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Lol I feel that will be a disaster for them
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Maybe the jays need to try this. Bring back Carlos Pena and teach the guys to PLAKATA
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Lol take the L dude. Botox is definitely gay
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2024)
Stangstag replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
TB had to be cheating last year. Too many guys were hitting well above their weight, including f***ing TAYLOR WALLS Makes me wonder if the Orioles are cheating… their entire lineup is pretty much best possible outcomes -
Atkins refusal to pivot off the main plan will be the death of him. Like come on, you can’t make a single argument for Springer playing every day at this point besides the fact he’s one of the highest paid players on the team. If Springer was on a 1 yr deal he’d be riding the pine way more often like Turner now is
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Yes, it says that the team is just not good enough
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He kinda deserves to be benched at this point. In all likelihood Barger would provide the same value with way more upside
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HAHAHA f***ing burned
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Agree that’s a good way to approach it. Admittedly i’ve never had professional coaching past high school but the explanations never got more advanced for me. It took until i was about 19/20 to actually understand swing mechanics more. It just kills me when you see major league coaches preaching the same crap that we teach 10 year olds. Like come on dude, you can get a little more advanced than that. A good example is the famous Josh Donaldson/Derosa segment.
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“Trust the process”
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Yeah totally, I agree with everything you said. I just remember all the hitting tips I used to get as a kid, and they were all awful now looking back on it. My parents used to even pay for indoor winter academy thing and a lot of stuff they told me is shite. - squish the bug w the back foot - front foot doesn’t move after planting - rotate the hands through the swing - stay on top of the ball All BS that is disproven if you spend 2 minutes watching video of any major leaguer. VISUAL evidence will always be 1000x better than whatever bs explanation a coach comes up with. The enlightening moment/revelation for me was when I realized just how tucked the back elbow is to the torso during a swing. That’s something I never understood as a kid. And I don’t think it was ever explained to me. My swing was always a long loopy mess.
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I have to think the answer is yes. If we were only going to add the 1 “big bat”, there were better options IMO. Unless you put a lot of stock into the clutch/RISP numbers, then Turner was probably the best choice. I think positional versatility was also a factor, though it seems they overestimated Turner’s ability to play 3B/2B
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And this is to say, Don Mattingly is not a good coach because he doesn't even understand his own hitting mechanics.
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Here's an excellent example of what im talking about. Miggy is saying one thing, but immediately we see video evidence that he's NOT doing what he's saying. The bat is dipping down early and he's swinging upwards. His palm is up, but its also actually tilted more towards the catcher. Harold says "not like this?" and Miggy agrees, even though the video right after is a contradiction. Most of the high-level all-star type guys actually don't understand their mechanics and why they are successful. I'd say the journeyman/late-bloomers are actually much smarter because they had to struggle for years before actually doing a deep dive to understand their mechanics.
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Most of these high level players actually don’t even understand what they’re actually doing. They will SAY “stay on top of the ball”, but really its just a mental cue for them and not actually what their body is doing when they swing the bat. I remember even seeing it in a short segment with Miggy. Best piece of hitting advice I saw IMO was the Pete Rose thing, where he said your main adjustments should be: - moving up in the box if the breaking ball is killing you - moving back in the box if the fastball is killing you - stand closer/further from the plate - choking up on the bat
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Yes exactly thank you. I normally type on my phone during bathroom breaks so I was too lazy to try and explain it to the mumpkins
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I’ll use a page from Brownie’s book and say: Do you think these hitters are just listening to the coaches and happy with the underperformance?? Some guys like Jansen and Schneider still hard the ball hard, so it CANT be a coaching problem. These guys are veterans, why would they suddenly stop hitting??
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2024)
Stangstag replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
There’s 0 chance they burn things down completely if Atkins is still here. -
General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2024)
Stangstag replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Jansen + KK package to the Phillies and we could still “soft compete” -
Not exactly a fair assessment since 3 of those guys were injured… but yeah not great so far
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I always knew you were full of s***. Jk Sorry maybe that was in bad taste but I had to
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I suppose you own him on one of your fantasy teams?
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Its organizational issue at this point
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Drinking Yankee fans’ tears as we slap hit our way to the WS would be awesome
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It depends how Vladdy looks the rest of this year + next. If he has another season like 2023 teams will be hesitant to give him a big deal.
