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  1. Laika
    Reds fans use to whine about Joey Votto all the time because he didn't get enough HRs and RBIs The Vlad disdain is similar I get it, you see him ground into a double play on the first pitch a few times in clutch situations and it feels like he is a choke artist. I get why people feel the way they feel. It's wrong but I get it. Most of this is because there is a small disagreement between what Vlad actually is and what people feel like he is or should be. You see him, as a first basemen with his body and tools, and think this is going to be a huge David Ortiz kind of masher. But offensively his comps are mostly good hitting infielders like Machado, Seager, Ketel Marte.
  2. Laika
    Have to go for it This game is worth more than one game in a wild card series. Win today is like winning the entire wc round. Bradish should give the Yankees fits too...
  3. Laika
    Jays can clinch the AL East and the entire AL tomorrow... Crazy.
  4. Laika
    Okay Bieber sucks I guess
  5. Laika
    Bench Vlad
  6. Laika
    Caminero and Stanton homer simultaneously
  7. Laika
    I think his mechanics are just f***ed up AND he is making poor swing decisions
  8. Laika
    Can we just kneecap Chandler Simpson in the warmups?
  9. Laika
    Vlad Glimpsero
  10. Laika
    He has worse stuff than them and costs more and is less of a "trooper" and less likely to be on a playoff roster even in a nightmare (team bus accident) scenario. Like the thought process was probably something like... Ross: "okay, if half of the pitchers get septic hemorrhoids the night before the ALCS and we have to call up SIX pitchers from the 40 man roster, which SIX make it?" And the analyst said "Bruihl, Estrada, Lucas, Macko, Pina, and Tate" so they cut the odd man out.
  11. Laika
    Ally Anthopoulos claims Ally Manoah He should fit in well with Bryce Elder, Walker Buehler, and Erick Fedde in their 2026 rotation
  12. Laika
    I don't think so. Unless we hear something new.
  13. Laika
    I really doubt at this point that the team is trying to make Vlad do anything other than make better swing decisions. I bet they are sick to death of trying to turn him into someone who pulls the ball more or hits more flyballs. Probably got sick of is years ago and are resigned to the realities.
  14. Laika
    Ah yes this is the Apple TV game Sportsnet traded away. At least Mr. Rogers avoided the nightmare scenario where the AL East magic number was 1 and they didn't have the game. The magic number is 3 so no clinching can happen tonight. We clinch tomorrow and then rest Goose on Sunday.
  15. Laika
    I dunno. This just seams fair. Toronto needs to get by a nemesis and New York needs to win some real games too. NYY: Warren, Schlittler, Gil BAL: Rogers, Sugano, Bradish The Yankees have their work cut out for them if they want to sweep or even win 2 of those games. Rutschman just came off the IL three days ago too.
  16. Laika
    Yeah but other than Scherzer none of these guys were likely playoff contributors
  17. Laika
    Varland + Lauer is a way better playoff idea than Max Scherzer
  18. Laika
    Michael A Taylor redemption home run
  19. Laika
    That swing decision by Vlad was so hilariously bad. At least Barger has a pitch to hit when he decides to hack away
  20. Laika
    I dunno man. What if he actually has elbow inflammation? This could be bullish news. Some kind of surgery, rest, or rehab combo and he might have some useful starts left on this contract. Dude touched 97 and sat 94 for his entire career, including 2023 and 2024. This year he started off without any of that top end velo and lost like 2 mph over the year. If you look closely at the below chart this velo drop off may have started at the end of 2024. Nobody is going to want him. Toronto could not eat enough money to make any trade make sense. Unless there is a 1 for 1 bad contract swap for some other player owed a similar amount of dead money. Only hope is that he might have the kind of injury that can actually be corrected. Does he need elbow surgery? Not the worst thing in the world if he does. He was projecting to be an SP6 quality guy anyway.
  21. Laika
    Honestly, pitchers these days probably look at these lineups and only game plan for George and Vlad Everyone else is cake
  22. Laika
    If Raleigh can pass Judge's AL record it will be too much narrative and Cal will run away with the voting.
  23. Laika
    Can just make the decision on Sunday I guess. I agree with your thoughts. If a win seals it, have to use him because that win is worth as much as winning an entire wild card series. The downside though is you burn him for the WC series by using him ugh. Imagine having to start Scherzer in game 1?
  24. Laika
    Or lose tonight, fall 1 game back, then sweep the Rays while New York loses in game 162
  25. Laika
    Some of that is suckage. Some of it is randomness. Sept 23rd, lose 4-1, outhit 9-3 Jays had a .292 xBA vs Boston's .246 xBA! Sept 18th, lose 4-0 Had just 4 hits on a .289 xBA! Sept 17th, lose 2-1 Had just 4 hits on a .258 xBA! Kirk 3 run homer robbed. I mean MOST of it is the hitters sucking but there have been a few unlucky games and that makes the bad stretch into a brutal stretch.
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