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  1. Laika
    Did they actually sign Leake too? That seems like overkill
  2. Laika
    holy f*** wow omg
  3. Laika
    Why do you think I didn't notice that he added two fastball variants? It had no noticeable affect on his xFIP or SIERA and his xFIP- was actually worse than average. So now you tell me how he "improved".
  4. Laika
    It's not my fault that Fangraphs has all of the relevant information. You want peripherals like HR%, K%, GB%, BB%? Fangraphs. You want non-skill indicators like BABIP, LOB%, HR/FB%? Fangraphs. You want FIP, xFIP, SIERA, xFIP-? Fangraphs. You want pitch types and other pitchFX information? Fangraphs. You want projections? Fangraphs. I think the better question is... what f*** are you looking at that isn't on Fangraphs in some way?
  5. Laika
    Yup, call their agents right meow
  6. Laika
    Zobrist back with Joe Maddon. This probably means SS and CF eligibility in Yahoo by the All Star break, right?
  7. Laika
    Wait, we can actually play baseball? That's allowed?
  8. Laika
    *upload
  9. Laika
    Castro is pretty bad. I'd enjoy seeing the Yankees acquire him.
  10. Laika
    Kind of related - Stroman will be a super two player specifically because he was used in relief for a couple of useless weeks in May 2014. I'm sure the new regime will be a lot more concerned about service time manipulation in general.
  11. Laika
    Of course he has more trade value. Nobody would disagree. Probably only if they flip Miller this offseason. Otherwise, they could have gotten better long term assets a year ago.
  12. Laika
    Not really. It's just hard to see why Shelby Miller should be expected to continue to outperform his mediocre peripherals. I see nothing unique or potentially unique in his skillset. Maybe something's there, but there's no reason to assume there is. The fact that he used to be a top prospect has literally zero bearing on his ERA-DIPS differential. Sure he could improve, but anybody could improve...
  13. Laika
    Sure, but he sucked at it. He would churn through a bunch of backend guys and never really give them a chance. Ex., Jeffress became a stud like as soon as Toronto got rid of him. Same with Chavez. There are other names littered in the recent bullpen history of the Jays that should have been given more of a chance. Coello, Colt Hynes, Dyson, Wagner, maybe Rasmussen The only buy-low or bounce back RP type that I can think of that worked out in AA's entire tenure is Hendricks... maybe Delabar was a buy-low? More of a fair deal. He bought on guys with Saves experience like Hawkins, CoCo, Francisco, Santos, Lyon. He overpaid for guys with good scouting grades, like Esmil Rogers and Brad Lincoln. He brought SP prospects up from A ball out of desperation to fill bullpen needs. I really don't think AA was too good at playing the reliever game. Smart teams like Tampa turn free again bargains into shut down relievers on the regular, man. Like, yearly.
  14. Laika
    Perfect! I love this front office
  15. Laika
    WHAT HAPPENED TO BoB!? He's a clown now. (that was last year, obvs)
  16. Laika
    stfu
  17. Laika
    ok so apparently Bob Nightengale is a joke now
  18. Laika
    http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/giants-gm-bobby-evans-on-the-value-of-flexibility/ good article on the value of having roster flexibility talks about Giants decisions on Aoki and Petit relevant for Blue Jays past decisions on Smoak and Revere, also Chavez to an extent.
  19. Laika
    Shelby Miller: A) the most overrated pitcher in baseball the most overrated player in baseball pick! (no other options exist)
  20. Laika
    yes we will see
  21. Laika
    ugh
  22. Laika
    Stroman isn't a f***ing franchise player. See: Josh Donaldson
  23. Laika
    wow, Bob Nightengale says Zobrist has 4/$80 on the table. Fangraphs crowd thought 3/$42
  24. Laika
    I think the shoulder injury thing is more substantial than North American fans realize. Word out of Japan is that at one point people weren't even sure if Iwakuma's career was over.
  25. Laika
    Nope. "Most alarming was the finding that a pitcher who regularly pitched with his arm fatigued was 36 times as likely to be in the surgery group (odds ratio = 36.18)" http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3435945/
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