jason bay or lee smith?
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It’s a [censored] shoot. Goose, Mo and the likes still got lit up last year. To me relievers are a dime a dozen. My most effective relieves this year have been Franco and Hoffman. Everyone seems to be able to hit fastballs these days
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I've tried all 3. Mattingly is my favorite real life player of all-time, but this card does not do him justice. Really good contact, but you really need more power (I'll still use him because of my love for The Hitman). Jason Bay is fine, but I think there are already better outfield options. I love Lee Smith. Great fastball, lethal forkball. Smith is probably the player that will be on the team the longest.
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Lee Smith without a doubt. You can find lots of hitters similar or better then those two but not a RP.
I took Mattingly and sold him because he was going for the most a week ago and only because I bought Smith the first day he was available. -
Mattingly
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@lvega127_psn said in jason bay or lee smith?:
I've tried all 3. Mattingly is my favorite real life player of all-time, but this card does not do him justice. Really good contact, but you really need more power (I'll still use him because of my love for The Hitman). Jason Bay is fine, but I think there are already better outfield options. I love Lee Smith. Great fastball, lethal forkball. Smith is probably the player that will be on the team the longest.
I feel likee hes just always will be one of those guys they have difficulty translating into a player that isnt op
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@lvega127_psn said in jason bay or lee smith?:
I've tried all 3. Mattingly is my favorite real life player of all-time, but this card does not do him justice. Really good contact, but you really need more power (I'll still use him because of my love for The Hitman). Jason Bay is fine, but I think there are already better outfield options. I love Lee Smith. Great fastball, lethal forkball. Smith is probably the player that will be on the team the longest.
Cheers, my friend...
Donnie Baseball is my favorite player of all time also.....
Stats due him an INJUSTICE -- he played in an era when his 35 and 31 HRs were top 5 in the whole league and only 1 player hit 40 (and it was 40 on the nose).
If he played in the juiced ball era he would have put up numbers they would still be talking about today. Instead he just hit .307 for his career.
Oh, and he played gold glove defense.
If he played now, not only would his numbers have been ridiculous, modern medicine might have been able to keep him playing at an MVP level longer, since it was nagging issues that held him back for the second half of his career.
Anyway - He could never get a fair shake in a game like The Show. They dont reward line drive hitters.....Im just happy he got a Boss card. Thats pretty cool!
Here's to #23!
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Jason Bay cause he's Canadian, ofc
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@lord_blumpkin35 said in jason bay or lee smith?:
just wondering who you all have been picking, imo smith will be in my pen for a long long time but due to recent pack luck of chapman and hader, and the free picks of mo and matt barnes I dont feel the need as much to get another reliever.
that being said ive heard bays swing is a bit wonky and having buxton, belli, and harper in the OF would make me have to bench harper or do some swapping with gallo being benched. any and all takes are ideal thanksGrab both ... bosses are cheap
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I agree with all the Mattingly comments...but I am wondering what are the better 1st base options at this point? The Musial is very similar to the Mattingly in that there is not enough power for this game. The Vlad POTM isn't great against lefties and his defense is terrible. Freddie is ok.... I liked the Prince when I used it in BR, but that was a very limited sample size.
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Mattingly dominated for me in the 2nd innjng showdown. So I had to take him. Then I hit a HR with him on his very first at bat in a RS game.
Bought Lee Smith as well.
So many OF already, but I guess I’ll buy Bay just bc I have the other two.
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Lee Smith. I like how fast his pitching motion is, especially grinding offline. I can't believe how stacked my bullpen is already this year.
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Lee Smith will likely be in your bullpen all year.
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Lee Smith is easily the choice for the inning Boss. Jason Bay’s swing is trash and the card plays down from his attributes.
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I took Smith but I want to pick up Donny as well. His splits against righties are good enough I think and I like high defense players. If nothing else he can come off the bench as a PH and into the game as a late double switch if I want to upgrade defense. Using 42 Ruth at 1st right now who is doing fine for me but I also hang around in the mid tiers of ranked.
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Although my lineup is lefty heavy, I'm going with Lee Smith. There are so many good OF options. Smith will stay on my roster much longer.
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3rd Inning Collection of 2nd Inning Bosses for XP Head Start.
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Outfield are a dime a dozen. CP are few right now. Lee no question
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@lazy_toast_psn said in jason bay or lee smith?:
It’s a [censored] shoot. Goose, Mo and the likes still got lit up last year. To me relievers are a dime a dozen. My most effective relieves this year have been Franco and Hoffman. Everyone seems to be able to hit fastballs these days
Seriously. I rarely throw fastballs bc of this. The funny thing is that I can’t seem to catch up to the fastball in half my games. I can’t figure out if it’s me or the connection. I hit the off speed pretty well other than sliders away. I got to lay off them lol
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@crimson_monk_psn said in jason bay or lee smith?:
@lazy_toast_psn said in jason bay or lee smith?:
It’s a [censored] shoot. Goose, Mo and the likes still got lit up last year. To me relievers are a dime a dozen. My most effective relieves this year have been Franco and Hoffman. Everyone seems to be able to hit fastballs these days
Seriously. I rarely throw fastballs bc of this. The funny thing is that I can’t seem to catch up to the fastball in half my games. I can’t figure out if it’s me or the connection. I hit the off speed pretty well other than sliders away. I got to lay off them lol
Yea brotha. I can’t touch anything like 98 and above. I just went up against guy with Feller and I struck out 17 times. He legit just spammed fastball 90% of the time and even with me knowing I couldn’t do [censored] with those 99/100 mph fastballs to save my life
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@lazy_toast_psn said in jason bay or lee smith?:
@crimson_monk_psn said in jason bay or lee smith?:
@lazy_toast_psn said in jason bay or lee smith?:
It’s a [censored] shoot. Goose, Mo and the likes still got lit up last year. To me relievers are a dime a dozen. My most effective relieves this year have been Franco and Hoffman. Everyone seems to be able to hit fastballs these days
Seriously. I rarely throw fastballs bc of this. The funny thing is that I can’t seem to catch up to the fastball in half my games. I can’t figure out if it’s me or the connection. I hit the off speed pretty well other than sliders away. I got to lay off them lol
Yea brotha. I can’t touch anything like 98 and above. I just went up against guy with Feller and I struck out 17 times. He legit just spammed fastball 90% of the time and even with me knowing I couldn’t do [censored] with those 99/100 mph fastballs to save my life
I sounds like you’re probably dealing with some pretty bad input lag. If you’re gaming on a TV you seriously need to reconsider that decision. It’s really hard to be competitive in this game if your not using a gaming monitor. And you’ll never be able to catch up to those fastballs on a run of the mill television.
