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Originally Posted by flambers
Varsho in my view, was no where near the hitter that the Jays expected.
He will need to have a big offensive season, if the Jays have any hope to stay competitive in the AL East.
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I agree completely. There are a ton of guys who need to have a substantially better season at the plate. The effect of removing the shift and the theory that LH batters would get this huge uplift was misguided in hindsight on managements part (and presumably analytics who fed that info). I’m of the belief that you have to have a solid lineup 1 through 9. If there’s even one black hole to exploit it kills momentum. Last year a lot of the lineup was below their potential. Varsho the chief in that regard. His average has to be in the .240s to be an everyday player. Defence he’s great but you just can’t be in the lineup in the low .200s.