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  1. Laika
    Quintessential Vlad Jr tonight. Three groundouts, two of them sharply hit, one of them f***ing 113 mph. If he hits that on a line it leaves the park. Throw in a lazy flyball on a meatball pitch and you’ve got yourself some rice and beans, baby. Prescription: send him to Buffalo for some mental rehab.
  2. Laika
    This is a good question. If they are using Panik, might as well let someone who matters DH and rest their legs. But nope!
  3. Laika
    Rowdy Tellez has a .311 projected wOBA. I hope people appreciate how bad it is for a player with his lack of defensive value to project as a below average hitter. It's not Charlie Montoyo's fault that his big DH hits like a catcher.
  4. Laika
    Rowdy is being punished for that horrible steal attempt in Boston. I'm fine with this.
  5. Laika
    I hear that Joe Panik's trackman readouts are nuts.
  6. Laika
    Disagree. We need to stay on top of this Vlad thing which is a very dynamic situation.
  7. Laika
    He's smug in a very different but arguably more annoying (over time) way. At least Stroman is a legitimate quality SP.
  8. Laika
    For the large adult son
  9. Laika

    NBA Thread

    Laika replied to admin's topic in Other Sports

    Yeah, it was surprising. Kind of a statement game after getting blown out by Boston. Lowry+FVV+Ibaka is probably equivalent to Giannis by impact. In theory Middleton is better than Siakam, right? Chris Boucher is a secret weapon though. He can win you the game or be the worst player on the floor. He cannot be turned into a statistic. Unpredictable force.
  10. Laika
    I believe he is just in Rochester with the rest of the 60 man
  11. Laika

    NBA Thread

    Laika replied to admin's topic in Other Sports

    Meaningless game last night with so many regulars not playing but we all HAVE to acknowledge that Slim Duck is a treasure and may have had the Raptors dunk of the year.
  12. Laika
    It’s true that Asians live longer but not enough for me to care gross
  13. Laika
    I found the swing I want Toronto to draft: That is absurd.
  14. Laika
    Wow, good salesmanship! I will have a look. Edit: probably most interested in your horseshit or maybe Mitch Keller if available.
  15. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    How the f*** would I know what they will do? They could keep it in tact and trust the process or they could make huge moves.
  16. Laika
    My offense is performing okay and I need to acquire some pitching with an eye to 2021. Looking for a solid young arm or two, ideally active now. I have a number of offensive prospects and players that I can move. Open to big deals. Not looking to trade for older veterans.
  17. Laika
    Evidently not.
  18. Laika
    Who thinks Marcus Stroman manipulated his own service time? By that I mean, faked his injury so he could spend just enough time on the IL to roll over the 24 days of service time he needed to be a free agent.
  19. Laika
    It's like when that new guy joins your dynasty league and he doesn't have quiiiiite enough fantasy baseball experience to have a proper feel for the value of different assets. Atkins took him to school. Hilarious in hindsight that the industry panned the Stroman return. Stroman had 0.9 fWAR as a Met. Kay already has 0.5 in like 22 innings.
  20. Laika
    Looks like they did everything they could. Hopefully Randal Grichuk doesn't opt out! /s
  21. Laika
    Horseshit if Laureano gets more than a few games. The coach should get booted for the rest of the year. There needs to be a higher standard for coaches when it comes to this type of stuff.
  22. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    The Bruins are a great watch if you mute their announcers. Everything Toronto wishes it was as a hockey team.
  23. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    I don't think so. Half the hockey world is envious of Toronto's core. The other half is happy that Dubas and friends haven't been able to perfect the team but they aren't exactly a laughing stock.
  24. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    Toronto would be better if they: - did not sign Taveras - kept Kadri - spent the savings on nearly any defensive upgrade(s) over Cody Ceci and friends.
  25. Laika
    Interestingly, Vlad's average exit velocity is up this year. 2019: 89.4 mph 2020: 91.7 mph GB%: way up in 2020! Plate discipline stats don't seem far off. Making contact at about the same rate. I don't see why he should pull the ball any more or any less. This is a one dimensional batted ball profile issue; he just needs less GB and more LD+FB. It's sort of like Kevin Pillar's issues at the plate, just in someone with much more talent. Pillar has always had decent contact numbers but he makes such poor swing decisions that he hits a lot of balls meekly - weak groundballs and popups. Vlad is doing a bit of that this year and last. Swinging at bad pitches and because he is such a good hitter he makes contact and puts it in play. This is being magnified by not squaring up some hittable pitches too - timing is off or a mechanical issue on inside pitches. Unclear there; small sample, we are taking about a handful of pitches.
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