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  1. Laika
    Bo is hitting like a league average player, not a replacement level scrub. His extrapolation is about 2.4 fWAR at this point and his updated projection would be in the 2.7 to 3.3 fWAR range Tough stretch with the stick lately though...
  2. Laika
    no.
  3. Laika
    Honestly very few teams do this anymore. It's all about development and it's seldom arbitrary.
  4. Laika
    oh lmao yeah I doubt it he'll be like 15th on their depth chart in 2023
  5. Laika
    Manoah also threw 108.1 winnings at West Virginia in his draft year + 17 in the minors, that's a big deal on his track record I could see Tiedemann up in 2023 but not in a full time capacity. Like maybe: A) in a bullpen role in MLB after he spends most of the year as a starter in the minors or maybe they take it way easy on him through the middle of the season in the minors and then try him out in the MLB rotation later in 2023 But I do think the team will be conscious of his workload in 2023. Would not expect a jump to 150 innings or anything like that!
  6. Laika
    JBJ is cooked. 46th percentile sprint speed he's a below average runner now!!!
  7. Laika
    Not really a good measure. Playoff teams tend to add good RP at the deadline so full season SWSTR is not necessarily bullpen SWSTR during the playoffs. But this is more or less to be expected. The bullpen is less important than the starters of course and this is just one specific aspect of the pen; I would not expect to see a strong result in small/random samples like the playoffs. I would imagine you'd still see a positive correlation if you looked at bullpen SWSTR vs winning and of course you would see one if you looked at bullpen SWSTR vs bullpen results (ERA). This also really muddles the water because playoff bullpens are not regular season pens. Most teams in the playoffs have a functional pen of like 3-4 best RP and their SPs who are shifted into the pen; all other relievers tend to only get used in mop up roles. Like a guy can be a borderline setup RP all season and not have that role in the playoffs.
  8. Laika
    Yeah the Twinkies paid a lot for their acquisitions
  9. Laika
    Yeah unless you get an organization competency mismatch or something other tilting factor. I do love it when Toronto trades with competent orgs.
  10. Laika
    This is something easily testable Probably available in public research age vs level important for hitters vs pitchers
  11. Laika
    It's interesting to see our biases as a collective of fans be discovered in real time Like we all loved Frasso and still liked Groshans And then he is traded and it's like a Scooby Doo moment. The bed sheet comes off. We finally see them without makeup. Huh.
  12. Laika
    age vs. level is extremely important
  13. Laika
    who would have thunk
  14. Laika
    he thinks country folk are insane
  15. Laika
    yeah f***ing geezers
  16. Laika
    Espinal and Jansen pitches were both in the lower third of the zone.
  17. Laika
    I mean they are Ryan Thompson sinkers. That's the design.
  18. Laika
    Yeah they probably did not think there is in fact a big gap between Castillo and some of the other options Which, you know, fine. Castillo was a worthless org guy until like three weeks ago because of some good MLB results. Very possible he sucks.
  19. Laika
    Very possible to get more out of a bullpen game than a crummy SP5 I dunno, Tiedemann might be a phenom. I've never watched him aside from youtube clips.
  20. Laika
    Or they have other creative solutions for those spots.... Like a bullpen game (somehow, I dunno) Or just calling up Tiedemann or someone like that for a shocking start.
  21. Laika
    Now the trick here is to NOT ask Thornton for another inning. Just use your good RPs and deplete the pen. Gotta do it.
  22. Laika
    Smart to yank Kikuchi early. I like it when my team makes smart decisions and it works out. Imagine being a f***ing moron who wants to push Yusei Kikuchi towards 100 pitches, ever.
  23. Laika
    in play out(s)
  24. Laika
    Could be anybody Hard to see them going back to Hatch
  25. Laika
    Check out Gerrit Cole's first inning
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