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Originally Posted by Kasi
Kaitlyn McGrath’s latest article had the stats that mrkajz stated.
“The Blue Jays hitters are only slashing .218/.277/.347 in late and close games, which Baseball Reference defines as plate appearances in the seventh inning or later with the batting team tied, ahead by one, or the tying run at least on deck. The only two teams that are worse in those situations, per OPS, are the Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates and relative to their overall performance, the Blue Jays are the worst hitting team in the late-and-close spot.”
As bad as the Jays bullpen has been their hitters in those situations are even worse. Yet all you ever hear about in this thread is oh no the bullpen sucks. Maybe if the Jays could get some hits late in games they would win more games. Yeah I’m excited about our offence but it would be nice if they saved some for close games.
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Totally right. Statistics as they say, can be misleading. I think in this case what this shows is when the young team is running away with the game they’re really confident. When they’re put in a clutch situation they’re not performing as well. How to they work through it? Coaching? Psychologists? Because it looks totally like a mental block to me.