Prior to injuries, Walker would have been the #4 or #5 starter behind Pearson and Ray for sure. Might have been behind Matz. Currently, they definitely could use him but signing a #4 starter with injury history for three years wouldn't have been a smart move IMO.
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Prior to injuries, Walker would have been the #4 or #5 starter behind Pearson and Ray for sure. Might have been behind Matz. Currently, they definitely could use him but signing a #4 starter with injury history for three years wouldn't have been a smart move IMO.
Suntouchable13
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What's so special about Ray and Matz? They look like the definition of mediocre.
landy92mack29
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Walker is also the definition of mediocre. Jays have enough back end starters and Walker wanted multiple years. Better to find out what you have in your internal options for cheap than waste money on another Roark. SWR and Manoah aren't far away either
Ray's stuff is not mediocre. If Ray has solved his control problems, he can easily be a #2. Matz is very similar to Walker.
Disagree that Walker is 'the definition of mediocrity'.
161 ERA+ last year and a 135 ERA+ in 2017. Missed the two seasons in between through injury, but when healthy he's been a legitimate #2-3 starter with quality stuff.
161 ERA+ last year and a 135 ERA+ in 2017. Missed the two seasons in between through injury, but when healthy he's been a legitimate #2-3 starter with quality stuff.
I still firmly believe people have major overreactions to a lot of Montoyo's moves. But there's no defense for bringing in Panik to hit for the catcher while Kirk sits on the bench.
Presumably it was to get the righty-lefty matchup but Panik hits better against LH pitching and had a ghastly .590 OPS against righties last year. And .620 the year before that. Compared to a pure hitter like Kirk who has been taking in preseason it’s just ... not even close.
Plus it was pinch-hitting for Jansen so they were wasting an extra player off their bench if they did manage to tie the game.
Inexcusable stuff. Plus with a young team you should be trying to get your young long-term players experience in high-leverage situations, not Joe Panik who is an old fringe player clinging to his MLB career.
Yep, and Green has better numbers against lefties. Literally everything suggest Kirk should have come in. Honestly, sticking with Jansen would have been a more justifiable move.
I think it might have been the most bizarre pinch-hitting decision I’ve ever seen.
Like I posted in the other thread, here are the OPS numbers for all 3 players involved in 2020 :
Panik - .590
Jansen - .789
Kirk - 1.264
It literally is Mr. Burns putting Homer Simpson in for Darryl Strawberry.
I had to leave in the bottom of the eighth. I taped the game so I could watch Kirk hit. Thought Kirk would pinch hit for Jansen. Seeing Panik pissed me off. I thought worse case Jansen would hit. Forgot about Panik.
Seriously. Even if Panik was playing somewhere on the infield you could argue it's helping ease guys into the season by having someone DH.
I never did get the love affair with Walker.He is not in our rotation
for good reason.Glad we didn’t resign him.
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They love their limited upside "character" guys. The Jay have 30 arms better than this guy.
trellaine201
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He probably throws a couple innings today or tomorrow and gets replaced. He's part of the shuffle to keep fresh arms in the pen.
kb
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I was wondering the same thing, the only thing that I know of is the podcast with Mike Wilner called deep left field, I think new ones come out every Thursday. I wish that they had a call in show.
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