Harvey_Specter

No, thanks. You're welcome to use the ignore button. All the best.

I am concerned. This concern has been met with much anger on this forum. We've all heard players talk about hitting coaches that have helped them. Why not shake things up? Yes, I know Jacoby isn't the reason the offence has been weak, but I've yet to hear that he's helped any. If people really don't want him fired, can they support getting a second batting coach? Even Cito and Murph would probably get better results. Yes, similar strikeouts but at least more runs.

I would add that one of the ways that a hitting coach can earn his salary would be to identify new patterns and ways opposing pitching is attacking the hitters in order to identify ways to makes adjustments. So, your comment kind of supports the possibility that Jacoby may share some responsibility for the poor results.

I'm not going to dispute your logic, but if these kind of offence results are the overall expected "norm" where does that leave us this year?

I'm surprised if advanced scouting is the reason. Pitchers still miss their spots enough. But yes, it's a game of adjustments. I admire the lack of concern and hope you're right. At what point can we be officially concerned about the offence? I'm not waiting until the All Star break.

You're right, that is logical. Doesn't change my bet though.

I can be "hands off" for the 300K or whatever similar amount they pay him ....maybe he's a great hitting coach, maybe not...but maybe there's a much better one out there. I don't really want to speculate until I get more info. All I know is something needs to change. Josh said guys need to evaluate their approach. I tend to agree with that. Wouldn't that be something a hitting coach should be helping with? Why aren't things getting better. I think one month of crappy offense across the majority of the team is enough to start to raise concerns.

Prior to working with the Jays, Jacoby served as the major league hitting coach for the Cincinnati Reds for seven seasons. Without looking at Cinci's offensive results during that time, I think that a bag of hammers could get good results in that tiny park....so I certainly hope he had good results.

Exactly what I was wondering. Who knows, maybe the 2015 results were still effects from Seitzer in 2014. After he left, it seems the Jays didn't exactly get their top target for hitting coach.

K Whatever. I was hoping to get some insight on whether Jacoby is actually a good hitting coach aside from the fact the Jays scored a lot of runs last year. . Not sure if you're taking a position on that subject, or have any insight to offer.

No I understand some crappy players make good coaches. Which is why you should take the time to read my post before trying to show off for your"friends"

Their approach is obviously, "make the pitchers work and throw as many pitches as they can". . I used to like this approach, but considering the strength of a lot of bullpens we face I'd rather be more aggressive against their starters in a lot of cases. The strategy seems a few years outdated.

I bet they rid of Barney instead of Goins down

I do. But we can't fire them. Can anyone attest to Jacoby's coaching ability? Cuz his hitting record as a player kinda sux. If we're defending him cuz the Jays scored lots of runs last year then by the same logic we have to judge him by the lack of runs this year.

Gotta blame someone when nearly the entire offense is struggling.