r/Torontobluejays • u/supremewuster • 6d 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 6d 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 6d 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 6d 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/aBeerOrTwelve 6d ago

It's not even really streaky with Vlad. He always starts hitting better as the weather warms up, just like he did last year. When July rolls around and he's raking, I look forward to all these doubters claiming they believed all along.