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Blue Jays GDT: 2022 v9 | Next: Sun, Sept 4 | @ Pit | 12:00pm ET/9:00am PT | Stripling vs Brubaker

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The Nemesis said:
RBIs are a terrible way to evaluate how good a hitter someone is.

And yes, by rate:

Biggio: 1 HR per 70 PA, 1 2B per ~12 PA

Espinal: 1 HR per 55 PA, 1 2B per ~17 PA

Ok, so Espinal is better by batting average, strikeout rate and HR rate. Biggio is better by doubles rate, OBP, OPS, wRC+, walk rate, ISO, ground ball rate, hard contact rate...

It's not a huge difference overall, mind you, but it's significant in some aspects and overall Biggio's performance is sufficient to warrant him getting relatively regular playing time. Especially given that Espinal's performance is largely buoyed by his torrid start followed by much more inconsistent performance in the last couple months.
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Thats fair.

My view on espinal outside of just stats, is he exceeded expectations first half, it was his job to lose, rightly or wrongly made the all star team, for some reason the umps then were raking him over the coals with bad calls starting in that yankees series for some reason. Complete highway robbery calls that were not strikes but were called on him and that dragged on for weeks.

Around that time charlie got fired and Biggio started taking over more playing time. But when I seen espinal get more more opportunity and playing time outside the odd one off start lately, I thought he was playing well, getting some big hits, I just have not seen enough from biggio where I felt he stole the job from espinal in the first place and should get priority like schneider has been giving biggio.

But some may feel different.
 
Orca Smash said:
Thats fair.

My view on espinal outside of just stats, is he exceeded expectations first half, it was his job to lose, rightly or wrongly made the all star team, for some reason the umps then were raking him over the coals with bad calls starting in that yankees series for some reason. Complete highway robbery calls that were not strikes but were called on him and that dragged on for weeks.

Around that time charlie got fired and Biggio started taking over more playing time. But when I seen espinal get more more opportunity and playing time outside the odd one off start lately, I thought he was playing well, getting some big hits, I just have not seen enough from biggio where I felt he stole the job from espinal in the first place and should get priority like schneider has been giving biggio.

But some may feel different.
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I don't think he's stolen the job, it's just more that with Espinal falling off offensively this team needs as much length in its lineup as possible if there are still potential issues with pitching and Biggio offers that dimension while also being serviceable at 2B. Espinal's still a much better defender with more versatility though.
 
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Love sending Ross back out for the 6th. Moght have something to do with the score but still.
 
canucksfan said:
If I’m the Red Sox, I’m doing a quick rebuild or a retool.
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I dont know why they didnt do this at the deadline. I would have done it after the Betts trade but they did get a good run out this team last year. But at the deadline they really should have taken advantage and sold. Hopefully they dont mess this up again this offseason, though that would be good for us.
 
Heaven help us.. are we now just dealing with the yips? It's possible his anxiety is at a level he just can't pitch... needs to be on the DL.
 
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