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  1. max silver
    I wouldn't offer him a 10 year extension by any means but I think 6-8 years would be a worthwhile gamble. His Statcast metrics are all remarkably close to his 2021 numbers, with the only sizeable difference being the increase in his chase rate. His home and road splits are pretty crazy as well. Home: 72 WRC+ Away: 160 WRC+ When you dig into this further, one thing really stands out: Home vs RHP: 59 WRC+ Home vs LHP: 157 WRC+ Road vs RHP: 171 WRC+ Road vs LHP: 113 WRC+ How is it even possible for a player to crush right handed pitching to this degree on the road, yet be positively awful in the same split at home? If Vlad were anywhere close to hitting RHP at home like he was on the road we would be talking about how he's completely rediscovered his 2021 form, instead we are talking about what an epic disappointment he has been so far.
  2. max silver
    Now might good be a good time for a low cost extension. If he ever figures out how to lay off of pitches out of the strike zone he could be a serious bargain in the future.
  3. max silver
    Caleb Joseph is trying to pin this on Vlad based on a poor secondary lead and wide turn around third base, but I put that fully on Rivera with a bad send. He should know Vlad isn't a great baserunner and has below average speed, and this was against a right fielder with 95th percentile arm strength. Given Vlad's girth I would surmise that this is a typical third base turn for him given the centrifugal force involved. Garcia leads all MLB outfielders in assists over the last 3 seasons, so this is categorically NOT a player you want to be running on. This was just a mind bogglingly bad send, even for a coach who has a reputation for bad sends over the years. The only possible defence I can come up with for Rivera is the high likelihood that Vlad would have ran through the stop sign anyway, but he has to at least try to stop him there.
  4. max silver
    Yeah that was a terrible send as that dude has an absolute cannon.
  5. max silver
    Looking at small picture only pinch hitting Kirk for Varsho is excusable, but when you look at the big picture and see that Espinal is going to receive an at bat and Varsho does not the decision makes a lot less sense.
  6. max silver
    So multiple runners on base and the pitcher brought in is Cimber...
  7. max silver
    I've been impressed with the Rangers defensively.
  8. max silver
    Pretty nice AB by Vlad, fouled off a lot of tough pitches but then fouled back a lot of hittable pitches too
  9. max silver
    Francis is living dangerously so far. Tons of traffic and near misses on extra base hits
  10. max silver
    Awesome first inning by Richards who was really efficient.
  11. max silver
    And then gets gunned down easily at the plate. 😒
  12. max silver
    Vlad clutches up!
  13. max silver
    Yeah White is likely the mop up guy today if he's used at all. I like the raw stuff that Francis his displayed so far but he's been hit awfully hard so far as well. Limiting him to the bottom of the order would be preferable if at all possible.
  14. max silver
    Ah gotcha, I misread your post to say that it would be good for White to be bombed by the Rangers lineup based on the assumption he was firmly in the plans to be used today.
  15. max silver
    Using White feels like it should be reserved for a break glass in case of emergency type of situation. Personally I'd like to see Richards followed up by Pearson depending on where the Rangers are in the order after Richards is finished for the day. This would be a perfect opportunity to try to push Pearson a little further than the maximum 2 inning stints he's been used for so far.
  16. max silver
    Why is it good if White gets lit up by the Rangers? I'm having a hard time seeing literally anything that would be good about that particular development.
  17. max silver
    If you squint hard enough there are small reasons to be hopeful White doesn't totally crater the team's chances at victory today. He's struck out a bunch of hitters with is sweeper and has solid FIP/xFIP numbers. Don't go checking out his quality of contact metrics however as that quickly shatters the illusion of effectiveness.
  18. max silver
    He's gone cold at the plate for a longer sample than this though as over the last 30 days he's produced a 78 WRC+.
  19. max silver
    It's an interesting discussion what it would take to get Jansen to sign an extension. I think the proposed numbers may be a little high given that he's only making $3.5 million for the season, and unless he manages to stay on the field and have a big season offensively he won't likely get a massive raise in the offseason either. Sean Murphy isn't a great comparable, as while Jansen *may* have somewhat similar upside (this year's breakout from Murphy notwithstanding), Murphy has shown the ability to provide this type of value over a full season as he hasn't suffered the litany of soft tissue injuries that keep popping up for Jansen.
  20. max silver
    That's a good question. The provided definition from MLB about xBA does little to clear that up.
  21. max silver
    Why? Who should he be starting in front of? Horwitz has been struggling in AAA lately to the tune of a 87 WRC+ over his last 5 weeks or so. I don't know if he should be starting ahead of any of the regulars, or even instead of Biggio who has been clobbering baseballs with surprising regularity lately.
  22. max silver
    Yeah I looked it up in the Statcast box score and it was only a .350 xBA for that particular play, so it would likely have been catchable for Robert given his speed.
  23. max silver
    Maybe some of the consternation is due to perceived lack of effort on behalf of Robert at times in the past, but there's literally nothing he could have done on this play to prevent the winning run from scoring. If he makes what appears to be one of the hardest catches in major league history the runner tags and scores easily anyway.
  24. max silver
    In what is likely the most surprising turn of events in the season Gurriel has gone cold at the plate. His season up to this point is entirely built on a hot streak in the middle of the season, with little to no value being provided around the hot streak. His season is as follows by month: Mar/Apr 87 WRC+ 0.1 FWAR May 200 WRC+ 1.5 FWAR (sure would have been nice to have him this month as Vlad/Chapman turned into pumpkins) June 10 WRC- -0.1 FWAR
  25. max silver
    That's a stretch calling a post dumb given the amount of brain fart level nonsense you post here on a daily basis. Feel free to put some thought into a post for the first time in your existence and I'd be happy to debate the merit or relative lack of merit in my previous post. The fact remains that outside of a small sample of games against the Red Sox, and a few series against the Orioles when the team was in a funk the Blue Jays have performed very well as a whole against the rest of baseball. They have played very well against other top teams, including sweeping the Braves and taking 3 out of 4 games against a very good Astros team based on the strength of their pitching. This team finds itself a half game out of a wildcard spot despite playing one of baseball's hardest schedules up to this point, would be leading 2 divisions in baseball, would be a half game out of second place in 3 divisions, and are a half game back of the 6th best record in MLB.
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