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  1. Laika
    How is a sports hernia serious? Any 30+ year old athlete will have a string of hamstring or quad strains on their resume. I don't think Edwin's finger injury from this year sounds like anything that will persist. The thing to be a bit more concerned with IMO is Bautista's mysterious weird shoulder thing from earlier this year. That thing went on for weeks and weeks and was even characterized at times as a "quality of life" issue than rose above baseball.
  2. Laika
    There isn't really a discernible offensive difference between LF and RF, and the defensive positional adjustment is essentially the same. Between LF and RF, the guy with the better arm should be in RF and that's just about the only relevant consideration. I've seen plus grades put on Pompey's arm. If Bautista's shoulder injury from this year becomes a chronic thing then maybe it would make sense to have him in left and Pompey in right. If his shoulder is healthy though then he should stay in RF. His arm is his best defensive asset, so they need to align the defense to leverage that.
  3. Laika
    Edwin is becoming an injury risk? Jose is the guy who had the more serious injury in 2015, in a long-term sense.
  4. Laika
    Not 100% sure but from the little bit of info out there, think Aaron Loup with less velocity but more command. Side arming lefty, sits maybe ~89mph (with sink), slider. Better minor league numbers than Loup.
  5. Laika
    Girodo is extremely interesting. We could see him get a chunk of MLB time next year.
  6. Laika
    Verducci seems impartial. Buck might have a slight bias for the Royals. Harold Reynolds might as well be wearing a Royals jersey. It's embarrassing.
  7. Laika
    yeah don't be dumb
  8. Laika
    Not exactly. Butler actually had a near career high LD% last year, when he sucked. But his batted ball profile has changed. When he got bad he started hitting more groundballs. Obviously, this is terrible when you are the slowest professional athlete that isn't playing darts. BABIP fell and so did his power. Anyway, nothing looks problematic in Edwin's batted ball profile.
  9. Laika
    RC adds 10% to HR by RHB Angel Stadium decreases 7% of HR by RHB For doubles, basically the same but 1/2 the percentages. Trout gains ~3 HR and Donaldson loses ~4 HR Donaldson loses ~2 doubles. Trout gains 1 double. Trout would obviously run away with the MVP, with that 44 to 37 HR gap. Also you could almost flip their RBI numbers, obviously (Donaldson was slightly better in RE24 and WPA/LI s*** - not sure how exactly that would affect RBI counts but it would a bit).
  10. Laika
    Have you ever even looked at his stats? He's phenomenal. Everything the Nats could have hoped for, honestly. They'll end up getting over 20 WAR from him in 6 years, maybe as much as 24. Can't dream of much more than that from a pitcher in 6 years of control.
  11. Laika
    Stras could actually be a steal as a free agent. By talent, he's probably a top ~5 pitcher in the game but he hasn't achieved a reputation anywhere close to that because of the injuries and the narrative.
  12. Laika
    Through 2020, with four arb years.
  13. Laika
    I've always thought Jose Ramirez was a pretty solid MIF prospect, and underrated / overshadowed by Lindor. I would like to get my hands on him (and then try to sell high on Goins!). I dunno what else. Not sure how much value Bauer has, or how good he even is. Tomlin would interest me as a 3rd piece. Justus Sheffield is a good prospect. McAllister would interest me as a 3rd piece. I love Francisco Mejia's profile. Cody Allen is elite and has three years of control left. Tyler Naquin is completely expendable for them. I'm sure something could be put together by Shapiro and his old buddies.
  14. Laika
    The Indians would probably love EE
  15. Laika
    They don't have any room at 1B/DH though. ARod, Tex, Bird.
  16. Laika
    Strasburg is a FA next year? Woah. That happened quick.
  17. Laika
    It all depends on the contract it would take to extend him and the prospects that they could fetch in trade, so it's pointless to debate. I would support trading him in certain scenarios too. Really hard to do right now with the state of the current team though. Huge chance to make another WS run in 2016 and his option is so cheap. I guess if you can get a controllable piece that would be able to contribute in 2016 too then you could pull the trigger.
  18. Laika
    Aging curves need to be factored into everything, but no teams should categorically trade guys once they hit some age threshold. Case by case basis. The Red Sox are probably pretty happy they didn't get rid of Ortiz when he turned 33. What specifically about EE makes you want him gone, or makes you think he's going to drop off? Much like Ortiz, he seems to combine a unique level of power, patience, and contact. Same with Jose. Of course they could fall off a cliff at any point, but graceful declines are more likely IMO.
  19. Laika
    Well then you're not trying hard enough. Step 1 - collect underpants Step 2 - ????? Step 3 - profit! wait, I mean... 1) replace ~3.5 WAR Tulowitzki with ~1.5 WAR Goins and friends. 2) spend newfound $20M on at least 2.0 WAR worth of pitching 4) profit! (specific numbers don't matter)
  20. Laika
    Well you wouldn't trade Tulo and then leave your MIF depth chart as Goins-Travis... clearly step 2 would be to go out and add depth.
  21. Laika
    White Sox have Tim Anderson. Also, Jose Iglesias might not suck. The only two things that popped into my head were: Angels with Aybar coming back Rangers - some convoluted trade involving Tulo and Andrus, where Texas eats some amount of Andrus' contract and/or includes prospects.
  22. Laika
    How big is the skill gap between Ryan Goins and Didi Gregorius? I like Goins more as a starting SS than as a starting 2B. I'll say that much. Obviously in an ideal world he's a backup MIF.
  23. Laika
    You'd probably replace him with Goins and then spend the money on a whack of pitching depth for 2016
  24. Laika
    For what and to which team? Tiny market, value could be minimal to a lot of teams.
  25. Laika
    If Revere gets moved it's probably/hopefully for a SP with a similar salary
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