Mabbett has really bought into his new role. Reinson is also having a terrific season. Defense has been the most improved aspect of the Blue Jays’ game compared to 2020.nyjay wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 10:57 am Rewatched the game last night. The amazing thing to me was just how clean the offense was. Just really no unforced errors. Yes, the Jays had a lot of possession, and some of the possessions primarily involved making lots of adjacent passes, but you don't get this extra long possessions if you're dropping the ball or throwing bad passes. Defense was similarly fundamentally sound. Just solid team defense all around. Just a remarkably clean game, which is remarkable given that we're still pretty early in the season, no fall ball, not a ton of practice so far. Arrow is really pointing up.
Favorite moment of the game has to be the Mabbett goal. Really got to hand it to the kid, after that OSU game, he could have just packed it in. But he didn't - he's 100% better as an on ball defender and had a couple of good GBs as well. After his goal, loved how the team (Epstein in particular) embraced him. Big moment for him and I think for the team as well.
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