Springer might not be gone long. He was walking off the field without favouring the foot too much and he wasn't wincing with every step. When I rolled my ankle, I couldn't put any weight on it and I was definitely wincing.
Of course it's true. Just look at all the analytics people around here thinking they're all hot shit because they can Google stats. You think the Jays front office isn't full of people like that? Basically the Jays are just like the Leafs: stats darlings but can't win when it counts.
The reality is the Jays didn't start taking off until they started doing what I'VE been saying all year (because, you know, I base my opinion on stats AND observation of game results and game footage): Springer and, for some weird reason, Valera getting timely hits when it matters instead of just when they're blowing out bad pitching, great starting pitching that is allowed to go deep into games, and a focus on using just the good relievers whenever possible...or at least every now and again. Montoya seems to be falling back on bad habits there.
I always find it funny how stats people treat stats as some objective and inarguable truth, but when the results don't line up with their narrative, their fallback argument always goes to the highly immeasurable and unverifiable notion of luck.
As a wise man once said, "in my experience, there is no such thing as luck".
