Gregor Chisholm: Early Blue Jays takeaways: Enough with the excuses for Jose Berrios
on Friday with a 4-3 record and 2-1/2 games back of undefeated Tampa Bay.
The 162-game season is far too long to draw any definitive conclusions about the Jays as a team this early, but there were positive and negative developments surrounding individual performances that provide clues about what to expect in the coming months. Here’s a closer look at the good, the bad and the ugly from the Jays’ opening stretch and what it might mean for their future:provides. Outside of Nolan Arenado, there isn’t a man in baseball who handles the hot corner quite like the native of California. While the glove speaks for itself, there’s more upside in the bat than most people recognize. The 29-year-old finished top 10 in voting for the MVP from 2018-19 and he didn’t get there on defence alone.
Chapman hit a combined 60 homers while posting an .856 on-base plus slugging across those two seasons. In 2022, he slugged 27 homers with a .757 OPS while striking out 170 times, the second most of his career. Through the first week, Chapman is batting .481 with a league-high six doubles. Right now, he looks more like the 2019 version than 2022 and if that holds up, the pending free agent will be in line for massive payday.
That narrative might make sense if Berríos was coming off a major injury or if he was a prospect looking to break in. He could take the good, learn from the bad, and return to the minors to get sorted out. But that’s notHe was handed $131 million to be an ace, and since signing that deal, he has a league-worst 5.47 ERA across 33 starts. While the Jays have no choice but to search for positives, people in the media should be telling it like it is, not cherry-picking talking points.
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