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  1. Laika
    Oh, you should look at his career. Increase the sample size, bro.
  2. Laika
    26 man roster in the playoffs so two need to go from the current team. Biggio probably makes it back and bumps someone too. So if nobody else gets hurt three need to go from the current roster. McGuire is obvious. Borucki is obvious. Then I think they'd just lose Lamb for Biggio. Valera has proven himself kind of useful. Not sure if the above would be the typical bat - pitcher ratio though. Someone else can check.
  3. Laika
    We have watched Grichuk disappoint for multiple seasons and then a couple of multi-hit games in a row and all of a sudden everyone wants him playing over a LHB against a power righty lmao.
  4. Laika
    He is a few hundred PA against both LHB and RHB away from his pitcher platoon splits stabilizing but wtf are you even looking at when you say that? ???? LHB .326 wOBA RHB .261 wOBA
  5. Laika
    I find it very unlikely that Dickerson won't be on any playoff roster.
  6. Laika
    "Grichuk has been good lately" ----- guys it was two good games, against Baltimore and the Rays depleted bullpen assortment with a LHP going in bulk. Before that, I guess he ran into a homer against the Yankees. You still put the LHB in against a power RHP like Rasmussen. Grichuk is a part time player now. In a platoon, sort of. This is how it should be managed. On McGuire playing... Kirk has been playing a lot so I sort of get that. I suppose it's just getting Reese into a game against a tough looking RHP. Not sure I agree with that.
  7. Laika
    Next year he starts setting his sights higher than that. The single season record is doable...
  8. Laika
    Two more to tie Eddie Matthews atop that leaderboard. Being HR total for a player 22 or younger. Matthews did it his age 21 season though so Matthews would still have that 21 and younger category to himself. If Vlad can hit 50 he would be tied for #1 in the 23 and younger category as well. Fellow large man Prince Fielder did that. 24 and younger is when it becomes out of reach. 58 by Jimmie Foxx
  9. Laika
    I think he could add velocity too. It's not hard to imagine him getting into elite physical condition and adding one or two ticks to his fastball. He really has a complete bag of pitches: - The wicked slider, which he can throw out of the zone for whiffs or drop into the zone for called strikes - The two seamer with a lot of movement - The four seamer he can throw up in the zone for whiffs. He may even be able to manipulate this a bit and cut it? - A useable changeup I think his imposing presence and affinity for throwing up and in also gets some hitters on their heels.
  10. Laika
    Probably to give Manoah a CG chance.
  11. Laika
    Kinky Dr. Bauer
  12. Laika
    Omg you did?
  13. Laika
    Sweet spot, and great trajectory and backspin
  14. Laika
    Ryan Jeffers seems like a good candidate to homer on the first pitch and make the Yankees cry some more
  15. Laika
    i'll let you leave everything if you give me your spot in R2
  16. Laika
    uh oh, 2 on for Judge twins were asking too much of Duffey there... Colome is a gas can. coming on for the 4 out save.
  17. Laika
    Or maybe he is lol. 8:1 strikeout to walk is nice.
  18. Laika
    peep the Yankees odds on August 27th
  19. Laika
    Sorry that's horrible. I hope you win it all because with moves like this your fantasy days are numbered
  20. Laika
    Did you not watch his last game, against Toronto, when he walked SEVEN guys!? Gil is not an MLB SP right now.
  21. Laika
    It's also not a given that a more selective or patient Bo would be better. If it ain't broke... And more generally - lineup diversity might be a thing. It probably helps to have a guy or two who don't sit and wait, particularly when facing pitchers with great command (you'll just fall behind and/or strikeout looking).
  22. Laika
    It's great. Like all baseball statistics, when you are trying to use them to project performance or peg true talent, you need to be holistic. Things like FIP and xwOBA are good estimators in most instances but in some select examples they miss the mark, for specific reasons. Most people who have an inclination for older school stats are way too quick to declare players to be FIP / xwOBA outliers though. And perhaps nerds who are not well versed in Bayesian thinking are way too quick to dismiss possible FIP /xwOBA outliers.
  23. Laika
    There has been no indication either way but it doesn't really look like it. He seems pretty uncomfortable after many swings. I would imagine that he is in pain and it won't be going away until he stops playing baseball for a bit. He is playing with a partially healed grade 1 knee sprain which is also the type of injury that could get worse. A ligament is stretched / damaged, meaning the knee may not be at 100% structural integrity. Running the bases is already spooky enough.
  24. Laika
    A lot of people are probably still crowd shy, particularly with school having started. There aren't THAT many tickets available though if you look at the map. Many or all will sell during the day I suspect.
  25. Laika
    I love Francisco Lindor (now)
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