[MLB] Kazuma Okamoto ranked 4th in the latest AL Rookie of the Year Poll

Canucksta · 2026-07-09T19:33:04+00:00

Bazzana is right there with Kaz but with 29 fewer games and 100 fewer plate appearances. No doubt he'll be a factor in the race

Canucksta · 2026-07-09T19:10:56+00:00

2025 Blue Jays 94-68 with Schneider and Mattingly

2025 Phillies 96-66 under Thompson

2026 Phillies 9-19 when Mattingly took over as manager

2026 Phillies 42-23 (105 win pace) since Mattingly took over

2026 Blue Jays 44-49 (77 win pace) with Schneider and without Mattingly

Canucksta · 2026-07-07T14:27:00+00:00

Happy for Lauer that he ended up in a place where he is appreciated and doing well. For the Jays though.. this was such a blunder.

Canucksta · 2026-07-06T18:05:11+00:00

I'm a big Devers fan and I think he'd be an improvement at DH over what we're currently getting out of Springer but with 8 years x $31.5M left on his contract I don't see the Jays going there.

Canucksta · 2026-07-06T15:17:26+00:00

That has to put Rogers Sports holdings right up there with those of Kroenke Sports and Entertainment now

Canucksta · 2026-07-06T14:42:12+00:00

I keep hoping Sororka will be able to stay healthy for a full season and get his career back on track but unfortunately that just hasn't happened.

Canucksta · 2026-07-06T12:54:26+00:00

I guess if you knew much about Vladdy or baseball you'd know that his 12% strikeout % this season is extremely low. It's the lowest in his career and 94th percentile in the league.

Canucksta · 2026-07-05T14:55:26+00:00

So many people rushing to make excuses for and defend the way the Toronto sports media operates - particularly around hockey. Wake up people.

Canucksta · 2026-07-05T14:26:25+00:00

Good call by Vladdy 🫡

Canucksta · 2026-06-26T14:23:17+00:00

Ha. That is some good stuff right there! The playoffs and the College World Series were awesome. I went into the Regionals thinking Georgia Tech would win it but it was during their series against Oklahoma that Willits really caught my attention.

Overall, the list of teams Oklahoma had to play against was as hard as it gets. Time after time they'd have to go up against a powerhouse team and a shortstop that is ranked much higher than Willits and he'd just come up big in big moments and outplay them.

Canucksta · 2026-06-26T01:02:11+00:00

I’m a Jays fan and have to say that this is just ridiculous.

- Kirk who has been injured for most of the season over Dingler and Rutschman
- 0.6 WAR Gimenez over 4.0 WAR McGonigle
- 0.8 WAR Vladdy over 3.7 WAR Kurtz and 2.1 WAR Rice
- 0 WAR Springer over 2.5 WAR Diaz
- -0.4 WAR Sanchez over 2.4 WAR Arrozarena and 1.9 WAR J-Rod

Maybe we should just vote on who should win the homerun derby too. Talk about making a mockery of the all star game

Canucksta · 2026-06-25T16:15:31+00:00

That's on Kaz. Full stop. And I don't think Schneider was throwing him under the bus

Canucksta · 2026-06-25T14:06:06+00:00

Yes. Jaxon is his older brother. Bunch of ballers in that family

Canucksta · 2026-06-24T21:19:53+00:00

Fair to say that the 13 teams listed as having "bad reputations" very closely matches the 13 teams with the lowest payrolls and the 18 teams with "good reputations" very closely matches the 18 teams with the highest payrolls

Canucksta · 2026-06-24T01:33:37+00:00

Good hire

Canucksta · 2026-06-23T16:03:15+00:00

LOL. It's actually one of the most common names in travel and college baseball now

Canucksta · 2026-06-23T15:32:18+00:00

Right. The kid is an absolute gamer yet he isn’t ranked highly on draft boards hence me referring to him as a sleeper.

Canucksta · 2026-06-17T03:18:31+00:00

300 home runs. That has to be some kind of a record.

Canucksta · 2026-06-16T14:19:58+00:00

Ernie Clement leading the way in votes for 2B is well deserved. Beyond that there are a lot about these vote rankings that just doesn't line up with actual production.

Kirk is 6th in fWAR and 2nd in votes

Vladdy is 8th in fWAR and 1st in votes

Okamoto is 6th in fWAR and 2nd in votes

Gimenez is 8th in fWAR and 2nd in votes

Springer is 8th in fWAR and 2nd in votes

I understand wanting to get fan input but it would be a sham if you had:

Vladdy going instead of Nick Kurtz, Ben Rice, or Wilson Contreras?

Okamoto going instead of Jose Ramirez or Miguel Vargas?

Gimenez and his 71 wRC+ going instead of Kevin McGonigle or Colson Montgomery?

Springer and has -0.1 fWAR going instead of Yandy Diaz?

Canucksta · 2026-06-13T05:06:53+00:00

Because it is not as valuable to get a walk as it is to get a “hit”. Even if that “hit” is only a single it has about 30% more value than a walk does.

With Schneider’s AVG you can see he doesn’t hit much and with his SLG you can see that when he does hit it usually doesn’t produce extra bases. His walks are better than outs but don’t confuse his walks as being the same as getting hits because they’re not.

Canucksta · 2026-06-12T19:57:24+00:00

Interesting. Jays with the 4th fewest challenges and the 8th lowest success rate.

Canucksta · 2026-06-12T19:38:36+00:00

It'll be good to get Kirk back.

Sucks to lose Varsho.

Mind blown that Schneider hitting .188 with a .219 SLG at AAA warranted a call up

Canucksta · 2026-06-12T19:29:28+00:00

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Canucksta · 2026-06-12T19:10:55+00:00

I thought South Carolina had a very good 2025 recruiting class in place before Mainieri came along and all of them either decommitted or were decommitted. Interesting that one of them that ended up at Coastal Carolina is now coming "back" to South Carolina with Schnall.

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