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  1. Laika
    Not me, but you've jarred my memory anyway. Urias for Glasnow and Santana (became Longoria).
  2. Laika
    When was our last meaningful trade anyway? You're scared of trading with me and it's obvious.
  3. Laika
    Dude, Devers had like 3 walks in A ball this year and a limp wRC+. People are already talking about him as a 1B too since he's slow as. Snot demented
  4. Laika
    How have you never heard of Espinoza?
  5. Laika
    The odds are against basically any pitcher breaking into the league, of any size, to have sustained success mostly injury free as a starting pitcher. You have done nothing to show that Stroman faces taller odds because of his shorter stature. Nothing scientific, nothing logical, not even in a common sense sense. Would you even give half a mind to the notion that the only reason to ignore pitchers *slightly taller than Stroman would be to fit your narrative? There would be no discernible functional difference between the heights of Stroman and, say, Eddie Cicotte, or Pedro, or whoever (in terms of effect on their health or whatever).
  6. Laika
    What statement?
  7. Laika
    I took it as 2006-2015 Still, you know that your example demonstrates nothing at all. To quote yourself, "Someone who professes to understand statistics as well as you do should understand that."
  8. Laika
    now I'm hungry
  9. Laika
    Are you trying to tell me that you went back to 2006 and the list of the top 39 MLB pitchers alphabetically went all the way to Benson? Do you think I'm a retard?
  10. Laika
    Quirk based on low K% There are quite a few obvious quirk players on KATOH's list. The model needs some work.
  11. Laika
    Since 1950 there have only been 39 pitchers 5'8" or shorter in the majors. Take any random 39 pitcher sample and how many would have "sustained success as a starter?" Here's one 5'8" guy that started a good chunk of games: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/normafr01.shtml
  12. Laika
    Stroman has more pitchability, better command/control (better balance through his delivery too), and more tricks in his bag of pitches. He also has a work ethic and personality that rises above anyone else's. There are some things on his side too, in terms of aging gracefully. We'll see.
  13. Laika
    5 games for eligibility is actually pretty absurd. Is it customizable in Yahoo? I don't think so, but 10 or 15 would be better.
  14. Laika
    Yeah well when your "school" involves hanging out with a bunch of amateur boxers...
  15. Laika
    Step 1 - collect underpants
  16. Laika
    In the words of Linguo - "Sentence fragment."
  17. Laika
    Oh, you guys never posted it on ProBoards. Please do so in the future - things get buried quickly in this thread.
  18. Laika
    Which trade?
  19. Laika
    I dunno. Even last year, the Dodgers had this tendency to hoard an absurd amount of depth anywhere they could. They acquired and signed guys like Olivera and Peraza (could list 10 names) just to bury them way down the depth chart.
  20. Laika
    I think Stroman has a slightly cleaner and generally more athletic delivery. The injury risk that comes with being short is probably overrated and possibly non-existent. I mean, shorter guys might have to use more effort and dirtier mechanics in order to throw hard, which could cause injury, but that's a different primary cause.
  21. Laika
    Rooky
  22. Laika
    Must be @NomarMzra26
  23. Laika
    No, but judging from the Giles and Kimbrel trades, other teams are.
  24. Laika
    People overreact to Urena not hitting the OBP checkpoint of .300 in 2015, I think. In 2014 in the Appy he was one of the 10 youngest position players and he had a 129 wRC+ In 2013 in the DOSL he was the 12th youngest position player and he had a 137 wRC+ In 2015 he tapped into some power. Obviously he's a work in progress but I don't think he's completely cemented himself yet as some hopeless hacker that can't hit right handed or can't hit breaking balls. Look at the massive leaps that a guy like Lewis Brinson took this past year in terms of plate discipline. He's a toolsy shortstop with upside, approaching the upper minors, within a thin system. I think you can argue for him over anybody not named Alford. On my prospect list I should have ranked him ahead of Pentecost and Harris.
  25. Laika
    Terrible league name. Somehow even worse than the woefully dated BBDL.
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