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  1. Laika
    The sober truth might be that the Blue Jays just don't have good enough pitching to win from here on. Since August 1st, Toronto has a 98 Stuff+ and 98 Location+ as a staff. That's 24th out of all MLB teams (Pitching+). Their xERA is just as bad. It wasn't much better earlier in the year. And the rank is the same since Sept 1st. If the playoffs began today, the Blue Jays 713 Runs Against would be the highest of all playoff teams. The only wild card contender with more runs against is Arizona. The pitching staff is probably worse than the Chicago White Sox for perspective (722 RA with a horrendous defense). The only teams that are *obviously worse* than Toronto at pitching this year are the Rockies, Nats, Angels, Marlins, Athletics, and DBacks. I know the offense has been the focus for the last week but the team is top 10 in runs for the year, since August 1st, and mid-pack since September 1st. I guess for the playoffs we just... hope the other team lines out a lot? Get lucky? Hope the opposing SP has a blister?
  2. Laika
    Lauer should be good to go so I am guessing he gets most of the innings after Varland So it was really a choice of Lauer over Berrios. Perhaps some insight into the playoff roster pecking order there. If they have to use Scherzer or Lauer in a playoff game, it might make sense to have an opener like Varland ahead of them. That extra 2%.
  3. Laika
    Are you implying that you'd rather see Berrios start? You want to throw this game too?
  4. Laika
    Scherzer the Hangman
  5. Laika
    Lose the division but win the World Series anyway 💪
  6. Laika
    Yet another horrendous PA from our 86 IQ superstar in the clutch
  7. Laika
    True Just sucks the Yankees won the Shane Smith game. That was one they could have really lost. Need Baltimore to spank them.
  8. Laika
    Well it's both Needs perfect location because the stuff is not good
  9. Laika
    Yank him now. Now.
  10. Laika
    A 2025 pro scouting report on Manoah would be 30 and 40 grades across the board and a FV that is not MLB relevant. Org guy projection
  11. Laika
    I don't think so. His MiLB numbers are horrible this year, he's 28 next year, he has s***** stuff now, he would require a 40 man spot and an arbitration price tag of like $2.2M which could pay for a few minor league free agents. It's not that complicated. Moving on from dudes when they are cooked is a skill.
  12. Laika
    Horrible night but honestly sort of one of those games where nothing goes your way More than one liner or hard hit ball down the line that went just foul or was called foul Ump taking two runs from them s*** like that
  13. Laika
    Brutal inning for Gausman Got ahead of guys and then missed his spots terribly giving up those hits Jays need to try this. Hit a mistake pitch hard. What a concept
  14. Laika
    People only want to keep Manoah because of the sunk cost fallacy, basically Dude looked horrendous pre injury and he looks horrible now in the minors. It is what it is. Many random minor league free agents will supply better SP depth next year. The org that signed Eric Lauer to a minor league deal can make better use of that 40 man spot.
  15. Laika
    Hard to even put the scam into words here All umpires are cockroaches
  16. Laika
    Should be bases loaded, but the ump is a clown
  17. Laika
    Ump is a clown again
  18. Laika
    Ump is a clown
  19. Laika
    They can always adjust the system, give more challenges in future years
  20. Laika
    I think this is true Value of good framers is reduced but it might not be by a significant degree A lot of framing isn't even about stealing strikes. It's about getting the right calls on pitches that clip the zone, or weird pitches that normally fool umps like high curveballs and cross ups and pitches that miss on the other side of the plate. ALSO the catchers can challenge so catchers with a good sense of the zone get a huge increase to value!!!!
  21. Laika
    Two but if you succeed you don't lose the challenge. And you get additional challenges in extra innings. I think it makes sense. Can't have sloppy challengers just slowing down the game. Make it so that people only challenge with confidence.
  22. Laika
    Nice. Seems to be exactly as rumoured. Hopefully it's snappy and they show the result on the scoreboard in like 10 seconds, like tennis.
  23. Laika
    Clement is kind of the lynch pin of the whole team with his production, defensive skill and versatility, and personality.
  24. Laika
    Timmy Tacos getting activated today? These lineups are starting to gross me out. Barger, Lukes, Heineman, Gimenez, Loperfido, IKF, and France are all below 100 wRC+ since Aug 1st. Since Sept 1st, add Schneider, Kirk, and Straw to the s*** list. And then since Sept 8th (last 2 weeks) Vlad and Varsho have also been plugs. Only Springer and, surprisingly, Clement, are over 100 wRC+ in all those samples. George really carrying the offense. Geeze. 211 wRC+ in the second half.
  25. Laika
    Gausman, Scherzer, Bieber vs Giolito, Crochet, Bello Jays should win games 1 and 3. Game 2 is a punt unless Crochet has a blister or something. Then... Yesavage, ???, Gausman vs Seymour, Houser, Boyle I am assuming the ??? will be some Berrios/Lauer combo. Jays again line up well to take 2 of 3 but it's the stupid Rays and Joe Boyle will probably strikeout 14 so who knows. Hopefully the division is locked up before that final Gausman start so he can just throw three innings and dip.
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