An interesting comment I found on PinstripeAlley...
Posted Mar 18, 2019, 7:44 AM UTC
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BiRd and JudGe wiLL NeVer EaRn a StaRtinG JoB
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To be fair, you could make this comment about every prospect ever and be right the large majority of the time.
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Bird will be a great Pirate
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I will cut you.
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Well he’s right about Bird, at least on the Yankees.
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Bird literally earned the starting job before he got hurt last year, though. He’s also not a bust yet. Let’s see what he can do while healthy before casting him aside. He’s had a great spring, even if Voit has done enough to retain the starting position going into the season.
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This is the most anti-bird place you’ll find on the internet. Nice to see a level headed factual post about Bird for once.
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Bird is the wird and I’m not ready to watch our baby boi fly away.
But seriously, he’s been good while healthy. If he can stay on the field and cut down on the strikeouts, he’s going to be productive.
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There aren't many facts to support Bird over Voit
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To be fair, the dude always rakes in spring training. Then he always seems to get hurt right at the end. I want to see him play a season of 140+ games. I think he has great potential but honestly it's time for him to put up.
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I agree. You only get so many chances and Bird is starting to run out of his.
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he had a .497 OPS in 52 ABs in 2018 spring training... he did really well in 2017 and really poorly in 2018. prior to that he hadn't had a real spring training, just a handful of abs in 2013 and 2015.
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I love how he's had 2 spring trainings not including this year, one awesome and one bad, yet the narrative has somehow become "he always rakes in ST but sucks in the regular season"...
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He has hit under .200 the last two years.
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Earned the starting job from who? We acquired Voit in like July. Greg bird has hit under .200 the last two years. That’s horrible. I know people are going to hit me with oh BA doesn’t matter. Yes it fucking does.
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Except Bird was/is our starting first baseman. So he's wrong.
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I am surprised that LF was so bad last year:
| Split | G | GS | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ROE | BAbip | tOPS+ | sOPS+ |
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| as DH | 152 | 672 | 578 | 98 | 155 | 35 | 0 | 31 | 85 | 5 | 3 | 77 | 187 | .268 | .363 | .490 | .853 | 283 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | .340 | 119 | 121 | |
| as SS | 162 | 697 | 619 | 103 | 169 | 26 | 5 | 33 | 103 | 14 | 7 | 61 | 98 | .273 | .341 | .491 | .832 | 304 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | .274 | 113 | 126 | |
| as RF | 162 | 723 | 612 | 103 | 147 | 28 | 0 | 38 | 93 | 6 | 2 | 93 | 201 | .240 | .342 | .472 | .814 | 289 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | .285 | 109 | 111 | |
| as 3B | 162 | 664 | 625 | 85 | 178 | 47 | 2 | 26 | 94 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 112 | .285 | .321 | .491 | .812 | 307 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | .310 | 106 | 110 | |
| as CF | 162 | 726 | 607 | 118 | 150 | 22 | 6 | 30 | 93 | 13 | 2 | 104 | 140 | .247 | .356 | .451 | .808 | 274 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 | .270 | 108 | 122 | |
| at Off. Pos. | 162 | 3517 | 3092 | 478 | 785 | 163 | 9 | 149 | 440 | 31 | 11 | 352 | 858 | .254 | .334 | .457 | .791 | 1413 | 63 | 38 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 29 | .300 | 103 | 108 | |
| as Outfield | 162 | 2167 | 1841 | 323 | 450 | 73 | 12 | 87 | 242 | 35 | 9 | 279 | 491 | .244 | .345 | .439 | .784 | 808 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 17 | .282 | 102 | 109 | |
| at Def. Pos. | 162 | 2732 | 2402 | 371 | 589 | 106 | 14 | 118 | 381 | 32 | 10 | 272 | 551 | .245 | .325 | .448 | .773 | 1077 | 44 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 8 | 26 | .268 | 98 | 116 | |
| as Infield | 162 | 3347 | 3022 | 415 | 758 | 159 | 11 | 148 | 491 | 22 | 9 | 261 | 714 | .251 | .314 | .458 | .772 | 1383 | 63 | 31 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 32 | .279 | 97 | 109 | |
| as 1B | 162 | 677 | 602 | 77 | 141 | 28 | 1 | 34 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 191 | .234 | .309 | .453 | .762 | 273 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .279 | 94 | 96 | |
| as 2B | 162 | 650 | 590 | 68 | 146 | 29 | 3 | 25 | 90 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 152 | .247 | .307 | .434 | .741 | 256 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | .289 | 90 | 106 | |
| as LF | 162 | 718 | 622 | 102 | 153 | 23 | 6 | 19 | 56 | 16 | 5 | 82 | 150 | .246 | .338 | .394 | .731 | 245 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | .292 | 90 | 93 | |
| as C | 162 | 659 | 586 | 82 | 124 | 29 | 0 | 30 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 161 | .212 | .292 | .415 | .706 | 243 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | .236 | 81 | 107 | |
| as PH | 54 | 70 | 59 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .203 | .314 | .288 | .602 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .268 | 59 | 90 | |
| as PH for DH | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | 24 | 59 | |
| as P | 10 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .000 | .045 | .000 | .045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | -86 | -69 | |
| as PR | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 3/18/2019.
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Well said.
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Bird is gonna be the 1B by the end of the season over Voit
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Bet me.
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No.
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Ok.
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Both players have technically earned a starting job. Bird just hasn't been able to hold to it as of now.
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That's a spicy take.
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It’s some saucy pasta.
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Guess he was half right.
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suck it ed weaver, you didn't know shit.
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r/agedlikemilk level take there
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Bird is terrible... come on man
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why the fuck are you even on that site? it's garbage
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Someone find Ed!
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That guy is probably still posting about the Yankees being Luxury Tax champs and commenting that Severino etc. are soft and baseball players aren't as tough they used to be.
Also he's wearing an Aaron Judge shirsey while typing this nonsense.
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so, half credit?
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Oh Ed.
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I mean, he was half right
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Hey, half of the comment is ALMOST right...
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I mean he’s 50% correct
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Judge: Overruled!