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  1. Laika
    Trevor Bauers hot agent probably paid a warehouse of Chinese preteens to spam the poll
  2. Laika
    Nope
  3. Laika
    I bet it’s no big deal for most after the shock of the first couple events Most of them make a permanent home in Florida or Texas or Arizona anyway and they live out of a rental or hotel all season It’s not like going between say Buffalo and Toronto all year is much more fun
  4. Laika
    No, it would be really stupid. He's trying to establish himself as a major league starting pitcher. The upshot of accomplishing that is tens of millions of dollars. I don't think most MLB teams have spare millions to do this anyway. They run pretty tight on their budgets. Sure, the huge market teams would do it.
  5. Laika
    You can do that sort of it just works differently Like you can try to send them down and it’s up to the player to accept or refuse the assignment I don’t know the exact mechanics but the player basically gets a choice, in context. I think that’s good. A guy like Diaz would likely not even sign a two way deal because he wants to play in the big leagues Very few fringe guys are at the stage of their career where they would admit they are a AAAA player. Only the oldest veterans like Casey Lawrence for example
  6. Laika
    It’s good for the player because theoretically the team he ends up with has an MLB roster spot for him
  7. Laika
    Nobody is really trading for relievers right before our draft
  8. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    but they suck?
  9. Laika
    He's in the same bucket as Merryweather. No options, probably only breaking camp with Toronto if a couple guys are hurt. No Options club at the back of the roster: Merryweather, Fernandez, White, Richards. Only 2 spots for these four dudes.
  10. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    The Habs need and deserve him more than any of these other s***** teams, lol. Toews and Kane f***ing suck now. Hopefully no stupid GM overpays for them. f*** the Blackhawks.
  11. Laika
    Yeah, I think so. The pros and cons kind of cancel out. Devers better defensive value, Vlad better projected bat. Similar total package upside between them. Both kind of fall in the same bucket as "good hitting young fatties", Devers probably not being thought of as a 3B in his 30s at all. Devers was set the reach FA before what would be his age 27 season. Vlad on track for the same FA timeline. They bought 10 of his FA years. Vlad being 3 years away from FA means it should cost a bit less to do a similar thing for him. More risk in buying out 10 FA years when those don't even begin for 3 seasons.
  12. Laika
    I think Miley is mince meat if you look at his 2022 injuries - neck strain end of 2021, and was delayed to start 2022 - elbow inflammation April, DL - shoulder strain May, DL - shoulder strain June, DL - shoulder injury setback while on DL in August - oblique issue September, avoided DL but didn't start like... this guy is f***ed right
  13. Laika
    career 4.13 ERA 4.10 FIP 4.06 xFIP
  14. Laika
    Tons of decent guys I could trade Profar Pham Blackmon Laureano Merrifield Renfroe Daniel Lynch Dean Kremer Kyle Hendricks Bryan De La Cruz JJ Bleday Brandon Hughes (penciled in as Cubs closer) Dylan Floro (penciled in as Marlins closer) Could trade one of Sal Perez or Logan O'Hoppe too I guess. But leaning towards keeping both into 2023. Waino, Taillon, Stroman, Bradish are also in the willing to discuss category. Remain willing to discuss one of Machado or Jose Ramirez as well, in a blockbuster. Many (not all) of the above names could be had for picks, pick upgrades, or prospect upgrades. The main roster thing I would want is a good 2B.
  15. Laika
    childish
  16. Laika
    You actually CAN screw up with minor league deals because you only get so many If you bring in a guy like Touki then all other candidates think of themselves as potentially one spot lower on the depth chart, and are less likely to go to Buffalo So you still need to make good minor league signings! IIRC the minor league guys last year that Toronto signed were Biagini, Jose De Leon, and Derek Holland. Well the major league team got nothing from them, not even a s***** spot start! It did kind of hurt.
  17. Laika
    I dunno, dinger got bored of it then boxcar and I got in too many political debates behind the scenes
  18. Laika
    All the Jays podcasts suck I only listen to Rates and Barrels and the other one Eno goes on sometimes
  19. Laika
    there is a measurement issue with defensive metrics but that does not necessarily mean player talent is inconsistent
  20. Laika
    It's just another one of this tiny little considerations in baseball. But baseball is full of things like that.
  21. Laika
    There is also a consistency argument Which I don't think is a particularly strong argument But it goes something like - offense comes in bunches (against bad teams/pitchers) but defense is consistent.
  22. Laika
    common sense says your mom dropped you on your head multiple times
  23. Laika
    It's common sense. Think of extreme examples. If you score 100 runs and give up 0 runs, you will never lose. If you score 10100 runs but give up 10000 you will be almost .500
  24. Laika
    We should also reasonably expect some positive defensive regression from Bo. I really don't think he's as bad as UZR/DRS said he was in 2022.
  25. Laika
    boom, common sense
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