer term asset and/or open up payroll space - trade Gurriel if another team likes him a lot - move Springer to a corner and bring in a solid defensive CF. This upgrades the entire OF defense and will help Springer stay healthy. - trade Espinal or Biggio or Merrifield depending on the immediate roster fit of the return - extend any of Bo, Kirk, Vlad, Manoah - acquire a switch hitter or LHB who can hit 5th or better - non-tender Tapia in a really mean and vindictive way - diagnose Berrios' problem and develop action plan to make him better - acquire a backend SP of the reliable variety - acquire better depth SP (MiLB) - acquire higher upside RP - explore Moreno as a 3B/2B - stat-scout replacements on the depth chart for all of Hatch, Kay, Thornton, Griffin... basically anyone on the 40 who started in AAA this year. Because WOOF. so a Teoscar swap is possible... perhaps not likely

Really just one too many *******s on the team. Not much any coach can do to get the best out of Kyrie and Durant at this point in their careers where they are both obtuse and grumpy old men.

Even at his 2022 performance Teo has a bit of surplus value over what he will get in his final arb. Methinks. Pretty cool and good that he is the team's 7th best player though.

they will definitely not contend but they THINK they can contend lmao

shut up

owed $7.5M, $12M, $12M, $12M, $14M team option in 2027 6.2 fWAR in 59 GS over the last 3 seasons... so he might be a 3.1 WAR pitcher by true talent. But by BR he is only at 4.8 WAR over that timeframe. So it's more holistic to think of him as a 2.4 to 3.1 WAR true talent. Always some risk when a player leaves the Rockies for various reasons, just a weird org and weird place to play. will turn 28 over the winter boring skill set; low K and GB profile does not scream upside, at all... I mean the Rockies would be MORONS to not do the trade. Senzatela should not have as much value as Jansen; his contract is pretty close to what he might get in free agency I think at most there is like a $10M or $15M gap between his contract and what he would get in FA which is essentially his market value. I think Jansen as a guy who seems to have unlocked 4+ WAR upside and maybe 5 WAR upside carried more value.

And on top of that some of their actually good players are one way guys. And their goaltending is never great.

yeah they have been completely inept for a few years now at filling out the team with 3rd and 4th liners and merely competent depth defensemen. look at the age of their defense past Reilly (28) and Sandin (22): Holl 30 Brodie 32 Giordano 39 Muzzin 33 I think Sandin is 5th in ice time too so the playing time skews old. That is pretty terrifying and stinks of a series of desperation moves from an org that has not been able to develop talent. Compare to the ages of a team that always seems to somehow remain good, Boston: McAvoy 24 Lindholm 28 Carlo 25 Clifton 27 Grzelcyk 28 Forbort 30 Stralman 36 McAvoy + Clifton + Carlo + Grzelcyk = four home grown defenseman in the regular rotation and 28 years old or less....

Tyler O’Neill is jacked and he bleeds maple syrup he’s like if Chris Benoit and Bret Hart’s sister had a kid Danny Jansen is almost not an athlete he basically has Jeffrey Dahmer’s physique and face

I don’t think their pen is any better. Robertson is a bit wild and s*****. Alvarado had a good year but he’s a gas can. Toronto has better middle relief for sure and I think the better closer hands down

Jays pitching is basically the same as Philly

You guys know they have pitch splits on statcast right? Just look at Jansen vs breaking balls and compare that to some other good hitters (everyone does better against fastballs ofc)

Don’t they just do three outfield silver sluggers? These are the nominees as listed Aaron Judge (NYY) Julio Rodríguez (SEA) Kyle Tucker (HOU) Mike Trout (LAA) Randy Arozarena (TB) George Springer (TOR) Taylor Ward (LAA) Anthony Santander (BAL) Adolis García (TEX) Teoscar Hernández (TOR) They also nominated four for the other positions which helps explain Chapman sneaking in there

He made a lot of contact in 2022 for a guy with his flyball and pull tendencies.

Jansen ranks as probably their 6th best PROJECTED hitter right now. For most of the season he probably ranked 8th or 7th. Maybe even 9th at the beginning.