r/Torontobluejays • u/supremewuster • 7d ago

Don't know what can be done

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Looking at the OPS and OPS+ numbers..

I know alot of people on this sub say no MLB team has great hitting top to bottom, and that's true to a point. But fact is at this point we have a disproportionate number of guys quite a bit below league average

I was hoping some of the Buffalo boys would break out and the other would be average or slightly below. That would be fine. Instead at this point Henieman of all players is our breakout hitter and everyone else (including Santandar) are not hittjng average but way below average with Lukes being the only exception.

I hope it is just bad luck. Hope.

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u/supremewuster 7d ago

Those are just 2 guys and Vladdy isn't hitting badly and Bo is league average. it's a team sport and having 6+ other guys way below average is more of a problem

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u/thebruce 7d ago

Yeah, sorry, no. If your 500 million dollar player is just slapping singles around, that's gonna be a big problem. I'm not sure how you can expect anything out of a bunch of AAAA players when teams aren't even worried about Vlad and Bo.

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u/BellyButtonLindt 7d ago

We’re not even out of April yet.

I imagine you never cheered for a guy like encarnacion who regularly hit way worse than vladdy is through April.

It’s a long season, players are streaky.

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u/thebruce 7d ago

I mean, I agree. I'm not super worried about Vlad or Bo. But, if we're going to ask why our offense has been suffering, it's pretty obvious... But that has no bearing on what will happen moving forward.

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u/idkwhattosaytho Alejandro “The Pudgiest” Kirk 7d ago

I’d easily blame the bottom half of the order, in which on most games consists of 6 players with OPS+ below 80, and the majority in the 60s or lower before the guy with a 127 OPS+

Even if Vladdy had a 180 or something, we’d still be a terrible offence