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Anyone else catch Vladdy looking down that girl's shirt?

I sure hope Vladdy starts elevating the ball more often when runners are in scoring position. He was doing that a lot towards the end of last year. Same thing today: a whole bunch of grounders. Sure, it looks good in the stats column since they were all hits and RBIs, but then compare that to Grichuk's grand slam: it may have just been one hit, but it was ultimately a more productive hit. Same reason why Springer was on pace for like 150 RBIs.

I'm sure Vladdy will figure it out. He's too good not to.
 
TGB said:
Anyone else catch Vladdy looking down that girl's shirt?

I sure hope Vladdy starts elevating the ball more often when runners are in scoring position. He was doing that a lot towards the end of last year. Same thing today: a whole bunch of grounders. Sure, it looks good in the stats column since they were all hits and RBIs, but then compare that to Grichuk's grand slam: it may have just been one hit, but it was ultimately a more productive hit. Same reason why Springer was on pace for like 150 RBIs.

I'm sure Vladdy will figure it out. He's too good not to.
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This is something else......
 
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TGB said:
Anyone else catch Vladdy looking down that girl's shirt?

I sure hope Vladdy starts elevating the ball more often when runners are in scoring position. He was doing that a lot towards the end of last year. Same thing today: a whole bunch of grounders. Sure, it looks good in the stats column since they were all hits and RBIs, but then compare that to Grichuk's grand slam: it may have just been one hit, but it was ultimately a more productive hit. Same reason why Springer was on pace for like 150 RBIs.

I'm sure Vladdy will figure it out. He's too good not to.
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Incidentall, Springer had 50 RBIs in 78 games which projects to 104 over 162 games - fewer than Vladdy‘s 111 and far fewer than your claimed projection for him.
 
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902,500 more expensive than projections ignoring Chapman, but with 10 guys that can be accounted for mostly with a high league minimum so it’s solid. Not having to go to a hearing with anyone is good news
 
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That could get interesting if the in-game power follows. He's considered a decent prospect with just defense and hit tool and absolutely no power at all, so even a little bit of pop could make a huge difference for him.
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Leo Jiminez is jacked, I'd be shocked if the power doesn't come.
 
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A trade pursuit of Toronto outfielder Teoscar Hernandez. The Marlins and Blue Jays had serious discussions in November, and if this deal had happened, Miami likely wouldn’t have signed Soler. Hernandez, 29, produced his best offensive season last year, hitting .296 with 32 homers and 116 RBI in 143 games. He posted a 3.9 wins over replacement.

Though he has played primarily in left and right field, Hernandez has played center field in 110 games, including extensive work there in 2019, and probably is better equipped defensively for center than any of the Marlins starting outfielders. Toronto was seeking an upgrade at third base, and Brian Anderson likely would have been part of any deal. The Marlins also assuredly would have been required to send Toronto at least one starting pitcher. The Blue Jays have been pursuing a left-handed bat all offseason, and had they signed Kyle Schwarber or Michael Conforto in free agency, they might have dealt Hernandez. After the lockout, Toronto instead acquired Gold Glove third baseman Matt Chapman from the Athletics, and signed starting pitcher Yusei Kikuchi to a three-year deal. The Marlins and Jays haven’t revived trade talks since the lockout ended.
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Can’t see why they would trade Teo unless he was asking for a ridiculous contract extension and/or the pitcher was too good to be true like Sandy or Rogers.
 
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With the 28 man expanded rosters until the end of April barring any major additions I assume we break camp with the following roster

Springer
Bo
Vladdy
Teo
Chapman
Kirk
Gurriel
Biggio
Jansen
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Espinal
Grichuk
McGuire
?
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Berrios
Gausman
Ryu
Manoah
Kikuchi
Pearson
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Romano
Mayza
Cimber
Richards
Merryweather
Garcia
Borucki
Stripling
Vasquez

With Bird probably as the frontrunner for the last spot for now?
 
If somehow, we get the Biggio from the first two years, he's the first guy on the list of WAR from 2019-2020:
www.fangraphs.com

Major League Leaderboards - 2019 to 2020 - Batting | FanGraphs Baseball

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.240/.368/.430 definitely will play in this lineup.

Also, it should be noted that a couple of guys started playing significantly better as soon as the team left Dunedin. Here are the Jun 1-end of season numbers:
www.fangraphs.com

Major League Leaderboards - 2021 - Batting | FanGraphs Baseball

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Gurriel put up 2WAR in that 94 games where he didn't have to worry about not seeing the ball every home game (because the sun was in his eyes every single game in Dunedin) and Jansen put up 1.6 in 30 GAMES!
 
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