Brownie19
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Buck thinks Yamaguchi is going to pitch 3 innings tonight. Buck is stupid.
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Holy f*** then - talk with Angel and you guys can go get your eyes tested together.
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Pearson should be sent down.
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The odd thing is both Buck and Shulman don't recognize this either....they continue to just bitch that he didn't throw his fastball more. So dumb.
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If you watched the game, you'd know he's throwing it way more today because he can't locate the fastball at all.
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This is depressing.
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3 minutes later "this is where you have to pitch to the scoreboard"
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fify
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Que Buck on the 'how to pitch with the lead' speech. Pitch to contact, pitch to the score.
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We've seen this before. He's just hot. He won't be hot forever. But leave it to Buck to talk about how he's changed his approach and he's a new hitter now. Pretty sure Buck says the exact same thing every year, only to be proven wrong every year.
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It's true though. Everyone thought Vlad and Pearson were elite prospects who would hit the ground running in the majors. Both look like they should be in the minors.
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Yeah I've had that happen too. Just to refresh.
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Except he missed the spot by about 3 feet? Jansen wanted that up and away.
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2020 for the Blue Jays. Teoscar is hitting like we thought Vlad would, while Vlad's hits like Tellez. Jacob Waguespack has been much better than Pearson, who's xFIP & FIP are now over 6.00.
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I f***ing hate Hosmer
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I was really just curious if he actually 'hits the ball hard' (I was looking at this yesterday when I realized Fangraphs now had Statcast information). It's nice that he hit the ball REALLY hard a few times last year at elite levels, but overall - his #'s were around the league median. It's gotten a lot better this year. It will be interesting to see if he maintains those levels. Out of Soto, Tatis, Eloy and Acuna (who I just added), the biggest 1 year jump was Soto, who raised both stats about 15%. Acuna hit the ball as hard as he does in 2020 as he did in 2018 as a 20 year old. But I get it, Vlad was 20 last year and there aren't a lot of case studies for comparison.
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And as per Baseball Savant over a full season in 2019, Vlad was 54th percentile in EV and 47th percentile for Hard Hit%, which reinforces what I was showing. Despite the ground balls, it is positive to see his numbers rise this year. I believe EV stabilize quickly, so it may not be a SSS. To conclude - he didn't hit the ball hard last year (compared to the rest of the league); however, he's definitely trending in the right direction this year over his first 19 games. I was just checking guys like Soto, Tatis, Acuna and Eloy - they all hit the ball a lot harder than Vlad in their rookie years, although you can also see improvements over their first couple of years (although Eloy and Acuna haven't changed much).
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Does he really hit baseballs hard? Using the new Fangraph statcast numbers, I'd suggest he hits ball about as hard as everyone else on the team. For those who don't know, HardHit% is the % of balls hit with an exit velocity >95 MPH Vlad - 2019 EV 89.6 HardHit% 38.1 Vlad - 2020 EV 91.7 HardHit% 46.7 Teoscar - 2019 EV 91.1 HardHit% 41.5 Teoscar - 2020 EV 95.5 HardHit% 61.4 Tellez - 2019 EV 90.7 HardHit% 41.6 Bo - 2019 EV 90.3 HardHit% 42.9 Bo - 2020 EV 89.5 HardHit% 36.0 Cavan - 2019 EV 88.9 HardHit% 39.7 Derek Fisher - 2019 EV 92.1 HardHit% 41.6 Grichuk - 2019 EV 89.2 HardHit% 38.6 Lourdes - 2019 EV 90.3 HardHit% 44.4 It certainly doesn't appear that Vlad hits the ball tangibly harder than anyone else on the team (although the upward trend so far this year is a nice to see). I also noticed that his Barrel% is below almost every other hitter listed (no idea how accurate that is though). And then of course his launch angle is abysmal at just 5.3 this year (6.6 last year). Fisher is the only other hitter in single digits (8.8 last year).
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I really enjoyed visiting Boston.
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I wonder if Pujols himself is interested in chasing 700 HRs or any other counting stats. He's been cooked since 2016 (which is really sad for such a stud).
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Clint Frazier's has revamped his stance. He's posted 0.6 WAR in 4 games played this year.
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Fire Charlie Montoyo - The thread worked guys!
Brownie19 replied to TwistedLogic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I think he's just pointed out the Red Sox suck dick and currently have the 2nd worst record in baseball. -
7 inning games? jesus christ.
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General 2020 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
Brownie19 replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Can we add Bobby Dickerson to this list so he can teach Vladdy how to play first? -
General 2020 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
Brownie19 replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Ex - you need to report to the Department of Redundancy Department
