nmrch
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That's nonsense, there's no such thing as a jinx. Guys like Arencibia were overrated by Jays fans, his lack of plate discipline always made him a guy with extreme bust potential and guess what, he ended up being a bust.
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I like Alford but his numbers are ridiculously BABIP inflated and the lack of a single homerun is a serious red flag. Jansen is a two way catcher who has power and plate discipline, he plays a more premium position, oh and he's also 3/4th of a year younger than Alford.
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Danny Jansen had a 93 wRC+ going into today's game and given he had a 3-4 night with 2 2B and a walk its probably at ~110 right now . That's with a ~.200 BABIP BTW. IMO, he's the best prospect we have in Lansing and he might even be the best Jays prospect after Hoffman.
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Wild pitchers sometimes find a repeatable delivery on a temporary basis, that's what happened with Sanchez today, no reason to believe he's progressing skill wise.
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The commissioner has the discretion to waive the "Selig rule" and its usually granted when you're talking about internal hires. Its wrong to say Manfred will block the Jennings' hire, that almost certainly will not happen. So save your political rants for another time.
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no, that was awkwardly phrased but i said he's drawing walks not because pitchers are afraid of him but because he has good pitch recognition skills.
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Anthony Alford with another solid game, 0-2 but 2 BB and 1 HBP and most importantly, no K's. His walk rate on the year is now at 19.8%, that's super impressive from a guy who's not hitting for power because he's not drawing walks because pitchers are afraid to challenge him, he seems to have elite pitch recognition skills.
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Roberto Osuna or Noah Syndergaard in 5+ years?
nmrch replied to Trouba95's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Osuna is 2 1/2 years younger than Syndergaard and is getting big league hitters out, and its not in a smoke and mirrors kind of way, he's got good ratios and he's missing bats. No one's questioning Syndergaard's dominance of the minor leagues but what makes you guys think Osuna wouldn't be doing the same if he went through the traditional minor league route. Unless you think there's no chance Osuna will be what Syndergaard is in 2 1/2 years its not a ridiculous comparison and people arguing otherwise are not nearly as analytical as they think they are. -
And then there's the fact that Boyd has a 10.6 K/9 rate, Nolin was at around ~8.2 and Boyd even has a better BB rate.
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Roberto Osuna or Noah Syndergaard in 5+ years?
nmrch replied to Trouba95's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Umm, Osuna is getting big league hitters out as a 20 1/4th year old, its not smoke and mirrors either, he's got a 3+ K to BB ratio and a 12.6% swinging K rate. Syndergaard dominated the minor leagues, there's no question about that, but there's a good chance Osuna would have done the same if he took the traditional route. So there's absolutely a case to be made for Osuna over Syndergaard. He has 2 1/2 years to get to where Syndergaard is now, i don't know why anyone would think this is a silly comparison. -
linedrive rate is meaningless in a small sample size and even in a large sample its questionable at best to use it to evaluate how good of a hitter someone is.
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no, letting hitters go from pitcher counts to hitter counts is almost always an indication of lack of swing and miss stuff, and also fastball command. If you're not missing bats when you're ahead in the count you give up a lot of foul balls and if you don't have command of the strike zone you allow them to not swing at pitches out of the zone
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And a guy like Jimenez who oscillates between terrible seasons and good ones deserves "ace status"?
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Alford 2-4 with 2B, 2K, 1 BB He's a Three True Outcomes guy if you replace homeruns with doubles, 61% of his plate appearances have ended in a K or a BB or a 2B After those ugly numbers in Australia i was really down on him but he's turning into something interesting. You can live with the high K rate if those doubles start turning into homeruns.
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http://link.mlblists.com/r/0UXLW7/V807ZA/URZI4J/ZB0G573/TTZ21Q/GE/h?a=9210721&b=797492693
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no code, and the link they sent me isn't even working anymore, ofcourse that could be because i used it to sign up already
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it seems to be sent to people who watched one of those mlb.tv free game of the day. I got it too and yeah its a good deal, its better than that military/student discount they're offering.
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Danny Jansen is having a fine season, the BABIP will work itself out. I know this is controversial but he's my number 1 prospect, he's got everything, ability to make contact, pitch recognition, solid power and defence.
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really? All i see is a guy who is right and another guy who uses the"tone" excuse to justify not thinking about his biases. Its so absurd that saying Sanchez is a terrible pitcher is somehow controversial and people refuse to say where the nuance is.
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This was my first time looking at this thread and i thought it was just a bunch of Sanchez skeptics gloating but its the other way around and people are actually debating this and throwing around words like "ace potential". It is absurd and this forum was supposed to be where the most sophisticated fans are, its mind boggling really.
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You realize high velocity(and even movement for that matter) =/= "ace's fastball". What matters is command and if you're missing bats with it, are we seriously gonna argue that he's doing either of those things properly. Oh and the velocity isn't even that impressive btw but just wanted to give you that one to make a bigger point. Its really strange that people can't see it and this is somehow controversial, the Sanchez experiment will either end up with him in the bullpen or he won't even be good enough for that. There are no other possibilities.
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That's kind of a useless statement to be honest with you, every pitcher is "unhittable" when they make good pitches so you're not really saying anything with that. But i am genuinely shocked that there are actual people still describing Sanchez using terms like "ace potential" when he's been one of the worst pitchers in Baseball so far.
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I don't know the entire history of this thread but there is nothing for the Sanchez critics to concede here, the bigger point still stands and if anything this start solidified it even more.
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What is it about more walks than strikeouts that screams "ace upside"? Not trying to troll, genuinely curious.
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His numbers on the season 6.68 K rate 6.96BB rate 5.70 FIP and 4.93 xFIP. Its all been "down"
