BlueRocky

Nice curveball on Kiermaier

We’re Royals-ing the Rays

Teoscar

Vladdy!

Yeah no chance the Jays will get the same borderline calls.

That was strike 3 Edit: That was strike 4

Buckle up boys

Fully expect Rays to work their magic on Rasmussen.

I'm not really concerned with either long term. Gurriel's 2 month sample should not discount the 567 plate appearances in 2019 and 2020 when he was a well above average hitter (124 & 135 wRC+). He's never been an on-base guy and walk rate guy, he puts barrel on baseball and gets paid to put runs on the board. Teoscar had a similar profile before his breakout, these type of bats are just more susceptible to wild swings in production. The approach has looked a bit off to start the season, but he's shown flashes of putting it together since the Atlanta series he's batting .303/.294/.394 which isn't great but better than his horrible start in April. With Biggio the expectations aren't that high. He's an extreme plate discipline guy with below average bat to ball skills, and just enough power to occasionally run into one. He isn't the only flyball hitter with an extreme uppercut swing, it has worked for other guys. He just doesn't quite have the power to consistently drive it 400 ft +, but he's learning to hit it opposite field and hunting for better pitches to hit. He'll eventually figure it out, that eye is too good and we need his left handed bat in the lineup. The biggest caveat with Cavan is we don't have a position open for him, he has never been a reliable third baseman. 2B/RF serviceable but neither spots are really open under the current roster construction with everyone healthy.

OTB Buster Posey Matt Barnes

Grichuk!

Adley Rutschman

His mound presence has always been there since West Virginia. Manoah looks ready to me.

There is a HUGE difference putting up 200 wRC+ in Double-A Northeast vs Low-A Southeast. You take the ALL the top arms in low-A, they would be considered average at High-A. The best pitchers in High-A move on to Double-A where guys actually have advanced breaking balls and throw strikes with high-90s. Not to mention the electronic strike zone in Low-A SE has pumped up offensive numbers league wide. Moreno impresses me more. To put things into perspective, Bichette put up 201 wRC+ in single-A and won a batting title without an electronic strike zone and proceeded to put up 120 wRC+ in Double-A NH a year later.

I like them both, but Ohtani-san with a Trout-less Angels team on pace for 69 wins winning the AL MVP seems a reach for me. Despite pitching AND hitting he has a combined 2.1 fWAR, that’s tied for 10th place. Vlad is ONLY hitting and has 2.5 fWAR and a chance to lead the Jays to an AL pennant against a ridiculous schedule and division. If Trout is out for 8 weeks, the only other hitters close is Buxton and Bogaerts in WAR. I have doubts Buxton can sustain 224 wRC+ and his team sucks. While the Red Sox had a really soft schedule to start the season. The Jays have yet to face teams like the Orioles (17-25), Tigers (17-26), and Twins (14-27).

Wow Vlad

Grichuk haters in shambles

Semien and Bichette

Uncle Charlie

Danny Jansen!

That changeup is filth

Buck: “This is gonna be trouble!”

Haniger Rodriguez

That didn’t take long. The tools are a bit off in my opinion. They’re a bit conservative on new prospects that enter the rankings. Should be closer to: Hit: 60 | Power: 50 | Run: 45 | Fielding: 50 | Arm: 55

Yeah no way it was 401