Toronto Blue Jays (76-60) @ Texas Rangers (59-77) - September 9-11

vaff87 · Post #181 » by **vaff87** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 3:13 am

Bo has been worth like $30M this year.

Post #182 » by **Schad** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 3:15 am

vaff87 wrote:He was an above average hitter in all three of those months, while playing the second most demanding defensive position.

Yeah. His season to date has been:

April: bad.
May: very good.
June: above-average.
July: above-average.
August: above-average.
September: destroyer of worlds.

I'm totally okay with that.

Lateral Quicks · Post #183 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 3:20 am

vaff87 wrote:
Lateral Quicks wrote:
Schad wrote:
He was hitting .289/.335/.502 from May 1st entering today, and his numbers are even better now. It was basically just an early-season slump.

June OPS: .723
July OPS: .719
August OPS: .743

September OPS entering today's game: 1.171

He's been more bad than good. There's good reason he was moved down in the lineup for a time there.

He was an above average hitter in all three of those months, while playing the second most demanding defensive position.

A position he plays rather poorly.

Bichette has put up a mere 0.5 more bWAR than Espinal - a guy with an OPS+ of 97 - despite more playing time.

This is supposed to be a franchise cornerstone whose strength is the bat. He hasn't shown it this year, a hot September not withstanding.

linery88 · Post #184 » by **linery88** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 3:20 am

"Ok Vlad...it will be your time to get hot when we get home"."You are our "HOMEWRECKER"

Randle McMurphy · Post #185 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 3:26 am

vaff87 wrote:Bo has been worth like $30M this year.

Why is the guy leading the team in fWAR right now being bashed?

Lateral Quicks · Post #186 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 3:32 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:
vaff87 wrote:Bo has been worth like $30M this year.

Why is the guy leading the team in fWAR right now being bashed?

Because we're not letting recency bias cloud our judgment of his performance this year.

Santiago Espinal made the all-star team over Bichette. The team braintrust moved him all the way down to 6th in the lineup because he was stinking it up so bad.

Two weeks ago he was a league average hitter on the year with mediocre at best defense. All players go through slumps, but his slump lasted most of the year.

vaff87 · Post #187 » by **vaff87** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 3:43 am

Lateral Quicks wrote:
vaff87 wrote:
Lateral Quicks wrote:
June OPS: .723
July OPS: .719
August OPS: .743

September OPS entering today's game: 1.171

He's been more bad than good. There's good reason he was moved down in the lineup for a time there.

He was an above average hitter in all three of those months, while playing the second most demanding defensive position.

A position he plays rather poorly.

Bichette has put up a mere 0.5 more bWAR than Espinal - a guy with an OPS+ of 97 - despite more playing time.

This is supposed to be a franchise cornerstone whose strength is the bat. He hasn't shown it this year, a hot September not withstanding.

He’s been an above average hitting SS (and above average hitter in general) every month this year but one. On the season, he’s 26% better than the average hitter, and 31% better than the average hitting SS. He’s tied with Lindor as the 4th best hitting SS in baseball. He’s top 30 in baseball in fWAR, and first on the team.

Post #188 » by **Schad** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 3:45 am

Lateral Quicks wrote:Santiago Espinal made the all-star team over Bichette.

Espinal has been hitting awfully for months. He entered today with a .227/.286/.285 line in his previous 62 games. He's reasonably close to Bichette on bWAR, but falling away, but he's miles apart on fWAR (and also falling away).

vaff87 · Post #189 » by **vaff87** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 4:09 am

Bo has had a wRC+ in every season so far, higher than Derek Jeter’s career wRC+. If he were to play at the pace he’s played at so far, for the same number of career games Jeter played, he would finish with an fWAR like 10 wins higher.

DelAbbot · Post #190 » by **DelAbbot** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 4:26 am

Can someone explain to me about our most desired standing. If we don't win the division, is it better to be seeded 3rd wildcard so we face Cleveland in 1st round, who is weaker than Tampa / Seattle in a 3 game series?

And Seattle's final 19 games are all against tanking teams.

vaff87 · Post #191 » by **vaff87** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 4:34 am

DelAbbot wrote:Can someone explain to me about our most desired standing. If we don't win the division, is it better to be seeded 3rd wildcard so we face Cleveland in 1st round, who is weaker than Tampa / Seattle in a 3 game series?

And Seattle's final 19 games are all against tanking teams.

Depends if you want to be home vs a better team or on the road vs a weaker team. The second wild card is obviously the worst one.

I don’t know if there’s reseeding. I don’t think so. Assuming that’s correct, obviously, who you would face in the ALDS is also a factor. I think I would much prefer the Yankees than Astros.

DelAbbot · Post #192 » by **DelAbbot** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 4:43 am

vaff87 wrote:
DelAbbot wrote:Can someone explain to me about our most desired standing. If we don't win the division, is it better to be seeded 3rd wildcard so we face Cleveland in 1st round, who is weaker than Tampa / Seattle in a 3 game series?

And Seattle's final 19 games are all against tanking teams.

Depends if you want to be home vs a better team or on the road vs a weaker team. The second wild card is obviously the worst one.

I don’t know if there’s reseeding. I don’t think so. Assuming that’s correct, obviously, who you would face in the ALDS is also a factor. I think I would much prefer the Yankees than Astros.

Who gets the Astros? winner of Cle and 3rd WC?

vaff87 · Post #193 » by **vaff87** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 5:04 am

DelAbbot wrote:
vaff87 wrote:
DelAbbot wrote:Can someone explain to me about our most desired standing. If we don't win the division, is it better to be seeded 3rd wildcard so we face Cleveland in 1st round, who is weaker than Tampa / Seattle in a 3 game series?

And Seattle's final 19 games are all against tanking teams.

Depends if you want to be home vs a better team or on the road vs a weaker team. The second wild card is obviously the worst one.

I don’t know if there’s reseeding. I don’t think so. Assuming that’s correct, obviously, who you would face in the ALDS is also a factor. I think I would much prefer the Yankees than Astros.

Who gets the Astros? winner of Cle and 3rd WC?

No, I think they would get the Yankees. Assuming the Yankees stay as the second seed.

DelAbbot · Post #194 » by **DelAbbot** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 5:28 am

vaff87 wrote:
DelAbbot wrote:
vaff87 wrote:
Depends if you want to be home vs a better team or on the road vs a weaker team. The second wild card is obviously the worst one.

I don’t know if there’s reseeding. I don’t think so. Assuming that’s correct, obviously, who you would face in the ALDS is also a factor. I think I would much prefer the Yankees than Astros.

Who gets the Astros? winner of Cle and 3rd WC?

No, I think they would get the Yankees. Assuming the Yankees stay as the second seed.

Randle McMurphy · Post #195 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 5:58 am

DelAbbot wrote:Can someone explain to me about our most desired standing. If we don't win the division, is it better to be seeded 3rd wildcard so we face Cleveland in 1st round, who is weaker than Tampa / Seattle in a 3 game series?

And Seattle's final 19 games are all against tanking teams.

We'd rather be seeded 4th or 6th than 5th. Considering Seattle's joke schedule compared to our schedule of contenders, 6th appears the far more likely option.

Lateral Quicks · Post #196 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 12:06 pm

Schad wrote:
vaff87 wrote:He was an above average hitter in all three of those months, while playing the second most demanding defensive position.

Yeah. His season to date has been:

April: bad.
May: very good.
June: above-average.
July: above-average.
August: above-average.
September: destroyer of worlds.

I'm totally okay with that.

People were most definitely not OK with that before September rolled around, and that's the point.

You can't have a supposed franchise cornerstone put up such mediocre numbers for 4/5ths of a year, especially when he's mediocre at best with the glove.

It's not like we were expecting him to be John MacDonald with the bat coming into the year.

Lateral Quicks · Post #197 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 12:08 pm

vaff87 wrote:Bo has had a wRC+ in every season so far, higher than Derek Jeter’s career wRC+. If he were to play at the pace he’s played at so far, for the same number of career games Jeter played, he would finish with an fWAR like 10 wins higher.

In his age 24 year, Jeter put up a bWAR of 7.5.

Bichette currently sits at 2.6, and that after an otherworldly two weeks late in the year.

Hottie McShotty · Post #198 » by **Hottie McShotty** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 1:37 pm

vaff87 wrote:
Hottie McShotty wrote:Bass has been amazing!

You literally complained about the trade we acquired him in, earlier.

Show me when earlier? I never complained about Bass. White and Pop. Yes.

Hottie McShotty · Post #199 » by **Hottie McShotty** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 1:40 pm

Sweep would be nice here.

Next series is going to be HUGE!

s e n s i · Post #200 » by **s e n s i** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 2:47 pm

yeah, it's not really the time to be arguing over how good our best position player has been this year. ignore any elite player's best 3 week stretch of their season and surprise! their numbers won't look as sexy. bo's been **** good all year -- just the worst of it seems worse than it actually is from what your eyes were telling you.