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  1. Laika
    that's why it was so nice to see Boston take 3 of 4 Comparatively, the Jays have such a harder slate than NYY or BOS. This MIN series is probably the easiest but they start it off against Joe Ryan. Every other series is a playoff team or hopeful, or Baltimore / Tampa which won't be easy games. CIN and KCR will not be easy series. The Yankees still get CHW TWICE!!!! and MIN and WSH Red Sox still get PIT, CLE, ARI, and Oakland TWICE!!!
  2. Laika
    Nice to be back home. 18 home games left, only 13 road games. Jays have had some sloppy or bad road series in the last few weeks and it's amazing they are still out in front by this much. sloppy Miami series, lucky to win 2 lost 2 of 3 in Pitt got lucky to win 1 in LA dummied at BAL 2 game sweep to Oakland limp final game loss to CHW Really just the two solid road series since the start of July - Colorado and Detroit.
  3. Laika
    What is the historic reason that New York, Chicago, LA, and SF/Oakland had one AL team and one NL team? I am having trouble finding a thorough explanation and solid justification for why it was seen as so important, and why it remains important to split them up. I do understand that at some point it probably seemed to make sense, because you could attract a different market of fans and visiting fans and kind of build your own brand without directly competing with a team a few miles away. But does all of that matter now? Wouldn't it be awesome to have these regular season cross-town rivalries? Why does that have to wait for the odd interleague matchup or the tiny chance at meeting in a world series? Or are the White Sox, Mets, and Angels owners too chicken s***?
  4. Laika
    The AL Central is funky there Everything else seems fine
  5. Laika
    Yes, good pitchers sometimes throw bad pitches or miss their spot What is your point? Are you panicking over a few earned runs and already demoting Varland in your bullpen hierarchy? If so, silly and too reactionary. Which is basically my point
  6. Laika
    Yes that happens when you throw good pitches and they get hit hard
  7. Laika
    Louis Varland has a 3.02 xFIP as a Jay, he's fine. Most of it has been random variation or bad luck.
  8. Laika
    Bo is kind of having a Derek Jeter season Ostensibly he has been a solid defender. If range statistics didn't exist impressions of him would be so much better. Like today, two heady plays.
  9. Laika
    Actually, Bo for like 6/$140M to the Rockies as their 2B might be his floor. That would make sense for them for baseball and marketing reasons. So, something like that might be what Toronto is told to match
  10. Laika
    Wow! Playoff difference maker right there.
  11. Laika
    Yes
  12. Laika
    check out what this article on FG from this year says about changeup IVB not sure if he's just wrong if they display it differently https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-more-it-stays-the-same-the-less-it-changeups/ "Changeups, like most other pitches, are designed to sink, so a positive IVB number means more relative drop. That -7.6 inches is relative to induced break for your average right-handed..."
  13. Laika
    caveat being not everywhere uses IVB and IVB means different things in some places! I know on some sources they actually flip it around for changeups, so positive IVB means more drop.
  14. Laika
    Unfortunately there is no standard for pitch movement stuff. You kind of need to learn what each source means with their references.
  15. Laika
    Basallo seems more like a catch 2 days a week, then DH/1B the rest kind of player Doubt the Os think his extension pushes Adley out at all
  16. Laika
    Adley Rutschman is a .320/.392/.590 hitter as far as the Toronto Blue Jays are concerned
  17. Laika
    Ugh.
  18. Laika
    Fangraphs predicts they are going TOR Ryan Gusto (R) TOR Janson Junk (R) TOR Eury Pérez (R)
  19. Laika
    I feel like Yesavage is going to end up like the Kodai Senga experience A lot of "effectively wild" and perhaps a K-BB rate that isn't traditionally amazing, or that does not translate traditionally from MiLB to MLB Senga's basket of pitches is similar in that it's all arm side run. At least, all of his good pitches that he uses a lot are arm side run. His cutter is like a bullet cutter with a tiny bit or arm side movement.
  20. Laika
    Haven't watched the video but Yesavage's "weirdness" might be a plus
  21. Laika
    It's a nightmare batted ball profile for his power lol
  22. Laika
    Toronto really had/has some very interesting bats in AAA. Will Robertson had elite EV90 numbers, Roman Anthony level. Pinango very good. Rainer Nunez is #1 in MaxEV in AAA and has the same EV90 is Pinango
  23. Laika
    Dodgers are low key on the struggle bus this year. Could lose the division and could still technically miss the playoffs!
  24. Laika
    Crochet is close to Skubal. Collins vs Baldwin is interesting. Baldwin is more of a starting catcher. Collins is more of a platoon guy and probably gets more favourable matchups? I still think Judge wins it unless the numbers notably change.
  25. Laika
    Nick Kurtz gets a full year of service time I guess. Exact same scenario as Paul Skenes? Although slightly different. I don't recall anybody in spring training seriously calling for Kurtz to make the A's.
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