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  1. Laika
    Even if it happens it will feel kind of like a scab season
  2. Laika
    Decent chance you’re right
  3. Laika
    If someone analyzes the strength of respective schedules and can show that an owner got f***ed by the computer, I am willing to manually tweak some weeks. Also, we are adding 2 IL slots for 2020 in light of expected Covid cases.
  4. Laika
    Here is what we are going with for the schedule, unless there are strong objections: - First week will be short (4 days) rather than merge it into an 11 day week. This lets us add one more matchup. - There will only be 4 playoff teams. This lets us add one regular season matchup. - The schedule is just randomized with no divisional bias. - Top 4 teams in total standings make the playoffs. - It will be an 8 week regular season then with 2 weeks of playoffs. This means that the divisions are essentially irrelevant this year, even though we will still have them (just so I don't have to re-enter them in 2021). Winning your division does not guarantee a playoff spot.
  5. Laika
    MLB season starts on a Thursday. Have our first week be 4 days long or merge it with week 2? Having a short week 1 would let us have one more matchup in an already short season.
  6. Laika
    Hey! Coronavirus debates are badspeak. Knock it off!
  7. Laika
    He's a blogger who is into the amateur side and seems to do some hobby scouting, at least. He's not an insider by any means but I think he wants to be a scout or something and knows some scouts or industry adjacent people. Not a huge fan to be honest. He'll commonly say some arrogant stuff and then just delete it if it looks bad in hindsight. He slammed the Trent Palmer pick as "the worst in the draft" a while ago and basically said Toronto in giving a future reliever in Palmer so much money had backed themselves into a corner RE: signing Martin and Frasso. Looking now and the tweet is gone. I think I said "well this will be a dumb s*** opinion when they sign everybody"
  8. Laika
    I've conditioned myself to expect disappointment so I won't be shocked if he fails the physical. - Krylian
  9. Laika
    Looks like the CC diet is... amphetamines?
  10. Laika
    Am I missing something or are 100% of these athletes testing positive completely free of any and all notable symptoms?
  11. Laika
    League altering trade earlier today! With a very clear fun side and very clear boring side
  12. Laika
    Carlos, it appears that your terrible baseball opinions are the root cause of you feeling unwelcome. May I kindly suggest getting smarter about baseball?
  13. Laika
    They didn’t give up - they went nuclear and won. It’s over, Japs.
  14. Laika
    I would be shocked, yes. These players have smart representatives who are capable of seeing the unique downside risks in not signing in this context.
  15. Laika
    Extremely hard to imagine any player from this draft turning down a reasonable offer, particularly college players. There is a non-zero chance that Covid will mess up the draft in 2021 too, either from a second wave or the economic fallout of this 2020 wave. Nick Frasso isn't going to turn down half a million dollars and Austin Martin isn't going to turn down whatever it is that Toronto can offer him.
  16. Laika
    On the general subject of board improvement, is there a technical issue with new signups? I tried to make a new account a couple of weeks ago before this one was reactivated and it did not work - I never received the confirmation email.
  17. Laika
    I think once this has settled down, a News thread in the OT section could be fine as long as it is moderated for personal attacks and spillover out of it is swiftly moderated.
  18. Laika
    You are tempting me already.
  19. Laika
    It’s a bit of both but there’s a difference between saying “you’re an idiot because that opinion about baseball is horrendous” and “you’re an idiot because you’re a libtard”. There’s a right time for the former on a baseball forum but the latter is strictly negative on the culture
  20. Laika
    This is specifically why I took a long hiatus from the message board this year. This is very welcome and long overdue. Those political threads were consuming the board, spilling over into most other threads, and causing deep rifts between active members. There are an infinite number of places on the internet to talk politics - a Toronto Blue Jays message board does not need to be one.
  21. Laika
    Funny, I just googled it and saw that Jim Callis himself put an 80 on Bryant's raw power in 2013. I'm sure their in-context grades would be about the same but maybe Torkelson would be perceived as having a more elite eye/approach.
  22. Laika
    Nobody was putting 60 hit 80 power grades on Trout or even Harper at the time of the draft though. Future 80 for Harper but he needed time to develop. I think that’s what Callis would clarify his point as - best offensive talent as scouted on present grades at the time of the drafts. It’s a stupid little needle but I’m sure that’s what he was thinking
  23. Laika
    There's what he typed and what he meant - not necessarily the same thing. Callis probably just means best present offensive talent (hit/power) at the time of the draft. Being said, I'm not even sure there is separation between Torkelson and Andrew Vaughn.
  24. Laika
    Technically would have had to promote Handsome at our cut deadline as extra picks were supposed to be eliminated then. This was our last draft under our old rules with a cut deadline. In all future new player drafts you can just promote or cut when your picks come up, I think. That's how the LoD does it and it works a bit better from an administrative perspective.
  25. Laika
    You’re right I guess. He wasn’t able to make that final pick so that minor league guy needs to be dropped
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