OT: The Toronto Blue Jays

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/KeeganMatheson/status/1956538393610920009

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/PitchingNinja/status/1956539587376857311

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

Shame that such a thing would happen to the Rangers in Toronto.

Real fucking shame.

For those that dont have appletv all of the rangers emerged on the field after the jays cleared out, peed themselves and rolled around crying on the pee soaked field.

 

[MapleLeafBlueJayBoy]

Amazing! No quit in this team.

Always nice to hurt Texas.

 

[MindzEye]

I don't have AppleTV, but that seems entirely believable and I don't think anyone could convince me that it didn't happen.

 

[Pwner]

yikes


View: https://x.com/JeffPassan/status/1956540097634927098

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/MLB/status/1956537341943652715

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/lucastimmons/status/1956540316896383291

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Wow, I left for a drinks meeting and came back to see this. Amazing.

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/1956542775387681154

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/SlangsOnSports/status/1956540890215854499

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/BlueJays/status/1956540554730234247

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/DShulman_ESPN/status/1956545717960380826

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Big props to Bassitt by the way. He had nothing tonight, but still somehow was able to keep it to that one homer, and give us five innings.

 

[zeke]

How many of those ahead of him have extreme platoon splits?

Only Varsho (which is unusual for him).

 

[zeke]

at least half

Only one.

R/L wrc+ before tonight

Loperfido 161 (169/134)
Heineman 156 (130/209)
Guerrero 149 (148/153)
Springer 148 (160/117)
Schneider 133 (146/125)
Varsho 133 (166/18) <--
Bichette 122 (121/125)
Santander 3 prev yrs 122 (118/134)
Barger 120 (129/82) <--
Santander 3 years 115 (116/111)
Lukes 111 (108/139)
Kirk 110 (125/98)
Clement 103 (74/159) <--
France 98 (99/96)
Gimenez 80 (101/22) <--
Straw 74 (67/81)

I get being irked with how Santander has worked out so far but thinking that some of these pretty good bench bats are better options is kinda nuts

If he's back healthy he projects as a moderate upgrade on some of them offensively while being a defensive liability.

Projected wrc+

Guerrero 147
Bichette 118
Springer 116
Kirk 114
Santander 110
Lukes 108
Barger 107
Schneider 105
Varsho 104

France 103
Gimenez 97
Clement 96
Heineman 93

Straw 73

 

[zeke]

And im not here to shit on Lukes/Barger they are both very good players on the busy side of a platoon, but they shouldnt face LHP and Clement shouldn't face RHP, ideally.

Lukes is hitting lefties much better than righties.