It's great to actually have some real speed off the bench and I remember him being a good fielder. Not sure if that's the case anymore.
Wondering what happens with the bench once Springer comes back. Having 6 OFers on the roster seems unlikely.
I am willing to give him credit just as long as you're willing to discredit him for when pitchers underperform as well. I've always been a strong believer that players are responsible for their performance and coaching at the MLB is more of just guiding and ego managing mostly.
Should we give the hitting coach credit for Semien or just chalk that up to 2020 being an outlier season?
I understand your point and I'm sure Walker does do good work since you never hear a bad word about him. I'm just saying why don't we hear anything about him when our bullpen has been trash the entire year or when the likes of Anderson/Roark/Garcia s*** the bed.
Other than Manoah/Romano, who is the last Jays pitcher that we truly developed from the bottom to the top during Shapiro's tenure? Just playing devil's advocate here.
So do we always give Walker credit when someone does well and ignore the ones that suck? Ray being good probably had more to do with 2020 just being a weird year and him playing for the one huge contract that can set him up for life.
People are professionals and just say the right thing to make everyone look good. The fact we never hear anything bad about him is a great thing though. I just believe it's more on the players turning their careers around than it is on Walker who has some magic touch.
Sick of Montoyo using Gurriel like he's a part time player with the current roster.
Dude played 1B yesterday, get him there in place of Smith so you don't have to put Espinal 6th, especially with a lefty on the mound...
You can laugh but there's a reason why guys like Espinal/Valera can't bunt for s*** and let the team down in big spots for simple plays. You gotta find ways to help the big team to stay up there...
Not a fan of a big swing by Smith with 2 strikes. Dude can be a middle of the order bat in AAA but you're a 9th/bench bat in the bigs right now. Wish they worked on things that they'd be relied upon in the bigs.
I was very negative towards Shatkins when they arrived on the scene but that changed over the past few season. As upset as I am with how this season is going, I will reserve my full judgment based on how next year goes. That will be our first "no excuse" year to win.