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  1. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    Doubt
  2. Laika
    The return in his third deal (Kirk and SWR) would actually be fair for the whole crop (Gallo + Gibson + Kennedy) but it's still probably not the type of deal Toronto should be doing at the start of their competitive window.
  3. Laika
    Bo is good enough. None of the other guys are going to better than Bo defensively. There are some younger shortstops who might have plus gloves: Leo Jimenez, Rikelvin De Castro, Estiven Machado. But they are not going to be here any time soon. Maybe when Bo is getting expensive.
  4. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    I've read that before. You can probably just sort by team Corsi and get a rough idea. Also you can just scope staff directories for windows into the front office. Carolina has these: Senior Developer, Hockey Operations Kevin Kan Data Engineer Matt Walter Data Scientist Margaret Cunniff A team like the Ducks has literally no positions on their staff directory that seem advanced.
  5. Laika

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    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    Legit have never heard of like eight players they picked. Wow.
  6. Laika
    What is this even supposed to mean? Sounds like meaningless doublespeak. If you propose a trade and the other person wants to do it but you refuse to adjust your roster to accomodate, that's a pure welch. A true welch. A welcher's welch.
  7. Laika
    Welchers are worse than anti vaxxers, Jim. Absolutely no character.
  8. Laika
    Well I am definitely not worried that they might be thinking of mortgaging the future.
  9. Laika
    Boston had an above average offense last year. There were like two players who had down seasons. JDM sucked and Devers wasn't amazing.
  10. Laika
    Red Sox might just be better? Offenses are similar. Jays might be better on balance because of the huge gap between talent at first base, second base, and centre, but Red Sox probably have the better player at like 6 positions and they have the better two way position players. Better pen.
  11. Laika
    And division leader's worst pitcher
  12. Laika
    And it's just demonstrably false if you look at their drafts. They have selected their fair share of high school players with high picks. Pitchers and hitters.
  13. Laika
    This is a Steve Simmons article in the Sun, designed to take an unsupported cheap shot at the current regime. There is nothing of substance in the article. He probably talked to one jaded scout fired by Toronto a couple of years prior. The way drafts work is that every pick will have an advocacy group within the org. The pick may be hotly debated. Bottom line is that the Blue Jays picked Bichette. Objectively, picking him over Woodman would have been a mistake because they got Bichette lower.
  14. Laika
    He's been a cross checker since he left Toronto. Pretty big step down the ladder. That's like going from managing a restaurant to bussing tables. The Bichette and Biggio draft was a positive conclusion to a pretty bad overall draft record.
  15. Laika
    That amount for Tiedemann is such a small and specific number under slot. It makes you think they already have it all mapped out.
  16. Laika
    Not quite. Zeuch was 2016. AA left before 2016. But Brian Parker was scouting director in 2016 for the Zeuch pick. Parker was fired two months after that draft. Shapiro and Atkins basically let the old scouting group complete the 2016 draft and then purged the department. And thank f***ing god they did.
  17. Laika
    Just noticed that Daniel Hudson is having an elite season. Kind of funny how he got lucky and faked being a closer for a while and was actually just an average to replacement level reliever... And now at 34 he's for real.
  18. Laika
    Thing about changeups is it's all about consistency. Lots of guys can flash an okay changeup but if it sucks even 20% of the time it's useless. If Zeuch had a good offspeed pitch with any consistency he'd have a better minor league k rate, basically.
  19. Laika
    *AAA innings, sorry
  20. Laika
    Zeuch never showed good secondary stuff so I don't think he has the bag to be a good reliever. He is suited for one thing and that is chewing up innings with groundballs
  21. Laika
    I have many viable SP. Could do a two for one trade with two of: Kyle Hendricks Trevor Megill Zach Thompson Drew Smyly Kwang Hyun Kim Jameson Taillon The P I get has to be clearly the best in the deal. Open to other ideas. Could also move Dylan Moore for a pick.
  22. Laika
    Well you might be Muslim but Connor is a Muslim Douche. Different sect
  23. Laika
    Yeah I don't see Toronto being able to reasonably acquire a SP who will be a big enough upgrade. Bullpen heroes are needed but that's about it.
  24. Laika
    Stripling's comments are fine. People complain about athletes being boring or only giving stock answers and then other people complain when they are candid and actually say something human. All he said is that his family made a personal decision for them to go back to Texas and in hindsight that fact that he probably won't see his five month old son for two while months is weighing on him. He's a real person. It's good. You'll note that he also said the Blue Jays have been very accommodating and having his family come to Toronto probably was an option.
  25. Laika
    TL updates the OP
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