Blue Jays GDT: (2016 v26) Next: vs TB| Wed, Sept 14| 12:30pmET/9:30amPT | Cobb vs Estrada

[Josh92]

Alexia skeletor ramirez sure is one happy mother ****er all the time

 

[Leafsdude7]

Just missed it.

 

[Bad News Benning]

Of course there's skill in hitting a baseball, but outside of general location (right, centre, left, particularly), there's not really much ability to control where the ball goes after contact.

Majority of the Jays hitters try to pull everything which is why the BABIP sucks. It leads to a lot of ground balls on the pull side into the shift and a lot of pop up/fly ball outs. If the jays used the entire field more the BABIP would increase.

 

[Acoustic]

Yeah, that's exactly what I said.

I hate to be that guy, but I gotta say, you must never have played baseball if you're going to say that and believe it.

Anyway, enjoy the game. Hope they do better out West.

 

[Leafsdude7]

I hate to be that guy, but I gotta say, you must never have played baseball if you're going to say that and believe it.

Good thing your interpretation of what I said is nowhere near what I actually said.

Enjoy the game...

 

[supermann_98]

Bautista is done. His bat has slowed down to the point that he can't catch up to fastballs anymore

 

[Leafsdude7]

Majority of the Jays hitters try to pull everything which is why the BABIP sucks. It leads to a lot of ground balls on the pull side into the shift and a lot of pop up/fly ball outs. If the jays used the entire field more the BABIP would increase.

Seems to be the way they've been lately. Haven't been watching constantly all season, so don't know if they've been doing it, but there's been very few liners and ground balls to the opposite field over the last month or so, which definitely suggests an extreme pull mentality. That definitely explains why they've been so bad.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Alexia skeletor ramirez sure is one happy mother ****er all the time

I would be too if I was a replacement level player who somehow keeps getting paid millions.

 

[Discoverer]

Majority of the Jays hitters try to pull everything which is why the BABIP sucks. It leads to a lot of ground balls on the pull side into the shift and a lot of pop up/fly ball outs. If the jays used the entire field more the BABIP would increase.

Does that also explain why everything is dropping in for the Rays?

 

[Bad News Benning]

Bautista is done. His bat has slowed down to the point that he can't catch up to fastballs anymore

Bautista is done because he is stubborn as **** and refuses to make the proper adjustments now that he can't destroy balls like in his prime.

With the right mind frame I bet Jose could hit .260/.270 with 20-25 HR's but he's so pull happy and thinks he can still hit 40+ despite the fact his body is breaking down. Pitchers will work him on the outside corner all day because he is too stubborn to slap that pitch into RF for a single. Just a steady stream of pop ups, weak fly outs/ground balls.

 

[PG Canuck]

Why is his team so confusing.

 

[Leafsdude7]

Bautista is done because he is stubborn as **** and refuses to make the proper adjustments now that he can't destroy balls like in his prime.

With the right mind frame I bet Jose could hit .260/.270 with 20-25 HR's but he's so pull happy and thinks he can still hit 40+ despite the fact his body is breaking down. Pitchers will work him on the outside corner all day because he is too stubborn to slap that pitch into RF for a single. Just a steady stream of pop ups, weak fly outs/ground balls.

IMO, Jose's eye is what's failing him this year more than anything. His OBP is 20 points lower and he's striking out every 4th AB (vs every 5th AB last year). He's always been pull-heavy, including last year, but I find it difficult to believe his bat speed could drop enough within an 8-month period that severely.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Feels like I'm watching a familiar 2nd season collapse by the Leafs.

 

[Leafsdude7]

Feels like I'm watching a familiar 2nd season collapse by the Leafs.

Leafs usually collapsed before the last quarter of the season. There's about 1/9th of the season left for the Jays...

 

[Eyedea]

Majority of the Jays hitters try to pull everything which is why the BABIP sucks. It leads to a lot of ground balls on the pull side into the shift and a lot of pop up/fly ball outs. If the jays used the entire field more the BABIP would increase.

The Rays are more pull happy than the Jays

 

[Bad News Benning]

Does that also explain why everything is dropping in for the Rays?

jays pitching is definitely getting some bad luck lately (giving up too many HR's though).

Even if the Jays make the playoffs the way this offense is built doesn't give me much hope that it will have much success.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Leafs usually collapsed before the last quarter of the season. There's about 1/9th of the season left for the Jays...

Jays have sucked for the last few weeks.

 

[Bad News Benning]

The Rays are more pull happy than the Jays

I never said the Rays were good.

They hit well at rogers center for whatever reason but they still have a ****** approach which is why most teams shut them down.

 

[Leafsdude7]

The Rays are more pull happy than the Jays

Which explains why the Rays are about as bad a team offensively as the Jays. They Jays just have the old equalizer called power to make them look like they're better.

The Rays definitely have been spraying the ball around this series more than the Jays.

 

[TimeZone]

This team needs a rebuild.

 

[Eyedea]

I never said the Rays were good.

They hit well at rogers center for whatever reason but they still have a ****** approach which is why most teams shut them down.

They just hit the Jays well, but it kinda excuses the Jays babip errors because for whatever reason, a team mired in babip issues somehow babips their way to victory every time against the Jays.

babip babip babip.

Which explains why the Rays are about as bad a team offensively as the Jays. They Jays just have the old equalizer called power to make them look like they're better.

The Rays definitely have been spraying the ball around this series more than the Jays.

Well no, the Rays are certainly worse offensively, but it's also less about power and more about the Jays ability to get on base via the walk. Problem is they become the behemoth when they face the Jays for whatever reason.

 

[Loosie]

This team needs a rebuild.

A poorly timed slump and a rebuild is needed...sure.

 

[Dough72]

Alexia skeletor ramirez sure is one happy mother ****er all the time

I don't think I've seen such goofy pro athlete before

just the way he was giggling last night when he tripped over first base. It was perfect, somehow.

 

[Leafsdude7]

A poorly timed slump and a rebuild is needed...sure.

I'm not saying I agree with the rebuild (assuming we're talking a full-on, Leafs "lets get young" rebuild), but the offense has not been good all season. Outside of home runs and runs scored, offensively this team is pretty solidly in the middle or bottom of the pack in all key stats.

 

[ChiTownLeafer]

When was the last time a purely power hitting team won the world series? It seems most of the previous WS winners had high OBP players, good starting pitching and a good bullpen?.