As crazy as it seems, Springer has been dumped on all year. But if you compare his stats with Varshos, they are almost the exact same in every metric, with Springer holding a 20 pt lead in batting avg.
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Varsho's value comes from his defense. He has a WAR of 2.8 while Springer's is 1.0 on Baseball Reference. Fangraphs WAR is closer but Varsho is still leading him.
Amen to that.
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Varsho has a such a nice swing lol perhaps he is too short? He misses so many pitches or is extremely late. Quite the black hole in the batting lineup. I would clearly trade him for someone who can hit.
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This team can’t even play fundamentals properly lmao. Thank god the Olympics are around the corner. Anything to distract from this mess.
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He's too stiff. He gets out on his back foot too early. He should really add a leg kick to his swing. It would make his swing more athletic and fluid than it currently is.
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Yeah jeez he totally imploded. How can that happen after that misplay? he obviously looks fine physically, and at the time it was just the first baseruner in a 7-0 game, nerves shouldnt have played any part as he was cruising before.
baseball is a funny game.
baseball is a funny game.
This is one where I'll gladly put a whole bunch of this on Schneider. Kikuchi was clearly falling apart after the play at first. So after the grand slam, there are four straight righties coming up and... they get a lefty warming up. Then they leave Kikuchi in to face all the righties anyway even though he has no command anymore.
Just brutal planning.
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And now Cabrera only pitchies 0.1 innings and only 8 pitches and he lifts him for Richards to start the 6th?
Its like he didnt want to burn the bullpen by pulling Kikuchi early, and now he just wasted one pitcher with like no work done.
Its like he didnt want to burn the bullpen by pulling Kikuchi early, and now he just wasted one pitcher with like no work done.
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If they have even one high-end reliever right now (say a healthy Garcia or Romano) they're probably heading into the break on a 7-1 stretch.
Ya, the bullpen has been awful. It was a strength last year but injuries and guys falling off have had an impact. I think only the Rockies have had a worse one this year.
Wished they would have played Berroa more before this game. Looked decent at the plate.
Like I stated at the time of the trade on any other team Varsho is a fourth outfielder who slots in for defensive purposes if the team has a lead.
Atkins Shat the bed on that trade.
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So you're proud of a terrible take?
Varsho would be the starting CF on pretty much any team in the league. He's the best defensive OF in baseball and has a 96 wRC+ this year for 2.0 fWAR/3.0 bWAR at the All Star break.
The only difference is that better teams would have him in the 8/9 spot in the lineup instead of needing him to hit in the 5/6 spots.
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