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  1. Laika
    lol sick lineup for a rare TV game
  2. Laika
    No, Groshans. Just a stray thought I didn't post while Groshans was up
  3. Laika
    Groshans has looked pretty immature at the plate all spring. Guess hitter so far.
  4. Laika
    Hard to judge much from that outing but that's definitely a fastball with run and sink. Ten years ago that would be a good thing but not sure these days. 93-94.8 is good. Could see him sitting like 95 later this year maybe.
  5. Laika
    Age alone doesn't portend to Velo increase though. He looks pretty built already
  6. Laika
    Okay, so maybe he could be an SP3. Looks to be a strike throwing machine with a full bag of pitches. Plus command elevates the bag of mostly average stuff. But the change and curve both have some nice characteristics visually at least. If he can add some Velo somehow, look out.
  7. Laika
    Gameday is mislabeling SWR pitches by the way. Some of these curve labels are actually changeups. There was a cutter labelled as a slider. The change looks good The slider is getting called a curve too. So it's all over the place
  8. Laika
    SWR is going to have to get by on plus pitchability or some kind of weaponized off speed stuff because his fastball is very average. I don't see him as a high upside arm, perhaps more of a potential 4th or 5th SP like Kay and Hatch.
  9. Laika
    Amazing showing for Manoah. Plus fastball that he can pour into the zone or throw up for whiffs. Might play up above velocity due to extension or deception? Possibly double-plus slider. A dominant pitch. He threw changeups (4), curveballs (3), and two seamers (9) today too. None of them impressed much. He had trouble commanding all three. The changeup did get a strikeout whiff and flashed potential there. I think he got two groundouts on the two seamer which I guess showed some utility. Tendency to hang the change, hang the curve, and spike the two seamer in the dirt. The thing is the FB and SL combo is so good that he doesn't need a third plus pitch; he just needs enough diversity to help the FB+SL play up. He might throw 50% FB, 35% SL, and sprinkle in the rest.
  10. Laika
    He has shown the curve, change, and two seamer. Got a K on the change
  11. Laika
    Holy s***. Manoah showing more than just the fastball slider today... Although I'm not sure he needs much more.
  12. Laika
    Wow Manoah
  13. Laika
    should be here: http://bilasport.net/game/toronto-blue-jays-vs-new-york-yankees-1.html
  14. Laika
    I don't think today's game is on TV but I believe there is a NYY audio feed. Might be a good one to follow. I suppose the static video feed will be up though? I might try to get the NYY audio to line up with that video. Manoah vs. Deivi Garcia Then SWR, CJ Van Eyk, and Adam Kloffenstein all slated to throw per twitter people.
  15. Laika
    I wouldn't read too much into it. Davis will be in CF if he ever starts, so that's all this is.
  16. Laika
    Kirk is just such a rock solid hitter.
  17. Laika
    Jansen 9th for me. Would hate to ever watch Jansen be the last out of a close game while a superior hitter is on deck because of overly cute lineup construction
  18. Laika
    I don't think it really matters. The only possible weak link in the lineup looks like Danny Jansen. They could randomize the batting order every day and it wouldn't make much difference
  19. Laika
    Moreno had a good at bat there, looked dangerous
  20. Laika
    By many historic measures Roy Halladay was not a slam dunk candidate but he got in pretty easily. Sure he went and died and that helped... I wonder if the voters would have made a living Roy Halladay wait multiple ballots.
  21. Laika
    I don't think this matters much. We are only just now dealing with starters from the era where many aren't going to put up high win totals. In 10 - 20 years there will be a lot of viable candidates who don't have 200+ wins.
  22. Laika
    whyyyyyy is Vlad such an aggressive baserunner dude wears a f***ing sliding glove like he is Rajai Davis
  23. Laika
    I'd just hate for there to be three different platforms for the fantasy league. You would have Fantrax, BJMB, and the third thing. It looks like in the Fantrax chat function you can "pop out" the chat and then click on people to send private/direct messages. Hmmmm maybe people should start using that? No notifications however you could always just say "let's take this to the chat" in your offer/email.
  24. Laika
    darts?
  25. Laika
    If they send Kirk down I doubt it would have much to do with service time; it would probably have everything to do with not wanting to lose Reese McGuire right now. Kirk already has 47 days of service time from 2020 so they'd have to keep him down for a long time to get an "extra year" of control. I can't see this regime making their MLB team worse for two whole months in a compete year in order to milk an extra four months or so of control out of a 5'8", 260 pound catcher. Alejandro Kirk's athletic peak was probably when he was 14 years old anyway... If they do send him down and keep him down it is probably because a) they don't want to lose McGuire right away and everyone stays healthy and performs for the first couple of months so Kirk is just not needed
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