Blue Jays Discussion: The Vladimir Guerrero Jr. injury overreaction thread

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zeke

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Finally gibby pinch hits grandy for hernandez and not pearce. Good. Pearce is not a platoon hitter. He shouldn't be treated like one.
 
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Kurtz

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if you're going to do something dumb like keep your 2nd best reliever in the minors as a backup starter, then yeah you better use him as a starter whenever the opportunity arrives.

Are you still hoping that we turn Osuna into a starter or have you made peace with that one?
 

Boutette

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Did Maile get the same 'cyber eye' enhancement that Jansen got last year? Going from sub-Mendoza line to the spring he's had seems like Arthur C. Clarke kind of magic.
 

Boutette

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Jansen has always had elite discipline

He also hit .210 in 2015 in low A, .218 in 2016 in A and then .323 in 2017 in AA/AAA (and so far .387 this year in AAA), which he partially attributes to "improved vision" from the new pair of glasses he started wearing. That progression looks a bit spectacular, don't you think?
 

Eyedea

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He also hit .210 in 2015 in low A, .218 in 2016 in A and then .323 in 2017 in AA/AAA (and so far .387 this year in AAA), which he partially attributes to "improved vision" from the new pair of glasses he started wearing. That progression looks a bit spectacular, don't you think?

He also had wrist and hand injuries during those two down years which completely sapped his power. I don't doubt the glasses have helped, but being healthy does also.

What I find crazier is his batted ball profile and how he has actually managed to be successful moving away from the flyball philosophy that has recently dominated the league.
 

zeke

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Are you still hoping that we turn Osuna into a starter or have you made peace with that one?

It is absolutely criminal that we haven't made him a starter.

He might have been our ace by now.
 
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