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  1. Laika
    good name
  2. Laika
    Good front offices don't deal in unproven theories. There are certain biomechnical indicators or patterns that have observable and measurable effects on injury chance. Some of it is publicly available if you do an academic search with keywords like Tommy John and "early trunk rotation", etc.
  3. Laika
    But maybe cleaner mechanics? I dunno.
  4. Laika
    Not to mention, paying Storen $8.4M to save a few bucks a few years from now is nonsensical. I always find it funny when a team brings in an arb3 / FA salary closer and some people say "this will help keep Young Holds Guy's arbitrations down!". Nutshell thoughts don't get much tinier.
  5. Laika
    Stuff wise, it's hard to see why he couldn't start. 95.5mph touching 99.4 as an RP probably becomes 93 touching 97 as a SP, so still very good. Command is obviously there. The slider and the changeup both look good to me. Slider seems to get an elite whiff rate. Fastball gets an above average whiff rate in the pen. He would profile/project well as a starter, I think. The entire thing hinges on mechanics. If they have good reason to think he won't hold up as a starter then they should leave him be. I think he does have ugly mechanics... but I don't know anything. There's also maybe some hangover from concerns surrounding him as a prospect. He was always referenced as someone with a "bad body", and then he ended up getting hurt. Not that he's out of shape anymore. It's really not a cut and dry question and I don't think anybody from "outside baseball" can answer it with any competency.
  6. Laika
    Is Jed! still available? Why would Boxy take Didi over Jed!
  7. Laika
    He's like a fat Mo Bryan Shaw (Spanky obsession) tries to be the same cutter god but it doesn't quite work
  8. Laika
    You'd think the robot that invented TIPS would have a better understanding of what pitch level data means
  9. Laika
    also too many labrums
  10. Laika
    Oh, weird. Seems like a perfect Boxy man-crush guy.
  11. Laika
    Castillo is a really good pick this late. .241 ISO with Arizona last year!
  12. Laika
    This is the specific guy I was thinking of at first when Boxy took Didi and we were saying there are still people with real upside on the board. Lamb could be huge. Could be a top 10 3B. He plays in Arizona and had like a 1.000 OPS in the minors.
  13. Laika
    It's true, I am terrible. Good thing it apparently doesn't matter.
  14. Laika
    I don't think it really kills position player careers. Troy Glaus and Shawn Green have had them, google tells me. Both about a decade ago. Green was never as good after but he was also 30 at that point. Glaus returned to form
  15. Laika
    /career
  16. Laika
    Joel Sherman ‏@Joelsherman1 57s57 seconds ago I have learned Greg Bird is going to miss all of the 2016 season. Going for shoulder surgery tomorrow #Yankees
  17. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    3 on 3 All Star format is a huge improvement. I enjoyed the whole game.
  18. Laika
    2080 isn't doing standard top 100 / top 10 lists. Not sure what they're doing yet but hopefully it's refreshing.
  19. Laika
    Yeah their list should instantly leapfrog BP as the best scoutsy list
  20. Laika
    Past years. Then we can compare WAR between lists
  21. Laika
    Sammy, you around? Only one that hasn't joined the league yet.
  22. Laika
    please I will take your son under my wing. Don't worry.
  23. Laika
    He signed already... you stinky drunk
  24. Laika
    Boxy, did you consciously avoid Lynn when you picked Didi or did you just not think about him?
  25. Laika
    Mouser is the franchise record holder for worst season ever, in terms of fWAR. Maybe we'll see his name on the urinals one day? The level of piss-ellence.
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