Blue Jays GDT: 2024 v5 |Sat, Jun 29 | vs NYY | 3pm ET/12pm PT | Cortes vs Bassitt
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Suntouchable13
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Horwitz at the plate looks like Tony Gwynn in like Gwynn’s 12th MLB season. It’s absurd.
Ha why do things like that Guerrero triple only happen when you’re already up 7-2.
Ha why do things like that Guerrero triple only happen when you’re already up 7-2.
Suntouchable13
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If Vladdy keeps getting the extra base hits, doing damage, this team can really take off here. I guess I am an eternal optimist, sometimes.
BertCorbeau
F*ck cancer - RIP Fugu and Buffaloed
Gerrit Cole got smoked and he threw some 91 and 92mph FBs.
trellaine201
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Joe “they may have turned a corner” 
has he watched this team this year? Does he live in a cacoon.
has he watched this team this year? Does he live in a cacoon.
MK78
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He literally said that? I had it on mute i was on a phone call as the game was ending.Joe “they may have turned a corner”
Suntouchable13
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Yesterday I posted KK and Springer have been ass cheeks this year. Since then they are both combined 5 for 8 or something like that.
Davis Schneider and Addison Barger have been ass cheeks. Watch, now DS will hit a couple of homers tomorrow and Barger will get his first dinger
Davis Schneider and Addison Barger have been ass cheeks. Watch, now DS will hit a couple of homers tomorrow and Barger will get his first dinger
EpochLink
Canucks and Jets fan
Ok? I don't see what that has to do with blaming the Jays struggles on analytics.
Its simple. The tools are only as useful as those who wield them. Using data analytics to execute decisions is sports clearly has flaws.
The worst things that are happening right now aren't 'analytics'. Analytics would be telling you to do the opposite of batting Springer 4th or 5th every night or starting Kiermaier almost every game.
Whatever the f*** happened in the playoffs last year ... yeah, that was analytics gone nuts.
The Nemesis
Semper Tyrannus
This is a terrible and probably wrong take. Find me an analytics based argument that would suggest you should keep batting a terrible hitter in middle/high spots in the lineup.
I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I can easily make an old-school non-mathy explanation: the idea that Springer is important and needs to get going so the team decides to force feed him at-bats possibly in "protected" spots in the lineup until he rebounds. Similar case for Kiermaier except not high in the lineup because he has no history as a dangerous bat. We've seen these sorts of things happen and heard old-school guys like Buck argue for them in the past.
Not saying the latter is what's happening, but it at least makes more sense than blaming "analytics" for no really definable reason besides the fact that the team is known to use math in its decision making process and it becomes an easy target especially for traditionalist fans.
