John_Havok

2 STRIKE pitch usage from 03/30/2007 to 07/16/2016 Pitch Type Count Freq Fourseam 257 20.25% Sinker 306 24.11% Change 74 5.83% Slider 261 20.57% Cutter 100 7.88%

It's rapidly becoming his "soon to be out of the rotation" pitch if he doesn't pull his head out of his ass. It worked for him in a small sample last year because he hadn't really thrown it as a primary pitch prior, just as a differnet look. The league has adjusted to it, it's not that good a pitch for him, and he needs to get bak to what made him successful. This isn't it

I just don't think he has changed with the times over the past 5 or so years when it comes to bullpen usage. He still wants his starters going 7-8 innings and only brings in the pen after the starter blows up. I also suspect (though I don't know whreto go to confirm this) that the Jays pen arms don't have the platoon advantage as much as they should, though part if that has clearly been the fact that anyone who throws left handed has either been injured, awful, or both.

I can't be the only one that's seeing the obvious correlations here. Now that's doesn't mean causation, but it's certainly enough to say "wtf are you doing kid?"

Pretty sure its being billed as the final GNR tour ever

One step at a time. We're talking about 70 PA sample sizes here. That doesn't mean that they shouldn't be promoted, just saying that there's only so much that you can see from a stat line about someone's readiness for promotion. That being said, having Biggio, Bichette and Vlad Jr on the same infield would be cool to watch

Pretty much what I was thinking. It's not something they needed to pursue or even be thinking about at this time. Had a Saunders extension been announced, that could have made more sense depending on the dollars and term, but this is just unnecessary

Dany Jimenez with a no hitter through 5 too

just a day off he's in the GCL lineup today

1-10. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2016-trade-value-1-to-10/ Not shocking to see Trout at 1

Meh. His board is way more tolerant than most others. I like it the way it is.

That's where you decide if you want more quantity of less quality, or 1 of high quality. Obviously we know which way they went. Chances are the Red Sox put the offer out there and had a deadline that if they didn't accept, he would have been off the table and the Padres went with the bird in the hand rather than the 2 that might be in the bush

11 - 20 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2016-trade-value-11-to-20/ Donaldson checks in at 14 The reigning AL MVP is making a run at a second straight trophy — remarkably putting up an even better year than he did a season ago — and has established himself as one of baseball’s premier all-around players. In terms of short-term value, few players would improve a team today more than Donaldson, which is why the Blue Jays won’t give him up; he’s the reason they’re contenders. But as a 30-year-old with just two years left before he hits free agency — and that 2018 salary could break arbitration records — Donaldson doesn’t offer much in the way of long-term value, and while he’s going to be making a fraction of his market value, he won’t exactly be cheap. But given his high level of current performance, the Blue Jays would get far more for him than they gave up to get him, even after using up half of the controllable years they acquired; the Donaldson deal may very well go down as the best trade in Blue Jays history.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2016-trade-value-21-to-30/ 21 to 30 posted. I would have thought Jackie bradley Jr would have fallen into the same "limited track record" file like others who are having a breakout season after not really playing up to expectations in the past.

I ws editing my post when I saw your post. Agreed, he should be higher, at least to Vancouver to face some higher level college arms. But too say he's "still" in the GCL is a bit misleading since it's his first year in the US playing ball

Can help but keep an eye on Obeso in the GCL too. Hitting .400 with an obp of .549 doesn't suck. He should probably be challenged with a higher level of ball given that he's 21, but only in his first year stateside

An now we go to our dugout reporter, Frodo Rosenthal. I knew he was short, but holy s***.

You mistake me for a Smoak supporter. I was merely pointing out that Zeke is a time bomb

When zekes regression against lefties happens, it's going to be a freefall. The guy is hitting left handed pitching as well as Josh Donaldson right now. It won't last.

Wow, Rizzo robbery. Papi hit that so hard he was out before a foot left the box

31-40 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2016-trade-value-31-to-40/ It's interesting to have some prospects here over guys in the 41-50 range imo

I didn't watch the derby last year so this was the first time I've seen the timed format and I must say I like ot a whole lot better than the old way. That was awesome

Wow, 93 pitches, 39 strikes. Smoral-esque

Everbyear, fangraphs puts out a lit if the players they feel have the most trade value, based on a variety of factors. I saw someone in another thread guess Aaron Sanchez would be in the 40-50 range. Well here are the 41-50 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2016-trade-value-41-to-50/ Sanchez actually made the honorable mention list, just falling short in terms of track record. Track Record Just A Bit Short Marcell Ozuna, OF, Miami Aledmys Diaz, SS, St. Louis Wil Myers, 1B, San Diego Stephen Piscotty, OF, St. Louis Willson Contreras, C/OF, Chicago Aaron Sanchez, SP, Toronto Michael Fulmer, SP, Detroit Brandon Belt, 1B, San Francisco All five of these young hitters (plus the Blue Jays and Tigers emerging starters) are having excellent seasons, and if we just accepted that what they’ve done in the first half of 2016 is their new established level of performance, they’d all easily belong. But each has some history that makes it wise to not quite yet accept that this is what they’ll do going forward, and in the case of Ozuna and Myers, they churned through some of their service time getting to this point, so any team trading for them would be acquiring a guy a bit closer to free agency than some other breakout stars of 2016. Belt is a different case than the rest, but his back drop in strikeout rate is still a recent development, and he’ll need to sustain that for a bit longer to crack the top 50, given his age.

Also, what was your PA or AB cutoff? Bogearts had 153 in 2013 as a 20 year old before being moved up to AAA after half of a season.