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Seems like they don't trust Schneider to play 3B? And they wanted to play Biggio because of the game winning homer the night before (partly as a reward and partly to see if he can do it again)? The reward part is kind of stupid but I have heard that it's one of those unwritten baseball rules where if you hit a home run you play the next day. Probably doubly true for a game winner. But if Schneider can't play 3B and they felt they need to play Biggio then they should have played Chapman yesterday and sat him today. Sitting two bats when Bo and KK are already out with injury is stupid. We dumbed down the lineup to Cleveland's level and gave away the advantage that we had. DUMN -
Batters will get a boost next year when the foul territory is reduced by about 3,000 square feet.
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Fair
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True but with KK out there are some opportunities in LF and also to pinch hit. They've also been sitting the regulars during this 17 game stretch which would have provided him some ABs too.
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I get that they don't want to call up prospects only to have them ride pine but there is no way in hell anyone can convince me that Espinal, Biggio and Lukes are all better than Horwitz, Barger and Clement. I'm not saying all 3 need to be up but with Kiermaier and Bo out it would have been a great time to at least call up a guy like Horwitz and give him some ABs. He can play some LF and Whit can play 2B.
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I was thinking the same thing. Surely he could get some ABs in LF with Merrifield playing 2B. We need the offense.
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They should have called up Horwitz instead of Lukes and got his bat into the lineup somehow tonight. Dude is on a heater.
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We are in the middle of a 17 game stretch with no off days. It's also getting to be pretty late in the year so guys are tired. I think the Jays are trying to "steal" a day off for some regulars both yesterday and today because the Indians are the worst team in the league against left handed pitching with a .656 OPS on the year against them. Most of the regulars like Whit, Chapman and Vlad have all gotten a day off in the past 3 days. Ryu yesterday and Kikuchi today should be able to keep them from scoring too many runs, thus allowing the team a good chance to still win. As for Espinal playing 3rd today, my guess is they don't yet trust Schneider at the position at the MLB level so he's next man up.
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I don't really disagree with anything you and spanky are saying until we get to the "nice contributor" part. He's been negative WAR in 2 out of the last 3 years and the season he was actually positive was largely due to him grading out well defensively for the first and only time in his career. So yeah, he's a bench guy but he's not a good one IMO. That is interesting about the slow starts though. Perhaps he'll hit the rest of the way. And maybe he'll eventually prove me wrong. But 3 years and all these wasted ABs is a long time to wait. He's about to enter his physical decline years.
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A s***** One
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Boone was ejected and they are in last place. They are wasting one of the few prime years that Judge and Cole have left. You love to see it.
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He's contributed an 84, 97 and 92 wRC+ the past 3 years including this one. He's fringe.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2023)
Terminator replied to Krylian's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
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In all seriousness he's barely hanging on. Today will help but he's been negative WAR in 2 of the past 3 years (though today's game might have gotten him out of the red for this year). The fact he bats left helps him a lot. But we have a shitload of bench guys coming up through the system so he'll need to keep playing well to remain on the roster.
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If John Angelos is willing to interfere with things this insignificant it wouldn't shock me if he had his hand in other decisions as well, perhaps even player personnel. We all know he's a cheapskate, but is he also directing the FO to hoard all these prospects too?
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I'm lowering my extension offer to 11 years after tonight.
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Agreed Jonn
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Always really liked Cavan Biggio...dude can play!
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Actually damn near everyone is hitting in Buffalo. And I mean EVERYONE. -Horwitz on fire -The actual prospects like Barger and Orelvis (for a 21 year old) are hitting -The veteran minor leaguers such as Lukes and Clement -Rafael Lantigua is a midget but he's putting up numbers -Luis De Los Santos is up to a 105 wRC+. He's never hit well at any level but is a plus defensive SS from what little I've been able to read about him -Cam Eden has a .360 OBP, is apparently a good CFer and is 42 of 45 on steals this year -I gave up on Tanner Morris but even he's been mashing since a slow April -And of course there was Babe Schneider who is now the best hitter in MLB Does this place turn in to a hitter's park in the summer or something? From everything I've read it's fairly neutral for a AAA park.
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Spencer Horwitz has been on fire in AAA. In his last 30 games he's slashing .387/.504/.604. He's got 5 of his 7 homers on the year in that span and has walked 25 times with 19 Ks in 111 ABs.
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How many home runs is Babe Schneider going to hit tonight? O/U 1.5? I'm leaning the over
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Babe Schneider is batting leadoff and playing LF tonight.
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Orioles are just a thin-skinned trash organization.
