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  1. Laika
    Playing the infield is pretty physically demanding. It's why some teams like the Nationals purposely build depth in front of even star prospects with AAA+MLB experience like Carter Kieboom. Kind of like how everyone says you need 10+ SP, most teams need 5 or 6 players capable of handling 3B-SS-2B.
  2. Laika
    The Jays signed Ruben Tejada to a minor league deal. Just turned 30. Average MLB SS defensively. Career 81 wRC+ and 4.5 fWAR in 663 games but has not really been given a chance to have a relevant MLB sample since 2015. Had a 130 wRC+ in AAA last year. This is a strict upgrade on Richard Urena. Our new Eric Sogard.
  3. Laika
    This is overly cynical. I know people who are extremely successful in real life on the back of almost nothing more than having a great personality. She could just be a rock solid person, but she also has some decent qualifications. She has a degree which makes her more educated than a lot of MLB coaches. She also has playing experience and was an elite athlete, which is more than some of the new nerd coaches can say. She arguably has better credentials to be an MLB team coach than, say, that Jonathan Erlichman guy the Rays hired... at least she will be able to throw BP and swing a fungo without embarrassing herself.
  4. Laika
    It’s f***ing insane that these people don’t realize that almost nobody will tolerate an ad in order to watch one sports highlight. I used to use mlb.com daily to watch highlights and game recaps, now I literally never do.
  5. Laika
    It might seem crowded now but a handful of guys will be on the DL at any given time and that really clears out the logjam. Even if there are no injuries you really don't run out of room until you look at AAA and think, wow, there are like 9 guys who should be in the AAA rotation what ever will we do with all of them?! The answer is that 20% or more of your pitching depth is probably projected to be on the DL at any given moment. Just go through the depth chart and plot where some of them were in 2019. Shoemaker - barely pitched Borucki - barely pitched Anderson - hit the DL twice I think Ryu - threw over 126 innings for the first time since 2014! Thornton - DL with elbow inflammation Merryweather - DNP Murphy - got hurt those are just the ones that jump to mind for me. I'm sure many of the other named missed time.
  6. Laika
    Maybe your league doesn't have a UTIL slot so it defaults to whatever position they played at the most? I dunno
  7. Laika
    Man, perfect fit. He'd also be a great fit for a veteran team like Boston as much as the thought makes me gag.
  8. Laika
    He is a UTIL only in all of our leagues but Fantrax lets you customize position eligibility. I think their cutoff to qualify is higher than Yahoo, 20 games. If someone didn't have 20 games at any position they get whatever position they played the most games at. Sometimes prospect positions are wonky and you get guys in the MLB with SS, CF, or C eligibility even though they never play there in MLB and might have been moved off the position in the minors.
  9. Laika
    Did not expect him to have a perm and a mustache
  10. Laika
    Yeah that’s a solid deal for Donaldson. It’s like the back half of a mega contract that a star might get at 28/29.
  11. Laika
    Clicked the story hoping for something juicy. Was very disappointed. "This man had the audacity to say that I compete a certain way and people don’t like it. Very comical in hindsight. Lol" That amounts to "running his mouth"? Boring.
  12. Laika
    Let the people have this one, Dick.
  13. Laika
    This is similar to an ongoing annoyance with instant replay. It needs to be a human decision made in the moment - it should have nothing to do with the dugout phone or a team's video review booth.
  14. Laika
    nah. franmil seems like he would be close to replacement level.
  15. Laika
    Luhnow is a coward. "I am deeply upset that I ignored the problem on purpose"
  16. Laika
    The pitchers are already using stuff, it's just not regulated.
  17. Laika
    Yes there should be a rosin bag + a tube of firm grip (or whatever) behind the mound. Let MLB pick the product or design the product, something that provides a bit of grip but isn't excessive.
  18. Laika
    MLB openly invited this type of ******** when they turned a blind eye to foreign substance cheating all of these years. And guess which team was front and centre on that front before all this! The Astros! The league needed to legalize a mild form of pitcher grip tack (or whatever) ten years ago and outlaw all others.
  19. Laika
    The financial + draft pick component seems appropriate. Those picks are worth a ton of money. I don't understand how the 1 year suspensions will work in practice. Are they just stepping right back into their old jobs after a year like nothing happened? You'd think that the owners will want to go a different direction. I also don't understand how tampering in the 14 year old market in Latin America = a lifetime ban but aggressive cheating at the MLB level = a one year break.
  20. Laika
    Not a big fan. That's the umpire colour scheme, lol. Black and powder blue is some emo sweet 16 s***.
  21. Laika
    .290/.355/.500 with like 25/85/85 if he stays healthy. huge variance though but 2019 is a not terrible floor from a 3B in fantasy
  22. Laika
    I wish I made the account. Friend, I know parades are cool. Take a look at the thread we are in that I started. Do you think I want this team to clutch it’s prospects forever and chase the $/WAR title? And you don’t know me if you think I don’t need to reply. You will not get the last stupid word in on me, I will get the last stupid word in on you.
  23. Laika
    Imagine being so annoyingly wrong that people literally make accounts to tell you how wrong you are? Just phenomenal stuff here on bjmb
  24. Laika
    Teams have more advanced ways of measuring fatigue these days. Fans should just use innings as a proxy. They won’t literally count his innings but I would not expect him to just chuck it all year long with a full MLB starter workload - that would be kind of stupid. If they wait until the metrics dip that means he’s probably already hurt and it’s too late.
  25. Laika
    Yeah I don't think they'll let him throw 200 innings in 2020. Maybe try to limit him to ~160 at the most this year.
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