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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @Cje95 OP 30 Jul 2024 \ parent \ on: Trade deadline grades: Taking stock of flurry of pre-deadline deals Stacker_Sports
Yeah I read somewhere his batting average of ball in play is something wild like 375 when the league average is closer to 300 which shows that with the Astros good defense it should help make up for it. I was a little surprised we didn't go after someone like how Grinkie was his last few years when all he did was eat innings ever 5 days
The Blue Jays have the best outfield D in baseball so I don't think D behind him has been the issue. Although infield D could be better. He doesn't walk a ton of guys but he gets into a lot of deep counts. He will get ahead 0-2 or 1-2 and then start fiddling around with his secondary pitches and let the hitter back into at bat and see a lot of pitches and when things go sideways for him he tends to give up big innings. When he is on he will be great but if he isn't he will often give up big 4 or 5 run innings. I think that's where playing with a team with a better bullpen will help him. The Jays bullpen has been one of the worst in baseball so there was a lot of pressure to go deep in games and he just isn't that guy. If the Astros say be aggressive, attack the zone and give us 4-5 good innings I think he will thrive.
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