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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
So Cano makes the Seattle pitchers better, and Bautista makes the Toronto one's worse...makes sense.
It's not that hard to see that Dickey just wasn't suited for the AL, especially the AL East where the murders row of long ball hitters can jump all over any knuckleballs left hanging and hit them for HR's.
Behurle was almost too successful early on because I think the innings caught up to him this year.
Morrow, Hutch, Happ, etc are either injury prone, unproven, or just not that good. If not for Stroman this team would look even worse this season.
But you are right, the Seattle pitchers (and defense) aren't doing anything special this year, it was all the addition of Cano that made them better.
http://www.si.com/mlb/2014/08/19/mar...ng-and-defense
You can probably add defense to the reasons the Blue Jays struggle, especially in the in-field but I would say injuries have had a lot to do with that too. |
It's amazing what good chemistry, good players, and some momentum can do for a team.
If you think a position player (Cano) can't have any effect on a pitching staff, you're out to lunch.
By the way, Jose is doing the defense no favours with his -1.4 dWAR this year, which accounts for almost half the entire team's dWAR of -3.1.