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Does this merit anything more than a shrug? Who knows, I'll let you decide... Edit: I guess it is, if they're making room for Wander
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During spring training, there were articles about Biggio being more aggressive at the plate. It clearly hasn't worked out so far (I mean, small sample size, maybe it will eventually?) and he should probably go back to his strengths... Also, over the past 2 weeks, Biggio has a 112 wRC+ and a .380 OBP, so he MAY be trying out that whole "patience" thing again. Gurriel has looked decent over the past week (before the injury obviously) as well with a 104 wRC+ and 10 hits. Hopefully they're both trending in the right directions. (As always, sample sizes apply, but this whole season is still a small sample size...)
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People are citing batting averages like it's the f***ing 1980s or something.
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Depends if they DFA him, or sell him to the KBO first...
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Man, that's weird... It's a seriously small sample size, but his numbers batting leadoff are GREAT, and in every other position in the lineup they're mostly awful (except batting 8th where they're about average). I do think he's better suited to leadoff than Semien (I'm honestly not sure why Semien is the leadoff hitter while Springer is out...) Career-wise, his best numbers come (in order) 8th, 7th, 1st, 2nd (wRC+ if 176, 130, 128, 121). He's apparently just bad when not at the top or bottom of the order. I haven't really looked at this particular split for anyone else, but that seems like a wide spread. Of course, MOST of his career at bats are 1st or 2nd, and we're only dealing with a bit over a season's worth of total games, so it's still probably too small a sample size to draw any meaningful conclusions from... Interestingly, Cavan has never batted 9th in the majors.
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a) Biggio is simply not good at 3B, it's possible that he may improve, I don't know, but he's not suited there at the moment, and it's very, very difficult to mentally compartmentalize enough to NOT have an impact at the plate as well. He's said that he tried a different approach in the off season to work on some stuff, it's not going well (it might eventually work, who knows) and he should probably attempt to revert to what made him a 4 WAR player over his first seasons worth of games. c) If that Jgarza dude agrees with you, you should probably reconsider your position
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Biggio will be fine at the plate, he just needs to get the f*** away from 3B and never go back there, but that's a problem since we have Semien playing the only position for which Biggio is suited. I hope we keep Espinal around, I like him as a bench guy a LOT, and even more when you consider that the other option is Joe Panik.
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Here's a collection of people who don't understand sample sizes. Behold! I like Espinal, and he is an excellent defender, but he is absolutely, 100% not remotely a better hitter than Biggio. Biggio is a career 112 wCR+ hitter, Espinal is a career 75 wRC+ hitter. One is decently above average, the other is well below average. Even this year, Biggio's slow-start 81 wRC+ is higher than Espinal's "hot start" 77 wRC+.
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I blame the quality of this GDT on that hockey thread....
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That was a nice play Dolis, should have made it several batters earlier...
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Go bottom of the lineup!
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Yeah, but consider the source.
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Hey umpire: Go f*** yourself. Then f*** every other umpire.
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Seriously dude? Do you not understand how any of this works? See, his "career" is a large number of games, over which he has been very good. This "season" is a small number of games, where he has struggled. Large number > Small number Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
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f***ing finally... Let's score 30 this inning, bat around 6 times...
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Alex Cora is their manager, so...
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That is a seriously ugly necklace, dude.
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Oh FFS...
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So, he's got a career wRC+ if 112, with a career .360 OBP and, as pointed out above, he's been excellent over the past two weeks, but because he has a slow start to the season apparently none of that matters? Alright then...
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I mean, not really... Gurriel has been f***ed by the sun a few times as well.
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I mean, this park doesn't just sit empty when the Jays aren't using it...
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They're going to need to put up a billboard or something to deal with that sun, but I think those were both hits even w/o the sun...
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I think swinging 3-0 is dumb, but it's not something that should get you thrown at. I just think you're taking pressure off the pitcher swinging 3-0, unless it's keyholed and you crush it (which happened in the case in question...)
