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Schad wrote:Alejandro Kirk is shredding baseballs in Lansing; 3 for 4 with a HR and double thus far tonight. Now, Lansing is the sort of place people do that, but he's quickly becoming a really interesting prospect.
Schad wrote:Riley Adams is off to a nice start, as well. 3rd rounder in 2017, power was supposed to be his calling card as an offensive-minded catcher, but it hasn't really been present yet. He's making contact, though, so that's nice.
On the other side of the coin, there's Hagen Danner. Danner hit his 4th HR of the season today. Earlier in the game, he hit a triple. The triple was the first non-HR hit he'd managed on the year...he currently has a batting average of .161, and a slugging percentage of .613.
vaff87 wrote:One guy in Lansing that I’ve never really heard anyone talk about is Otto Lopez. SS, 20 years old, hits for average, gets on base, and walks more than he strikes out.
Schad wrote:vaff87 wrote:One guy in Lansing that I’ve never really heard anyone talk about is Otto Lopez. SS, 20 years old, hits for average, gets on base, and walks more than he strikes out.
He's definitely not-not a prospect. THE BOARD! had his 32nd in the system, and I'd imagine he's just off our top 30 in MLBPipeline. Hit well last year, and the Jays have been grooming him as a superutility player: he was a LF/CF/RF/2B/SS/3B last year (in no particular order), and we'll probably continue moving him around so long as he can handle those positions. Could well be one of those guys that never really captures the imagination, but carves out a career.
Dalton Pompey has been put through the wringer over the last four years. After sustaining three concussions since 2016, undergoing numerous false starts and suffering from bad luck in general, nobody in the Blue Jays organization has endured more misfortune than Pompey.
Ever since he broke camp as the Blue Jays starting centre fielder at the beginning of the 2015 season, he’s struggled to find his within the organization. In retrospect, it may have been too much too soon for Pompey in April of 2015, but it sounds like his teammates weren’t exactly the best support system for a struggling rookie of his ilk.
Stephen Brunt mentioned this every-so-briefly last week during Prime Time Sports (hat tip to @QuadAPlayer for catching this). The subject was broached as part of a discussion with ESPN’s Jeff Passan about whether rushing prospects to the Major Leagues too quickly can stunt their development. Pompey was posed as the prime example.
Unbeknownst to just about everybody, Brunt revealed that Pompey was the subject of ridicule by his own teammates in early 2015.
“I can tell you that he was a deer in the headlights. He was bullied in the clubhouse and because of it, left here in shock and never came back, really.”
This is extremely disappointing for any number of reasons. It’s 2019 and this type of behaviour shouldn’t be tolerated in any work environment, let alone an atmosphere which is traditionally saturated with toxic masculinity.
Schad wrote:I don't think it's a complete secret that some of our better players were also rather much douchebags, but it definitely doesn't reflect well on management or the players.
Schad wrote:Donaldson is absolutely that guy. I'm not sure that Bautista wasn't that guy, either, though. Have zero definite on that, but some of our media guys seemed to like to hint around that leadership and mentoring weren't his strong suit.
Schad wrote:Donaldson is absolutely that guy. I'm not sure that Bautista wasn't that guy, either, though. Have zero definite on that, but some of our media guys seemed to like to hint around that leadership and mentoring weren't his strong suit.