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  1. Laika
    good comp really
  2. Laika
    why do you live in Canada if you hate it? leave
  3. Laika
    He kind of looks fat now. His swing is so long too.
  4. Laika
    Votto got his american citizenship this offseason. He's abandoning us.
  5. Laika
    You protest it just for the headline. You'd know nothing would change.
  6. Laika
    Rocket Raimel Tapia, he of the .699 OPS last year and .548 year to date, has batted: 1st three times 4th once 5th three times 6th four times I guess him being 6th is excusable if other people are hurt or getting days off but wooooooooooooof to him hitting anywhere in the top 5. What the f*** is going on? For reference here are the Blue Jays in order of wOBA as projected by The Bat X: Vlad Springer Teo Bo Kirk Chapman Jansen Gurriel Biggio Collins Zimmer Groshans Otto Lopez Espinal ROCKET RAIMEL TAPIA Mallex Smith Logan Warmoth Yes, he has a lower projected wOBA than Bradley Zimmer. Even if you change to Steamer which likes Tapia more than the other systems, nothing really changes. He jumps like, Otto Lopez and Zimmer. He is out-projected by Tanner Morris, Samad Taylor.
  7. Laika
    Those two blown calls made me just turn off the game. Chuckles should have protested the game at that point. I don't even know if that makes sense but I remember Gibbons doing it once.
  8. Laika
    Want OF, ideally CF Offering Kyle Hendricks. Possibly a diff SP. Could also add Brandon Belt and maybe a throw in MIF like Colorado Rockie Jose Iglesias I could also trade Tim Anderson thanks to the emergence of Jeremy Pena as a superstar who is objectively better than Cody Bellinger
  9. Laika
    Joey Votto -1.1 WAR. Sewering his hall of fame candidacy with one horrible year
  10. Laika
    93 mph sinkers from Thor Ugh
  11. Laika
    Syndergaard is so normal now. His fastball is like 2mph faster than his f***ing slider was five years ago.
  12. Laika
    I'm not a lawyer anymore I work at a car wash now
  13. Laika
    are you actually special?
  14. Laika
    I have more brain cells in my kleenex than you have under your shiny dome
  15. Laika
    If we could give one hour bans I would definitely give you one for this post
  16. Laika
    Cody Bellinger is now projected for a below average wRC+ by The Bat X. He is 1 for his last 24. He has a 33.3% k rate on the season.
  17. Laika
    Ouch. Ouch ouch ouch. My Orelvis
  18. Laika
    I dunno guys, maybe wait more than one month to judge the Grichuk Tapia deal. lol
  19. Laika
    Grichuk has a 420 babip and the lowest barrel rate of his career
  20. Laika
    dang
  21. Laika
    On any given pitch command is more important than stuff. I love it when these old veterans find a way to get by on pure command for a few seasons. All they have to do is basically never miss their spots in the zone, haha.
  22. Laika
    Here's a fun comp ----- Brandon Crawford.
  23. Laika
    Batted ball data becomes 50% stable at 50 batted ball events. Right now, for players with 50+ BBE, Espinal ranks: 50 out of 148 in barrel% 115 out of 148 in max EV So he still looks like someone with below average raw power. I do agree he is not likely to be a 20 HR hitter now. Just not enough raw juice there. His added pop is more like, he could tickle 15 homers, I guess? If he hits 20 it's a career year. Jeff McNeil hitting 23 type of thing.
  24. Laika
    That's not exactly my point.
  25. Laika
    I think Espinal got incredibly lucky on batted balls last year and was smart enough to realize his approach was non sustainable. How many times did he bloop balls that landed between the infielder and outfielder? Many to my recollection. With his new approach, he may not end up being better in 2022 than he was in 2021 (he may even end up a bit worse) but I would have a lot more confidence in his ability to sustain above average or average-ish offensive performance. I even joked at times last year that maybe Espinal had a skill/niche for hitting the ball SO SOFTLY that he could maintain a good batting average. Like maybe there is a skill to bloop hits, if your average exit velo is like 84mph and you make a decent amount of okay contact.
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