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  1. Laika
    Yeah but EVEN IF there were MiLB stats and he played a lot and hit well, it becomes less relevant over time as he shows he can't translate that to the majors and he is older vs. the average age of AAA. But the most compelling anti-Collins argument is the basic observation that he had a 90 wRC+ in 2021 and was a dumpster fire in terms of WAR and he projects for the same offensive production. So you can't really expect more offense. You can hope for it but you can't expect it. The most you can reasonably expect is noise in the previous defensive numbers. You pray to the god of stats that he can actually defend and then you pray to Jesus Christ that he learns how to make more contact (or just hit more homers, like Mike Zunino). Or you just pray to Shatkins that he is not long for the roster.
  2. Laika
    I think there is a chance that Katoh is actually just a productive major league bench player. Little bit of power, speed, and defensive utility. Minor league numbers are interesting enough last two seasons. I see the light.
  3. Laika
    the projection system was named after him, literally him
  4. Laika
    anyone can be a CF if you just put them in CF
  5. Laika
    he was here all along, right in front of our faces the lefty IF/OF we needed for the bench lmao
  6. Laika
    1. invalid, too long ago 2. sure 3. less valid - those become irrelevant over time 4. too passive 5. any reference to Pat Tabler = downgrade
  7. Laika
    #TeamLukes
  8. Laika
    I dunno man, 3 man bench with expanded April rosters just seems weird.
  9. Laika
    he's fine?
  10. Laika
    The future of CF is George Springer
  11. Laika
    It's a tough archetype to find especially right now. In house, Biggio could do that role... if say Jose Ramirez took his job
  12. Laika
    left handed hitting IF/CF
  13. Laika
    Most minor league deals for veterans have these opt outs "if not on 40 man roster on april 4 player can terminate contract" Jays were probably 99% sure he would opt out when they decided not to add him I guess you can think of it like a joint decision because sometimes the veterans DON'T opt out and they actually report to AAA
  14. Laika
    I guess he was just here as an insurance policy in case people got hurt sucks to be Greg
  15. Laika
    lol okay
  16. Laika
    But he looks like a horrible tweener - not enough D to actually catch and not enough stick to actually play DH/1B. ZACK COLLINS IS A CLASSIC TWEENER
  17. Laika
    I am surprised, not gonna lie
  18. Laika
    Teams get incentive draft picks if they roster a rookie all year and that guy finishes high in MVP voting or first or second in ROY voting or makes the first or second all star team. That's what I saw on twitter at least!
  19. Laika
    I think Collins is like a first percentile pitch framer, about as bad as it gets. The projection systems are still buoyed a bit by his prior MiLB indicators but this is a guy who has failed spectacularly to acclimatize to MLB pitching and then demonstrated those flaws even in AAA in 2021. As usual, the challenge with projection systems is figuring out when exactly it's appropriate to inject your human brainpower. He is projected for a wRC+ between like 80 and 97 depending on the system. In 2021 he had a 90 wRC+ and was worth -0.7 fWAR. I just can't appreciate him as anything more than an emergency catching option who is perhaps good enough to: - literally catch most pitches thrown by an MLB pitcher - run into the odd home run
  20. Laika
    A good sign for the MLB roster construction but don't expect Collins to ever help the MLB team.
  21. Laika
    I don't remember much about Hendriks back then but the pieces I do recall portray him as a very very average reliever, someone utterly replaceable. Good but not amazing velo.... and his 3 years following the trade kind of support that. If you look at ERA, haha.
  22. Laika
    stott for sure moniak is nothing but honestly, neither guarantee you can find better players
  23. Laika
    Lamet might close some massive injury or performance risks on their depth chart
  24. Laika
    oof thats nothing?
  25. Laika
    it's fine here it's the bridge to off topic fantasy
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