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  1. Laika
    What time are clocks starting?
  2. Laika
    There was a change.org petition half way through the season to replace Montoyo. It got 55 million signatures.
  3. Laika
    But those are... fantastic prospects. That would be a disaster of a trade if Arenado declines OR if he does great immediately and opts out. Extreme downside risk in two directions. Hard pass.
  4. Laika
    Not even sure how to respond to this horrible post. Good try?
  5. Laika
    Can we start at any time? I am guessing we can and then clocks will just start at some point tomorrow. I am taking MacKinnon 100%. In fact I will go ahead and add him in fantrax.
  6. Laika
    I don't think it matters. With so few teams picking we should be able to rifle through this thing rather quickly.
  7. Laika
    Yeah by "a couple of established stars" I meant those three dudes.
  8. Laika
    You'd take the kid 1-1 over a couple of these established stars, eh? interesting I don't like that he's french
  9. Laika
    which Tkachuk should I take 1-1? Plinky or Dinky?
  10. Laika
    nice
  11. Laika
    At least we know that if Vlad lets a bullet fly it is very likely going straight into the ground
  12. Laika
    He's a clown. I find it rather sad that he gets a pay cheque from the Athletic that could go to a worthwhile writer, but I assume he justified it with clicks...
  13. Laika
    This is really the problem with the award. If Mike Trout is the best player in the AL every year, he should win the MVP every year. I don't see why the manager of the year needs to be from some upstart team - it should be perfectly valid to just award the managers of strong teams that were expected to be good, if the manager did a good job. Of course the main problem is that it's very hard (impossible) to tease out the actual influence any given manager is having. Montoyo was under fire all year long and made a number of stupid decisions though so this nomination seems completely blind to that information.
  14. Laika
    If any current Blue Jay is going to fat finger something...
  15. Laika
    lol baseball
  16. Laika
    When does the cutdown happen? Should the dispersal teams basically just be drafting 15 skaters and 10 prospects and then calling it quits as far as human assets are concerned? Or should we be picking more than 15
  17. Laika
    Sometimes. It’s a case by case basis. It would be hard to justify a mechanical overhaul to a player like SWR in light of the results to date. I’m assuming he also does not have a horrific arm action like Osuna... it’s probably just a bit late
  18. Laika
    Injury risk. If a pitcher's arm is not on time it increases stress on the arm. This is perhaps the biggest reason Roberto Osuna was sent straight to the bullpen.
  19. Laika
    Most players have home/away splits. I don't care about them very much in any given season let alone a very shortened one like 2020. xwOBA does not care about park though. It's just EV, LA, and speed I think. Completely neutral. Completely disagree with his offense being a function of Yankee stadium. He should be fine anywhere.
  20. Laika
    Manoah had an elite statistical profile in college. Arguably the top D1 player based on stats alone. He missed bats, had good control, and a good batted ball profile. He was also able to get opposite handed hitters out even without much of a changeup. Law's concerns RE: SWR are based partially on mechanics. But, SWR is also a control + strikeout guy without an amazing batted ball profile. The one blemish on his MiLB stats is a tendency to give up line drives. Perhaps he is filling up the zone with non-elite stuff? The number of pitches someone has can be focused on too much. Give me a guy with a 70/60/45 arsenal over a guy with a 55/55/50/50 bag, or whatever. Just playing Keith's advocate, here.
  21. Laika
    I don't think there's an elephant. 2019 wOBA - .375 (517 batted balls) xwOBA - .384 2020 wOBA - .422 (175 batted balls) xwOBA - .355 extremely good xwOBA figures in 2016 and 2017 too. Even if leaving Yankee stadium will decrease the HR totals a bit, those are probably just turning into doubles.
  22. Laika
    Fangraphs thinks Semien will cost more than LeMahieu. Either player helps Toronto a lot IMO but I have some personal fears with Semien. He was a shite defender until recently and has been a below average hitter in the vast majority of his seasons. DJLM's last two offensive seasons have been so fundamentally sound that his bat inspires a good deal of confidence going forward, confidence that I don't have in any specific part of Semien's game.
  23. Laika
    There is already talk about cities basically bidding on being the Raptors' contingency plan for next season. The Blue Jays will have an ironclad contingency plan that probably sees the organization get most of the gate revenue. I know that does not do much for lost impulse season ticket sales, but I'm not sure the uncertainty about where 2021 will be played for Toronto really matters allllllll that much.
  24. Laika
    Swap out Jansen for Kirk and it might be a top 1 offense
  25. Laika
    Kluber is cooked.
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