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  1. John_Havok
    He settled in nicely after the 1st inning though. Well done.
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    Yeah, I think if today is the worst we see of kikuchi this season, it will be a pretty good year for him. Though of course we can never be sure what he's been told to work on today either, and his overall sequenceing might be totally different in the regular season. His slider seems harder today though. LIke, he's usually 85-86 and today its been 87-89. That's weird and might not be getting the right kind of depth he normally gets.
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    Overall he's been okay most of his misses have been very close misses and he's filled the zone pretty well. Slider is still lloking good. his curve is still definitely a work in progress, changeup hasn't been consistent though. Fastball has looked good.
  4. John_Havok
    Strider got 6/75 from the Braves. Its not crazy to lock them up for their arb years
  5. John_Havok
    add that both were going into the last years of their contracts.
  6. John_Havok
    What would a Manoah extension look like right now. I know it's not a super priority but locking him in to guaranteed money sooner rather than later would be ideal imo, cost certainty and all that. Jays have him for 5 more seasons including 2023 (1 league min year and then arb 1-4 as a Super 2), so ... 5 years/50 could account for his remaining arb years pretty easily. 2023 - 1m (vs league min) 2024 - 4m (arb1) 2025 - 9m (arb2) 2026 - 15m (arb3) 2027 - 20m (arb4) something along those lines anways. Team options for 2 more seasons after that at 25 per, with a 4 million buyout or something? Total of 7 years, 100 million possible if the options are picked up, 5 years 54 if options not picked up. Could add in some bonuses for top 3 Cy Young placement or Cy Young wins. low? High?
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    I believe so yes.
  8. John_Havok
    I love that the split squad is against the same team's split squad. Philly goes down twice today!
  9. John_Havok
    Some hyperbole there, but yeah. Keep the current rule changes too, that will keep the running game going.
  10. John_Havok
    I say juice the balls, and let pitchers use spider tack. Even trade.
  11. John_Havok
    7-4 Orioles, not a bad showing for our AAA/AA/A ball guys versus a good chunk of their major league roster.
  12. John_Havok
    Apparently MLB is going to be giving fans a more transparent look at the review process in some games this year. From the press release: In the 2022 MLB season, there were more than 1,400 replay reviews. Historically, the league's replay review was reliant on disparate technology and audio-only communication with umpires on the field, resulting in fans being disconnected from the decision-making process. Beginning with the 2023 Season, the Crew Chief, the most senior member of the four-man umpire crew, will connect to the Zoom Replay Operations Center using Zoom's Contact Center solution during any replay review. During national broadcasts on MLB Network and Apple TV+, fans will also see the Zoom Replay Operations Center in action live during replay reviews and hear from an expert rules analyst who will discuss replay reviews with the broadcast team. MLB's goal with this new setup is to create a more transparent and engaging review process.
  13. John_Havok
    Pretty close yeah. A few AA guys there too.
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    It used to rank way higher, but it's definitely on the downturn. Probably somewhere between poker and darts.
  16. John_Havok
    True. Would definitely not have the luster and shine that it could have though. I'm in the camp that while the timing of the WBC is not perfect, it's the best it can be if they want to get the bigger names of the game involved without disrupting the regular season.
  17. John_Havok
    You should make more friends I guess Baseball is really popular in Southern Alberta, BC lower mainland and southern Ontario. East coast has pretty rabid baseball fans. Its certainly not on the level of hockey, but I think it's probably #2 in front of basketball unless the Raptors are actually deep in the playoffs.
  18. John_Havok
    Yeah, that's not unrealistic I suppose. I think it would still be really hard to attract any MLB or even minor league pitching to the WBC with that timing, most of them would just be ready to shut down. I could be wrong but i can't really envision a team sending their pitchers there after the season is over. I think the position players would be totally fine with it though
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    MLB is a partner in the WBC and wouldnt want to take eyes away from their primary product by running the tourney at the same time as the playoffs, would they? Like, as far as advertising goes, if im a company and i'm paying big money for MLB playoff spots, would I want another MLB product in direct competition with that taking eyes away from my spots?
  20. John_Havok
    It's an unfortunate situation for sure. But the WBC will always be in the spring. It's in the perfect place after the Super Bowl and before the MLB regular season when people who are baseball fans are craving baseball content. They'll never move it to being in season because that would be terrible. Moving it to the end of the season would basically ensure that 0 pro pitchers ever show up since all their arms would be dead tired by then and they'd be risking all kinds of additional arm injuries depending on when they had shut down. This isn't even a repetitive motion injury, it's a total freak accident that cannot be prevented. s*** happens.
  21. John_Havok
    Canada loves baseball, it's just too damn cold for too mnay months in the vast majority of the provinces to have meaningful #'s of kids playing it to a high enough level.
  22. John_Havok
    You know how ball players get in little groups and just jump up and down a bit when they win? That's all that was happening and then Diaz was on the ground.
  23. John_Havok
    Did he just land on someones foot while they were hopping around?
  24. John_Havok
    Its moreso the pitching side than the position player side. Canada could put out a pretty good pitching staff if everyone was healthy and actually wanted to show up. The staff this time around was putrid.
  25. John_Havok
    8 walks issued by Canada's pitchers so far, that's the real tragedy of this game.
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