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  1. Deadpool
    Man, why did Vladdy have the green light there 3-0?
  2. Deadpool
    Man, Rowdy. So hot right now.
  3. Deadpool
    Biggio beat that throw by quite a bit.
  4. Deadpool
    Nice Cavan!
  5. Deadpool
    That's about the best lineup construction we could have with the current roster, so that's good. Sucks that we're missing the pieces that would make that better...
  6. Deadpool
    None of those "bust" guys had numbers in the minors that really compared to what Vladdy did, though. Heyward in AA was probably the closest, and as much as Heyward didn't live up to his hype, he's still playing, and has 32.5 career WAR so far. Is it fair to say that you expected more from him because of his minor league numbers? Absolutely, I did as well. Is it fair to say he's a bust? Absolutely not. Could he be a bust? Maybe, but it's not like the skills he displayed putting up a 1.073 across 4 levels in 2018 as an 18/19 year old aren't the same skills needed to succeed in the majors. There's nothing more for him to do in the minors (he could benefit from several more years of defensive coaching, but it would be unreasonable to keep him down there just for D), and he's been a positive value player so far in the majors, even if it hasn't been AS positive as we had all hoped yet.
  7. Deadpool
    You have literally no idea what his weight is, you are guessing. That simply isn't publicly available information. You're also comparing 514 PAs last season to 160 this season. GB% this year has gone from 68.2% in July, to 56.1% in August to 46.2% in September so far, that is an improvement of over 20% already this year. Of the top 5 players on the Jays with the lowest GB% you have Janssen (the lowest), Drury, Espinal, Shaw and Teo is #2 for goo measure, so GB% != success. I don't think you hate Vlad because you bring up stats, I think you hate Vlad because you INCESSANTLY try to compare him to the best players in the league, you take every opportunity to s*** on him. Objectively he's been an asset to the team, and since nobody on the "f*** Vladdy" squad seems to remember this or think it's remotely relevant, he's doing this as the youngest player on the team. HE. IS. LEARNING. HOW. TO. PLAY. MAJOR. LEAGUE. BASEBALL. AT. AN. AGE. WHERE. MOST. BASEBALL. PLAYERS. ARE. IN. THE. LOW. MINORS.
  8. Deadpool
    Realistically, Vladdy had a fairly normal BABIP in August, a horrid one in July and a below average one so far in September. He's hitting more fly balls and fewer grounders in September as well (though his LD% is down a bit, but nowhere near as bad as it was in July, it was 4.5%) Again, he's doing this all as a 21 year old in the majors. At that age the vast majority of players are in low-A ball. It would have been thrilling if he came up at 20 and was immediately the best hitter in baseball, and it truly sucks that he only hit the ground at a speedy jog rather than a full-on sprint, but FFS, he clearly has nothing to gain in the minors, as he destroyed every level as a teenager. He either develops in the MLB or you continue to let him face pitching that he's already resoundingly defeated. While you may see August as an outlier, it's likely more a glimpse of him starting to put it together against more advanced competition.
  9. Deadpool
    Look, we all know that you loathe Vladdy with every fibre of your being, but this is dumb even for you.
  10. Deadpool
    So, what happened during the 110 PAs he had in August then? The weight wasn't an issue then (which, BTW, represents the bulk, no pun intended, of his PAs this season)?
  11. Deadpool
    The implication here is that he's fatter in September than he was in August when he had a 142 wRC+. By all accounts he's actually lost weight since then... Obviously his conditioning improving would benefit him, but he's 21 and he's comfortably above league average already, and has had stretches where he's been phenomenal. And, I mean, you simply cannot EVER complain about Vladdy's bat speed, the guy routinely has balls leave his bat at 110+ MPH, even if he's drilling them directly into the ground. (I just checked, and the Jays have 2 of the top 5 hardest hit balls this year, Tellez being #1 at 117.4) Vladdy is #7 in all of baseball on balls hit 95 MPH+ with 57 (right behind Teo who has 58, man he's been amazing this year...) Vladdy CRUSHES baseballs.
  12. Deadpool
    I deserved that.
  13. Deadpool
    Hey, that's unfair. I was very clear that I wanted neither of those two.
  14. Deadpool
    We didn't get Trout and Kershaw, anything short of that is an abject failure.
  15. Deadpool
    Finally f***ing over. That took forever and was way WAY more stressful than it needed to be when we had a 6 run lead at one point...
  16. Deadpool
    Dolis being less infuriating than usual today. That's refreshing.
  17. Deadpool
    "Not very smart" isn't a bannable offence... Edit: but if another mod thinks he's earned it, I'm not going to argue.
  18. Deadpool
    Wouldn't surprise me in the least...
  19. Deadpool
    Cole's ERA and FIP both jumped by over a run from that one inning...
  20. Deadpool
    Oh FFS... Seriously.
  21. Deadpool
    Hatch is money. I'd love to see what he can do as a starter, hopefully next season he'll get the chance.
  22. Deadpool
    Panik having a great game.
  23. Deadpool
    Hatch was such an amazing trade return, mad kudos to the scouting department for identifying him as a target.
  24. Deadpool
    It's okay, he makes up for it by pulling starters the second they allow 2 baserunners in the same inning.
  25. Deadpool
    Did Chuckles forget that Merryweather exists? There was no need for Font to pitch a second inning there.
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