BlueJayWay

Enjoys a good game of knifey-spooney

[BlueJayWay @BlueJayWay1]

They wring out the bare minimum

[BlueJayWay @BlueJayWay1]

Wouldn't be a Jays game without losing an ABS challenge in the first

[Damon @Damon98_]

Alejandro Kirk just hit an opposite field home run in his second plate appearance in Dunedin tonight

[Andrew Stoeten @AndrewStoeten]

Not enough people talking about how the Jays cried poor for years, acted small market, then got cut out of revenue sharing when it became based on market size and suddenly they’ve found a different business model and all kinds of cash. A cap isn’t the only way to fix loser teams.

[BlueJayWay @BlueJayWay1]

Could you imagine the Jays going into Tampa and actually sweeping a series? Not even just winning 2/3, but sweeping? I can't.

[BlueJayWay @BlueJayWay1]

@MitchBannon The German God of Walks

[Mitch Bannon @MitchBannon]

In 7 games with Triple-A Buffalo, Davis Schneider has 14 walks and 2 strikeouts.

Frankly, an unbelievable ratio. #BlueJays

[Jonah Birenbaum @birenball]

Out of MLB’s 161 qualified hitters…

- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is 151st in ISO (.090)

- Andrés Giménez is 159th in OBP (.255)

- Kazuma Okamoto is 154th in strikeout rate (31.8%)

- Ernie Clement is 159th in chase rate (46.1%)

(Meanwhile, George Springer’s wRC+ is 79).

Oof.

[Chris Black @DownToBlack]

Daulton Varsho: 25% catch probability on last night's play (high deg of diff)

Jump slightly better than MLB average (+0.9ft)

Sprint speed 27.1ft/s (slightly better than lg avg, but not for a CF)

It would have been a great play. We just got used to him making those in the past.

[MLB @MLB]

Off his glove, off his head, and out!

One of the strangest home runs you've ever seen 🤯

[BlueJayWay @BlueJayWay1]

@RobWong34 20 hr in just 71 games last year, just 5 in 58 this year. BA and OBP well up but SLG way down. He's got the same name but a completely different player statistically.

[BlueJayWay @BlueJayWay1]

Vlad with just a little more launch angle would be something...

[BlueJayWay @BlueJayWay1]

Gimenez saves his good ABs for super clutch situations. Outside of that....

[BlueJayWay @BlueJayWay1]

Why can the Jays never do that in Tampa

[BlueJayWay @BlueJayWay1]

Need a telescope to see the players

[BlueJayWay @BlueJayWay1]

There was a pitch that AB where Okamoto would've K'd last week. He's made another adjustment.

[BlueJayWay @BlueJayWay1]

Great inning.

[Ben Nicholson-Smith @bnicholsonsmith]

Also: Alejandro Kirk’s set to start a rehab assignment after facing live pitching and progressing well. Likely needs 20 or so at bats before he’s MLB ready again but still a big step for Blue Jays.

[Jon Becker @jonbecker_]

Ugly-looking chart, but I'm doing some research for a FanGraphs Mailbag question and had all the data so I threw this together with an r^2 of .1113. Put another way: only 11% of the *variance in* a team's winning percentage is explained by their share of MLB player payroll

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

The head of the MLBPA on Monday railed against the league's first labor proposal. Commissioner Rob Manfred is expected to speak Wednesday at the conclusion of owners' meetings in New York. In the meantime, Alden has an excellent overview of the latest, free at ESPN.