ST GDT: 1:05 PM EST Rays @ Jays at TD Park

[Spanky99]

Stfu

 

K.....

[hanton]

Davis Schneider has seen nothing but high heat again this Spring, and so far he's been struggling to catch up. He did adjust a bit last season to hit them, but then the league countered with lots of offspeed to setup the high heat.

 

This is important, the inability to adjust is why many fail - after finding some success. He had a better than average eye at the plate last season - not going by stats - just my own eye

[hanton]

Babe's dee worries me more because I doubt his bat will be good enough to DH, we need to see more

[John_Havok]

Varho's center field metrics took a dramatic leap forward in 2022 so I don't think the previous numbers are terribly informative of his present abilities. His OAA rates are very similar in the 2022 and 2023 seasons, and it stands to reason that he was still learning to play the position based on how little time he spent in the outfield prior to 2022 (only 155 innings in 2020 and only 338 innings in 2021.) Varsho's last two seasons in center field show the following:

 

841 innings 23 DRS 18 OAA. Extrapolate this to 981 innings and you are left with 27 DRS and 21 OAA. So not double of Kiermaier but still 50% higher in DRS and 62% higher in OAA. It stands to reason that the team is deferring to the more experienced player to man center field which very well could be a key to getting Kiermaier to sign with them in the first place.

 

The left field OAA is a puzzling phenomenon and could very well be a single year statistical anomaly. Varsho himself mentioned that left field was the hardest outfield position for him and he could very well still have been adjusting to the position for the bulk of the season. I don't recall ever seeing this dramatic of a gap between DRS and OAA so it will be fascinating to follow his metrics as the season unfolds.

 

I think it makes sense completely why you wouldn’t save as many runs or have as quite a high OAA in LF or Rf.

 

The biggest factor would be that you’re deferring to the CF on balls hit where both of you might make the catch, most of the time. That could make a big difference over the course of a season.

[Laika]

I think it makes sense completely why you wouldn’t save as many runs or have as quite a high OAA in LF or Rf.

 

The biggest factor would be that you’re deferring to the CF on balls hit where both of you might make the catch, most of the time. That could make a big difference over the course of a season.

 

Makes sense on the Blue Jays specifically as the CF is an elite veteran

 

Varsho would just let him eat every time

[John_Havok]

Makes sense on the Blue Jays specifically as the CF is an elite veteran

 

Varsho would just let him eat every time

 

Yes even more of a thing with an elite CF in place.