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  1. Laika
    It's about the effort per pitch, not raw velocity Marco Estrada throwing 91 = as much strain on his arm as Alek Manoah throwing 97 In past decades really good pitchers like Roy Halladay could essentially cruise through a game at 85% intensity There are not many guys who can do that anymore simply because the game is more competitive... the vast majority of pitchers have to throw 100% intensity every pitch (hence they can't even cut it as full time MLB starters and they are only qualified to be relievers or openers). Even the starters who can cut it without going all out max effort every pitch probably have to throw at a wayyyy higher average intensity than the guys in past decades. The guys who used to throw 300+ innings were probably throwing each pitch at like 70% physical intensity...
  2. Laika
    why would you assume they didn't? every GM in baseball probably wakes up to a nice text message and smiley emoji from Ross
  3. Laika
    I think they would have dealt him, just a slightly different deal. Maybe Grichuk + a few million for the prospect.
  4. Laika
    Bumgarner we can fix her
  5. Laika
    They have fancy high tech sleeves that measure arm stress and various other sophisticated measurements for pitching fatigue / stress. The Dodgers didn't yank Kershaw because of a gut feeling that it was a bad idea for him to keep pitching. He probably had an evidence based pitch limit going into that start.
  6. Laika
    Brett Gardner literally turned down $6M from Toronto. He preferred to not play baseball.
  7. Laika
    A screwball basically is (or can be) a changeup variant The difference being the pitcher has a slightly different grip or slightly different arm action to emphasize armside movement Check Honeywell's grip
  8. Laika
    Why are you so dumb
  9. Laika
    Mayza is possibly better than Romano. They should be the 1A and 1B, no questions.... Sigh
  10. Laika
    Remember turning down Jeremy Pena for Bellinger? Is there a fantasy league where you have every finished above me?
  11. Laika
    lmao I pulled up Casas' page expecting to see .330/.450/.600 dude is hitting .248 is he a shortstop?
  12. Laika
    I wonder if he declined. Worst average EV, max EV, and ISO of his career. In Coors!
  13. Laika
    I have been provided with the correspondence record and had a phone call with Ross Atkins to advise and I can confirm that Spanky has NOT been offered fair value for Jose Altuve.
  14. Laika
    no?
  15. Laika
    It's actually not awful command. It's a very specific command problem where his strikes are not good enough. I mean his BB/9 this year is 1.47. Otherwise I do agree with you his injuries really hurt him in terms of developing the finer points of his craft...
  16. Laika
    signal vs noise smart teams buy Merryweathers. They don't cut them.
  17. Laika
    Tapia now ahead in wRC+ (by one point!) and fWAR by a pube. Balance has been restored
  18. Laika
    Altuve took like 4 seasons but he was a 30-50 SB guy so he was a fantasy stud before he figured out how to cheat and hit homers Lux is not a good defender. Like, Bogaerts was a 4 WAR shortstop IRL before he also became a fantasy star. I think Lux is fine as an above average MLB player, super utility piece but his fancy stats don't hint at a power breakout 109.8 is his max EV in his career. Just 108 mph in 2022. Bogaerts in 2015 (age 23 season) had only 7 homers but a 111.8 max EV. And his max EV on his career is like 113.9. Wayyyyy higher than Lux.
  19. Laika
    Well with what you are saying, depending on the specific prospects, it could be either a great trade or a s*** trade. So I don't know!
  20. Laika
    what does this even mean? unless you are in a 30 team OBP league there is not much there to get excited about. there is almost no power. he looks like a 10/10 player who doesn't even necessarily play every day in LA...
  21. Laika
    Just DM me offer I will tell you what to do
  22. Laika
    Why would anyone want Gavin Lux? I mean if it costs be a waiver claim sure
  23. Laika
    Yeah if you are competing and need a 2B and these are backend top 100 types then I probably pull the trigger
  24. Laika
    Not all top 100 prospects are the same...
  25. Laika
    Stripling is interesting. His stuff is grading as worse but his command is up by a more significant amount, making his Pitching+ grade out as exactly average. 89.5 106.2 100 One tick better than Kooch who has way better stuff of course 107.1 96.8 99 If you are wondering... differences in COMMAND+ have a bigger effect on PITCHING+ (the total measure). But STUFF+ is a much stickier number for pitchers. Command can come and go for various reasons. It's not as sticky.
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