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Neither was Lindor - and he's a Top 3 candidate for NL MVP

Perhaps karma will help him rejuvenate his career (as stupid as that sounds at face value). Adrian Beltre was another one of the good guys who had a major late career swoon. Fingers crossed.

Crash Davis did this and he's a f***ing legend. He's a 21 year old kid. Without knowing a lot about this situation, I'm going to reserve my opinion. That said - I've always wondered if you could just f*** with players. Tell them what's coming - but lie about it....but only lie sometimes - keep them guessing. Could you imagine a catcher doing that in the 9th inning of a tight world series game? I think the batter would be all f***ed up! It would get old fast though - can't do it regularly.

No idea how this will all play out. However, Springer made some pretty tangible changes in his approach mid-season and went on a big time tear after that. He's cooled off, but he certainly started to let it loose more at the plate. Hopefully, that was just a mindset change and something he can simply do and carry forward. Is there a possibility he's been holding back to prevent oblique injuries or something and finally just said "f*** it - this isn't working" and went back to max bat speed? Springer remains one of my favourite players in the league. He appears to be a great teammate and a better person. I do hope he finds the right adjustment to give us a couple of 2-3 WAR seasons to finish off his contract. I'd hate to see him nosedive and for fans to turn on him.

Since June 1st (3.5 months), he's been a 107 wRC+ hitter with a .190 ISO. I think we can live with that. He's seemingly made a big change with how hard he's swinging, which has helped the power return to some extent.

Could you stop (or scale back) with this kinda crap man? It deters from the interesting things you say.

The metrics suggest he sucks, but I must say that when I watch Springer play RF - I don't think he looks below average.

The f***? He was one of the best RP in baseball for years. He was their fireman.

How did he hit lefties in the minors? Even during this excellent season, he's been god awful v. LHP (60 wRC+). He certainly looks like he's a platoon bat.

It doesn't really matter. Just as some fans want to see Vlad starting at 3rd and Horwitz at 2nd most games from here on out (to see what they can do), the bullpen should be managed the same way. Put guys you think have potential to help the team next year in leverage situations and see what they've got and how they react. The results don't matter. It's just hard to watch that as a BJ fan.

Hard to hit without Donny Baseball whispering sweet nothings in your ear all game.

100% - spot on. Love it.

They did also adjust where they measure velo from and it's increased the numbers (some)

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Do you believe everything the FO says in press conferences?

I don't know how much I buy this. 3rd base is MUCH harder to play than 1st base is. 3rd basemen need to field the ball cleaner and with much better footwork to even get a chance to use your arm. You have the luxury of just knocking the ball down at 1st base - it doesn't have to be clean or pretty all the time. If Vlad's range and glove are poor at first, they'll be even worst at 3rd. Then you add in that 3rd basemen get more ground ball opportunities than 1st basemen and it's probably ugly.

I literally said I don't know how much I believe what he's saying in my original post. You people don't read well eh?

Reminder that his decline started last August. 75 wRC+ over his last 461 PA's (since August 2023) 89 wRC+ over his last 678 PA's (since June 2023) 103 wRC+ over his last 926 PA's (since April 2023)

I don't disagree with any of this. I wouldn't trade him for 50 cents on the dollar and I've been saying for awhile now that he should be motivated to produce next year, heading into free agency. I'm also just joking that he's the new Vince Carter - although he consistently looks f***ing miserable in the dugout. I don't think I want him here long term and I'm still super doubtful we'll actually contend next year - so just milk as much value from him as you can and move on.

I agree with this. They may already have concluded that the likelihood of Vlad playing 3rd full time and Horwitz playing 2nd full time is quite low - so it's time to get a look at Barger and Wagner... It's also hard to fathom a world we were roll out Vlad at 3rd, Bo at SS and Horwitz at 2nd base for an extended period. Giving up on defense like that is unlikely to have positive results...and good luck getting a SPer to sign here.

Yes. Did you miss the part where I said I'm not sure I believe it and that I don't want him here on a mega deal? If you put on the tinfoil hat and squint - Bo looks just like Vince Carter in his last year in Toronto. Probably playing poorly on purpose to force his way out

I think I disagree. I think it's still quite valuable, but as Laika said, the pitching is too good for most players to have success hitting for average.

https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/3070942/bichette-ultimate-goal-is-winning-with-guerrero-blue-jays So apparently, Bo does want to stay in Toronto. He wants to play with Vlad, in Toronto and win as many championships as they can. I'm sure the flat earthers will tell us we shouldn't take this at face value at all. It's morse code for "trade me now you stupid f***s - I hate it here" FWIW - I don't know how much I believe this...and I'm not sure we want him here on some mega deal.

f*** sakes - Love out 3-6 weeks. One thing I do hate about football is that if you're QB goes down, it can essentially sink your season. Hope that's not the case for the Pack. Sounds like Tannehill will be brought in. Blah.

Great take Joe - keep'em coming.