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  1. Laika
    Don't need Votto I'm sure Toronto will be talking with CIN about Mahle and Catillo, and OAK about Montas. Are there any other good SP on the block?
  2. Laika
    Not likely At least not for an arm injury https://community.fangraphs.com/insurance-in-baseball-is-like-a-black-hole/
  3. Laika
    Bruh Espinal > Altuve
  4. Laika
    12M AAV is not that much mate Are you seriously worried about Pearson being "blocked"??? Lol. The dude pulls an oblique when he sneezes
  5. Laika
    It's pretty smart!!!!!
  6. Laika
    It can be marginally faster but you need to execute the dive perfectly
  7. Laika
    Yeah so far they have failed to fix Kikuchi I thought scrapping his cutter might do it but it doesn't look like it yet. He really has no idea where has fastball is going.
  8. Laika
    Media
  9. Laika
    Welp
  10. Laika
    I kind of think it has to...
  11. Laika
    The guy's legs collapse on every hard swing and his GB% has been insane lately. Like it or not he does not a ton of time off to maintain playing health.
  12. Laika
    Damn.
  13. Laika
    Oh did you talk to George? You know how he is feeling? You've looked at the advanced data to see how he might be holding up?
  14. Laika
    Yeah I mean this The Cito pull dat ball stuff is mostly a meme. I don't think anyone should take it that far. But to put it more broadly... hitters should at the early stages of their career and perhaps in ruts go through "offensive approach design" phases in the offseasons to figure out the optimal approach FOR THEM based on their power, swing speed, swing mechanics, and talents. This is basically my point. Earlier this year I saw a lot of Blue Jays who were employing what I would call obviously sub-optimal offensive approaches. This is one of the things that ruined Brett Lawrie's career by the way. He became obsessed early on with trying to hit line drives and groundballs up the middle. OOOOF!
  15. Laika
    Moreno is maybe another good example. One to watch over the years. This could be a 10 HR player if he is a spray hitter trying to hit .350 all the time or he could be a 25 HR hitter if he understands the value of pulling it in the air more often
  16. Laika
    Yeah of course But lots of natural talent and bat speed on Toronto There is no doubt in my mind that a few players could for sure pull the ball a bit more if they wanted I mean data says they are already doing this last few weeks
  17. Laika
    f***, if they can't bring in some shutdown relievers.... I bet Tiedemann could slay in the pen right now haha
  18. Laika
    I swear I typed Tiedemann
  19. Laika
    I am not too concerned about SP depth in 2023 onward although I am sure they will look to add an MLB SP or two in the offseason. But in 2023 a lot of the exciting names will not be tooooooo far off to jump up to MLB if there is a need. 2022 is basically one year too early for them. But the following dudes could all be in AA or AAA next year: Palmer Zulueta Murray Kloff Dallas Juenger Robberse Van Eyk (TJS recovery though so won't see him) Santos and Frasso probably A+ I guess
  20. Laika
    Well it's not pull dat ball over all else But if a player keeps hitting opposite field fly balls that are landing in gloves... It's just way easier to turn raw power into home runs when you pull the ball here is non-Blue Jays example of a player who needs to pull the ball more https://www.fangraphs.com/players/andrew-vaughn/26197/stats#batted-ball
  21. Laika
    cram it up yer cramhole connnor
  22. Laika
    These are pulled from Eno's spreadsheet he keeps running for stuff+ You can find a link if you just google eno sarris stuff+ it will be buried in all of his articles
  23. Laika
    Zero interest in Quintana. I'm surprised he's still in MLB but his numbers are a bit better than I expected, he must have figured something out to stay alive. But I can't see how he would really help a playoff team like Toronto unless they lose multiple SPs to injury and they just need a live arm to eat innings...
  24. Laika
    Play him more!
  25. Laika
    immediately it is already projected
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