Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - Don't Look There, Look Here

It was a down day for the major league team but it was good news all around on the farm. Four games, four wins, lots of runs, good pitching. Buffalo and New Hampshire had double digits in hits. Vancouver and Dunedin had fewer hits but excellent starting pitching. The affiliates four starting pitchers allowed three runs combined!

St Paul 3 Buffalo 8

Somerset 1 New Hampshire 13

Vancouver 5 Hillsboro 1

Dunedin 8 Bradenton 7

Three Stars

Third Star - Rainer Nunez

Second Star - Adam Macko

First Star - Alex De Jesus

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NOTES

Twelve hits for the Bisons. Addison Barger hit a three run home run in the third inning, his sixth. Steward Berroa had a triple and a single. Riley Tirotta and Spencer Horwitz doubled and singled. Nathan Lukes had two singles.

Yariel Rodriguez got five outs with 34 pitches, two hits and two walks. Five other pitchers completed the game for the win.

Thirteen hits for New Hampshire. Alex De Jesus hit two home runs, a three run shot and a solo home run. He added a double and had four RBI. Rainer Nunez hit a three run home run and a two run double. Alan Roden had a triple and two singles. Devonte Brown had two hits and two RBI, Josh Kasevich had two hits.

On the mound Adam Macko struck out nine over six innings. He gave up one run on four hits, no walks.

The Vancouver game was scoreless until the seventh inning. In that inning Jeffrey Wehler doubled in a run and the second run scored on an error. The C's added a run in the ninth on a bases loaded walk and two on a Ryan McCarty double. Wehler and Jackson Hornung had two hits each. In total the C's had seven hits.

Lazaro Estrada went five shutout innings but didn't get the win.

Dunedin scored eight runs with nine hits. Tucker Toman and Manuel Beltre each hit a solo home run. Toman added a single. Jean Joseph went 3-5.

Gage Stanifer went five innings with seven K's. Bradenton scored one run off him with three hits.

Posted by Gerry on Sunday, May 26 2024 @ 06:46 PM EDT.

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Ducey - Sunday, May 26 2024 @ 11:49 PM EDT (#446618) #

Macko looking like someone who might be able to help this season

Mike Green - Monday, May 27 2024 @ 09:33 AM EDT (#446622) #

Macko has never thrown more than 88 innings in a season. This is a good year for him to throw 120-140 innings. If all goes well, that could include a stint in the major league bullpen at the end of the year for 6 weeks or something.

Steward Berroa has been a good player for over a year now, but he doesn't have a track record vs. left-handed pitchers. Alan Roden is ready to move up, as well. I really don't know what the club ought to do about Springer. He looks a little lost everywhere, and I wonder if he's fighting something which is sapping his energy. The club does have options and it sure would be nice if one had confidence that they could cleverly sift through them.

Vogelbach and Turner will probably be OK as hitters, but together they don't fit the right niche to make sense on this roster. It's a club that is a jigsaw puzzle with quite a few pieces that don't fit together well.

99BlueJaysWay - Monday, May 27 2024 @ 10:31 AM EDT (#446623) #

Send Springer to Atlanta to replace Acuna

99BlueJaysWay - Monday, May 27 2024 @ 10:37 AM EDT (#446624) #

Also, I disagree with you Mike on the options point. This team isn�t in need of replacement level players to plug black holes, it�s missing impact talent. Unfortunately we don�t seem to have that kind of player in the minors right now.

krose - Monday, May 27 2024 @ 10:43 AM EDT (#446625) #

That Bison lineup seems to be everything the Jays lineup isn�t. The best way to find out if those numbers translate to the majors is to give the players a chance.

Mike Green - Monday, May 27 2024 @ 10:57 AM EDT (#446627) #

The Blue Jays will be announcing the trade of George Springer later today to Atlanta for Joe Jimenez.

Tomorrow, Rogers Communications will announce that the Atlanta Braves have acquired a controlling interest in their company and have paid $1.50 USD. The Securities and Exchange Commission in the US has announced that they do not have any interest in the puzzling transaction.

Ducey - Monday, May 27 2024 @ 11:35 AM EDT (#446629) #

"It's a club that is a jigsaw puzzle with quite a few pieces that don't fit together well"

The bad, bad Leroy Brown of MLB!

Mike Green - Monday, May 27 2024 @ 11:42 AM EDT (#446630) #

Blue Jay position player performance using an average of BBRef and Fangraphs metrics- taking into account playing time:

Arguable All-Star and better (4+WAR pace): Varsho, IKF, Jansen

Good player (2.5-4 WAR pace): Guerrero Jr., Schneider

Average player (1.5-2.5 WAR pace): Kirk, Biggio, Kiermaier, Clement

Below average player (0.5-1.5 WAR pace): Bichette

Replacement level and below: Vogelbach, Turner, Springer

We're almost at the 1/3 pole. You've got 9 players who are average or above and one who will probably end up that way (Bichette). That's not so bad and mostly it's about putting the right players in the right roles and finding a couple of pieces. For instance, both ZiPS and Steamer think that Spencer Horwitz is a better offensive player and a better baserunner and a better defender than Vogelbach or Turner. That seems like the P-K4 move to me.

krose - Monday, May 27 2024 @ 03:38 PM EDT (#446641) #

Agreed Mike. Horwitz up for Vogelbach seems like a no brainer, in any case.

krose - Monday, May 27 2024 @ 03:40 PM EDT (#446642) #

Would like see Lukes get a chance.

92-93 - Tuesday, May 28 2024 @ 09:56 AM EDT (#446663) #

Vogelbach has looked pretty good at the plate recently. I'm skeptical that a guy being outhit by Lukes in Buffalo would make a big difference to this team.

Mike Green - Tuesday, May 28 2024 @ 12:34 PM EDT (#446666) #

I've done a lot of ragging on fangraphs for some of their prospect ratings, but they nailed Vogelbach's speed in 2018. 20/20. Good for vision, not so good for mobility.

greenfrog - Tuesday, May 28 2024 @ 07:09 PM EDT (#446675) #

Roden made the latest BA Hot Sheet (weekly list of 20 hottest MLB prospects):

13. Alan Roden, OF, Blue Jays
Team: Double-A New Hampshire (Eastern)
Age: 24

Why He�s Here: .414/.485/.724 (12-for-29), 7 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 5 RBIs, 5 BB, 3 SO, 3-for-4 SB

The Scoop: Lots of hitters who struggled to find their footing in the chilly opening months of the Eastern League have started to turn it around as the temperatures in New England get warmer. The Blue Jays� No. 8 prospect had a big week at home against Somerset. Over the seven-game series, Roden had three multi-hit games while reaching base in all seven contests. Roden flexed some power in the week�s opening game as he hit a pair of home runs in Tuesday�s 4-for-5 showing. Roden has a balance of plate skills with good contact, approach and fringe-average power. He can play either corner outfield spot defensively. (GP)

Nigel - Tuesday, May 28 2024 @ 07:23 PM EDT (#446676) #

About once a year I get moderately interested in Manuel Beltre as a prospect - this is that time again. Beltre is 2-2 tonight with his 4th HR. He's still only 19. He seems to have a similar offensive profile as Jimenez in that he can do a bit of everything albeit at a modest level. He got decent strike zone control, a bit of power and a bit of speed. Whether he has any defensive chops or not I don't know.

finch - Wednesday, May 29 2024 @ 02:06 AM EDT (#446694) #

The 4 most important prospects for the Jays are Miguel Beltre, Arjun Nimmala, Emmanuel Bonilla and Tucker Toman. Two of these four need to be stars at the major league level. Sadly, Bonilla is the only one with a chance at this point.

Shatkins stated on day one that AA had a bare cupboard of prospects and that they�ll restock that cupboard. They have a F grade for restocking the farm system.

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