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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Terminator replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
The problem with that plan is that Ross Stripling sucks -
He's always been really hellbent on not delaying service time when it's such a no-brainer to do so. I think he's gotten into it with me on Twitter before as well. I actually met him at the winter meetings like 12 years ago when I tried to get a job in a front office. I went up to him and introduced myself and he gave me some resume advice for a couple of minutes before shooing me off which was nice of him (this was before I witnessed John Farrell engaging in an affair). So I had a positive exchange with him but his online persona is really unbearable.
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He really did. The dude knows it all. Baseball, cooking, left-wing identity politics, etc. He's a modern day renaissance man.
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So what can he do to adjust? Try to spray the ball to increase AVG, at the expense of power? Seems like he actually tried that in 2021. His Pull % went from Gallo-esque numbers in '19 and '20 to almost 33/33/33 in '21. Should he just go back to trying to pull the ball a ton again and live with the results?
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It seems like the new ball has killed Biggio as much as anything. A good BB% with a high launch angle can thrive with a live ball, even with a mediocre batted ball profile. See Gleyber Torres who has a similar profile and he looked like a Hall of Famer. Deaden the ball and these guys take massive hits to their numbers.
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You might actually be on to why they are playing Tapia tonight. Among all the hopeless options against Gerrit Cole, the contact hitter who might be able to BABIP his way to a couple of GB singles might be the best option.
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Stoeten was brainstorming through this decision earlier and it looks like Biggio might be pretty darn bad against high velocity.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Terminator replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
No GDT yet but the Biggio stans are not going to like tonight's lineup! Let's just say it gets a little fishy (Tilapia) toward the bottom! -
He's cooked!
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What's wrong with his personality? Seemed like a really likable guy to me
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I definitely hear what you are saying. Carter's final two years he got 100 RBI in each while putting up -2 WAR total. He also put up -2 WAR in his final season for the Padres alone lol. That's 3 years with 100 RBI and -4 WAR. Yikes. But he gets a bad rap around here. He was a legitimately good player for us his first 3-4 years but was kept around long past his time for his age 35-37 years. It's not really his fault that the team kept employing him and batted him in the middle of the lineup year after year.
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Thank you, I've been trying lately. I've been thinking about taking my talents to Twitter. Not sure how my style of trolling on here will fit in with Jays Twitter though.
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+1.74 is one of the worst I've ever seen
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His last game action was in ST on April 1. Hopefully he and Berrios and are just ironing out some (massive) wrinkles after the short spring.
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I hope she flops!
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Terminator replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
What changes did they make to service time that precluded a lot of the top prospects making the opening day roster? Does that affect Moreno too? -
Yeah I like that idea. We can get Biggios some ABs and use the DH to cycle some rest for the other regulars and can see what Tilapia and Zimmer have got. They can tinker with Collins a little bit in AAA and bring him up in a month if he shows them something.
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Yeah this is like a repeat of yesterday's game. Sucks.
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If that happens it will be a fail. He could very well suck but my point was that 1 IP isn't a great barometer to judge but the GDT isn't the time or place for nuance. It's the wild west of hot takes in this thread so that was my mistake for trying to inject any sort of level-headedness and I mean that with sincerity. I need to go back to trolling.
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It was definitely risky (as most FA signings are) but Matz got the same AAV and an extra year. Just kind of the going price for a back of the rotation 2 WAR starter. The statcast data on his pitch movement and velocity as well as his projections all look good and it seems like Atkins has been on him for a while which makes me think he can unlock an extra gear from him. You're right, GM's aren't infallible but it seems like Atkins earned the benefit of the doubt for me. Time will tell! Cheers
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Kikuchi is dealing! One ******** home run away from 3 scoreless innings. Had to get 4 strikes on Rizzo too. He's gotten no help from the rest of the team outside of a couple of decent plays in the field.
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Are you kidding me ump?
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Yeah and that data shows he's been fine and projects to be even better. But you know more than Ross Atkins I guess.
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Good call after 1.1 Innings
