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Blissful Been looking at Barger's fancy stat rankings all day. Elite MaxEV and AvgEV. 1 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 177 120 93.0 120.4 8.1 17 14.2% 62 51.7% .285 .306 .411 .498 .348 .387 2 Oneil Cruz PIT 160 85 96.5 119.6 11.5 19 22.4% 52 61.2% .238 .262 .462 .523 .363 .403 3 Shohei Ohtani LAD 183 110 97.0 117.9 13.8 25 22.7% 73 66.4% .308 .330 .641 .753 .442 .484 4 James Wood WSN 182 109 93.7 117.9 3.2 17 15.6% 64 58.7% .274 .261 .529 .544 .393 .388 5 Griffin Conine MIA 71 45 91.6 117.4 8.8 7 15.6% 23 51.1% .281 .255 .438 .429 .349 .331 6 Jhonkensy Noel CLE 77 53 91.0 117.2 11.5 3 5.7% 24 45.3% .164 .184 .274 .284 .207 .219 7 Aaron Judge NYY 180 116 95.9 116.8 15.8 29 25.0% 67 57.8% .409 .353 .779 .785 .532 .503 8 Kyle Schwarber PHI 178 108 94.1 116.7 17.9 16 14.8% 63 58.3% .269 .282 .593 .625 .427 .436 9 Noelvi Marte CIN 73 56 89.2 116.7 11.8 3 5.4% 18 32.1% .294 .242 .515 .427 .372 .312 10 Ryan Mountcastle BAL 137 97 91.5 116.7 10.8 13 13.4% 50 51.5% .227 .265 .336 .453 .265 .324 11 Jordan Walker STL 131 78 90.9 116.5 12.1 4 5.1% 34 43.6% .186 .194 .254 .307 .238 .260 12 Addison Barger TOR 59 44 96.1 116.5 13.5 6 13.6% 23 52.3% .241 .300 .407 .473 .315 .362 13 Junior Caminero TBR 155 117 91.3 116.5 4.9 11 9.4% 58 49.6% .248 .257 .434 .444 .307 .318 14 Hunter Goodman COL 153 107 90.5 116.2 17.2 8 7.5% 52 48.6% .288 .236 .489 .410 .365 .310 15 Luis Robert Jr. CHW 152 85 89.3 115.8 18.3 10 11.8% 35 41.2% .186 .236 .326 .407 .280 .326 # Name Team PA Events EV maxEV LA Barrels Barrel% HardHit HardHit% AVG xBA SLG xSLG wOBA xwOBA 1 Shohei Ohtani LAD 183 110 97.0 117.9 13.8 25 22.7% 73 66.4% .308 .330 .641 .753 .442 .484 2 Oneil Cruz PIT 160 85 96.5 119.6 11.5 19 22.4% 52 61.2% .238 .262 .462 .523 .363 .403 3 Addison Barger TOR 59 44 96.1 116.5 13.5 6 13.6% 23 52.3% .241 .300 .407 .473 .315 .362 4 Aaron Judge NYY 180 116 95.9 116.8 15.8 29 25.0% 67 57.8% .409 .353 .779 .785 .532 .503 5 Rafael Devers BOS 191 112 95.6 111.1 15.9 21 18.8% 69 61.6% .280 .291 .490 .557 .385 .415 6 Pete Alonso NYM 182 116 94.9 114.6 12.6 22 19.0% 67 57.8% .320 .308 .613 .637 .448 .445 7 Gunnar Henderson BAL 137 91 94.9 113.3 9.8 8 8.8% 51 56.0% .264 .261 .473 .400 .336 .304

I would be a bit concerned about Little throwing so much since he is young + he just spams that breaking ball so much

oh yeah it's like 20

He's probably riding Little a bit too much especially considering he is young, but that's all I can give you. 22 RP appeared in 70+ games last year. Specific game circumstances have made it appropriate to use Garcia and Hoffman basically every time that have appeared. Nothing irresponsible is going on - they are grizzly veterans! Being said, Y-Rod has probably earned a few more leverage innings. If you ignore his March 27th outing, season debut, where he gave up 2 HR, he has a 3.00 ERA and 3.84 FIP on the season. Chad Green has a 6.52 FIP and his Stuff+ has dipped below 100; I don't think Green can be trusted at all anymore and he should probably be RP6.

Yes and because he doesn't have premium velo (sits 93 touches 95) people will be skeptical of the heater until it works near the big leagues

Why do people think Schneider is overworking the pen? I guess it's just anecdotal since Hoffman had those extra inning games and then Garcia and Hoffman both had those blown games. Hoffman is 36th in baseball out of 188 qualified relievers in IP. He is 66th in pitches thrown out of 188 qualified relievers. Do people want John Schneider to not use his best relievers? The Jays' pen in total is 10th in baseball in IP (but this is a weird thing to look at in the opener era).

Lukes higher OPS than Vlad

Top 4 in both Barrel rate and AvgEV since April 27 The Barger/Varsho effect I guess

Need stalwart veteran Jose Urena to step up and keep them in the take today Sweep or die

Ross was just feigning interest in Sasaki so he could nab Strawsie + human trafficking money

Thanks tips No conclusions or opinions on anybody until they retire. Got it.

Doesn't even have good Stuff numbers!!!

So Roki Sasaki sucks I guess. Wow.

The Blue Jays announced that they have placed second baseman Andrés Giménez on the 10-day injured list with a right quad strain. Infielder Michael Stefanic has had his contract selected from Triple-A to replace Giménez on the active roster. In a corresponding move to open a space on the 40-man, right-handed reliever Dillon Tate was designated for assignment.

J Rod is the better player all around.

They should just trade him to Toronto at this point

Really seems like a bit of both. Chaim Bloom told Devers he was the 3B long term. Breslow made a decision to just not honour that non-contractual term, Then in spring they tell him to put his glove away and just be the DH. Maybe Devers' initial reaction to the Bregman signing being childish was part of that communication happening, like they felt they had to appease him in some way, but it's still pretty short-sighted to not have the guy on board as your backup 3B/1B.

The dude has a Twins message board they are used to this

real talk the AL East blows The Yankees have some elite players but also some desperate plays like Bellinger (sucks) and Goldschimdt (working out so far but he's so old) and a thin rotation + the Williams disaster The Red Sox are frankly a weird team this year, trying to bridge competing with building for the long term, and they have some weak roster components The Rays are not good right now, just one of those down years for a cheap team probably The Orioles having a nightmare season = the reason I still don't 100% hate baseball none of these teams are that scary. Toronto could roll into New York and Boston later this year and sweep and make up a bunch of ground. we just need every single player on the roster to get better immediately. easy

Hopium successful I BELIEVE IN YOUR TEAM, ROSS!!! I BELIEVE IN YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't need your fancy run defferentul math to know the team is full of turds Just watch them play! Like a bunch of Mr Hanky the Christmas Poos running around out there!!!

respect the pump

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Then: Jose Bautista, EE, Josh Donaldson, Stroman going from pick #22 to a 3 win SP, top draft picks and signings like Bo and Vlad working out and becoming elite prospects, a prospect becoming one of the best closers in the game at 20/21, veterans like Estrada, Happ, and Buehrle being so reliable, growing payroll and a hotshot young executive, playoff runs! "I'm Coming Home" commercial gets 3 billion views on youtube. Now: The most frustrating offense in baseball. Inexplicable underperformances are the norm. Core hitters struggle to lift the ball. Groundballs are a common disease. It takes four singles to score a run. Ghosts keep flyballs in the park, everywhere. Early career declines, mid-career declines, late career declines. Missing the playoffs or bowing out immediately. All trade acquisitions are disappointing. Most prospects don't work out. You'll try to hang your hopes on one prospect in A ball and a few old guys having decent years, but that's pretty much it. A stars and scrubs team where the scrubs are actually just total scrubs and the stars rarely do anything. Perpetual pathetic bridesmaid for top free agents. Limp-dick GM who probably wears bootcut jeans on weekends. The announcer asking fans to not boo the American anthem. Barbie hawaiin shirt night. What kind of loonie-dogger are you?

2025 Trade Deadline Toronto successfully moves Bo, Gausman, Bichette, Yimi, Springer, and somehow Myles Straw The return: eleven MLB-ready Joey Loperfidos