GDT Game 2/4 Angels @ Jays Aug 9th @ 7:07 PM EST

[Jays24]

Pearson rocking the chin diaper lol

[Jays24]

do I "here" myself?

 

Come on dude, why would a professional athlete want to take an experimental vaccine? These are the healthiest people on the planet.

 

It is so they are allowed to do whatever they want off the field. The covid restrictions no longer apply to them. Players are being coerced into getting the vaccine that way.

[Jonn]

Do you here yourself?

 

[JaysAllMighty]

every pitch to Kirk is high

[Jonn]

Looking forward to seeing Matz pitch tomorrow!

[Krylian]

This guy throws actual strikes maybe 25% of the time. Quit swinging.

[5ToolPhenom]

Matz looked great the first time out. Will be telling to see how he fares against this scary Angels lineup

[Jonn]

This Jonathan Davis guy is an absolute abysmal Baseball player. If I was Kirk I would be extremely embarrassed he’s hitting ahead of me in the lineup.

[Jays24]

So who gets a hit first... Tellez or Kirk lol

[Brownie19]

I haven't read one post in this GDT (and don't plan to), but fully assume it looks like this.

 

[G-Snarls]

FWIW the Yankees have a losing record too

[JFD]

FWIW the Yankees have a losing record too

 

And a SS that can't play defence

[Stangstag]

I haven't read one post in this GDT (and don't plan to), but fully assume it looks like this.

 

 

Yup don’t bother

[Stangstag]

And a SS that can't play defence

 

True, Gleybar really looks like he can’t handle SS. I believe we’ve seen a large enough sample size of his defence though, he’s got 315 games under his belt. (Only about half of those at SS) The Yankees will probably trade for a SS at the deadline if he can’t pull it together.

 

Bo has played a total of 82 major league games. Yeah he looks kinda bad, but lets at least give him 1 full season before moving him off SS. We’re not as far along in the rebuild as the Yankees are, and even they were willing to give Gleyber another shot.

[DigitalRock]

I haven't read one post in this GDT (and don't plan to), but fully assume it looks like this.

 

 

Yeah probably best to avoid, just knee jerk over reactions lol.

[saskjayfan]

This Jonathan Davis guy is an absolute abysmal Baseball player. If I was Kirk I would be extremely embarrassed heÂ’s hitting ahead of me in the lineup.

 

Yeah, it's easy to sit 3, 4 or 5 days in a row and then put up good at bats when you finally get a start. I'm sure the kid isn't pressing at all.

[Jonn]

Yeah, it's easy to sit 3, 4 or 5 days in a row and then put up good at bats when you finally get a start. I'm sure the kid isn't pressing at all.

 

That’s kind of what bench player and extra Outfielder needs to be able to do. He’s never going to be a starting Outfielder in this league. He’s about as fringe as it gets and the only reason he’s here is due to his speed.

[leaffie]

Bostons pitcher rodriguez would disagree. Covid left him with serious health issues.

[Stangstag]

Doesn’t Bichette check off all the boxes as a SS though? Other than some bobbles, he has the glove, range and arm, no?

 

Yeah seems to mostly be bobbles and mental errors. I think we should at least give him this season at shortstop and evaluate in the offseason. He’s only got 82 games in the majors...

[Jimcanuck]

One of my office staff got COVID last November. Still having significant health issues. She's 43.

[Spanky99]

One of my office staff got COVID last November. Still having significant health issues. She's 43.

 

Did you get her a gift basket, Jim?

[Spanky99]

Doesn’t Bichette check off all the boxes as a SS though? Other than some bobbles, he has the glove, range and arm, no?

 

Yes.

[Spanky99]

When you make signings like Springer and Ryu, you'd like to capitalize on their primes. That's the unfair position our young guys are being thrown in. Tough to find the balance between what's best for this team in 2021 vs what's best for the player in the long run.

 

I'm talking about that particular play where Bo went to 1st when he should have thrown the ball to 3rd and other times where he bobbles the ball preventing tailor made double plays. These are plays where he is recording outs and does not get dinged officially in the scorebook.

 

lol... you clearly don't get how advanced staffs work. At all.

[Spanky99]

When you make signings like Springer and Ryu, you'd like to capitalize on their primes. That's the unfair position our young guys are being thrown in. Tough to find the balance between what's best for this team in 2021 vs what's best for the player in the long run.

 

It is so they are allowed to do whatever they want off the field. The covid restrictions no longer apply to them. Players are being coerced into getting the vaccine that way.

 

AAAAaaarrrghhh get your shot or else, lol. J-24 dumb as f***!

[Jays24]

AAAAaaarrrghhh get your shot or else, lol. J-24 dumb as f***!

 

You should figure out the difference between hear and here before calling anyone else dumb as f*** lol.

 

And I was responding to a person saying why would healthy ball players be getting covid shots. Coerced was probably a bad word to use... more like incentivized.

 

There was a report out a few weeks ago about how so many NBA players didn't want to get the vaccine. Then the NBA came out and said players who didn't would need to be tested daily and would still have to follow strict protocols. Players who got them are practically free to do whatever they want. Those incentives give a lot of reason for people against it to just get the vaccine for their freedom basically.

[Jays24]

lol... you clearly don't get how advanced staffs work. At all.

 

Feel free to enlighten me because that's what I was asking for. I don't understand how advanced stats would measure the specific examples I gave. Are you just blindly assuming advanced stats covers every aspect of the game or do you understand the math behind this? Your response was "analytics bro" lol

[Olerud363]

I haven't read one post in this GDT (and don't plan to), but fully assume it looks like this.

 

 

It is everything you would be expect when the team has a .250 on base percentage or whatever, Keith Law being proved "right" nightly, (Bo can't play shortstop, Cavan can't hit fastball), team having COVID vaccine side effects and one quarantine (a lot of 'yo bro COVID fake').

 

(Just for the record I personally don't think Keith Law is right. I think Bo will work out at Shortstop, he doesn't look like Russ Adams, where he just absolutely doesn't have the skills, just bobbling too many balls then rushing, and hopefully that get's fixed. Biggio is walking and hitting with power. Doubt he'll hit .150 all year, and with the ussuall walks and power will be OK. )

[Ex Player]

Might wanna change thread title to April 9th