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  1. Laika
    Ken Giles is back from the IL? wtf
  2. Laika
    I will give myself a strike
  3. Laika
    Alejandro Kirk Isn't Your Average Catcher “What if Freddie Freeman was 5-foot-8 and knew how to operate a PitchCom device?” https://blogs.fangraphs.com/alejandro-kirk-isnt-your-average-catcher/ someone tell Fangraphs that Kirk is definitely like 5'6"
  4. Laika
    who gave birth to this dunce
  5. Laika
    lmao periphery
  6. Laika
    That's not the point. I mean it's true but the point is just to analyze why the attempted change (cutter removal) is not really working so far. Old Kikuchi - 80% of pitches were cutters or 4-seamers. I think he could throw the cutter for strikes more reliably but it would get hammered. New Kikuchi - 60% of pitches 4 seamers. No cutters. Walks and falling behind hitters are now a bigger problem than ever though.
  7. Laika
    I really think they want him to be a poor man's version of Robbie Ray with 60+ percent fastballs while saving the decent offspeed pitches to surprise hitters The problem is that Ray could throw his FB in the zone almost at will. He has good enough command to do that evidently. Kikuchi has starts where his command radius on the FB is like 2 feet; sometimes he has no clue where it is going. Then he is absolutely f***ed.
  8. Laika
    So they took away the cutter earlier this year. He was then good for 5 starts. But he has returned to s***. Still not throwing the cutter. All I can see is - he was throwing may more fastballs on his good stretch than during his recent run of s***.
  9. Laika
    Kikuchi's statcast snapshot is the grossest, saddest thing I have seen in a while. Above average FB velo, spin rate, and whiff/K rate Everything else extremely below average. Like, 5th percentile or worse. Everything hitters touch is a rocket. It looks exactly like 2021 EXCEPT his chase rate has plummeted from 60th percentile (good) to 12th (horrendous). Hitters are spitting on his chase pitches at will.
  10. Laika
    Yeah the word of the day is tithead Here I will use it in a sentence. "connorp is a tithead"
  11. Laika
    May 4th to May 28th Kikuchi had 5 starts 2.36 ERA 2.64 FIP 5.1 IP per start Only 1 HR He was bad before this for his first four starts (failed to pitch 4 innings three of the times) and bad in the four starts since. I wonder if this was just random or if something did click but then he lost it.
  12. Laika
    Uh huh The Jays have three SP1 or SP2s. Good pitching fan always shut down good hitting, when the arm is locked in
  13. Laika
    Ahhhh but they can Lmao Toronto is throwing out Strip and Kooch this series. It is not representative at all of what they would do in the playoffs.
  14. Laika
    So to defend Charlie... Toronto is a different team than New York. Different personnel. Toronto guys may have already been struggling this year with putting too much pressure on themselves. Maybe his approach to things is good for his team right now Give him the benefit of the bongos
  15. Laika
    I read this and my pee pee shrank
  16. Laika
    Yeah salad is for losers. You get fatter eating salad because the dressing is probably s*** then you aren't satisfied so you snack like crazy. Kirk just needs more steak
  17. Laika
    I'm not sure Gurriel has much value.
  18. Laika
    I meaaaannnnn Moreno is amazing and Jansen's value is peaking offensively and the team could really use pitching sooooo
  19. Laika
    Pathetic talent gap on display Montgomery is their #5 basically and he is so legit Toronto's middle relievers are useless against good hitters
  20. Laika
    gotchu fam
  21. Laika
    discuss the game in this game day thread
  22. Laika
    Monday
  23. Laika
    Ottttttooooooooooo Loooooooopezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz the next Santiago Espinal
  24. Laika
    connor, you are just not mentally equipped to have discussions about stuff like this IT'S OKAY THOUGH WE ALL HAVE THINGS WE ARE GOOD AT ALLAH LOVES YOU NO MATTER WHAT
  25. Laika
    You could just listen to people talk about the sport. It's all pretty obvious if you have any brain cells. Have fun in Morocco.
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