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OT: The Toronto Blue Jays

I think this is the last offday of the spring, which i think is followed by four straight games and then we're done. I think.

So i'll get in one more off-day stats update before the end:


Starter Locks

* SS Bichette 27 R: 46pa, 8.7b%, 13.0k%, .344bip, .366avg, .366iso, 184wrc+
* 1B Guerrero 26 R: 42pa, 7.1b%, 14.3k%, .344bip, .308avg, .154iso, 113wrc+
* LF Santander 30 S: 42pa, 16.7b%, 19.0k%, .280bip, .235avg, .118iso, 103wrc+
* RF Springer 35 R: 37pa, 18.9b%, 13.5k%, .130bip, .107avg, .036iso, 50wrc+
* CF Varsho 28 L: 29pa, 10.3b%, 20.7k%, .250bip, .320avg, .600iso, 204wrc+
* C Kirk 26 R: 41pa, 9.8b%, 12.2k%, .323bip, .306avg, .111iso, 105wrc+
* 2B Gimenez 26 L: 43pa, 9.3b%, 16.4k%, .300bip, .263avg, .237iso, 117wrc+
* 3B Clement 29 R: 39pa, 0.0b%, 20.5k%, .464bip, .405avg, .216iso, 163wrc+

Bench Locks

* C Heineman 34 S: 22pa, 9.1b%, 13.6k%, .188bip, .167avg, .000iso, 26wrc+


Everyone is doing fine to great other than Springer, who better start hitting because i don't think they'll have much problem playing some of the guys below ahead of him. Oh and also Heineman can't hit but we know that.



Competition for the remaining 4 slots, in order of playing time this spring:

* OF Lukes 30 L: 38pa, 18.4b%, 21.1k%, .238bip, .200avg, .167iso, 102wrc+
* UT Schneider 26 R: 37pa, 24.3b%, 29.7k%, .467bip, .321avg, .321iso, 191wrc+
* UT Wagner 26 L: 34pa, 5.9b%, 17.6k%, .280bip, .226avg, .129iso, 70wrc+
* OF Roden 25 L: 33pa, 18.2b%, 9.1k%, .368bip, .391avg, .348iso, 223wrc+

* IF Jimenez 24 R: 33pa, 18.2b%, 12.1k%, .227bip, .192avg, .077iso, 83wrc+
* OF Loperfido 26 L: 32pa, 12.5b%, 28.1k%, .263bip, .179avg, .179iso, 65wrc+
* UT Barger 25 L: 31pa, 9.7b%, 29.0k%, .471bip, .370avg, .296iso, 172wrc+
* OF Berroa 26 S: 31pa, 3.2b%, 29.0k%, .450bip, .333avg, .167iso, 120wrc+

* OF Straw 30 R: 30pa, 6.7b%, 16.7k%, .500bip, .444avg, .185iso, 182wrc+
* IF Stefanic 29 R: 28pa, 14.3b%, 17.9k%, .389bip, .318avg, .000iso, 102wrc+
* UT Orelvis 23 R: 27pa, 7.4b%, 25.9k%, .438bip, .333avg, .167iso, 140wrc+


Lots of guys putting their best foot forward in this competition.

Roden the clear standout all-around here. Would be nice to see him rewarded. no guarantees of what happens with either player's performance this year but there's an obvious possibility that Roden over Springer could be a big upgrade in RF this year.

Schneider and Barger also having great springs, though in their cases there's still some concerning swing and miss going on, as well as super high babips driving the numbers. So not near-perfect lines like Roden's. But still great springs for both.

Wagner the big dissappointment so far (if anyone can really be a dissappointment in 34 spring PAs). Clearly getting lots of run by the team tho and still most likely to make the team.

Those 4 would likely be the highest-upside options to take up to toronto offensively, though of course none of them offer prime defensive cover so that might force the team to bring a guy who can more play a CF or SS instead of one or two of these guys.


Lukes so far getting the most run out of any of these borderline guys and doing exactly as expected - good D with a solid enough bat. I think he's their current choice if they need to keep a CF.

Jimenez and Loperfido obviously getting prime looks as well but both are struggling. Jimenez has the much better track record but SS defense is much less of a bench need than CF defense. Then again loperfido's defense is a big question mark too.

pretty funny that both Straw and Berroa are having great springs just to throw a couple wrenches in. Nobody wants Straw on the tam but he's having a better spring than most - though it's mostly a babip thing so i wouldn't get too excited and i doubt the team is being fooled there. Berroa is more interesting though as a cheap internal speed and defense CF - his track record is pretty decent at this point and he looks like a legit good depth option if CF continues to be a problem.


Maybe even funnier is that our "best" prospect Orelvis is actually having an awesome spring and nobody seems to have noticed. Ah well he should start in AAA anyways i guess.
 
Too bad about Scherzer. Hope it isn’t chronic.

On the bright side, Eric Lauer looks healthy. On the downside, he has not been very good (solid the first two times against A-ball level competition, but then got rocked in his last outing)
 
MindzEye said:
Or he's not speaking to us and has never cared to speak to us. He's speaking to Shapiro and Rogers, who probably speak like this in meetings and Atkins mimics their language because that's what corporate yes men do.
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wait was that not Shapiro who said that?
 
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