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  1. Laika
    Sometimes it is an organizational projection, too. Or even a league-wide depth projection. The Blue Jays have one starting shortstop and there are only 30 starting MLB shortstop jobs to go around. Even if a guy like Jordan Groshans could, in theory, handle SS without embarrassing himself, he's almost certainly a 3B on the Blue Jays unless Bichette gets traded. So it's not entirely up to the specific player. They are always getting pressure from other teammates and players UP the defensive spectrum - guys who are better defenders at the premium position they might be able to play. When Vlad ultimately gets moved off of 3B, it might not be because he utterly fails. It might just be because someone else who is a solid 3B has pushed their way onto the roster. It's a bit like position plinko.
  2. Laika
    No. I don't think "living with shame" is an adequate punishment. Also, they have not even demonstrated that they are honestly shameful! They have stated in public that they don't even think the cheating necessarily helped them win! They haven't owned up to f***ing anything in a sincere way, and essentially all they have said is "we collectively regret doing the things that the report specifically said that we did."
  3. Laika
    Yeah this is a fairly common issue. I mean, most players can't stick at SS and they do slide down the spectrum, so it's true to kind of generalize that many iffy SS prospects will end up elsewhere, but prospectors are sometimes a little quick to just assume that certain specific players won't stick.
  4. Laika
    "They've got to live with it. That's more than enough punishment." Highly debatable. The Astros players are hiding behind the Commissioner's report, likely covering up certain other facts and methods of cheating that have not become public, and they are not even admitting that their cheating might have helped them win the World Series.
  5. Laika
    Will fix this later today, unless Boxy or Spanky or someone else can trace the problem better and tell me what the correct solution is. Boxy currently has 7 picks and you only have 3, so it's likely you are owed 2 somewhere and likely they are 2 that Boxy currently holds.
  6. Laika
    One of the beautiful things about baseball is that success can come in all shapes and sizes. It's the professional sport of physical diversity and inclusion. Altuve, Judge, Bartolo Colon, Jim Abbott, Eddie Gaedel, Pete Gray, Satchel Paige, Jamie Moyer, Moe Berg, Pat Venditte, RA Dickey, Phil Niekro, and every other knuckler, etc. etc. etc. I don't think Kirk owes any kind of debt to the Blue Jays. They've probably paid him like, $50,000 total during his four years of professional employment. There's also an argument to be made for not fixing what isn't broken. MLB has a history of fat catchers, so there might be some unexpected merit to playing fat. He's a bigger target back there! It helps him block the plate! Maybe hitting fat helps with power a little bit? #PlayFat
  7. Laika
    The Butt Stallions --> Kwang-Hyun Kim Taijuan On! --> Yoshi Tsutsugo ISO Horny --> Salvador Perez 25 Year Olds Welcome --> Randy Arozarena 25 Year Olds Welcome --> Austin Hays The Beach Cowboys --> Sam Hilliard The True Cardinals --> Mark Melancon The Bryce is Right --> Josh Lindblom Saskatchewan 54's --> EXPIRED A 3rd Leg to Stanton Off Daily (insert clever name) Seniors Circuit The Five Year Plan The New Matt Olsons The Eze 25 Year Olds Welcome Burrito Boyz The War Pigs Ten Cent Beer Night
  8. Laika
    Jim is now on the clock. L54 can pick whenever. His future pick windows are halved and are now 6 hours long.
  9. Laika
    Stuff wise, it's an appropriate comparison. Severino at his best is about the same as Thor at his best. Really, Thor just seemed like such a good body comp too - they are both 6'6" tanks. Although, Syndergaard is more chiselled and handsome and Nate has some fat power going on. Severino is not as physical, right.
  10. Laika
    L54 most be AFK. Jim can be on standby to pick at 1 AM.
  11. Laika
    They are just arbitrary percentile comparisons. We pull them out of our butts. Jon Gray is the 20th best pitcher in baseball since 2016, with 13.1 career fWAR in only 114 games started. We have said that Nate Pearson should be expected to be about that good; we expect him to be a comfortably above average starter. The percentile expression also means that Pearson could be better than that about half the time. That could be too optimistic, honestly. Pitching prospects are a bitch. It takes one major arm injury to ruin them, sometimes. You could nitpick that he has a better than 5% shot to be Syndergaard I suppose, maybe Pearson has a better chance to be that good, but you're talking about a pitcher with 6 WAR upside, who has been top 10 in total fWAR since he entered the league while missing essentially an entire season to injury.
  12. Laika
    Tyce ended up in a bucket full of pure relief prospects that were very difficult to justify ranking. We tend to value upside, so even the players in the 40-50 range that have a remote chance to be starters or average regulars ended up more appealing than Tice and the other relievers (Jackson Rees, Brad Wilson, Cre Finfrock, Parker Caracci, Kirby Snead, Jackson McLelland, Bryan Baker are a few of the other RP bucket names.) A relief prospect needs to have huge f***ing stuff to be a noteworthy prospect. We ranked some arms who are certainly only MLB relievers, but even they have been MiLB starters (Romano, Perez, Yennsy Diaz, etc.) Most good MLB relievers were minor league starters. I think the only arm in Toronto's projected pen who was only a reliever in the minors is Ken Giles - the rest were basically MiLB starters.
  13. Laika
    Fat shamer
  14. Laika
    Largely just rely on other sources and reports.
  15. Laika
    It's extremely bad. Normally there is some separation for at least a handful of players, but this draft looks flat from start to finish. I don't think you were up though. Eze was re-adding Jordan Lyles who he didn't mean to cut. Goldbull should be up. I highly doubt he was going to take Melancon, but Speedy should be informed that he is not up yet.
  16. Laika
    Sure.
  17. Laika
    The Butt Stallions --> Kwang-Hyun Kim Taijuan On! --> Yoshi Tsutsugo ISO Horny --> Salvador Perez 25 Year Olds Welcome --> Randy Arozarena 25 Year Olds Welcome --> Austin Hays The Beach Cowboys The True Cardinals The Bryce is Right Saskatchewan 54's A 3rd Leg to Stanton Off Daily (insert clever name) Seniors Circuit The Five Year Plan The New Matt Olsons The Eze 25 Year Olds Welcome Burrito Boyz The War Pigs Ten Cent Beer Night
  18. Laika
    The Butt Stallions --> Kwang-Hyun Kim Taijuan On! ISO Horny 25 Year Olds Welcome 25 Year Olds Welcome The Beach Cowboys The True Cardinals The Bryce is Right Saskatchewan 54's A 3rd Leg to Stanton Off Daily (insert clever name) Seniors Circuit The Five Year Plan The New Matt Olsons The Eze 25 Year Olds Welcome Burrito Boyz The War Pigs Ten Cent Beer Night
  19. Laika
    Looks like everyone cut down in time. I picked Kwang-Hyun Kim to start us off. SPANKY UP
  20. Laika
    Kirk is so good at the dish, it’s absurd.
  21. Laika
    Alford today: - Swing and missed so bad at a pitch in the zone that he spiralled into the ground and almost hurt himself - f***ed up a basic throw to the infield and gave the opposing team an extra base - Whiffed on a can of corn flyball
  22. Laika
    It’s true. If they want to win, keep Alford on the bench. If they want to lose, start him. He’s like a Swiss Army knife for tanking!
  23. Laika
    cuts due tonight!
  24. Laika
    Cuts due tomorrow. Here is a list of the owners who still need to cut at least one dude. I just did a quick glance, so might have messed up: Havok Torontofan P2F L54 Spanky Jaysblue Goldbull Boxy Featherd
  25. Laika
    I don't know, haven't really thought about it. I don't think it matters much either way. The 2020 J2 class doesn't seem to have any/many prospects good enough to be taken in our draft.
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