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Originally Posted by Cappy
PLAYER A - The superior
.172 .273 .310 .583
PLAYER B - The inferior
.250 .314 .406 .721
I know it fits your narrative but if you are going to rely on the numbers from the Jays offence over 10 games to draw conclusions...
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I'm not looking at ten games, and I don't care what the stats are this year to date, anyone who can sit their and say Morales isn't a downgrade on Edwin is out to lunch. I've heard many interviews since the start of the season with former major league players that come right out and say, a guy like Edwin is not replaceable.
So the Jays were a crap offence most of last year, and they addressed that by downgrading their biggest offensive piece and siging a 34 year old to platoon with Smoak. Not sure what there is to argue with that comment. There's no counter-argument unless you don't have a shred of objectivity.
They were supposed to address speed, age, outfield D, and putting the ball in play in the off season. They didn't do any of that. Those areas of need were directly from the GM's mouth, not mine.
Can they turn this season around? Yeah, we are only 8 games in. Is this team going to be as good as last year's team? Not in my opinion. They downgraded offence and need another career year from all their starters to be able to match last year's pitching results.