GDT #54, 5/30/14: Braves (Teheran) vs. Marlins (Koehler), 7:10 EDT
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Last year against the Cubs he hit a homer to tie it in the 9th and then Justin hit the game winner homer later that inning.
jsebe10
Well-known member
Nah it was later in the season...he blooped one into RC to score the game winner..
tvsportscaster
Approaching Buddy Hernandez Territory
That was the Nats game I was talking about, they were wearing the Negro League uniforms.
jsebe10
Well-known member
Bingo..
He pitched 185 last year so I would pull the reigns back on him a little bit. I would like him to finish with around 210-220 innings in the regular season.
In May he has hit 286/367/410 for WRC+ for 121. K% down to 15.8%.
Over the last 3 weeks he's really turned it on though. 324/400/470 for a WRC+ of 150.
Power still a tad down but it's coming. Hopefully he can stay on this hot streak for awhile. Still think he's our best overall player.
UNCBlue012
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I'm beyond happy for Jason right now. Not only has he been on fire, but his average and OBP are respectably now and there's nothing to show it won't continue. BJ has some good at-bats as well. Just got to grind. Also, Julio is the freaking man
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
I would like his power up too. But I'm starting to wonder if it won't be because of pitchers not having to really throw him stuff to crush because they don't want him to get on base. I think for opposing pitchers in our current lineup Jason is the guy they want to get out the most. Because him getting on means a very good chance that he's on second before the inning is over.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
A third of the way thru the season: Justin Upton on track for a 7.5 WAR season, Heyward on track for a 6.0 WAR season, Freddie Freeman on track for a 4.5 WAR season.
I will repeat something that was hotly contested when made early this year. Jason is a more valuable player than Freeman and will get a bigger contract. Ditto for Justin.
And yes WAR is a flawed statistic. My claim is about value as evaluated by the people who write the checks.
I will repeat something that was hotly contested when made early this year. Jason is a more valuable player than Freeman and will get a bigger contract. Ditto for Justin.
And yes WAR is a flawed statistic. My claim is about value as evaluated by the people who write the checks.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
I forget who said it, but I agree that Jason is a tinkerer almost to a fault. He hits a skid and instead of trusting his skills he plays and leads him to having other faults.
Until baseball figures out a way to properly evaluate the effect of scooping balls out of the dirt, firstbaseman will never be properly valued.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
Well the guys who write the checks do the best they can in evaluating that along with evaluating all of the other little things in baseball that can't easily be quantified. And I will repeat my claim. They will write a bigger check for Jason and Justin than for Freddie.
I don't care if they write the check thats bigger but Jason needs to continue to show he can be consistent at the plate and not go through ridiculous chasms of performance. Otherwise he should be paid like any of the elite players in the league.
Streaky players get paid all the time. In the end it's about what your stat line shows at the end of the year. How you get there doesn't really matter.
And Jason needs to put together a great statline before he gets paid like a great player. I understand that he is the best defensive outfielder in the game but we still need to see a full years worth of great offense outside of his rookie season. There is no reason why he shouldn't have amazing statlines by the end of each season.
