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  1. Laika
    Romano now has a better ERA and FIP than 2021 rumours of his demise (from me probably lol) were greatly exaggerated
  2. Laika
    yeah he is locking in at the right time
  3. Laika
    Honestly just never that good. He had a hot start for sure but he's a guy who hit .240/.306/.448 in AA the year before his good 1/3 of an MLB season
  4. Laika
    Man that game should have been 10-0 This team is so weird
  5. Laika
    Yeah Bart might be fine long term Looks like he is slightly better than I thought. Last I checked he was replacement level
  6. Laika
    sure but there are lots of top prospects who don't produce Bart, Adell, Kelenic, Whitley, McKay, Pache, Kieboom..... these are just a few examples of highly ranked players from Pearson's "class" who have been mostly useless.
  7. Laika
    4 innings of a +7 run CF combined with 5 innings of a -5 run CF is 7*(4/9) - 5*(5/9) = 3.1111111 - 2.7777777 = a +0.33 run CF so league average D on the whole
  8. Laika
    I think they can and should do this. Merrifield is a WEIRD hitter having a bad year but I don't think he's useless at the dish like JBJ and Zimmer. I think you still use him with confidence against lefties especially with all the other options being who they are. So you, Zimmer starts the game and plays a couple defensive innings then gets pinch hit for my the "starter" with the platoon advantage who probably gets 3 PA. Then that guy is either pinch hit for later when platoon advantage switches, and/or replaced defensively by JBJ.
  9. Laika
    done
  10. Laika
    I did not know that JBJ could pinch run twice in a game and cover two outfield positions Good to know though
  11. Laika
    No, I never said that. But you said they literally make the team worse. That's dumb. I would have just called up Moreno and Pop probably. Or some other arm like Juenger or even Trent Thornton if Pop can't be called up yet. At least Thornton can have some use as a middle reliever.
  12. Laika
    And their payroll is not even top 5. I think it's like 8th or 9th this year and might only creep up a bit next year.
  13. Laika
    The Braves are insane now. Fried-Wright-Strider-Morton-Odorizzi Anderson-Soroka-Muller-Shuster in the minors Acuna Swanson Riley Albies Olson Harris II Grissom d'Arnaud / Contreras Only apparent short term thin spot is the outfield corners in 2022. Rosario and Grossman blow; Acuna has not been handling a corner every day. I think their only core players reaching FA this offseason are Swanson, Morton, Kenley Jansen
  14. Laika
    Strider definitely
  15. Laika
    You really think they are going to use Lawrence out of the pen in a close game? He's probably mop up duty or emergency use only. Might never even see him pitch. If they want to start Zimmer over Bradley Jr. that's not a downgrade anyway, just a lateral move s*** to s***.
  16. Laika
    lol okay man
  17. Laika
    After the first two teams it's pretty even honestly. But White Sox have some major flaws/holes.
  18. Laika
    2023 AL Power Rankings Houston New York Tampa Bay Toronto Seattle Cleveland Baltimore Boston Minnesota Chicago I still think a team like Seattle probably edges Baltimore or Toronto or Tampa in 2023 for the final WC. Whichever of those three suffers too many injuries or s***** performances.
  19. Laika
    that could happen this year too
  20. Laika
    Every AL East team will be over .500 It is going to be nuts.
  21. Laika
    sounds good to me
  22. Laika
    The Orioles are the best franchise in baseball now
  23. Laika
    I don't think it has anything to do with short or long sightedness. There have been many long term contracts in MLB history that the team would have been smart to wiggle out of after year 1 if given the chance.
  24. Laika
    Yeah it all depends on internal projections. Kikuchi as a replacement level projection is worth negative 20M Stroman is owed $50M so I guess even if you project him to be worth $30M over two years (3-4 WAR total), him and Kooch are a wash; equal value. Actually looking at the salaries now I just can't see it happening. I forgot Kikuchi was front loaded. I guess you can still argue for it though if you: - assume Kikuchi is dead and replacement level or worse - think adding $15M AAV in payroll is worth going from Kikuchi to Stroman But nah never happening haha. I think if the Jays are spending an extra $15M they are targeting a one year free agent or maybe an RP + SP5 in free agency.
  25. Laika
    I think if they could give Berrios away to wiggle out of the contract they would absolutely do it. When you sign a 3-4 WAR pitcher and he is replacement level in year 1 of a seven year contract you start to s*** bricks.
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