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Originally Posted by bizaro86
I said at the beginning of the year the best case scenario was the bats rebound, the signings were a wash with the people who left, and the pitching regressed a bit, and then the outcome is they were even with last year.
Unfortunately the bats didn't rebound, and Bichette and Springer have been worse. The signings outperformed my expectations though. IKF was better than expected - he actually has a higher OPS than Matt Chapman and has been good defensively. Turner has been fine on average although very streaky.
But pitching didn't revert to the mean a bit, it fell off a cliff. The bullpen has been terrible. Injuries to high leverage guys, Swanson/Mayza issues, losing Hicks combine to make the bullpen way worse. I wanted Hicks back and he's turned into a great signing for the Giants - his ERA as a starter is better than Berrios, Kikuchi, or Gausman with nearly as many innings pitched. Could have used him back for sure. Gausman losing that extra tick of velocity has really hurt him, and taken him from dominant to below average. That alone probably cost us a few wins so far this year.
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I guess, fact is Vladdy has hit well, and the lineup is 15 games out of 1st place and 8 games out of a wild card. They will sell assets.
Key is what is the long term plan?
Last season, Jays pitching were awesome, it had to drop back somewhat. Would not have guessed the bull pen would struggle to this extent.