The entire Jays lineup right now is at or above league average except for Gimenez and Springer, who are both WELL below.
If Vlad can just start hitting for power and Springer gets close to league average (no expectations for Gimenez), this offence could be really good again
Since April 30th, there have been 170 qualified hitters in baseball. Here is where Vladimir Guerrero Jr ranks among them in the following categories:
ISO: 164th
SLG: 163rd
OPS: 154th
wRC+: 152nd
wOBA: 151st
HR: T-161st
GIDP: T-158th
Soft%: 162nd
AtkAngle: 170th
Patrick Corbin, George Springer, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr are the reason they lost that game. And I put more blame on the latter two than Corbin who is what he is.
Shoutout Simeon Woods-Richardson. That was nasty shit for 4 innings and saved the bullpen. Stick around kid.
1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr
DH Yohendrick Pinango
3B Kazuma Okamoto
LF Jesus Sanchez
2B Ernie Clement
C Brandon Valenzuela
RF Nathan Lukes
CF Daulton Varsho
SS Andres Gimenez
Give me this tomorrow.
Big spot for Vladimir Guerrero Jr., but Brad Keller gets him with a sweeper.
These breaking balls away have been taking Guerrero too far outside of himself.
When his upper body tilts over at the waist like this to lunge for a pitch, the power from his legs disappears. #BlueJays
Vlad and Springer, 2025:
.300/.389/.510
150 wRC+
.393 xwOBA
20.6% O-Swing
44.5% Z-O Swing
48.9% Hard Hit
13.8% Barrel
Vlad and Springer, 2026:
.252/.341/.364
100 wRC+
.335 xwOBA
27.7% O-Swing
43.2% Z-O Swing
41.4% Hard Hit
7.2% Barrel
total offensive degradation from the 2
Alejandro Kirk will DH tomorrow in Triple-A and catch on Wednesday and Thursday.
John Schneider says that Kirk returning on Friday is possible as the best-case scenario. #BlueJays
Dylan Cease will start tomorrow and Max Scherzer will start Wednesday (pardon me, I've lost all control of the calendar and the order of days)
The #BlueJays have a five-man rotation.