Brownie19
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Should we give people like Grandal and LaRusso a pass here (in claiming it's a racist comment) because they don't have the backstory? I mean surely to god once they realize/remember that Anderson called himself the modern day Jackie - EVERYONE will understand this wasn't a racist comment at all right? RIGHT?!?!? If not, then f*** this world.
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Who's the best prospect in baseball right now? Is it Corbin Carroll? Dude's numbers are outrageous.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Brownie19 replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Welcome! I believe you are able to get in early to watch BP - although I've never done it, so I don't know the rules or anything. You could probably google it or find it on the Blue Jays website...although I'm sure someone on here knows. -
General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Brownie19 replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Except Chuckles has 2 of our best hitter batting 8th and 9th. Springer Bo Vlad Teo Jansen Espinal Kirk Gurriel Chapman -
I still find it crazy that David Price is simply a low leverage reliver now...
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Brownie19 replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Do you have link for this? Seems odd it would affect one finger when it kind of slips between the index and middle finger. I've thrown a splitter for 15 years and never had an issue....now I don't quite throw it as hard as Gausman... -
I guess some find it playful and fun, but why are we soaking people in water during every post game interview? Shouldn't that be saved for walk off hits and such? I find it dumb.
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It's near impossible to compare era's and even harder to truly determine one player was truly the best of all time IMO. I do however think the gap in talent in the 1980's was significantly larger than it is today and that was one of the biggest reasons why Wayne and Mario simply dominated. They were men amongst boys, whereas today, the top players are more like men amongst teenagers. The $$$ available to these players brought on way more training and that has closed the gap significantly. I think that's true across every sport. Where once the naturally gifted players stood heads and shoulders above the rest, they now just keep their head above the rest (and must put in just as much effort as the rest to stay there).
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Good point - it might be more like 65 points. Look how awful this Esa Tikkanen goal is in 1991. Vernon looks like he's standing in a soccer net and he just stands there. https://thehockeywriters.com/30th-anniversary-1991-flames-oilers-series/ I'm obviously joking to some extent, but holy hell has the game changed.
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Indeed. .300/.391/.625 slash line and a 181 wRC+ in May. 4 HRs in 46 PA's. Awesome stuff from a 20 year old.
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The upcoming battle of Alberta is causing them to show a lot of old hockey highlights from the 80's and 90's and my god was the hockey ever terrible back then. I can see why fighting had to be a major part of the sport. The talent level and speed is awful and is only topped by how s***** the goaltending was. 200 points by Wayne back in the day looks like the equivalent of 80 points in 2022.
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I don't understand this. Tapia is the 4th OFer and on average the 4th OFer gets like 550 PA's a year. The front office traded to get Tapia as our 4th OFer, so if that constitutes their obsession, then I guess. They obviously see something in him and I can't say I blame them for not cutting bait on him yet. Are you just suggesting they should pull the plug on him as our 4th OFer and find a better option? To be honest, I'd probably rather see Gardner out there too - but I'm not sure he can do much except play LF at this stage, which limits his value as a 4th/5th OFer.
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How on earth does he go from a 30% K rate over his past 650+ PA's in AA/AAA to only 15% in 100 PA's this year? Swing change? Did he go to the optometrist?
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Send him down FFS. Shatkins needs to make a move.
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This team f***ing sucks. Did Chapman get a hip replacement this year? How is he this bad?
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what a f***ing disappointment he's been.
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Alvarez certainly gets overshadowed by the Soto, Tatis, Vlad, Acuna's of the world. I know he's a DH, but this guys bat is on the same level. Next David Ortiz?
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https://blogs.fangraphs.com/an-overdue-barrel-rate-refresher/ Article on batters 'barreling' baseballs and pitchers giving up 'barrels' (and whether they have much control over that or not). I skim read a few paragraphs, but thought I'd post anyway.
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Also a proud member of his fan club. Will always root for Rowdy.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Brownie19 replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
which still makes him a 4 WAR player - which is all star level. -
Reminds me a bit of Danny Barnes. Didn't throw hard, but he lit up the minor leagues with high K% and great control, but unfortunately it never really translated in the bigs.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Brownie19 replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I don't disagree - there's no way of really having a crystal clear, black and white answer on this matter. However, I do believe the stats suggest lineup protection isn't a thing. I do struggle with that having played baseball for the past 30+ years myself. If I had some shitbag hitting behind me, pitchers would pitch around me more and I would try to expand a bit, knowing the guy behind me sucks. Also - there's a difference between pressing at the plate and changing your approach based on lineup protection. You can be pressing at the plate with a superstar behind you - example, Bichette, Bo. -
General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Brownie19 replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Nobody (with logic) expected the Jays to finish the year #1 in slugging, OPS or runs scored this year. That would be a foolish expectation. Do we think we have a Top 10, probably Top 5 offense? Yes. Is RISP and extremely random stat with lots of luck involved? yes it is. Right now we're a bit snake bitten with RISP, but over the course of 162 games, it should normalize - which will help our runs scored rise. And as pointed out, it's not like our SLUG% or OPS% have plummeted, we're still Top 10 in each. -
General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)
Brownie19 replied to Grant77's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
That isn't true. BB% and K% fluctuate throughout the year. Last year Vlad's best offensive month was June (220 wRC+), but he also had a K% of 24% In September his K% was only 12%. You can't just watch his BB% and K% regress back to his career averages (or better) and caulk that up to Teo returning and give yourself the W.
