2011 Blue Jays Season Thread

[Matty81]

Originally Posted by secol

nix is going to fall down to earth. no way a career .216 hits on the positive side of .250 for the rest of the year.

Probably right - although he seems to be a defensive improvement so far and I find that the church of sabremetrics is deeply flawed, you only need to look at Bautista last year to know that. Totally doesn't account for growth and improvement beyond a certain age.

I'm cautiously optimistic about Nix being able to hit right around .245-.255 this year. His batting average his last 4 years in triple A;
.251
.292
.303
.450 (only 20 ABs)

If you remove the blip in Chicago at the end of the year last season here are his 3 major league seasons;
.125
.224
.234

He seems to be learning and improving year over year.

[Saint Troy]

[QUOTE=tanguay'sstillgood;3065699]I agree with you, but that part I bolded...that would be a weird way to impress a team.

Pressing, not impressing....

I think he has some upside, especially against lefties, but his lack of hustle is crap.

[Saint Troy]

Originally Posted by secol

nix is going to fall down to earth. no way a career .216 hits on the positive side of .250 for the rest of the year.

You are likely right, but he does have an excellent compact swing as Buck and Pat said about 400 times last night, and he can play defence.

[Caged Great]

His defense also has merit into winning games, especially when you factor in EE is a huge liability at the position that Nix plays. If you get nearly equivalent production offensively from Nix as you would either EE or Rivera, then it makes sense to have EE or Rivera as the DH and the other on the bench instead just for the defensive improvement alone.

[flambers]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

His defense also has merit into winning games, especially when you factor in EE is a huge liability at the position that Nix plays. If you get nearly equivalent production offensively from Nix as you would either EE or Rivera, then it makes sense to have EE or Rivera as the DH and the other on the bench instead just for the defensive improvement alone.

yep, biggest problem with E5 is this fellow can not throw...

[Hockey]

Runners on 2nd and 3rd with no one out in the 11th. Vernon Wells strikes out, they walk the next batter. Get an out at home on a fielders choice. Bases loaded 2 outs.

Oh and it all started with a throwing error by E5

[Sylvanfan]

Dotel get's the K and the Jays survive the 11th. Angels are down to their last reliever in the game too. The games between these two teams in Anaheim are always close.

[Hockey]

Bautista up with bases loaded in the top of the 12th

[Sylvanfan]

16 stranded runners for the Jays tonight. Neither team can get a clutch hit here.

[flames_1987]

Bulger has to be gassed throwing over 60 pitches or so now....why in gods name can we not get a hit with RISP?!?

[Hockey]

Wow horrible call on Escobar. No way he interfered with the 3rd basemen.

[Caged Great]

wtf

[Caged Great]

That might be the worst call I've seen in years.

[Hockey]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

That might be the worst call I've seen in years.

yep, about as worse as it comes.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Possibly the worst call in baseball history. No idea what the heck he was thinking.

He ran from 2nd to 3rd.................what did he do wrong? That was 100% on the 3B. Beyond stupid.

[secol]

####ing robbed....also damn encarncion could've cost us

[flames_1987]

I switched the channel and just had game center up but judging by the comments here and on DJF, that was just as brutal a call as you can get.

[Hockey]

This game has it all.

[secol]

Originally Posted by malcolmk14

Just like there's no way a guy whose career high in HR's is 15 hits 54.

yep. all about statistics man, i know which side i'm betting on and based on statistics i'll probably be right.

[Caged Great]

Escobar ran straight from 2nd to 3rd and got called out for interfering when he didn't touch anyone.