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  1. Laika
    A lot of your concerns are just details. There would be no issues if the implementation of this is done the right way. Things like: A player has to make a clear physical signal to ask for a challenge and once they do that the challenge happens, full stop. Players are not allowed to look to the dugout for instruction before asking for a challenge. The umpires can refuse a challenge if they do. I actually do not care how many there are if the review process is extremely fast. I'd be happy to see 20+ reviews a game if each one is super quick and the result is that the calls are right. I do think having a ball-strike penalty against players most of the time would help dissuade frivolous challenges. Those are big penalties.
  2. Laika
    This is why I like my permutation more. When the call did not already end the PA, a player challenge if unsuccessful should carry the potential to hurt that player only. An extra ball or strike against them if wrong. In my rule the players would also have to make the decision to challenge within like 2 seconds. So no looking into the dugout and waiting. Or I guess if teams can somehow signal in 1 second whether or to challenge, all the power to them.
  3. Laika
    I dunno. The challenge system works fine in tennis. If MLB implements it in a way that is really fast and mostly seamless, this could work.
  4. Laika
    I like this system enough. I think it could work. I am not sure I like the 3 challenge limit and exactly how that works. It would be really frustrating to see a team lose their 3 challenges on close calls and then suffer from a bunch of missed calls later in the game. I think I'd prefer something like: - if the player challenging is wrong they get a ball or strike against them in that plate appearance. - there is a limit of 3 unsuccessful challenges per team, per game, on calls that end plate appearances.
  5. Laika
    I did not mean to imply that Bassitt would be like signing Kikuchi. It would be more like signing Ryu. I still don’t really want to give Chris Bassitt that kind of money Toronto already has a somewhat uncomfortable amount of money invested in pitchers…
  6. Laika
    I don't see much point in chasing Bassitt. Just seems like a landmine. I'd stay very involved in guys like Sean Manaea in case they want to sign a one year pillow contract. Toronto is starting to look like a decent launchpad for SPs who want to position for a big FA contract. Look at Ray, Matz, Stripling. SP free agent pile looks pretty deep this year. Lots of names in the middle who might settle for one year deals. Syndergaard, Stripling, Manaea, Smyly, Quintana, David Price (?), Paxton, Lyles, Kluber, Hill, Heaney, Greinke, Eflin, Gibson, Clevinger, Carrasco (?), Bundy, Boyd, Archer, Anderson Obviously most of those guys get decent deals but guaranteed some of them settle for one year things. Just get whichever one falls. Don't repeat the Kikuchi mistake and get desperate for someone.
  7. Laika
    Right he was good in 2022 but you would be buying SKY HIGH on Mantiply who seems to be a reliever without amazing stuff.
  8. Laika
    Possible that Romano is no better by talent. They were pretty close in 2022. Romano did it against tougher hitters but Abreu had a better FIP and K-BB numbers. Romano has a longer track record. So you'd have a bit more confidence in Romano's projections. Abreu has bigger error bars. One more year of control for Abreu. And cheaper arb projections for Abreu... there are cheap teams that would literally swap Romano for Abreu 1 for 1, I think.
  9. Laika
    It's BR WAR
  10. Laika
    Yeah maybe by some lame, publicly available, outdated, lagging projection system.
  11. Laika
    Whether or not to qualify Stripling is a very hard decision. Don't offer --> he walks, Jays get nothing but lose nothing. It's possible he could still come back on a friendlier deal. Offer --> he walks, Jays get compensation. Or he accepts and most of their budget increase is locked up in Stripling. I think I just don't offer. There is downside to offering.
  12. Laika
    Urquidy has good stuff and is probably underrated by fWAR / FIP.
  13. Laika
    I don't get that trade at all, other than Drey Jameson who looks to have good stuff. Mantiply probably just had a career year and has traditionally not been a big whiff guy. Isn't he a soft tosser? Stone Garrett peaked in the upper minors at 25 and 26 with 112 and 116 wRC+ lines. He looks like a weak side platoon player in an outfield corner.
  14. Laika
    That’s 2 war per baseball season dude
  15. Laika
    Let’s be objective here. I love Jansen but he has literally never been a 4 WAR catcher. I don’t think he’s even been a 3 WAR catcher. He’s played like one in spurts and in between injuries over the last couple of years… but those injuries did happen. He’s a really good catcher but other teams would have injury risk questions and skills reliability questions since he’s a one trick pony on offense
  16. Laika
    For just Abreu? No it’s not quite enough.
  17. Laika
    Go find some Astros fans and see what they think of the trade idea
  18. Laika
    Call me crazy but I’m not even sure the Astros would move Bryan Abreu alone for Jansen. Abreu plus Urquidy would be a strong return.
  19. Laika
    Oh I'm not saying they should necessarily hang onto him. But over the last few seasons Toronto has not done great on these cut/keep decisions in the pen. They let Brian Baker and Jason Adam go. Like if Richards was a fringe RP on some other team he would look like a smart trade target haha
  20. Laika
    If we are trying to remove some names from the pen to make room and get a bit of value... I'd be selling Tim Mayza I think. I know he's the only good lefty but his stuff is not that amazing; he has a bit of a weird profile is a sinker lefty without an overpowering fastball which I am just not that into and do not buy as a long term good BP arm. I'd be okay with flipping Zach Pop if some other team is hot for him. Seems like he is utterly replaceable.
  21. Laika
    lmao Trevor Richards is EXACTLY the type of guy who they would let walk and then he would turn into an Ace reliever somewhere else watch it happen
  22. Laika
    I dunno what they will do with the relievers I just hope I get to see Cimber hop side to side all year long
  23. Laika
    You probably do have some mixed genetics if you go way back. It's funny how people still think of Mediterranean cultures as white or brown when they are basically all the same
  24. Laika
    From what we do know, they were almost certainly one of the most egregious cheaters. That should be enough to tarnish them for a while, fairly. I don't know why you feel the need to whataboutism this. They were stealing signs and banging trash cans in the World Series??? For the record, the Red Sox are also bad. And the Cardinals suck too (remember when they hacked the Astros database, lmao?). And the Braves - international signing cheaters.
  25. Laika
    Sounds like you guys love cheaters. Duly noted.
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