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About the only revelation I've had lately is that Javy Baez doesn't suck at everything; he just sucks one particular way, and applies it across the board.
He hits big home runs, but swings and misses all the time, at everything. (Yes, he's been improving, but still.)
He makes impressive stops in the field, but consistently throws wild.
He's great at avoiding the tag, but he tries to steal bases before the pitcher even goes into his motion, much less commits to home. Or he gets forced out because he wants to take 2B standing up, which means he has to decelerate, instead of using a pop-up slide. Or he makes the 3rd out of the inning at 3B, a basic blunder. Repeatedly.
But at the root, it's all the same: Baez always tries to do the spectacular, and neglects the basics. Spoiled-brat glory-hogging, and nothing more.
And he'll never change. Why should he? Some moron is going to give him $300 million (or more) for his occasional highlight plays, never mind how he screws up his team on the regular. Said moron could well be Uncle Stevie, in fact. Sigh.
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