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Blue Jays GDT: 2022 v2 | Thu, Apr 21 | @ BOS | 1:30pm ET/10:30am PT | Gausman vs Houck

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Holden Caulfield said:
Tapia-Zimmer-Biggio outfield is hilarious to me.

Has Collins caught yet? Ive only caught about 5-6 games this year so far. When they got him i heard he was the opposite of McGuire, good hitter, terrible catching. His hitting has been great, but i think hes been DH everytime ive watched.
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Collins has 1 game caught, but has caught nearly every BP session that has been thrown since he was acquired.
 
Holden Caulfield said:
Tapia-Zimmer-Biggio outfield is hilarious to me.

Has Collins caught yet? Ive only caught about 5-6 games this year so far. When they got him i heard he was the opposite of McGuire, good hitter, terrible catching. His hitting has been great, but i think hes been DH everytime ive watched.
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Honestly, I wouldn't be shocked if that OF is better than Gurriel - Springer - Tapia. At least all 3 OF can actually play the position that they are supposed to (and Zimmer is arguably an upgrade on Springer defensively).
 
Bjindaho said:
Honestly, I wouldn't be shocked if that OF is better than Gurriel - Springer - Tapia. At least all 3 OF can actually play the position that they are supposed to (and Zimmer is arguably an upgrade on Springer defensively).
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Thanks for the info in both posts. Im very casual baseball fan, and that basically only Blue Jays so I dont know much about newer guys.

Biggio isnt really an OF though right? Like he is an infielder that fills in in a pinch. And maybe Im completely off base but Gurriel has been great since his move to LF a year or two ago to me. Seems to have a big arm, havent seen him make many mistakes. Springer obviously brings more bat than Zimmer, but he hasnt looked good o or d to me. Again minisicule sample size to an uneducated fan so what the hell do i know. Tapia looks like a worse version of Jonathan Davis to me (lanky, speedy, not much bat). Except Tapia hits on the ground, Davis often up high in the air.

Also isnt this Katoh's MLB debut as a starter? Good for him.
 
Katoh might not be good but he's at least an easy guy to root for because of his story. Similar to Kawasaki

Tapia however, is not.
 
Holden Caulfield said:
Thanks for the info in both posts. Im very casual baseball fan, and that basically only Blue Jays so I dont know much about newer guys.

Biggio isnt really an OF though right? Like he is an infielder that fills in in a pinch. And maybe Im completely off base but Gurriel has been great since his move to LF a year or two ago to me. Seems to have a big arm, havent seen him make many mistakes. Springer obviously brings more bat than Zimmer, but he hasnt looked good o or d to me. Again minisicule sample size to an uneducated fan so what the hell do i know. Tapia looks like a worse version of Jonathan Davis to me (lanky, speedy, not much bat). Except Tapia hits on the ground, Davis often up high in the air.

Also isnt this Katoh's MLB debut as a starter? Good for him.
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The problem with the Gurriel - Springer - Tapia OF is that Tapia can't play RF (he is a LF).

Biggio is a 2B who plays a respectable RF (better than Tapia). Gurriel is better than Tapia in left, but Zimmer is a borderline elite defender in CF.
 
Bjindaho said:
The problem with the Gurriel - Springer - Tapia OF is that Tapia can't play RF (he is a LF).

Biggio is a 2B who plays a respectable RF (better than Tapia). Gurriel is better than Tapia in left, but Zimmer is a borderline elite defender in CF.
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Makes sense, you were referring to Tapia it seems quite a bit. Yeah i wanted to like the guy, but i really havent.

Didnt know that about Zimmer. Hasnt looked elite to me yet, but sample size from this year. ouldnt he play RF or Springer play RF while Teoscar is out?

The talk on here, twitter it feels like Jays would have been better off retaining Davis and waiving Tapia after the trade lol. At least he was likable.
 
13 games into the season and our lineup is missing 5 regulars hurts.

Crazy that Springer was hit in the forearm and Story was hit in the head and 1 of them stayed in the game and is playing todfay and the other came out and missing today. Better safe than Story I guess.
 
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Canada4Gold said:
13 games into the season and our lineup is missing 5 regulars hurts.

Crazy that Springer was hit in the forearm and Story was hit in the head and 1 of them stayed in the game and is playing todfay and the other came out and missing today. Better safe than Story I guess.
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Springer sitting was definitely precautionary. They don't want a repeat of the first half of last year where he was in and out of the lineup. Don't like it, but I also don't want springer on the DL for 60 games or whatever again.

Resting Springer is fine. It's having him and Teoscar out at the same time that really hurts
 
Holden Caulfield said:
Makes sense, you were referring to Tapia it seems quite a bit. Yeah i wanted to like the guy, but i really havent.

Didnt know that about Zimmer. Hasnt looked elite to me yet, but sample size from this year. ouldnt he play RF or Springer play RF while Teoscar is out?

The talk on here, twitter it feels like Jays would have been better off retaining Davis and waiving Tapia after the trade lol. At least he was likable.
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Tapia does provide a different look and maybe he will hit his stride and be as good as Grichuk or better. People forget that Randal wasn't a great defender for Toronto (his D scores get a boost because he played CF).

Zimmer hasn't been great at the plate, but he is faster than Tapia, and grades out as a better OF at all three positions and when his timing improves, he'll become the player we wanted to swap Grichuk for.

Tapia for Grichuk made sense at the time, but stopped making sense the second Zimmer was acquired. Zimmer is a significantly better 4th/5th OF. And in the world where a 4th OF plays regularly, it is best if it is neither (hence why people have been clamoring for Biggio to play).
 
On the plus side they're doing a good job of working the count.

Houck won't go much beyond 5 at this rate and Boston's bullpen is a bit taxed as of late.
 
Blitzkrug said:
Is Ramiel Tapia actually elite? My column
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His batted ball profile has been weird (even for him). His GB rate is actually higher than ever, but more of his LD have become fly balls (eww). If some of his grounders become liners, we'd be looking at a pretty solid OF. If he continues this way, he is unplayable (because his batted ball profile lines up with what he has done).
 
That Springer/Ace banking commercial would be better if they tried 1992 and 1993 as their pin numbers, they fail, and then 2022 is the pin that works
 
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Maplebeasts said:
Well I'll be the first one to admit I wasn't sold on Gausman when we signed him because his latter half of 2021 was notably weaker than his first half. He has been a breath of air and his splitter is a work of art.
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His spring training start was a master class.

You could have put the Dodgers' starting lineup against him and they wouldn't have done much against him (other than the one or two mistakes).
 
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