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The problem with looking for closer types is if you sort projects by FIP or ERA, almost every single elite RP is already on a competitive team right now lmao. The exceptions are guys like Bednar who will cost seven arms and your cock, or Iglesias who has a horrible contract. So Toronto might need to be smart and make a sneaky good acquisition. Someone who has mediocre projections but has made an arsenal change this year and is actually elite now...

I mean they would be FINE as like, 4th best RP out of the pen but the thought of spending prospects on them makes me cringe a bit.

Aaron Loup and Joe Kelly - I wonder if Toronto can get them by just eating the full contract.

Robertson and Bard aren't good enough IMO. The type of guys that come in and disappoint, I think.

No. Angels need to eat some money on it.

Toronto will be looking for relievers with projections that are closer or setup man quality. They can probably take money on for a closer type if that trade is out there. They do need some pitching depth too but I guess that is a flexible thing to acquire. Cheap pitching depth, primarily. Maybe they can get some MiLB SPs who don't suck or someone with options. Of course a #5 SP or swingman works too.

The team also does NOT really need any more middle relievers. They need elite shutdown relief arms... one or two of them.

Two starters? They only have room for one unless someone gets hurt or unless you want to demote Stripling or one of the acquisitions to the pen.

Yeah they won't spend resources on Laureano and frankly it's hard to see any trades for position players happening unless a current bat is packing his bags. As much as people hate Zimmer he's the kind of "final piece" that lots of playoff teams add and actually put on a playoff roster... ironically he's more useful in very meaningful games.

I can't imagine the Giants selling. The deadline is in one week.

I don't know exactly but I would presume it has something to do with injury monitoring or prevention

I've talked to people who work for teams and this is true. They all have limited manpower since most of the budget is on the field. The draft and the trade deadline are big, big events. They compete for bandwidth and I bet tons of trade talks just don't even really pick up until the draft is over and most player signings are done.

Raimel Tapia above replacement level above average wRC+ 81st percentile max EV (previous seasons: 37, 36, 26, 50, 42, and 70).

I think it has more to do with the mild shoulder discomfort he felt after his last outing.

It makes me extremely happy to know that you are upset. Thank you. I'll continue to be the best and most popular moderator, living rent free in your head all day every day and ruining your online experience.

There are no deleted posts. Are you high?

He doesn't have to be the most extreme example possible (Gallo) to be an extreme flyball hitter. He is 6th in the NE league out of 72 qualified hitters. In flyball%. His A+ sample in 2021 he ranked 2nd out of 97 hitters with at least 100 PA. He undoubtedly hits an extreme amount of flyballs. Volpe has issues too, they just aren't as bad for him, perhaps, because he doesn't whiff as much. But he does not look like a high AVG hitter in MLB to me without an adjustment.

Well the swing problems are evident from the data. You don't hit an extreme amount of flyballs because you are getting fooled by breaking balls. I am not sure on pitch recognition, you'd have to go to the scouting reports. With a 30% K rate in AA you would assume some level of pitch recognition issues but he's young so it might not be fatal. I keep thinking of Matt Chapman at the plate for Orelvis' positive outcome. Maybe even a more extreme version, more raw power. If he has a gross uppercut swing maybe he's also getting cheesed by high fastballs? So yeah odds are he has two issues. Maybe he gets a mulligan for another year on the contact stuff though and maybe he can level out the swing just a bit.

No you still don't get it We are not comparing specific players My point is that 50%+ FB rates = low BABIP. I am pulling that point from *all of baseball* and applying it to Orelvis. There might be freak of nature exceptions but the trend is very obvious. We don't really care about what Orelvis did back in the low, low minors. That has little meaning anymore. Here is everyone qualified since 2000. Very clear that high FB% = low BABIP. Like, the effect is so strong that with a FB rate of 50%+ you essentially cannot find a hitter with a BABIP that is even above average. With the batted ball approach that Orelvis Martinez has demonstrated ever since A+ it will be very, very hard according to *all of the information in the history of baseball* for him to hit for average. To wit, Steamer now projects him to hit .218 with a .253 BABIP. The problem is made worse by his contact rates which don't look great either. The good news is that with his power and possible defensive utility he only needs to improve this s*** incrementally to be decent. He could hit .240 and be good.

Nobody likes you. I didn't delete anything, lol

My response was not personal man. Your way of looking at it was just not optimal and too apologetic.

@dagagad we made the decision a while ago to outright ban political discussions/posts because over years it became clear that they were unproductive, just lead to animosity and personal feuds between posters, and they distracted from valuable baseball discussion. I am not sure if the board has been BETTER since the rule changes but it certainly is not worse. Although, people are morons and they still find reasons to have little spats. Like as you can see here they will get into little micro political fights about the tilt of moderation or whether or not certain posts require moderation. Absolute bitches.

I am deleting everything that even vaguely references or touches upon this line of discussion shut the f*** up

You started it tonight. You are on ban watch

I f***ing hate all of you losers