I’m not putting blame on Vlad. He’s been great in all situations. Clutch like I said (and the fangraphs site echoes as well) is a descriptive stat. It just means what we’ve done. Just because Boston has been great til now and we haven’t been doesn’t mean that will hold going forward. It does explain why we are not very good at come from behind wins despite having a good offense. I don’t see how people other than me and Karl don’t see this when the Jays in late and close games especially at home flail away constantly and seem to just go for home runs most of the time. Cal it unclutch or bad luck or sample size variation or whatever you want but the facts clearly show that for the first sixty plus games of this season when the Jays batters are in higher leverage situations they perform worse than when they are in lower leverage situations.
Now ofc I think the bullpen is the biggest issue, but I don’t think it’s the only issue with this team. Managing decisions have missed the mark a few times, hitting has been subpar at times and ofc injuries have been the biggest plague to this team.
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