TwistedLogic

Easily.

Revere will always make contact with the ball and he'll never be a guy to strikeout on a regular basis. When you take his speed and defense into account, that's exactly the type of guy you want on your bench or filling in the outfield. I'm not sure why he's so underrated by most of the baseball world but the Jays' trade for him was a heist.

His smile is basically the smell of roses and the warmth of a hot summer day.

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Ben Revere is so cute.

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I'm not mad, I'm stoked to be enjoying great baseball on a regular basis. The purpose of this thread wasn't to say that Goins is suddenly a good player, and in fact, all the caveats North mentioned on the first page, I had already provided them in the OP. I'm not afraid of making mistakes; I thought I read somewhere that Goins had been hot since July so I extended the sample that far back without thinking twice. I don't get into debates with Hurl because he made it evident a long time ago that his biases prevent him from viewing this team objectively. The reason I obliged BTS on his behalf yesterday was because I always thought he was one of the more mature guys of your bunch and I've always respected his opinion. I don't usually see him bottom-feeding on easy targets like Org and Boxy do whenever they throw in their snarky two-bit commentary. Based on his posts in this thread though, maybe I gave him too much credit. I don't really care that you guys don't like me and that I don't fit in with you because most of you are flat out s*** people. You use your numbers to gang up on others on a daily basis and you try and stifle anybody that doesn't agree with you. As much as you'd probably like to get me "mad", I'm not going to let your cringey late-night hassling ruin my enjoyment of this team right now.

Trout was close to a whole win above him a few days ago I think, but this crazy series in Minnesota has gotten Donaldson back on his heels.

Tulo still doesn't look like he's all that comfortable here, it'll probably take some time for him to settle in.

No it's not. Debating with Hurl isn't worth my time. I don't really care how creative my "comebacks" are, he'll still have you and the rest of his posse here to lick his ******* regardless.

That's rich, coming from a guy that thinks he's a front office executive. And I wasn't whining about you not being a Jays fan, I was simply questioning how somebody could be dumb enough to spend all their time following a team they despise.

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Good thing he drove it out of the park then.

Or just weigh shortstops at 83 and second basemen at 93...

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As I was browsing over the Blue Jays subreddit, I came across an interesting thread discussing Ryan Goins' recent adjustments at the plate, and how his offensive numbers had improved as a result. I should preface this by saying that these adjustments seem to have been made very recently, and because it has only been talked about by Buck and Pat during a game, with nothing else really written on it so far, the overall information we have is very minimal. With that being said, I do believe it's something that we could still take a look at and keep an eye on going forward. The thread I just referred to can be found here, but this specific interaction vaguely discusses the mechanical adjustments in question: With this information in mind, I went to Goins' game logs (which can be found here at FanGraphs) to see if I could pinpoint an uptick in his offensive numbers. It does look like there was a sudden spike in his numbers beginning at the start of July, with a 2-2 game against the Tigers on 7/3/15. After that, I went to take a look at the limited amount of video we have access to via MLB.com and sure enough, there is a very vivid adjustment that was made. In this clip from June 18, you can see his old batting stance, where he sets with the bat in the air above his head, and there is constant movement in the hands and wrists until the swing is made (click the image to be taken to the video): http://i.imgur.com/sm8q92e.gif In this clip from July 3, the date on which his current hot streak seems to have begun, we can see him working with the new adjustments, even if he hasn't fully gotten used to the new mechanics; he lifts his bat once before putting it back down as if he isn't sure if Sanchez has begun his delivery, and when he does prepare to swing, there is still constant movement in the wrists: http://i.imgur.com/msHGlpq.gif Finally, we have this clip from August 3, where the adjustments seem to be fully incorporated, and he looks very comfortable with the new swing. He keeps the bat in a completely rested position on his shoulder until Santana prepares to deliver the pitch, and when he does lift and prepare to swing, there is almost no movement in the wrists before he drives the bat fluidly through the zone: http://i.imgur.com/9SOQnSv.gif Taking a look at the numbers, Goins has posted a 165 wRC+ (off a .423 BABIP) with an even K-BB rate (both 18.6%) in 43 plate appearances since July 3. This sample size is still fairly microscopic and we shouldn't really take much from all of this other than the fact that Goins has obviously made an adjustment, and it seems to have worked so far. Whether he's in some sort of honeymoon period with the new mechanics, whether it's a random hot streak that has coincided with the change, and whether or not this will result in any real long-term gains, we don't know yet, and we probably won't have that answer for a while. We've seen it many times where guys have made adjustments in the past that have seemed to work for a short period, and then they've fallen back to where they began and nobody talked about it again. We've also seen what a reliable timing mechanism can do for hitters, with Jose Bautista being the prime example. There's a good likelihood that Ryan Goins will never become a guy who bats above league average on a consistent basis. Thankfully for a guy with his skill set, that isn't necessarily what he needs to succeed. If Goins could ever develop into a player that can reliably post a 90-95 wRC+, becoming an asset similar to Kevin Pillar, I'm sure the Blue Jays would be very happy with that result.

I like this comp.

FanGraphs ranks the teams by estimated strength of schedule. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/estimating-remaining-strength-of-schedule/ According to this, the Blue Jays have the 2nd easiest schedule in the AL over the remainder of the season, even if the difference isn't all that substantial.

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You're right. Single-mothers are pretty mainstream at this point.

That's an absolute double-standard and you know it. Anybody could use that cop-out to get away with essentially anything on this forum, outside of personally attacking somebody else. This forum has ostracized people for holding unpopular opinions ever since it went up. It happens every day, in nearly every thread. "I hope the Rays beat the Jays and cost them a playoff spot" might be an opinion, but when it's voiced on a Blue Jays board, it absolutely is trolling. That would be seen as trolling on any fan site or message board that supports a sports team. You know that and I know you know that. You're purposely turning a blind eye to it to defend TheHurl, and I very strongly believe that you wouldn't be doing that if this same comment was made by an average board member.

That's what I'm here for. To be the provider when people like Min fail to deliver. I'm basically the single-mother of GDTs.

Yes. Min is showing his rookie mediocrity by posting incorrect lineups. Look at my post for the correct (perfect) one.

You have no idea what you're talking about. I'm basically the Brick Tamland of GDTs. This movie is nothing without me.