Springer or Thames?
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@KILLERPRESENCE4 said in Springer or Thames?:
Not sure why the hate for Springer, he has insane power and pretty decent vision and contact on top of speed. Oh and he’s a good defender. Not that Thames is not a serviceable fielder just not on the same level overall as Springer. And it being a postseason card he has a high clutch rating which means he performs even better in high leverage situations.
Not really hate for springer. I’ve had both for awhile now and Thames is just on another level compared to springer. Stats in my opinion are great, but if they don’t have a good swing animation they can be useless. You look at top guys lineups and they pretty much all have Thames and none have springer. Thames is top 1b in game right now, with Ortiz as 2, but with Ruth having secondary 1b he is probably going to be end game for almost everyone. Springer gets lost in the mix as a platoon guy. He’s like posey, stats are great but the ball just doesn’t jump as much as the stats say it should.
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@CCCStunna30 said in Springer or Thames?:
@KILLERPRESENCE4 said in Springer or Thames?:
Not sure why the hate for Springer, he has insane power and pretty decent vision and contact on top of speed. Oh and he’s a good defender. Not that Thames is not a serviceable fielder just not on the same level overall as Springer. And it being a postseason card he has a high clutch rating which means he performs even better in high leverage situations.
Not really hate for springer. I’ve had both for awhile now and Thames is just on another level compared to springer. Stats in my opinion are great, but if they don’t have a good swing animation they can be useless. You look at top guys lineups and they pretty much all have Thames and none have springer. Thames is top 1b in game right now, with Ortiz as 2, but with Ruth having secondary 1b he is probably going to be end game for almost everyone. Springer gets lost in the mix as a platoon guy. He’s like posey, stats are great but the ball just doesn’t jump as much as the stats say it should.
I get what your saying but I’ve love Springers swing and have crushed with him since I’ve had him. You are right though he is coming off my bench and is not a starter as mantle is my center fielder and is not coming out of my lineup even when I get trout. Trout will get pushed to left field
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Literally took Springer just to finish PS and get Trout (I just needed 1 more PS, so had to do it). Honestly, with so many good 1B out there, I wanted to take Ramirez first, but the Trout chase drove my decision. Ruth, Musial, Ortiz...you don’t need Thames like you did 2 months ago.
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Ramirez is actually the right answer imo. Then Thames tho
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Thames is a glitch like didi, add like 25 to each attribute due to animation of swing
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@KILLERPRESENCE4 said in Springer or Thames?:
I get what your saying but I’ve love Springers swing and have crushed with him since I’ve had him. You are right though he is coming off my bench and is not a starter as mantle is my center fielder and is not coming out of my lineup even when I get trout. Trout will get pushed to left field
Ya if his swing is great for you than he’s a great player for YOU, no matter what the stats say or how other people bash cards, if he hits for you he hits, all that matters. Too often guys get stuck on best overall and stats and not how they perform. An example is I have banks and can’t hit with him to save my life. Other guys absolutely rake with him, but I can rake with didi who has clearly inferior hitting stats. So if I have to put one or the other at short, I’ll go with the guy I rake with. I also look forward to whats to come when I make inning or choice pack decisions. In the outfield there is still mays, Griffey, and Williams to come, plus whatever finest/postseason cards, where first base pujols, Thomas, and Gehrig are the only legit 1b I can think of in the future, and I can always platoon pujols and Thomas with Thames/Ruth. I wasn’t expecting Ruth to have 1b secondary tho so that changes some things lol
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Yeah Didi does seem to have better power than his numbers would suggest.
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Yeah Thames is irrelevant now with Ruth available. I'd argue Springer is too with Trout unless you're behind on collections.
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Yeah I'm late to lvl 25... Now that there's Ruth and musial at first... And trout, walker and mantle... I thought it was ramierz easy, but now hornsby.... Who's the best bench bat? Thames?
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I took Thames this before Trout card, I do not use the Thames card. I am close to springer only taking it for the postseason card toward Trout. I the only time I will use the springer card for Astros innings.
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With babe out, thames is a bench bat now. And if you are going for trout, and you need ps cards, I say grab him.
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Going with Thames!
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