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Mayza and Ngoepe out - Gurriel and Morales in

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I love it! I'm very excited to see Gurriel play in the bigs. Looks like Hernandez' audition will continue until JD is back as well.

 

https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-expected-call-gurriel-jr-option-mayza-ngoepe/

 

I just hope to see Lourdes playing every day. Him being utilized as Gift was isn't ideal. Having Travis, Solarte, Diaz and LGJr is a bit of an IF logjam.

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I just hope to see Lourdes playing every day. Him being utilized as Gift was isn't ideal. Having Travis, Solarte, Diaz and LGJr is a bit of an IF logjam.

 

Between Diaz and Travis getting off days, he should get decent amounts of playing time. Might even be able to cycle him through the OF. He's got experience playing everywhere in Cuba.

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It sure is nice to have too many good bats to get into the lineup instead of dreading the days when our backup brigade goes in.
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f*** yeah. Really excited about Gurriel. Ngoepe is where he belongs: waiting in AAA in case the team suffers an injury and needs a bench infielder for a short period.
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I hope they put him in the lineup right away. Hes been red hot in Double-A. Travis looks awful on both sides of the ball.
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When JD comes back it might not be a bad idea to keep Gurriel and put Travis on the DL with a phantom injury just to try and give him a week and a half of rest/maintenance.
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I'm sorry but this is getting stupid. Loup over Mayza is mind boggling imo

 

It’s hardly stupid, Mayza has options, Loup doesn’t.

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The policy of acquiring depth is starting to bear fruit. Tulo is a dead asset and Travis turned into a pumpkin, yet we still have several controllable MIF assets that look like they can be league average contributors. When you look at our positional WAR breakdown last season it was a fricking disaster.
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When JD comes back it might not be a bad idea to keep Gurriel and put Travis on the DL with a phantom injury just to try and give him a week and a half of rest/maintenance.

 

Agreed. Then again, you probably won't need a phantom injury for Travis.

 

Aledmys is getting beat up by the BABIP gods right now, but that BB% suggest he may be a lot closer to the hitter he was in 2017 than the one he was in 2016. If so - he shouldn't be plugged into the lineup every night. I see ample opportunity to for LGJ, Diaz, Solarte and Travis to all get ample playing time even when JD returns.

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The policy of acquiring depth is starting to bear fruit. Tulo is a dead asset and Travis turned into a pumpkin, yet we still have several controllable MIF assets that look like they can be league average contributors. When you look at our positional WAR breakdown last season it was a fricking disaster.

 

If we managed to get a wildcard, Tulo could be a good roster addition for the playoffs.

 

Travis will also hopefully turn it around soon, and go on a hot streak.

 

But yeah, much more promising than last year.

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The policy of acquiring depth is starting to bear fruit. Tulo is a dead asset and Travis turned into a pumpkin, yet we still have several controllable MIF assets that look like they can be league average contributors. When you look at our positional WAR breakdown last season it was a fricking disaster.

 

It’s kind of annoying that this move will fly right over the heads of the casuals who were wondering why Goins was non-tendered and replaced with Ngoepe. This is why. Ngoepe can be stored in AAA until he’s needed, and then banished again. Goins’ utility ran out when his options ran out.

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If we managed to get a wildcard, Tulo could be a good roster addition for the playoffs.

 

Travis will also hopefully turn it around soon, and go on a hot streak.

 

But yeah, much more promising than last year.

 

Yeah I mean by the time Tulo is ready again, let's be optimistic and say he's ready by August, someone else could very well be hurt and Tulo will be needed.

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How's gurriel's defence? I see he struggled last year with the bat.

 

Last yr he started off injured and went downhill from there. Don't even look at last years stats to evaluate anything about

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How's gurriel's defence? I see he struggled last year with the bat.

 

He looked like a slick defender when I saw him in spring training

 

#Scouting

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How's gurriel's defence? I see he struggled last year with the bat.

 

His defense is probably going to be average to below-average. He's a bat-first infielder who's value is going to come from versatility. If he can be a league average hitter while playing passable defense in a very different positions, that's a nice asset.

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It sure is nice to have too many good bats to get into the lineup instead of dreading the days when our backup brigade goes in.

 

Agreed. Our bench actually is really good right now. We have legit options to pinch hit. Which I can't remember the last time we had. Even our playoff teams had a terrible bench.

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He looked like a slick defender when I saw him in spring training

 

#Scouting

 

Travis is at best an average defender and with a cold bat at this point - looking forward to seeing what the kid can bring.

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This is very pleasing. It's as if this team has a strategy to win baseball that goes beyond managing the top 8 spots on the roster and then executes on this plan.

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