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Blue Jays GDT: 2024 v2 | Thu, Apr 25 | @ KC | 2pm ET/11am PT | Berrios vs Ragans

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Showing up to a baseball game in an Avalanche jersey is a choice.

If you like Colorado sports just buy a t-shirt. Sure it'll only last you like 6 wears because Fanatics is flaming garbage, but with how frequently Colorado visits that 6 wears should cover you for like 10 more years.
 
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The Nemesis said:
Chapman is making it easy given that he's sporting a sterling wRC+ of 63.
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He was painful to watch after the first month of last season. Not saying IKF won’t nosedive either but at this point, he’s not a huge loss and IKF is proving to be good defensively as well
 
Tw1ster said:
He was painful to watch after the first month of last season. Not saying IKF won’t nosedive either but at this point, he’s not a huge loss and IKF is proving to be good defensively as well
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Yeah. Even if he only hits as well as the bad run of Chapman he still provides as good or better D and can do it at like 5 different positions. That's super valuable.

I just kind of wish he did it as a defensive super-sub instead of as the everyday 3B. but for that we need Clement to go on a heater and secure the position.
 
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Tw1ster said:
IKF has been a nice addition, really not missing Chappy at all
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Yeah. Just more people overreacting. IKF is a gold glove 3B and on average a 2 WAR player who recently had a 4 WAR season. For $7.5M, that’s a fair deal for a 29 year old.

IKF: 0.7 WAR
Gio Urshela: 0.3
Tim Anderson: 0.1
Ahmed Rosario: -0.1
JD Davis: -0.1
Candelario: -0.2
Whit: -0.3

Not to mention that this is where he ranks on the Jays according FG for all hitters;

WAR: T-1st
OFF: 2nd
DEF: 1st
Base running: 3rd
wRC+: 3rd
BA: 2nd
OBP: 3rd
SLG: 3rd
wOBP: 4th
Hits: T-2nd

Of course this won’t continue but this performance is extremely helpful when the rest of the lineup has a .220 BA or lower. He, Turner and Biggio has carried this team.

And this is coming from someone who didn’t like the signing. Urshela would have been my guy.
 
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The Nemesis said:
Yeah. Even if he only hits as well as the bad run of Chapman he still provides as good or better D and can do it at like 5 different positions. That's super valuable.

I just kind of wish he did it as a defensive super-sub instead of as the everyday 3B. but for that we need Clement to go on a heater and secure the position.
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I can see Barger come up relatively soonish (before AS break) and be the starting 3B with some RF duties. I just don’t see Vogelbach as filling a need for the team when Turner is the main DH and other guys need DH days too. Sure there’s some value as a PH bat but that’s a luxury at this point. We need length and versatility in the starting lineup.
 
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Wow, Garcia is locked in.

IMO he should be given the closer role even if Romano returns.
 
GoonieFace said:
If they are sitting fastball first pitch than it’s really sad. I can’t count the number of times they have watched first pitch strike fastball right down the pipe. They also have missed on so many meatballs, that’s not coaching
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There was a really good thread that explained it better but I can't find it. Overall, teams have been attacking Jays with offspeed pitches first pitch, and or fastballs up and in. I heard on multiple spring broadcasts that Mattingly wants the Jays to sit on fastballs early on in the count. This goes against what the numbers say.

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canucksfan said:
There was a really good thread that explained it better but I can't find it. Overall, teams have been attacking Jays with offspeed pitches first pitch, and or fastballs up and in. I heard on multiple spring broadcasts that Mattingly wants the Jays to sit on fastballs early on in the count. This goes against what the numbers say.

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Well this is concerning. Never should your entire philosophy be to just sit on one pitch.
 
canucksfan said:
There was a really good thread that explained it better but I can't find it. Overall, teams have been attacking Jays with offspeed pitches first pitch, and or fastballs up and in. I heard on multiple spring broadcasts that Mattingly wants the Jays to sit on fastballs early on in the count. This goes against what the numbers say.

Here some numbers as well.



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That’s all well and good and I’m sure they have this data as well. So I would assume they would adjust. Fact is, they are missing meatballs far too often. At some point it’s on the actual hitters

I believe their chase and contact rate are near the top as well, but hhb % is almost dead last. So when they are hitting it, it’s not very hard
 
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