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    Are you being this obtuse intentionally? I am suggesting that Barger is a potential star in the making, and the key factor in him determining this be whether or not he finds more consistency at the plate. I never once suggested that he's somehow proven in any of my posts so you are presenting an argument against a case that I never once tried to make. I never said he's a guaranteed saviour either so stop trying to place words into my mouth. Go back and look at the original post I made towards Barger. At no point did I ever say he was an established star, guaranteed saviour or anything of the sort. I stated that he is a very high ceiling player and if he locks in at the plate as he's capable of he'll be a massive difference maker. If you make an honest attempt at measured conversation vs trying to pick fights based on false premises you'll start to earn a little respect around here. A good starting point for you would be some actual good faith discussion as opposed to the garbage that you are posting here presently.
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    Well look at you Mr. Sour Pants. Instead of choosing to look on the bright side after your team nearly won a world series it's still continuous doom and gloom instead. Addison Barger was a massive difference maker when he was locked in at the plate and this includes a very impressive 188 wRC+ in the post season against very high quality pitching staffs.
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    I think there's a big chance that Addison Barger injects some much needed thump into the lineup once he returns. Barger has shown that he can be a game changer when he's locked in at the plate and all the eludes him from star status is a touch of added consistency at the plate.
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    The Jays chose a good year to get off to a slow start at the plate given how mediocre the AL is as a whole right now. We can only hope that inserting Barger into the lineup helps to kickstart it into gear as it did a season ago.
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    Come on there's no way to expect a guy to survive on such a paltry contract. If he comes back with the stuff and command fully intact after the surgery he's likely still in place for the largest pitcher contract in the sport but that's far from a given.
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    I didn't understand the thinking there either. If you are going to leave a struggling hitter in the lineup in a bases loaded situation late in the game it's worthless to punish him afterwards when he didn't come through in the clutch.
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    I think Heineman has the next 3-4 weeks or so until Kirk is ready to come back to get his bat going a bit. He was the one hitter on the roster that I thought had essentially no chance to repeat his 2025 season with the bat as he outproduced his xwOBA by something like 70 points, but unless he's finished as a major leaguer his bat isn't likely to continue to be as bad as it has been. I don't know if the team will be ready to jettison Heineman as of yet as this would lead to a tenuous situation in terms of catcher depth where if Kirk were to get hurt this could lead to the team being forced to run 2 rookie catchers simultaneously. Valenzuela would likely be better served to be starting 4-5 times per week to continue honing his craft and serving as Kirk's backup would greatly reduce his available playing time.
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    Heineman grades out better at both framing and blocking than Valenzuela. The only real issue with his fielding is his throwing, and he's hovering around an even 0 runs by Statcast presently. There is a teamwork segment in the Statcast catcher stolen base metric and Heineman's teammates haven't been helping him out as this is at -1 runs presently. This all appears as though you are taking a few isolated plays and using the eye test as the metrics do nothing to paint the picture of Heineman being the hopeless defender you are trying to portray him as.
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    Way to tell us you didn't look at the defensive stats before posting this. Heineman is 81st percentile blocking this season and 91st percentile framing. Heineman isn't throwing well this season so at least you were 33% correct. He needs to get his bat going eventually if he wants to remain a Blue Jay but his defense is far from the issue you are falsely claiming it to be.
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    Schneider offers far more offensive upside that Sosa when he's locked in, but Davis has been anything but locked in so far this season. I think one factor keeping him on the big league roster is the lack of an alternative right handed bat to take his place in a platoon role in the outfield.
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    Believe it or not people like to skim through the game threads after the fact. If you want to continue to be treated like the BJMB red headed stepchild then that's your prerogative but stop acting like you are allowed to police when people reply to your inane comments because you don't own this message board.
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    If you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen. Unless everyone puts you on ignore it doesn't really work as it doesn't block the user from seeing replies to your posts. If you don't want to constantly be berated about your semi neurotic posts then stop making so many semi neurotic posts.
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    I am all but certain Bo will eventually heat up with the stick but his numbers so far are eerily similar to the awful 2024 season up to this point. He's once again his own worst enemy at the plate as he's chasing 41% of pitches out of the strike zone and until he cleans this up it's hard to see him going on a run of success.
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    I'd guess Valenzuela would return to AAA to serve as a high end catching depth option and continuing to work on his offensive game. This front office has surprised me more than once though with aggressive moves so it's entirely possible Heineman would be sent packing.
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    Cease hasn't been perfect by any means but he's pacing for a 6+ win season sitting at a 2.13 FIP after 7 starts. He seems to hit a wall partway through most of his starts as he tends to come out of the gate in ace mode before losing his command and/or composure at times when runners find their way onto base. If this is what he continues to provide I'll happily take it but of course more innings per start would be the icing on the cake.
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    If the Jays go on a run similar to last season they are going to rocket up the standings no matter what the rest of the AL does.
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    Cease pitched a lot better than his line would indicate in his prior start as well. I believe he likely would have ended up with a line of 6 IP 1 ER if he had simply fielded a ground ball cleanly in that start.
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    Statcast paints a completely different picture and that's what Fangraphs utilizes to calculate defensive WAR.
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    It sounds like he's fine as X-Rays didn't show any new damage. I can't even begin to imagine how much it had to hurt getting hit exactly on the broken toe even though he had a guard in place.
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    He's been chipping in with a lot of big hits in recent games. I like the power potential in his bat a lot if he can find a way to put the ball in play with more frequency. I also have to give acknowledgement to Myles Straw who may be on his way to showing that his solid 2025 season (by his standards) wasn't necessarily a fluke.
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    Yeah Sanchez appears to be uncomfortable in the outfield as he looks very unnatural/awkward out there. Despite this he's typically produced decent advanced metrics out there. I think there will be a battle for playing time between all of Sanchez/Barger/Pinango and Lukes. If Pinango continues to rake and Barger fully establishes himself as a fixture in right field that could eventually lead to the team facing a tough decision as that's 4 lefty outfield bats and only 2 outfield spots available for them. Varsho is obviously going nowhere, and Straw is really the only legitimate backup center field option so he's not likely in any danger of removal either so it will be interesting to watch how the roster unfolds.
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    Sanchez managed to produce 7 DRS in right field last season so I think Pinango would be in tough to beat that right now. To my eyes it does look like Pinango maybe needs to work on his reads/routes but that's something that can hopefully improve in time. Based on early results it seems as though Pinango suffers from the same suboptimal attack angle issues as Vlad and Sanchez that leads to a ton of hard contact on the ground. All 3 of these guys have a lot of power potential if the coaching staff can unlock some improvements to the launch angle but I do think Pinango has a very high floor at the very least if he continues to square up the baseball as he has been so far.
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    He's been locked in the last few weeks after adjusting his stance at the plate.
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    Hopefully it's just a matter of a bit of an early season team wide slump ala a season ago. A lot of the players expected to provide power have gotten off to slow starts in the power department including all of Springer, Barger and Vlad and once these bats heat up there should be enough slug in the lineup to start scoring in bunches.
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    I have no issue with reasonable criticism of the current version of the Blue Jays as there are plenty of issues that are worthy of criticism. I do however expect this to come with even a modicum of thought processes behind it and even a minimal attempt to look beneath the surface. I see little evidence of you doing either and your criticisms tend to be vapid in nature. As a newcomer with a noted lack of history of intelligent discussion you have zero credibility here, and constantly attempting to portray your dimwitted opinions as facts isn't the zippy comeback you think it is.
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