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  1. Laika
    Mostly you're just seeing things. I don't even know what "what we saw" is trying to refer to. Are you also mad that they traded Kevin Pillar without sending him a nice enough gift basket?
  2. Laika
    Why is there a perception that the end of the employment relationship between Toronto and Jose Bautista, or between Toronto and Josh Donaldson, was a "bad breakup"? Donaldson was hurt and it was awkward but I don't think I've ever read any proof that him and the organization were mad at each other. Same with Jose. He wanted a huge extension that Toronto did not provide, then his last season with Toronto was awful and he went elsewhere. Why is that a "bad breakoff"? What the f*** else would anyone want the team to do? I don't even think Jose is mad at the org. Stroman was mad when he got traded to the Mets and there was a story about him (presumably him) screaming in the clubhouse. It's not Toronto's fault he's a baby who got the CN Tower tattooed on his butt during his rookie season.
  3. Laika
    I can guarantee you that "killing any relationship the Jays had with [their] former players" is not a motivating factor.
  4. Laika
    So he’s done. Nice trade, Whale’s Vagina.
  5. Laika
    Explain to me how Toronto takes the $12M owed to Roark and does anything with it other than pay Tanner Roark, you absolute f***ing genius you.
  6. Laika
    People will get more upset about this than they should.
  7. Laika
    Sure, if you're actually trying to create fair comps. But if the goal is to just lump Jansen in with a short list of really good names to bug Boxcar then you just do what I did. I think even if you expand all the buckets though, you'd just be scooping up a few more solid names. It's rare to walk that much, hit for some power, and avoid strikeouts.
  8. Laika
    Danny Jansen right now through 136 PA: 14.7% BB 20.6% K .191 ISO 2020 hitters meeting all of those checkpoints (before tonight): Freddie Freeman, Bryce Harper, Juan Soto, Joey Votto, Anthony Rendon, Brandon Nimmo, Jason Heyward. 2019 qualified hitters meeting all of those checkpoints: Trout, Bregman, Soto, Carlos Santana.
  9. Laika
    LMAO that's a five star play by Vladdy
  10. Laika
    Lux is one that it is definitely too early to freak out about. He hasn't produced but the sample is still small, the K rate is not through the roof, and the minor league numbers were just soooo convincing.
  11. Laika
    Yeah Adell seems rushed. Angels called him up as a desperation move and now he's already been supplanted by Ward and Walsh. Still, early shades of Brandon Wood AND the teams that guess right early on big busts can extract substantial surplus value from a sinking ship. E.g., the Yankees made an insane profit dumping Montero for Pineda. Robles reminds me of Profar in some ways. A well-rounded game but just... weak!
  12. Laika
    Jo Adell at -1.4 fWAR, 27 wRC+, 41.6% K rate. Projections don't like him much (minor league stats were not convincing for his uber-prospect status). Is anyone buying him in dynasty? What are his odds to bust completely? Similar concerns for Carter Kieboom. Not as drastic there though. It's interesting that a prospect like Ke'bryan Hayes can hit the ground running in comparison to those two after putting up pedestrian MiLB numbers. I think it shows the importance of indicators like K and BB rates and that raw offensive numbers can be misleading. A hyper athletic hitter can hack his way to a great wRC+ in the minors.
  13. Laika
    I 100% agree with that poster from earlier today who said Vlad is visibly thinner. I think he's dropped like 15 lbs since the season started.
  14. Laika
    Hard to say. The FA market has not been friendly to average-ish players like him in the last couple of years.
  15. Laika
    1) I don't really buy the statcast defense reading on Grichuk. Just doesn't pass the sniff test so far. Not sure what is going on there. 2) I'm thinking of JBJ as essentially a platoon player. You could platoon him in CF with Grichuk but if Grichuk is on a heater you could just spell Lourdes and Teoscar against some righties, let them DH or whatever. I don't know how you sell the player on it but a "4th OF" who hits opposite of the three incumbents and is a clear defensive upgrade is going to play a lot. I just looked for a solid LH CF option in the 2021 free agent pile and saw exactly one of them. Trade might have better options.
  16. Laika
    It's too late in 2020 to make any drastic changes but going into 2021, I think a guy like Davis has earned the chance to push Grichuk. If this was 60 games into a 162 game season then yeah, I think Davis should get a crack at regular starts. Ideally someone better than either, though. Jackie Bradley Jr. is an interesting FA target to me. Everything depends on cost but a true CF and a left handed hitter is really the ideal complement to a Gurriel-Grichuk-Teoscar incumbent outfield. Kevin Pillar is a similar player to JBJ and he really struggled to get a job this offseason so maybe there is a chance JBJ won't cost Tanner Roark overpay money.
  17. Laika

    Kirk

    Laika replied to Boxcar's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk

    Being fat can increase power IF the player can still rotate their body quickly. For most fat players the added weight and size slows down their movement. For the rare fatty that stays quick in the body, the added weight helps! It's all physics. It's not a given that we should want Kirk to lose a single f***ing pound.
  18. Laika
    Well, Grichuk has been playing like a bench player since the start of 2019. Yeah they should bench him. Sad!
  19. Laika

    Kirk

    Laika replied to Boxcar's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk

    Baseball IQ is not a common scouting report reference and from his K/BB rates and age vs. level it seemed reasonable that he was a baseball savant.
  20. Laika

    Kirk

    Laika replied to Boxcar's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk

    Vlad CLEARLY needs lots of work at 1B if he's even going to become a decent part time player there. Moving him back to 3rd at this point would be senseless and destructive. An impossible task, designed to make him fail.
  21. Laika

    Kirk

    Laika replied to Boxcar's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk

    Seems like a defensive disaster waiting to happen. I think you just DH Vlad and Kirk is the starting catcher. I'd rather have whoever at third than Jansen starting all the time. But Tellez coming back isn't a given. He looked pretty hobbled after the injury.
  22. Laika
    It's kind of weird. Small changes to some important indicators, but in both directions. All of these changes are stable by now based on the sample size: K's are down. Line drives up. But ISO is down, and EV is down. Line drives are up at the expense of flyballs. His Barrel rate is worse than his best years. All things considered it just seems like a wash. He's different but of the same quality. It's interesting that Statcast seems to like his defense a lot more than UZR. fWAR might underrate him a bit.
  23. Laika
    Kirk is back in there boys HE'S BACK IN THERE
  24. Laika

    Kirk

    Laika replied to Boxcar's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk

    Great trade chip, honestly.
  25. Laika
    This is precisely the reaction I am going for, always and forever. Thank you.
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