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  1. Laika
    He was really interesting when he first started. He ran out of valuable stories and insight very fast.
  2. Laika
    RE: Shoemaker I understand that anti-analytics people love anecdotes and examples. Here is a good one for the Shoemaker decision. August 16th 2020 vs Tampa Bay Matt Shoemaker pitches three perfect innings to start the game. Comes out for the fourth. Out, single, walk (was ahead 0-2), strikeout (of a LHB on 5 pitches, so Shoemaker still looks great).... three run homer. Blink of an eye and he has a 6.75 ERA on the afternoon.
  3. Laika
    I read last week that MLB has already hinted/implied that they will just go with 2020 standings.
  4. Laika
    I'd probably throw the stats out the window and let Bauer throw 120+ pitches in this one.
  5. Laika
    sounds like the 2020 Reds
  6. Laika
    He's a hacker, not a walker. Have you seen his career / 2020 K and BB rates?
  7. Laika
    Reds are the ultimate dark horse and I would love to see Joey Votto and Trevor Bauer win... but I am hesitant to go all-in mentally because I think their pitching is overrated based on results and their opponents this year. Central pitchers were very lucky - lots of s***** offenses.
  8. Laika
    Uh they kind of needed a hero. Late and down multiple runs.
  9. Laika
    It missed the strike zone by like one inch. Move it a hair in one direction, or take a bit of spin or velocity off of it, and Teoscar might put that pitch in the seats. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?game_pk=635913&game_date=&type=pitch3d&chart_view=pitch&chart_type=call_name&inning=&count=&batter_hand=&pitcher_hand=&filter=&player=home-pitchers_664126&view=Umpire&coloring=Pitch%20Type
  10. Laika
    If he swung at it 3-0 then clearly he identified it out of the hand as the type of pitch he was looking for. It was a nasty 98 mph FB with rise, just a hair above the zone. The pitch is practically designed in a lab to deceive a hitter into thinking they can crush it until it is juuuust too late to stop the swing. Hitters making pitch identification mistakes are like, the most common think in baseball. It's the entire game, really. If everyone could judge a pitch correctly out of the hand and make decisions accordingly there would be no sport. Taking the basic 3-2 slider down the middle was what was actually a mental fart by Teoscar. Swinging at the 3-0 pitch was a justifiable decision with an understandably unfortunate result.
  11. Laika
    Ah yes. The baseball player swung at a ball. Inexcusable, really. Players should only be allowed to do things if they will succeed.
  12. Laika
    No. It was a very justifiable decision. The execution was poor. Or he just missed the pitch. I mean, it was a ball but IIRC it was still hittable.
  13. Laika
    It's almost like hitting is hard and sometimes a player thinks something is a good pitch when it isn't?
  14. Laika
    I've reversed a bunch of recent red flag adds and reduced the max IL size to 5.
  15. Laika
    They needed a big dinger to tie. MLB hitters hit like .400+ on 3-0 counts and slug a million. It's the most likely count to get a meatball.
  16. Laika
    Wow, this is the ultimate goal post move. You said players should not swing 3-0. Now you are saying players should not swing at balls.
  17. Laika
    No, lmfao. The best thing was that they were very good. That arrogant stuff gets old pretty fast when the team is bad or mediocre.
  18. Laika
    I just don't have the time to notice when it happens and it looks like nobody else is really willing to be a sheriff. This is why I think we need a limited IL.
  19. Laika
    With this Toronto staff the "first sign of trouble" is typically a gigantic 2 run dinger
  20. Laika
    smh at these complaints about the pitching decisions the Shoemaker+Ray tandem was excellent. Cole f***ed up buuuuuuut unless the offense wants to wake up and score a couple of runs it's irrelevant
  21. Laika
    The Rays’ defense is insane. Demoralizing
  22. Laika
    This is my favourite post ever
  23. Laika
    And he can get on base for Kirk. It does "lengthen" the lineup. It's not a big deal. Really just would prefer him and Grichuk flipped. Also Villar should hit 9th.
  24. Laika
    Teoscar 6th seems questionable. Best performing hitter for a while. Third best projected hitter by Depth Charts.
  25. Laika
    Okay, I have an appointment to step into so I had to close the league and lock everything down. Good luck, dum dums.
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