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TBDL season Long Thread
Posted on 3/18/15 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 3/18/15 at 12:17 pm
I will be giving out a maximum of 5 baseballs for pitching and 5 for hitting, with a final judgement of contender, pretender, or meh if you have a middling team. Teams are in no special order
Figured this could be the season long thread too, since everyone is always searching to post draft rankings to throw in my face.
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Crafty Lefties
Pitching:
Had to give Rouge two balls just for having Kershaw. Sonny Gray is a decent enough SP2, but will probably regress some. All reports indicate that Cain looks good, so he could be a solid SP3 as well. Wont get many saves out the pen, but he has some nice upside arms. Sanchez and Boxberger could end up with closer roles if things go right.
Hitting:
Rouge has 4 really nice hitters and a few decent hitters outside of that. His main concern should be what Utley and Beltran can bring this year in their advanced age and can they stay healthy? Pence is out for a bit, so that will hamstring him as well. He should compete most weeks, but the old/injury proneness of his hitters kept him from getting 3 baseballs.
Season Prediction: Pretender
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Invisible Scratch Picklez
Pitching:
If not for the bullpen, I wouldve gave his pitching 1 baseball, I think. I dislike Cashner, Duffy, and Kazmir a ton. They could be OK, I just cant fap to them. Pineda could be decent. Sale is an ace, of course, but who knows what happens with this foot injury. If he's done then we are in trouble here. I do like Eovaldi as my sleeper pitcher this season, and Holland/Betances are dual action flame coming out of rondo's pen. They should make up for an otherwise pedestrian K/9 staff.
Hitting:
Finally, something to fap to. I wanted to go full 5 balls, but Khris Davis and Fowler as 2/3 OFs just makes me a bit ill. Otherwise, I can get behind most of the offense here. Id estimate there are 5 or 6 top 5 guys at their respective positions. Moss and Reddick can provide some pop on the backend. Some of the hitting will be weakened when rondo has to trade for some starting pitching, i believe.
Season Prediction: Contender
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Hot Stove
Pitching:
Hot Stove has 3 perennial aces, though Wainwright is worrisome. Not huge of Shoemaker, per se, but as a SP4 you could do way worse. 2 decent enough closers who can get you saves doesnt hurt, though i would not be surprised if neither had a job come the ASB. Jansen will help when he comes back. All in all, pretty balanced staff.
Hitting:
Not many holes in the lineup here. Love the OF with Trout, Ozuna, and Harper. The INF wont blow you away, but it's pieced together nicely as far as filling out cats on a weekly basis goes. Granderson and Morneau are nice UTIL players as you know what you will get from them. Nice depth, too.
Season Prediction: Contender
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Figured this could be the season long thread too, since everyone is always searching to post draft rankings to throw in my face.
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Crafty Lefties
Pitching:
Had to give Rouge two balls just for having Kershaw. Sonny Gray is a decent enough SP2, but will probably regress some. All reports indicate that Cain looks good, so he could be a solid SP3 as well. Wont get many saves out the pen, but he has some nice upside arms. Sanchez and Boxberger could end up with closer roles if things go right.
Hitting:
Rouge has 4 really nice hitters and a few decent hitters outside of that. His main concern should be what Utley and Beltran can bring this year in their advanced age and can they stay healthy? Pence is out for a bit, so that will hamstring him as well. He should compete most weeks, but the old/injury proneness of his hitters kept him from getting 3 baseballs.
Season Prediction: Pretender
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Invisible Scratch Picklez
Pitching:
If not for the bullpen, I wouldve gave his pitching 1 baseball, I think. I dislike Cashner, Duffy, and Kazmir a ton. They could be OK, I just cant fap to them. Pineda could be decent. Sale is an ace, of course, but who knows what happens with this foot injury. If he's done then we are in trouble here. I do like Eovaldi as my sleeper pitcher this season, and Holland/Betances are dual action flame coming out of rondo's pen. They should make up for an otherwise pedestrian K/9 staff.
Hitting:
Finally, something to fap to. I wanted to go full 5 balls, but Khris Davis and Fowler as 2/3 OFs just makes me a bit ill. Otherwise, I can get behind most of the offense here. Id estimate there are 5 or 6 top 5 guys at their respective positions. Moss and Reddick can provide some pop on the backend. Some of the hitting will be weakened when rondo has to trade for some starting pitching, i believe.
Season Prediction: Contender
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Hot Stove
Pitching:
Hot Stove has 3 perennial aces, though Wainwright is worrisome. Not huge of Shoemaker, per se, but as a SP4 you could do way worse. 2 decent enough closers who can get you saves doesnt hurt, though i would not be surprised if neither had a job come the ASB. Jansen will help when he comes back. All in all, pretty balanced staff.
Hitting:
Not many holes in the lineup here. Love the OF with Trout, Ozuna, and Harper. The INF wont blow you away, but it's pieced together nicely as far as filling out cats on a weekly basis goes. Granderson and Morneau are nice UTIL players as you know what you will get from them. Nice depth, too.
Season Prediction: Contender
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This post was edited on 4/7/15 at 11:15 pm
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Posted on 3/18/15 at 12:17 pm to GynoSandberg
High Jew Elf
Pitching:
Actually not too bad of a staff for Jew Elf depending on Tanaka's health. He has a lot of young fire that could compete week to week if all goes right.
Hitting:
Jew has some nice hitters, but a lot of them are young. I cant count on them this season, but they should be good in the years to come. He will be sneaky some weeks, though.
Season Prediction: Pretender
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Drunken Clams
Pitching:
Clams sports a deep, solid staff top to bottom. He goes 5 strong with a few SP bullets on the bench. Two closers who should rack up saves and Ks with a possible 3rd. If he manages his staff correctly, he will be tough to beat here.
Hitting:
Nice "Big 3" with Cutch, Jones, and Prince. Santana is solid as they come and is C eli. People are raving about Rusney, so that's good. Not totally buying on him just yet. Leonys Martin is my sleeper hitter this year. Dont know if Arismendy will get enough PT to be viable, but we will see. All in all, Clams has all the cats covered on his team. He will be tough.
Season Prediction: Contender
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Lou T
Pitching:
Wood, Carasco, Cole are a nice trio, with Teheran as a Sp4 for me. I will take it. Not too flashy, but can get the job done along with 2 guys who will get saves. Depth is shaky, though.
Hitting:
Couldve probably went 5 balls on Lou, but he is probably right up there with the other top hitting clubs. Solid from top to bottom with no holes other than SB. If Puig and Soler can break out, then look out. He could have 5 or 6 top 5 players.
Season Prediction: Contender
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cwill
Pitching:
Another team with 3 solid starters and 2 ho hum closers. Should compete week to week. Like Arrieta a lot of a SP3, and King and Zimmerman should do their thangs. He has some vets to add depth but not much upside there.
Hitting:
Decent, well balanced lineup. Stanton is the stud here, and Mesoraco could be the top player at his position. Desmond, Freeman, and Machado all could be top 5. Can Heyward breakout in STL? His lineup could teter both ways depending on what Heyward decides to do.
Season Prediction: Meh
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Big Redd Machine
Pitching:
If I had an ace to go with these SP2s and SP3s, then I would feel a whole lot better. His 5 starters are all literally "which guy are you going to get this season" type pitchers. Even still, should be enough to compete most weeks. Not much coming from the pen other than Street. Reminds me of rondo's team a bit.
Hitting:
A lot of veteran hitters on Redd's team except for D"Arnaud and Rizzo. With age, health always becomes an issue. We will just assume all are healthy. Beltre is the only hitter who has shown some regression, and even still, he was good. Position flexibility worries me with 3 key hitters all being 1B. VMart and Ellsbury already nicked. Regression and injury aside, this team should be able to swing it week after week.
Season Prediction: Contender
Pitching:
Actually not too bad of a staff for Jew Elf depending on Tanaka's health. He has a lot of young fire that could compete week to week if all goes right.
Hitting:
Jew has some nice hitters, but a lot of them are young. I cant count on them this season, but they should be good in the years to come. He will be sneaky some weeks, though.
Season Prediction: Pretender
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Drunken Clams
Pitching:
Clams sports a deep, solid staff top to bottom. He goes 5 strong with a few SP bullets on the bench. Two closers who should rack up saves and Ks with a possible 3rd. If he manages his staff correctly, he will be tough to beat here.
Hitting:
Nice "Big 3" with Cutch, Jones, and Prince. Santana is solid as they come and is C eli. People are raving about Rusney, so that's good. Not totally buying on him just yet. Leonys Martin is my sleeper hitter this year. Dont know if Arismendy will get enough PT to be viable, but we will see. All in all, Clams has all the cats covered on his team. He will be tough.
Season Prediction: Contender
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Lou T
Pitching:
Wood, Carasco, Cole are a nice trio, with Teheran as a Sp4 for me. I will take it. Not too flashy, but can get the job done along with 2 guys who will get saves. Depth is shaky, though.
Hitting:
Couldve probably went 5 balls on Lou, but he is probably right up there with the other top hitting clubs. Solid from top to bottom with no holes other than SB. If Puig and Soler can break out, then look out. He could have 5 or 6 top 5 players.
Season Prediction: Contender
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cwill
Pitching:
Another team with 3 solid starters and 2 ho hum closers. Should compete week to week. Like Arrieta a lot of a SP3, and King and Zimmerman should do their thangs. He has some vets to add depth but not much upside there.
Hitting:
Decent, well balanced lineup. Stanton is the stud here, and Mesoraco could be the top player at his position. Desmond, Freeman, and Machado all could be top 5. Can Heyward breakout in STL? His lineup could teter both ways depending on what Heyward decides to do.
Season Prediction: Meh
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Big Redd Machine
Pitching:
If I had an ace to go with these SP2s and SP3s, then I would feel a whole lot better. His 5 starters are all literally "which guy are you going to get this season" type pitchers. Even still, should be enough to compete most weeks. Not much coming from the pen other than Street. Reminds me of rondo's team a bit.
Hitting:
A lot of veteran hitters on Redd's team except for D"Arnaud and Rizzo. With age, health always becomes an issue. We will just assume all are healthy. Beltre is the only hitter who has shown some regression, and even still, he was good. Position flexibility worries me with 3 key hitters all being 1B. VMart and Ellsbury already nicked. Regression and injury aside, this team should be able to swing it week after week.
Season Prediction: Contender
This post was edited on 4/7/15 at 11:14 pm
Posted on 3/18/15 at 12:17 pm to GynoSandberg
The Rick
Pitching:
Having 3 closers bumped rick to 3 balls. Darvish going down is killer, but he still has Greinke, Iwakuma, and Ryu. Solid enough, probably wouldve gotten 4 balls with a healthy darvish. Kimbrel is top tier, and McGee could be sneaky good. Other than that, his pitching is mediocre.
Hitting:
Needs bounce backs from Kipnis, Wright, Choo, Davis and Rosario. This team wouldve looked like the T-skins if this were last offseason. Betts, idk, Ortiz is old AF but still swinging, and Duda could get him 30. Werth already hurt. These hitters are all over the place. Could go well, or could crash and burn,
Season Prediction: Meh
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Goodfellas
Pitching:
I see Kluber as the only real sure thing here, especially with Cobb and his new found forearm tightness. A lot of upside guys, though. Just can't bump him up until Bauer, Hutchinson, Greene take that step. Stroman going down hurts and if Cobb ends up being worse than we thought, all bets are off. Closer situation will be one to monitor here as Feliz has sucked the past few years. Giles will be a stud if he gets that job, and Cishek is solid as hell.
Hitting:
I'll go 3 balls here for the upside, namely Yelich, Polanco, and Baez. What will they bring this season? Goldy, Rendon, and Dickerson are 3 studs to build around. Altuve, sure, if you like that kind of thing. Crawford and Kendry Morales would be nice to have 5 years ago. Earl's team is built on breakouts, both hitting and pitching. He could have a nice year or be towards the bottom.
Season Prediction: Meh
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Cajun Sox
Pitching:
Gausman and Martinez could be studs, but at this point, they are question marks. Hughes needs to prove he's here to stay, and Burnett and Anibal need to prove they arent regressing like they showed last season. Just too many question marks for me to get behind this staff.
Hitting:
Hitting is a little bit better here. Tulo can carry an offense when healthy. Carter flashed that 40 HR potential. Marte, Calhoun, and Blackmon all provide numbers across the 5 cats. Some upside with Adams, Gyorko and Boegarts. Not a bad offense at all.
Season Prediction: Pretender
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Barry
Pitching:
Not crazy about the starters, but a decent bullpen bumped you up to 3 balls. 3 spots for 2 closers and David/Miller, though. Could be a problem. Starting pitching leaves a lot to be desired outside of Hamels and Lynn. Smyly could be good, but I want to see it first. Some nice MiLB arms but they probably wont contribute this season.
Hitting:
Grats, you will win steals every week going away. Team should have nice balance on O if Bryant and Tomas are what people think. 4 3B is worrisome, espcially with nowhere to put Arenado and Tomas. A few trades and your lineup could sit nicely. Im going back and forth with Meh or Contender, for now I will say...
Season Prediction: MehTender
Pitching:
Having 3 closers bumped rick to 3 balls. Darvish going down is killer, but he still has Greinke, Iwakuma, and Ryu. Solid enough, probably wouldve gotten 4 balls with a healthy darvish. Kimbrel is top tier, and McGee could be sneaky good. Other than that, his pitching is mediocre.
Hitting:
Needs bounce backs from Kipnis, Wright, Choo, Davis and Rosario. This team wouldve looked like the T-skins if this were last offseason. Betts, idk, Ortiz is old AF but still swinging, and Duda could get him 30. Werth already hurt. These hitters are all over the place. Could go well, or could crash and burn,
Season Prediction: Meh
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Goodfellas
Pitching:
I see Kluber as the only real sure thing here, especially with Cobb and his new found forearm tightness. A lot of upside guys, though. Just can't bump him up until Bauer, Hutchinson, Greene take that step. Stroman going down hurts and if Cobb ends up being worse than we thought, all bets are off. Closer situation will be one to monitor here as Feliz has sucked the past few years. Giles will be a stud if he gets that job, and Cishek is solid as hell.
Hitting:
I'll go 3 balls here for the upside, namely Yelich, Polanco, and Baez. What will they bring this season? Goldy, Rendon, and Dickerson are 3 studs to build around. Altuve, sure, if you like that kind of thing. Crawford and Kendry Morales would be nice to have 5 years ago. Earl's team is built on breakouts, both hitting and pitching. He could have a nice year or be towards the bottom.
Season Prediction: Meh
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Cajun Sox
Pitching:
Gausman and Martinez could be studs, but at this point, they are question marks. Hughes needs to prove he's here to stay, and Burnett and Anibal need to prove they arent regressing like they showed last season. Just too many question marks for me to get behind this staff.
Hitting:
Hitting is a little bit better here. Tulo can carry an offense when healthy. Carter flashed that 40 HR potential. Marte, Calhoun, and Blackmon all provide numbers across the 5 cats. Some upside with Adams, Gyorko and Boegarts. Not a bad offense at all.
Season Prediction: Pretender
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Barry
Pitching:
Not crazy about the starters, but a decent bullpen bumped you up to 3 balls. 3 spots for 2 closers and David/Miller, though. Could be a problem. Starting pitching leaves a lot to be desired outside of Hamels and Lynn. Smyly could be good, but I want to see it first. Some nice MiLB arms but they probably wont contribute this season.
Hitting:
Grats, you will win steals every week going away. Team should have nice balance on O if Bryant and Tomas are what people think. 4 3B is worrisome, espcially with nowhere to put Arenado and Tomas. A few trades and your lineup could sit nicely. Im going back and forth with Meh or Contender, for now I will say...
Season Prediction: MehTender
This post was edited on 3/18/15 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 3/18/15 at 12:17 pm to GynoSandberg
Knat
Pitching:
No real solid ace here until Richards proves healthy. A bunch of potential, though. Some nice arms who could make the leap to nice SPs.
Hitting:
A lot of meh offensively. CarGo will need to stay healthy to carry the offense. Could compete with the middle to bottom teams, though.
Season Prediction: Pretender
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PCT
Pitching:
Three competitive arms who are reliable and 3 closers garner you 3 balls. SP depth is worrisome. Reed and Rondon arent guaranteed to be closing come the ASB. We will see what happens
Hitting:
A group of solid hitters who will compete every week. We will watch Kemp/Weiters health, Pedroia and Pedro's rebound, and will Pearce and Brantley regress on what was probably career years. Jennings? Some nice bench depth that a lot of team dont have.
Season Prediction: Pretender
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Boo
Pitching:
Hey, I like your staff. Scherzer and Cueto on the frontline, Fiers, McHugh and deGrom bringing up the rear. Chapman in the pen. Clippard could take that job in OAK. Not too bad, You should be good in pitching.
Hitting:
Im looking at hitting and I want to know, who will carry my team? This offense could prove to be pesky, but I dont see it competing with the big dawgs of the league. Id say Seager is your best bat, and while he is good, I think you need a little more POP as a top bat. Can Hosmer break out?
Season Prediction: Meh
Pitching:
No real solid ace here until Richards proves healthy. A bunch of potential, though. Some nice arms who could make the leap to nice SPs.
Hitting:
A lot of meh offensively. CarGo will need to stay healthy to carry the offense. Could compete with the middle to bottom teams, though.
Season Prediction: Pretender
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PCT
Pitching:
Three competitive arms who are reliable and 3 closers garner you 3 balls. SP depth is worrisome. Reed and Rondon arent guaranteed to be closing come the ASB. We will see what happens
Hitting:
A group of solid hitters who will compete every week. We will watch Kemp/Weiters health, Pedroia and Pedro's rebound, and will Pearce and Brantley regress on what was probably career years. Jennings? Some nice bench depth that a lot of team dont have.
Season Prediction: Pretender
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Boo
Pitching:
Hey, I like your staff. Scherzer and Cueto on the frontline, Fiers, McHugh and deGrom bringing up the rear. Chapman in the pen. Clippard could take that job in OAK. Not too bad, You should be good in pitching.
Hitting:
Im looking at hitting and I want to know, who will carry my team? This offense could prove to be pesky, but I dont see it competing with the big dawgs of the league. Id say Seager is your best bat, and while he is good, I think you need a little more POP as a top bat. Can Hosmer break out?
Season Prediction: Meh
This post was edited on 3/18/15 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 3/18/15 at 12:17 pm to GynoSandberg
brb
Posted on 3/18/15 at 12:18 pm to GynoSandberg
the rest are coming
Posted on 3/18/15 at 12:19 pm to GynoSandberg
I can fap to an analysis like this.
Posted on 3/18/15 at 12:25 pm to reddman
I like the baseball rating system
Posted on 3/18/15 at 12:37 pm to GynoSandberg
That is awesome
Posted on 3/18/15 at 12:44 pm to PortCityTiger24
I'm guessing a total of 5 balls for my team.
Posted on 3/18/15 at 12:55 pm to barry
You seem more like a 4 baller to me.
Posted on 3/18/15 at 12:56 pm to rondo
Added Lout, cwill and redd
Posted on 3/18/15 at 1:02 pm to rondo
quote:
You seem more like a 4 baller to me.
Its a stretch goal for sure.
Posted on 3/18/15 at 1:05 pm to GynoSandberg
That's a pretty spot-on analysis for my team, giraffe, with the exception of Cecil being the closer in Toronto now.
This post was edited on 3/18/15 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 3/18/15 at 1:07 pm to GynoSandberg
Good breakdown.
KRod faltered 2nd half last year so he seems a little shaky to me as well.
Baltimore's provided a very closer friendly environment the past 3 years. Britton was solid last yr & seems safe for 40 sv. Hopefully he can up his k-rate a bit but I guess that's drawback to a sinker pitcher.
KRod faltered 2nd half last year so he seems a little shaky to me as well.
Baltimore's provided a very closer friendly environment the past 3 years. Britton was solid last yr & seems safe for 40 sv. Hopefully he can up his k-rate a bit but I guess that's drawback to a sinker pitcher.
Posted on 3/18/15 at 1:15 pm to rondo
I will do a four tier analysis:
Phanny levels of shite
GLNY
GLTY
Contendas
Phanny Levels of shite Tier
#16 - Phanny -If being terrible was the objective, you would win the ship with this crap. It's almost as if you tried to make a bad team. No power and no speed? How does one even do that? The pitching staff gives me inward boners.
Phanny levels of shite
GLNY
GLTY
Contendas
Phanny Levels of shite Tier
#16 - Phanny -If being terrible was the objective, you would win the ship with this crap. It's almost as if you tried to make a bad team. No power and no speed? How does one even do that? The pitching staff gives me inward boners.
Posted on 3/18/15 at 1:16 pm to rondo
Posted on 3/18/15 at 1:19 pm to rondo
GLNY Tier
#15 - High Jew Elf - Your bats appear young and inconsistent or old and declining. Obviously this team could be the second coming of Will's super power team of years past if things pan out. (hopefully you know how to manage 25 IP in da playoffs) Pitching mirrors the hitting...should be great in 2-3 years. You have Tanaka who will be nice if healthy...then??? Ervin Santana? Jose Fernandez at 50% is fap worthy doe.
#15 - High Jew Elf - Your bats appear young and inconsistent or old and declining. Obviously this team could be the second coming of Will's super power team of years past if things pan out. (hopefully you know how to manage 25 IP in da playoffs) Pitching mirrors the hitting...should be great in 2-3 years. You have Tanaka who will be nice if healthy...then??? Ervin Santana? Jose Fernandez at 50% is fap worthy doe.
This post was edited on 3/18/15 at 1:20 pm
Posted on 3/18/15 at 1:23 pm to rondo
#14 - Gyno - TBM gonna To Be Mad as hell but this is how I see it. Bats look nice...will definitely compete week to week. Having Belt means you will be able to fleece Earl mid season. Now the pitching....I couldn't fap to this staff if you gave me some popsicle sticks, electrical tape and you helped me move my arm up and down. The Giolito, Rodon, Urias trio does make the spidey sense tingle doe.
Posted on 3/18/15 at 1:27 pm to rondo
#13 - Cajun Sox - You may want to cash in some bitcoin now for the money you will inevitably owe Rougefrick at the end of the year. I will say this though...McCain's teams looked like shite to me back in his heyday...but they had some level of scrappiness I couldn't quantify. Not really skrong anywhere....not exceptionally terribad anywhere. Definitely not making the finals.
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