Blue Jays vs. Rangers - August 14, 2019

[gruber92]

Derek Fisher, in his absurdly limited SSS at the major leagues, has played 760 innings in the outfield. He has 7 DRS and a UZR of 2.3. There is absolutely nothing f***ing wrong with Derek Fisher's defense.

 

Maybe he got the yips because a ball hit him in the f***ing face, but just because he looks awkward catching a ball near his head doesn't mean he's doing anything wrong out there FFS.

 

IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS.

 

Lol.. Come on man. You make it sound like somebody sucker punched him on the face. Why do you think a routine fly ball hit him in the face? So your saying he's only played 760 innings in the outfield in his whole life? I didn't realize he had just picked up the game. I don't know much about defense metrics, but I hear they don't draw up a proper picture. We're not talking about a 13 year old kid who was shifted into the outfield after always playing in the infield.

[gruber92]

It's like you haven't watched Teoscar go from horrid defensively to average over the past year.

 

That's because he was moved to CF. He had problems with reading the angles when the ball came off the bat in the corners.

[Orgfiller]

Lol.. Come on man. You make it sound like somebody sucker punched him on the face. Why do you think a routine fly ball hit him in the face? So your saying he's only played 760 innings in the outfield in his whole life? I didn't realize he had just picked up the game. I don't know much about defense metrics, but I hear they don't draw up a proper picture. We're not talking about a 13 year old kid who was shifted into the outfield after always playing in the infield.

 

What the f*** are you talking about? Mike Trout dropped a routine flyball last week, he must be some bum eh?

 

Yeah the defensive metrics don't draw up a proper picture, but your week and a half of watching Derek Fisher get 5 opportunities in the outfield sure have.

[gruber92]

Stevenson in Dunedin: 50BB, 52K

Stevenson in Fayetteville: 5BB, 4K

 

Yup. He's totally turned it around.

 

The only plus side Fisher has over Stevenson is power. There's literally nothing else.

[gruber92]

What the f*** are you talking about? Mike Trout dropped a routine flyball last week, he must be some bum eh?

 

WTF? Why is it always about a statistical outcome? Can you not see Fisher's body of work in the outfield is f***ing wack? Holy f***, it's not that difficult.

[Orgfiller]

WTF? Why is it always about a statistical outcome? Can you not see Fisher's body of work in the outfield is f***ing wack? Holy f***, it's not that difficult.

 

His body of work is 760 innings in the outfield, plus the minor leagues where he was clearly liked enough there given that he played CF regularly, not 7 games for the Blue Jays where he looked stupid on one flyball and has been fine in his other 4 or 5 chances.

[Ex Player]

I don't know if he said that verbatim, but I believe that was LTBF

Yup, I remember now. That was him

[gruber92]

His body of work is 760 innings in the outfield, plus the minor leagues where he was clearly liked enough there given that he played CF regularly, not 7 games for the Blue Jays where he looked stupid on one flyball and has been fine in his other 4 or 5 chances.

 

Why do you think Astros' management had him playing a lot of CF in the minors? If you put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig to most people.

 

To GM'S like Atkins, put lipstick on a pig and they turn into a Victoria Secrets model.

[DigitalRock]

Why do you think Astros' management had him playing a lot of CF in the minors? If you put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig to most people.

 

To GM'S like Atkins, put lipstick on a pig and they turn into a Victoria Secrets model.

 

Because they thought he was a centre Fielder?

[Deadpool]

The only plus side Fisher has over Stevenson is power. There's literally nothing else.

 

Fisher is a MLB player, Stevenson has maybe a 10% chance of becoming an MLB player?