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  1. Laika
    Going to merge some Kim stuff into its own thread. Posting deadline is January 1st. We know Toronto has offered him a deal, reportedly for five or more years. https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/report-blue-jays-make-offer-free-agent-shortstop-ha-seong-kim/ Other teams rumoured in are Mets, Rangers, Padres... maybe a couple more I can't remember. Red Sox and Cardinals I think?
  2. Laika
    Luis Patino would have been untouchable at times within the last two years. I think he is 80% of the equation here for TB. Everything else is a garnish
  3. Laika
    I'd just use Pearson if you really want to build a comparable. Patino is an elite young arm too and more similar to him than SWR. Pearson = Patino Adams < Hunt Manoah > Wilcox Mejia..... = Trent Thornton or Kevin Smith? Something s***** I think
  4. Laika
    Sounds like Hunt is a real prospect too
  5. Laika
    I was thinking about 3.50
  6. Laika
    ???
  7. Laika
    I don't even remember if there were legitimate Jays - Darvish rumours. I remember the whole Kevin Gray press conference thing
  8. Laika
    Time to get excited!!!
  9. Laika
    Kim's last two seasons in the KBO aren't far off Thames' first and third years: 142 wRC+ vs. 165 for Thames. Even more impressive is that Kim did that at 23 and 24 years old and with better contact numbers than Thames. He doesn't have to be a great MLB hitter to be valuable if he carries any defensive value. It is possible that teams will value his age too much and end up overpaying, but everyone in the industry is placing a premium on age these days, in all areas of player acquisition.
  10. Laika
    Rangers were also rumoured to be in on Sugano. Probably good that they landed Arihara with that in mind. The other known Arihara suitors were the Red Sox and Padres... they are probably competing for Sugano with the Jays and maybe the Mets
  11. Laika
    Jim Bowden gets clicks from guys like Carlos Danger, no doubt.
  12. Laika
    Bowden is a poser. He knows less than nothing.
  13. Laika
    Not sure if Kim will be the first domino but you're right that Toronto and the Mets are driving a lot of this offseason. Lots of players/agents are probably waiting on them, holding out hope that they will pony up the big money
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  15. Laika
    Bell has warts. He doesn't project to be great because of those warts. BUT he is capable being a truly great hitter and he has two years of control. For the Nats, he's a clear upgrade on on their 1B depth chart. Have you even heard of Jake Noll?
  16. Laika
    wow a significant move. Both top 15 prospects for Washington.
  17. Laika
    uh huh. then the under-developed kids can make the rep teams when they develop physically and are good enough. you've actually just highlighted one of the issues with starting the rep/travel pipeline so f***ing early.
  18. Laika
    It sounds like you have a healthy perspective on all this. Sorry if you took my posts personally. I still think the pro camp for 5 year olds is weird but you're clearly being thoughtful about this stuff.
  19. Laika
    These people are in a cult, right? It's basically a cult.
  20. Laika
    Oh it's not baseball specific at all. Some kids just aren't good athletes. There will be cuts regardless. It's okay if they get cut... they can play house league. If you have to drill fundamentals with your kid at 5 and 6 just so he doesn't get cut from the travel team at age 7, guess what - he's almost certainly not going f***ing anywhere in that sport. Read him more books.
  21. Laika
    I just remember when I was 6 my dad sent me to a Canadian Hockey Enterprises camp. Seemed innocent and I wanted to go. Roger Neilsen bag-skated me for the entire week and he made me wear a dress. It was a nightmare. It hurt even more when I later found out that my dad was gay and only put me in the camp so he could ask the old pros out for drinks.
  22. Laika
    It's about parents taking kids sports way too seriously. A camp with old pros for five year olds is just absurd.
  23. Laika
    Parents should have enrolled the kid in Kevin Mench's "Dingers and Diapers" Camp. Only $100/day. Teaches the fundamentals like how to s*** in a f***ing toilet. If you don't drill those fundamentals early you'll have a pants-shitter forever.
  24. Laika
    If I had a 6 year old daughter who wanted to play with a GI Joe I would give her the GI Joe. Any parent who goes further than that and tries to force or foster a gender swap is a f***ing psychopath. I still don't understand what this has to do with the line about youth sports.
  25. Laika
    Is this directed at me? I am legitimately having troubling straightening out the analogy and figuring out what your gripe is.
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