GT Brother, can you spare a win? 8/8

[Captain 97]

"Regular playing time" when you have Altuve, Bregman, Gurriel, etc. ahead of you and you're an injury replacement is a lot different than his situation in Seattle.

He went from fully blocked to wide open spaces and he's running like a pony.

I can't imagine it's easy psychologically knowing you'd have to outplay those guys during your chance. How likely would it be that Toro played his way to a starting role on the Astros? He knew that as well as anybody.

Yeah Its so "wide open" that when he got here he was forced to play a position he has never played before in his career. They said "here go out and give middle infield a try" and he was like "oh wonderful now I can relax at the plate"

[Sibelius Hindemith]

His ground ball to fly ball ratios:

2019 2.00
2020 2.67
2021 (Hou) 1.38
2021 (Sea) 0.65

[bpj]

"Regular playing time" when you have Altuve, Bregman, Gurriel, etc. ahead of you and you're an injury replacement is a lot different than his situation in Seattle.

He went from fully blocked to wide open spaces and he's running like a pony.

I can't imagine it's easy psychologically knowing you'd have to outplay those guys during your chance. How likely would it be that Toro played his way to a starting role on the Astros? He knew that as well as anybody.

Yeah Its so "wide open" that when he got here he was forced to play a position he has never played before in his career.

He's not at risk of losing his place on the roster even before Seager leaves, that simple enough to understand?

[Captain 97]

"Regular playing time" when you have Altuve, Bregman, Gurriel, etc. ahead of you and you're an injury replacement is a lot different than his situation in Seattle.

He went from fully blocked to wide open spaces and he's running like a pony.

I can't imagine it's easy psychologically knowing you'd have to outplay those guys during your chance. How likely would it be that Toro played his way to a starting role on the Astros? He knew that as well as anybody.

Yeah Its so "wide open" that when he got here he was forced to play a position he has never played before in his career.

He's not at risk of losing his place on the roster even before Seager leaves, that simple enough to understand?

Wait I thought it was supposed to be Marte's position.

[bpj]

Yeah Its so "wide open" that when he got here he was forced to play a position he has never played before in his career.

He's not at risk of losing his place on the roster even before Seager leaves, that simple enough to understand?

Wait I thought it was supposed to be Marte's position.

You're embarrassing yourself.

[Sibelius Hindemith]

His line drive percentages:

2019 20.0%
2020 23.4%
2021 (Hou) 14.6%
2021 (Sea) 25%

[Captain 97]

He's not at risk of losing his place on the roster even before Seager leaves, that simple enough to understand?

Wait I thought it was supposed to be Marte's position.

You're embarrassing yourself.

I am not the one claiming a guy suddenly figured out how to hit because he got traded just because he has had 1 week of good baseball. he is 1 for his last 9 lets see where he is at the end of the season.

[bpj]

Wait I thought it was supposed to be Marte's position.

You're embarrassing yourself.

I am not the one claiming a guy suddenly figured out how to hit because he got traded just because he has had 1 week of good baseball. he is 1 for his last 9 lets see where he is at the end of the season.

Let's see where he's at after 5.

That's what we got for 2 months of a relief pitcher.

We're not trying to win in 2021 so I won't act like it hinges on how well he finishes the season.

Two months of a relief pitcher you cooters are whining about. Boohoo.

[Sibelius Hindemith]

If it is to be believed that psychology is playing a role in Toro's level of play, based on the assumption that he is now happier, why is it discounted with regard to the performance of players that were clearly unhappy following the trade?

[Sibelius Hindemith]

His average exit velocities:

2019 87.2
2020 86.1
2021 (Hou) 85.9
2021 (Sea) 87.3