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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
Vlad would be lucky if he had a Mike Sweeney-like career at this point btw. He's been one of the worst starting players in baseball for almost two calendar years now. He won't make anything as a FA in 2 years.
Bichette is as streaky as it gets (and appears to be going through one of the worst cold streaks of his career) while Springer is just old at this point and is effectively turning into late career Joe Carter/Vernon Wells for the Jays.
The Jays should be rebuilding.
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Vlad just swings at EVERYTHING.
Don't give him anything to hit - he's gonna swing anyway and probably put the ball on the ground.
For one year he was selective and waited for a pitch to drive. So he could elevate it even without massive changes to his swing.
Every year before and since he's just been way too aggressive up there. Maybe if he had some real thunder behind him in the lineup pitchers would come at him again but with Bichette doing dick and the rest of the lineup atrophying around him, there's just no reason to throw him a strike.
It ain't like he's gonna hurt you on the bases.