On Tuesday night today, Ngoepe hit a triple and a home run when the pitches came in near knee level. Gurriel Jr. hit a home run off the pitch belt high. Does pitches usually drop in height gradually as the pitcher faces one batter at at time moving down the batting order? If so, shall Ngoepe and Gurriel hit in the lower half of the order until they show ability to lay and foul off pitches outside of their hitting hot zones?

Fisk is looking like this year's Carlos Ramirez. No earned runs allowed through 11 appearances in AA and AAA, after being converted to a relief role. Looked like a sort of half decent starting pitcher from 2015 to 2017. The Jays may have found something of value with him.

Thanks C's Plus. The injury helped K Clemens become a good defensive 1B.

Gurriel Jr. made an impressive play during last night's game.  The stretch from Tellez on that play, and another nice one from Urena, was solid if not McCoveyesque. 

Cybercavalier, I don’t know what your native language is, but it cannot be English. You would be doing yourself a great favour to get hold of a book like Grammar Essentials for Dummies, by Geraldine Woods. 2010, or Basic English Grammar For Dummies, 2015. I’m not joking or being snarky: I’m trying to help you. Your posts will be clearer and much more accessible, if you do this. One day you might even thank me for it.

The Dummies series is now quite extensive. I have a few, and they’re often very useful.

Dewey, did you edit your text first before posting here? If you did, what software do you use? If you did not, how can you ensure that the words in your post is succinct?

What a strange response.  Of course I ‘edited’ my post, if by that you mean did I take care about what I was saying and how I said it.  I did not want to give offence, so I tried to be extra careful.  Some people like to learn; other people don’t.  Your choice.

Your last sentence, by the way,  illustrates the sort of errors that prompted me to send my post.  You ask how can I “ensure that the words in your post is succinct”.   You seem unaware that a plural subject (“words”) requires you to also use a plural form of the verb (“are” -- not “is”).  And it’s not at all clear that “succinct” is the word to use.  The issue is not ‘succinctness’ -- it’s clarity.

Lastly, this has nothing to do with a particular kind of software.

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Vlad Jr. exit velocity update: through 40 games, Guerrero's put more than 45 balls in play at 100+ mph. He recently hit one 119.6.

In MLB this season, only three batters have put a ball in play at 118+ mph — Carlos Gonzalez (118.3), Aaron Judge (118.1), and Mike Trout (118).

Conor Fisk has always had the org soldier profile to me, never spending a full season in either the starter or reliever role, drafted in the 24th round in 2014, and not getting out of A ball till this year.  But he's got a starter's repertoire - according to Jays Prospects, he throws 4 pitches from a 3/4 arm slot, a fastball, curveball, slider, and changeup.  And he's getting results this year.  I see him as a potential old-school longman / spot starter.  He just turned 26, so now's a good time for a breakout season. 

Jay-Leb has been playing mostly 3B this year, although he was in LF last night.  In last year's prospect handbook, Jay Blue called him "one of the best defensive infielders in the Blue Jays organization".  Has anyone seen him up close?  Is he no longer a SS?  I keep wondering what the guy has to do to get a shot.   He's versatile, got some pop, a good glove and seems to be a character player - I'd like to see him get a chance, although I imagine his situation can be explained as simply as his not being on the 40 man.  He's more deserving than Ngoepe in my book. 

Jordan Romano looks pretty great right now.  athletic, with low 90s stuff prior to Tommy John wiped out his 2015 season, he just turned 25 and should be ready for Buffalo.  Given the dearth of starters in AAA at the moment, clearly the org wants him to get more starts in NH, but  with 26 hits allowed in 53 IPs, the only concern would be the 20 BBs.

As they say, nothing good happens after midnight.

Maybe they should find themselves a girlfriend (or boyfriend as the case may be).

It looks like VGJr and Kevin Smith are well and truly ready for a promotion.

Over the past 28 days:

VGJr: 25 gm; .495/.537/.817 for a 1.354 OPS
KS: 26 gm; .424/.474/.808 for a 1.282 OPS

The best BJ over the same time period is Smoak who is sporting a .900 OPS over 22 games.

Notably, at the other end of the spectrum:

Bo: 25 gm; .214/.284/.337 for a .621 OPS

Jerjapan, I have not seen enough of JLeb at SS to give an opinion but I have heard from some of the various Jays commentators that the team does not see him as a good utility fit because they don't think he can handle SS. However, you have to balance this against the fact that they are using players at SS now that are not seen as shortstops either.

Fisk may well get an opportunity before the year is out.

Fisk had a 3 game stretch last year where he was absolutely putrid, giving up 23 runs in 10 innings. Aside from that stretch, his numbers were actually very good. Maybe he was battling a minor injury problem during that time.

Leblebijian started great last year, but then really faded badly as the season progressed. At 27 years old now, he probably is about at his peak, and is a .260 - .270 hitter in AAA, so he probably hits about .230 - .240 or so in the big leagues. He walks a bit, but not a lot, hits a few home runs, but not a lot, steals the occasional base, but only at about a 65% success rate. Strikes me as the kind of guy who could be a fringe major leaguer, 25th man on the roster type. To quote Carl Sagan, there are billions and billions of them.