Pre-game reading on Barger, Bo, Vladdy in the three-spot, Swanson, Francis, relitigating the Teoscar trade, Devers, injuries, transactions, petty gripes, and more!
Ha..your 'Quickly's' are still turning into epics at times...who cares, they're great.
Really enjoying this stretch despite the Phillies series, but I can't help thinking about the run differential - which I fully admit I don't really understand if it's meaningful at all, but Alex A seemed to think so in 2015.
So after our 8-1 win we've got:
Jays 40-33 and a -4 differential and expected W/L record of 36-37.
Rays 41-33 and a +68 (holy crap!) differential and expected W/L record of 44-30.
So what exactly does this mean? Tampa somehow finds ways to lose when they should win and we are finding ways to win when we should be losing? Which one is more sustainable and does it suggest that our record is a mirage?
I thought that part of the value Teo was delivering was that Vladdy could hit right after him, and, in some way that mattered to Vladdy, pitchers were pitching the two of them similarily. It could have been something as simple as “how they pitch when they are worried about the HR”. Whatever it was, Cavan Biggio and Bichette didn't provide it, nor could Daulton Varsho. I wanted them to try Vladdy after Brandon Belt, but we didn't get to see that. But perhaps Addison Barger has it. In which case an inproved Vladdy will be worth the occassional ‘left on on-deck circle' in my books.
With all the rehabbing players, the boys in Buffalo ought to be eating pretty, pretty well this week.
Ha..your 'Quickly's' are still turning into epics at times...who cares, they're great.
Really enjoying this stretch despite the Phillies series, but I can't help thinking about the run differential - which I fully admit I don't really understand if it's meaningful at all, but Alex A seemed to think so in 2015.
So after our 8-1 win we've got:
Jays 40-33 and a -4 differential and expected W/L record of 36-37.
Rays 41-33 and a +68 (holy crap!) differential and expected W/L record of 44-30.
So what exactly does this mean? Tampa somehow finds ways to lose when they should win and we are finding ways to win when we should be losing? Which one is more sustainable and does it suggest that our record is a mirage?
I have no idea.
I thought that part of the value Teo was delivering was that Vladdy could hit right after him, and, in some way that mattered to Vladdy, pitchers were pitching the two of them similarily. It could have been something as simple as “how they pitch when they are worried about the HR”. Whatever it was, Cavan Biggio and Bichette didn't provide it, nor could Daulton Varsho. I wanted them to try Vladdy after Brandon Belt, but we didn't get to see that. But perhaps Addison Barger has it. In which case an inproved Vladdy will be worth the occassional ‘left on on-deck circle' in my books.
Keep up the great work
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