John_Havok

Lol, ball 5... but it's 3 and 2.... Gj ump

No, I would say he's not a great ballplayer. Average to slightly above average at his peak but gets incredibly overrated because of old school stats like RBIs. his career wRC+ is 102. That's about as average as it gets.

Les Nessman was a beauty

What the f*** are these hits? Tye exit velo combined probably wouldn't be more than 120 mph.

2 for 3 with double and triple so far tonight too...

I fill you up....

He doesn't really hit lefties all that well.

You're a strange man.

Heh... OPS.... He had 1 great year in 1991, 2 average years in 1992 and 1993 with a great HR in the playoffs and was replacement level or worse in 1994-1998. For his career.. he had 2 great seasons (86 and 91), 1 good year (88) and the rest were average or crap. Carter is the poster boy for why old school stats are collectively useless. Also, defense is a thing and Carter was garbage defensively

Which would of course, depend on how old the fan is and their experience with the team. There's many who still have Joe Carter as the greatest Jay ever just because of that HR, when he was really rather pedestrian for the course of his Jays career and his career overall. He really only had 2 great seasons and a bunch of average to crap ones.

I'm no pitching coach, but I would guess that's probably the reason for both his inconsistent command, and the deception he creates.

That was part of their reply... they indicated like 8 other combinations they would not allow, because they're Nazi f***s. CAWK, COKC, CALK, CACK, CAAK........ I can't remember them all.

No radio/TV in Canada starts with W - every stations call letters have to start with C. W is in the USA on the east side of the Mississippi River... everything west of the Mississippi starts with K. I applied for a private license one year for the call letters COCK. They were not amused.

This. Age/level isn't as important for pitchers IMO, but it's still important. 25 in AA with incredible BABIP luck on his side right now doesn't paint a very rosy picture for his potential as a major league starter. As far as his ERA goes... yeah... .187 babip is astronomically lucky, even as a flyball pitcher.

I'm gonna do it every day now, even when he goes 0-5 with 4 Ks. Deal with it princess.

PLayers of the Day: Kevin Smith, Gift Ngoepe, Jordan Romano, Vlad Jr, Patrick Cantwell, Joshua Palacios honourable mentions: Ryan Noda, Lourdes Gurriel Jr, Cavan Biggio, Angel Perdomo, Nash Knight, Ivan Castillo, Rodrigo Orozco

Would it shock you to know there are 12 players in mlb slower than Morales? And yes, Pujols is one of them. Slowest in MLB is Nelson Cruz

Maybe he needs the Jose Bautista leg kick hitting class.

Still waiting for power though. He hit a HR yesterday but overall his power numbers are nearly non-existent. .093 ISO with only 6 extra base hits on the season so far. Yet... his K rate is slightly down and walk rate is up over last year ... but without the power he's not a useful player.

Players of the Day: Rowdy Tellez, Tim Lopes Honourable mentions: Kevin Smith, Kevin Vicuna, Andres Sotillo, Lourdes Gurriel Jr

I'very downloaded Audacity, an open source free audio editor so I'm gonna start playing with that over the next little while in preparation of the possibility of actually needing it

Get dat save!

2 other Jays on the Hot Shhet again after Vlad's second straight #1 ranking 9. Cavan Biggio, 2B, Blue Jays Team: Double-A New Hampshire (Eastern) Age: 23 Why He’s Here: 320/.500/.640 (8-for-25), 4 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBIs, 9 BB, 8 SO, 1-for-3 on SBs. The Scoop: Biggio’s 12 home runs in just 38 games has to rank as one of the biggest surprises of the 2018 minor league season. He hit 15 in three seasons at Notre Dame and was much more of a on-base machine than a power threat. But Biggio has junked the stance he used at Notre Dame. When he was there, he started with his hands far above his head in a stance that would not look out of place in the NPB. Instead, he starts with his hands set at shoulder level. The simplified stance has shortened Biggio’s bat path significantly and he also does a better job of hitting the ball in the air, which has paid off with newfound power. (JJ) 12. Kevin Smith, SS/3B, Blue Jays Team: low Class A Lansing (Midwest) Age: 21 Why He’s Here: .318/.464/.773 (7-for-22), 7 R, 1 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBIs, 5 BB, 5 SO, 0-for-1 SB The Scoop: While Vlad Jr. rightfully dominates the headlines, the Blue Jays have two prospects—Cavan Biggio and Kevin Smith—whose stocks are soaring quickly. A fifth-round pick out of Maryland last year, Smith is an excellent defender (he’s splitting time between shortstop and third base because Lansing also has shortstop Kevin Vicuna) who showed promising power last year, but it came with swing-and-miss risk. He’s altered his swing path, staying on plane longer with the baseball, which has result in more contact while retaining his power, with more extra-base hits (29) than strikeouts (24). (BB)