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  1. John_Havok
    It's not the least defensible move to not yet promote a guy with command issues that still need some working out. He wouldn't be playoff eligible even if they did bring him up now for a few innings in maybe one or two of the last 4 games of the season and I doubt the 3-5 innings max he would get in that kind of plan would significantly impact his development in a positive way
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    Personal responsibility. Schilling chose to make it public, nobody else. The teammate who told him is partially responsible for the slip to Schilling but Schilling is the guy who went public without the most basic form of human responsibility Schilling probably had good intentions in his own mind but...something about a paved road to hell comes to mind
  3. John_Havok
    I'm not sold yet on Orelvis being ML ready, and I'm still hesitant to pencil in Schneider as a difference maker, though I think he should definitely be the starting 2B next season. If Orelvis starts in Buffalo next season and goes off in the first month or so, yeah, he's gotta come up.
  4. John_Havok
    Well honestly, while the Jays have a few guys who could run more, their aren't the brightest bunch at picking their spots. Varsho is fast but he really gets terrible jumps imo, Whit is a nice combo of good jumps and good speed but tends to get a bit too aggressive in certain scenarios. Springer and KK both have injury concerns if you let them go too much. Bo has good instincts but he's lost too much speed to be effective. Chapman might be good at it with his speed, but for that he'd have to get on base once in a while. Biggio is generally good at stealing but he's not really aggressive at trying it. he steals bases like he takes pitches; seemingly indifferent 90% of the time. Vlad, Kirk, Belt, and espinal are all varying degree of slugs, and Jansen when healthy wont move the needle either.
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    I don't really recall but did any big bats move at the deadline? Does Burger qualify ?
  6. John_Havok
    Even if Boras only thinks he can get Chapman 4/60 he'd still decline a QO.
  7. John_Havok
    And thanks to Houston for beating Seattle. Game got a bit heated when Neris struck out Julio, then started walking towards him and yelling at him for some reason. No punches thrown but everyone was on the field. Neris was being weird
  8. John_Havok
    Really makes beating Glasnow a few days ago that much bigger.
  9. John_Havok
    Astros up 4-1 on Seattle.....and now 4-3. LOL at the perfect timing of this post. Im gonna stop scoreboard watching now
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    And truthfully, it's not a bad skill to have. in certain situations with defenses lined up certain ways, and pitchers being able to hit their spots consistently, sure, a two strike approach that looks oppo isnt bad, but it simply cannot be the primary goal of a lineup the majority of the time, which certainly seems to be the approach being preached by the Jays hitting instruction team. A pull heavy approach for nearly every hitter on the team just makes sense. Now that doesnt mean you go up looking to pull literally every pitch, you still have to be willing to take pitches and some strikes to get the one you want to let rip, and no, you wont be successful every time, but when you are successful, you do damage. creating runs wins games, and the most efficient way to create runs is pulling the ball with power.
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    That's not balls, that's coward s***.
  12. John_Havok
    Ah gotcha. Yeah,this team is boring as hell to watch that's for sure.
  13. John_Havok
    It's not Chappys decision whether to cut that ball or not, it's the catcher who calls whether it's to be cut
  14. John_Havok
    Two deep fly outs that were up the middle and away. Imagine if they pulled those rather than thinking middle away. You have 2 flaws in your process here. you somehow think they have a pull approach when they don't and you think that's why they can't hit consistently. Both of those assumptions are wrong.
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    Would be interesting to see if they've faced a disproportionate number of 1 and 2 starters at home vs the road.
  16. John_Havok
    That's fine..it's okay to be completely wrong. No laws against it
  17. John_Havok
    Wonder why Kirk called for that ball to be cut, looked like they had Judge to me
  18. John_Havok
    One of the few times I agree with Buck, just put him on and don't waste the pitches then.
  19. John_Havok
    I don't disagree. Varsho is a dead pull hitter and it's like the Jays want him going the other way all the time which he is terrible at. Usually ends up with soft flies and pop ups
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    100% this
  21. John_Havok
    You can't slap singles against good pitching consistently, so taking a pull- centric approach makes sense to maximize damage if you do make contact. If anything the hitting coaches are preaching the slap happy up the middle or other way philosophy
  22. John_Havok
    Boring yes. Mediocre no.
  23. John_Havok
    Yeah I don't get that logic either. Just because you make contact doesn't mean it will be good contact. High contact low walk guys are just babip fluctuation value guys from week to week
  24. John_Havok
    There's not many 1-2 combos on the level of Cole and King.
  25. John_Havok
    Not even meaning to take away from the Jays poor performance overall, but who knows what could have happened if Vlad gets that walk instead of being wrung up with the bases loaded. What’s interesting to me is that umpires get feedback after every game which shows their missed calls and attempts to quantify the factors that led to that missed call. I’m wondering why someone from MLB can’t run out there between innings with an iPad and just point out the misses so the ump can attempt to improve for the remainder of the game. Would that be so terrible?
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