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Schneider clutch… when is this stupid staff gonna realize he’s an everyday player
mdenny wrote:In anycase....Masai is probably gonna make Fred the first active player/head coach in franchise history now that Nurse is out of the way. That's been the plan all along.
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Sign Schneider to $20 million a season!
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Back to the bench for Davis tomorrow
One flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoo’s nest.
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Boogie! wrote:Okay Shapiro but why isn’t Guerrero getting any better or performing to his supposed superstar status
I recommend you read this article and the comments section
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-new-vladimir-guerrero-jr-is-holding-the-old-one-back/
It’s pretty clear the Toronto org is philosophically inclined to emphasize contact% — they’re fifth in baseball in contact% over the years 2021-2023. Contact for contact’s sake is how you wind up like Cleveland.
I don’t know if that philosophy is “to blame” for Vlad Jr. merely being All-Starish as opposed to Best Hitter In Baseball-ish, but the rest of the AL East is thankful for it.
Toronto also has the 5th highest Oppo% rate in that timeframe too. That might work for an outlier like Bichette, but a contact-oriented, “spray it to all fields” approach is not befitting of that lineup.
I recall an interview with Danny Jansen last season where he specifically mentioned how that approach doesn’t work for him, and he feels at his best when he’s in “pull” mentality. His elite power numbers for a catcher speak for themselves. Vladdy may want to heed his teammate’s advice.
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The lineup today is definitely our best lineup
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Biggio useless as always
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Biggio needs to do better there.
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Potential wrote:The lineup today is definitely our best lineup
Not with IKF and Biggio in it
Best offensive lineup is probably as follows:
RF Springer
1B Vlad
SS Bo
3B Turner
LF Davis
C Kirk
DH Vogelbach
2B Clement
CF Varsho
One flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoo’s nest.
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What a wasted opportunity.
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JaysRule15 wrote:What a wasted opportunity.
should have scored at least 1 more run in that inning.
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punt biggio to the moon
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Schneider to the bench tomorrow. Can't show up horce face Shapiro and his GM Millhouse like that!!
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DelAbbot wrote:Boogie! wrote:Okay Shapiro but why isn’t Guerrero getting any better or performing to his supposed superstar status
I recommend you read this article and the comments section
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-new-vladimir-guerrero-jr-is-holding-the-old-one-back/It’s pretty clear the Toronto org is philosophically inclined to emphasize contact% — they’re fifth in baseball in contact% over the years 2021-2023. Contact for contact’s sake is how you wind up like Cleveland.
I don’t know if that philosophy is “to blame” for Vlad Jr. merely being All-Starish as opposed to Best Hitter In Baseball-ish, but the rest of the AL East is thankful for it.Toronto also has the 5th highest Oppo% rate in that timeframe too. That might work for an outlier like Bichette, but a contact-oriented, “spray it to all fields” approach is not befitting of that lineup.
I recall an interview with Danny Jansen last season where he specifically mentioned how that approach doesn’t work for him, and he feels at his best when he’s in “pull” mentality. His elite power numbers for a catcher speak for themselves. Vladdy may want to heed his teammate’s advice.
I would buy this argument if vladdy was actually making solid contact and spraying singles to all fields, but that’s not the case. He legitimately looks lost at the plate like he has no game plan, he routinely misses meatballs, and is constantly hitting groundballs which means there’s something wrong with his timing and swing mechanics. This is all on Guerrero.
mdenny wrote:In anycase....Masai is probably gonna make Fred the first active player/head coach in franchise history now that Nurse is out of the way. That's been the plan all along.
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how many more years of Springer do we have? painful watching this guy hit right now. i think he's pretty much done.
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Another meatball Guerrero missed. Contact percent nothing to do with it
mdenny wrote:In anycase....Masai is probably gonna make Fred the first active player/head coach in franchise history now that Nurse is out of the way. That's been the plan all along.
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And again Guerrero swings at a pitch he has no chance at
mdenny wrote:In anycase....Masai is probably gonna make Fred the first active player/head coach in franchise history now that Nurse is out of the way. That's been the plan all along.
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See I’ll take that kind of contact I’m not even mad he’s not hitting home runs is just he’s gotta do things like that more
mdenny wrote:In anycase....Masai is probably gonna make Fred the first active player/head coach in franchise history now that Nurse is out of the way. That's been the plan all along.
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Randle McMurphy wrote:Back to the bench for Davis tomorrow
Maybe we'll learn more about Davis' weaknesses from John Schneider tonight in his post-game remarks.
Nick Nurse recounting his first meeting with Kawhi:
“We could have gone forever. (Raptors management) kept knocking on the door and I was like, ‘A couple more minutes.’ Because we were really into it."
“We could have gone forever. (Raptors management) kept knocking on the door and I was like, ‘A couple more minutes.’ Because we were really into it."