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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
There is always an element of luck with no hitters. Statcast says Jays had an expected BA of .112, which is very low for sure, but that translates into an average of 2-3 hits of the course of the game. As for the rest of the season, their BABIP is nearly league last at .204 - that cannot continue for any length of time.
The team is 2-3, starting the year on the road against some tough teams. The sky is not falling. I agree that the batting line-up doesn't look improved from last year, but the negativity around the team already is tiresome. Baseball is weird, so there shouldn't be any big reactions early on.
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Sure, I mean with average luck maybe they only lose that game 7-3 or something. And it's just one game out of 162. My opinion of the team isn't driven by a single game whether it's being no-hit in Houston or winning by 7 at the Trop the night before.
Still though, the problem last year was the offense, and they downgraded that over the off-season. (IKF vs Chapman is definitely a downgraded bat even if you think Turner==Belt)