OldTimeHockey
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Nik said:
If he could cut out a chunk of the errors, he'd be fantastic.
2021 Blue Jays General Discussion Thread
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If he could cut out a chunk of the errors, he'd be fantastic.
bustaheims
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L K said:
-0.7 seems to be a fairly average mark for a 1B. Even the guys that are considered among the best defensive 1B in the game only have defensive WARs of around 0.3 or so.
L K
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bustaheims said:
Yeah, in fairness I really hadn't been looking at him in comparison to other players. The defensive metrics at 1B seen odd. I know 1B isn't where you tend to stick your best defensive players but the defensive metrics feel like they should be tied to comparing you relative to other players at your position rather than general zone efficiency.
Only 6 players have a positive Defensive Runs Saved metric at 1B. Only 5 players have a UZR of zero or better.
Kin
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It's tough to add a ton of value at 1st. It's pretty much all going to be based on the range you show so if you don't have a lot of difficult balls to play, you cant get graded as such. With a rotation heavy on LHP the Jays will face more right-handed hitters than most teams and so you'll get fewer sharply hit balls to first.
Highlander
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Breaking news: TFC will play at BMO Field on Saturday. If so, why aren't the Jays coming home?
Kin
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Highlander said:
1. It doesn't look like that's quite as done a deal as MLS suggests https://www.sportsnet.ca/mls/article/federal-government-still-reviewing-request-tfc-cf-montreal-play-canada/
2. It looks like MLS agreed that only vaccinated players would go(or at least that unvaccinated players would be subject to quarantine which makes it pointless for them to go) and it's doubtful MLB would do the same, or haven't yet at least.
Heroic Shrimp
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https://twitter.com/BlueJays/status/1415810895247183883
Kin
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Bender said:
It is and, to be sure, there are guys who have had better first 162 games but it's a pretty good picture of how complete an offensive he is at such a young age and how rare that is because while it's a lot of specific levels, they're all baselines for really good performance in that category. Nobody would argue with 30 HR being a certain standard of power hitting or 20 steals being the same for baserunning or a .300 average for contact hitting and on and on.