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OT: The Toronto Blue Jays

Unexpected, but that’s a nice addition for the next two years.

Nimalla is a mystery to me. Watched him play in Vancouver multiple times and he has looked completely lost, just terrible at the plate. His D looks good though, and he’s passed the AA test this year at only 20. You could argue they’re selling high. Everyone goes through slumps but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a real prospect look as overmatched as Nimalla did at times last year.
 
Added in the new kids and kept the traded ones in for now for reference. Lots of new small sample recent promotions too.

Asterisk = promoted

AAA

(UT Schneider* (27): 129pa, 30.2b%, 20.2k%, .296bip, .253avg, .229iso, 173wrc+)
OF Cameron (29): 53pa, 15.1b%, 22.6k%, .419bip, .333avg, .267iso, 170wrc+
OF Martin (30): 72pa, 13.9b%, 25.0k%, .450bip, .333avg, .133iso, 143wrc+
OF Munguia (27): 142pa, 14.8b%, 5.6k%, .330bip, .322avg, .104iso, 137wrc+
IF Harry (23): 133pa, 6.0b%, 18.0k%, .341bip, .303avg, .227iso, 133wrc+
3B Keys (23): 116pa, 13.8b%, 21.6k%, .242bip, .237avg, .299iso, 127wrc+
OF Bateman (24): 349pa, 17.2b%, 18.9k%, .393bip, .312avg, .109iso, 125wrc+

OF Pinango (24): 143pa, 11.2b%, 28.0k%, .358bip, .272avg, .200iso, 116wrc+
IF Kasevich (25): 431pa, 10.4b%, 10.7k%, .335bip, .302avg, .098iso, 116wrc+
OF Schreck (25): 229pa, 17.0b%, 19.2k%, .263bip, .230avg, .175iso, 113wrc+
3B McAdoo (24): 356pa, 13.2b%, 23.0k%, .303bip, .251avg, .175iso, 109wrc+
IF Goodwin (24): 15pa, 26.7b%, 26.7k%, .143bip, .091avg, .000iso, 49wrc+

C Simoneit (29): 138pa, 12.3b%, 31.2k%, .333bip, .237avg, .186iso, 101wrc+
C MacIver (29): 297pa, 10.8b%, 26.6k%, .322bip, .247avg, .169iso, 98wrc+
IF Mendoza (26): 340pa, 16.8b%, 17.1k%, .268bip, .230avg, .102iso, 97wrc+
UT Jimenez (29): 133pa, 8.3b%, 15.8k%, .337bip, .286avg, .076iso, 95wrc+

OF Clase (24): 217pa, 12.9b%, 24.9k%, .281bip, .223avg, .136iso, 81wrc+
C Stubbs (29): 108pa, 13.0b%, 36.1k%, .280bip, .202avg, .170iso, 81wrc+
IF Rivera (25): 338pa, 8.9b%, 33.1k%, .297bip, .212avg, .163iso, 72wrc+



AA

Very Young for Level

(IF Nimmala* (20): 138pa, 9.4b%, 23.2k%, .345bip, .279avg, .172iso, 114wrc+)

Young for Level

nil

Age Appropriate

OF Arias (22): 241pa, 6.6b%, 22.4k%, .298bip, .251avg, .184iso, 94wrc+
IF Coffey (22): 278pa, 10.8b%, 33.8k%, .340bip, .222avg, .107iso, 72wrc+

Slightly Old for Level

(3B Keys* (23): 209pa, 13.4b%, 24.4k%, .327bip, .285avg, .297iso, 159wrc+)
(IF Harry* (23): 179pa, 3.9b%, 23.5k%, .392bip, .325avg, .254iso, 140wrc+)
UT Gleed (23): 144pa, 12.5b%, 16.0k%, .298bip, .279avg, .221iso, 132wrc+
OF Perez (23): 134pa, 15.7b%, 25.4k%, .329bip, .259avg, .214iso, 129wrc+
C Parker (23): 233pa, 13.3b%, 30.5k%, .325bip, .251avg, .211iso, 116wrc+
(OF Bateman* (23): 396pa, 15.4b%, 20.7k%, .339bip, .261avg, .046iso, 116wrc+)
UT Freethy (23): 19pa, 15.8b%, 15.8k%, .182bip, .200avg, .200iso, 113wrc+
IF Pinto (23): 116pa, 13.8b%, 13.8k%, .275bip, .245avg, .194iso, 111wrc+
UT Burgos (23): 292pa, 11.6b%, 17.5k%, .308bip, .268avg, .169iso, 110wrc+

Old for Level

OF Bohrofen (24): 197pa, 11.2b%, 34.0k%, .333bip, .253avg, .324iso, 140wrc+
(IF Goodwin* (24): 288pa, 12.5b%, 21.5k%, .291bip, .252avg, .223iso, 118wrc+)
(OF Micheletti* (24): 401pa, 11.5b%, 17.5k%, .275bip, .251avg, .202iso, 111wrc+)
C Planchart (24): 29pa, 17.2b%, 20.7k%, .353bip, .273avg, .000iso, 103wrc+
C Sharp (24): 18pa, 0.0b%, 22.2k%, .286bip, .222avg, .111iso, 40wrc+

Too Old for Level

OF Vallee (25): 12pa, 0.0b%, 16.7k%, .500bip, .417avg, .083iso, 147wrc+
(OF Munguia* (27): 68pa, 11.8b%, 10.3k%, .360bip, .345avg, .109iso, 130wrc+)
(OF Martin* (30): 207pa, 16.4b%, 23.7k%, .336bip, .261avg, .145iso, 115wrc+)
OF Cunningham (25): 154pa, 13.6b%, 37.0k%, .369bip, .230avg, .183iso, 110wrc+
IF Doughty (25): 126pa, 8.7b%, 27.8k%, .338bip, .250avg, .116iso, 83wrc+


A+

Young for Level

IF Ramon (20): 7pa, 28.6b%, 0.0k%, .200bip, .200avg, .400iso, 163wrc+
IF Southisene (20): 213pa, 14.1b%, 12.7k%, .384bip, .326avg, .047iso, 129wrc+
(SS Nimmala* (20): 105pa, 15.2b%, 22.9k%, .283bip, .241avg, .241iso, 121wrc+)

Age Appropriate

OF Joseph (21): 14pa, 14.3b%, 7.1k%, .300bip, .364avg, .363iso, 183wrc+
OF Shaw (21): 96pa, 25.0b%, 21.9k%, 0.244bip, .239avg, .296iso, 155wrc+
C Sprock (21): 62pa, 12.9b%, 21.0k%, .263bip, .245avg, .245iso, 115wrc+
UT DeLosSantos (21): 4pa, 0.0b%, 25.0k%, .000bip, .000avg, .000iso, -100wrc+

Slightly Old for Level

IF Toman (22): 336pa, 14.9b%, 25.0k%, .352bip, .274avg, .175iso, 131wrc+
IF Snow (22): 167pa, 10.2b%, 9.0k%, .318bip, .306avg, .116iso, 114wrc+
C West (22): 30pa, 6.7b%, 16.7k%, .318bip, .259avg, .074iso, 84wrc+
C Duran (22): 156pa, 3.8b%, 19.9k%, .272bip, .226avg, .110iso, 59wrc+
IF Mitchell (22): 19pa, 0.0b%, 21.1k%, .286bip, .222avg, .056iso, 46wrc+

Old for Level

OF Hernandez (23): 329pa, 10.9b%, 20.1k%, .322bip, .284avg, .229iso, 136wrc+
OF Casey (23): 121pa, 12.4b%, 24.8k%, .295bip, .234avg, .202iso, 129wrc+
(UT Gleed* (23): 202pa, 9.4b%, 20.3k%, .302bip, .269avg, .194iso, 114wrc+)
(UT Freethy* (23): 366pa, 15.6b%, 24.3k%, .319bip, .238avg, .117iso, 104wrc+)
IF Latta (23): 332pa, 14.2b%, 19.3k%, .307bip, .245avg, .079iso, 95wrc+
OF Smith (23): 9pa, 0.0b%, 11.1k%, .286bip, .286avg, .000iso, 70wrc+
OF Chance (23): 10pa, 0.0b%, 20.0k%, .125bip, .100avg, .000iso, -56wrc+

Too Old for Level

(UT Cunningham* (25): 223pa, 15.7b%, 31.4k%, .343bip, .250avg, .261iso, 137wrc+)
(OF Vallee* (25): 68pa, 10.3b%, 14.7k%, .375bip, .310avg, .086iso, 119wrc+)
(C Sharp* (24): 196pa, 9.2b%, 18.4k%, .295bip, .265avg, .199iso, 113wrc+)
UT Williams (25): 297pa, 12.1b%, 20.9k%, .312bip, .260avg, .169iso, 110wrc+



A

Very Young for Level

IF Sanchez (18): 324pa, 7.7b%, 26.9k%, .298bip, .227avg, .141iso, 79wrc+

Young for Level

IF Parker (19): 383pa, 15.9b%, 25.1k%, .316bip, .248avg, .203iso, 120wrc+
OF Bullard (19): 392pa, 9.7b%, 26.3k%, .356bip, .268avg, .138iso, 103wrc+

Age Appropriate

IF Martin (20): 12pa, 50.0b%, 8.3k%, .400bip, .333avg, .000iso, 214wrc+
(IF Southisene* (20): 105pa, 10.5b%, 9.5k%, .299bip, .267avg, .105iso, 111wrc+)
(IF Ramon* (20): 279pa, 12.2b%, 15.1k%, .284bip, .245avg, .114iso, 104wrc+)
OF Bonilla (20): 78pa, 6.4b%, 35.9k%, .375bip, .257avg, .157iso, 93wrc+
IF Gaxiola (20): 278pa, 5.4b%, 28.1k%, .304bip, .239avg, .180iso, 87wrc+

Slightly Old for Level

(C Sprock* (21): 280pa, 17.5b%, 11.1k%, .332bip, .306avg, .135iso, 144wrc+)
(OF DeLosSantos* (21): 173pa, 15.6b%, 30.1k%, .371bip, .250avg, .111iso, 105wrc+)
OF West (21): 13pa, 15.4b%, 0.0k%, .200bip, .222avg, .111iso, 101wrc+
(OF Joseph* (21): 67pa, 11.9b%, 19.4k%, .348bip, .276avg, .052iso, 90wrc+)
IF Cooney (21): 13pa, 7.7b%, 7.7k%, .273bip, .273avg, .000iso, 57wrc+
C Bennett (21): 14pa, 14.3b%, 50.0k%, .250bip, .091avg, .091iso, 46wrc+

Old for Level

(C West* (22): 37pa, 5.4b%, 16.2k%, .500bip, .441avg, .147iso, 174wrc+)
C Lasaracina (22): 89pa, 12.4b%, 25.8k%, .320bip, .253avg, .173iso, 110wrc+
OF Cook (22): 233pa, 15.5b%, 24.9k%, .356bip, .258avg, .079iso, 103wrc+
(IF Snow* (22): 182pa, 11.5b%, 17.0k%, .344bip, .285avg, .076iso, 100wrc+)
OF Licourt (22): 194pa, 16.0b%, 44.3k%, .343bip, .194avg, .206iso, 94wrc+
UT Franden (22): 13pa, 7.7b%, 15.4k%, .111bip, .091avg, .091iso, 23wrc+
C Saum (22): 21pa, 4.8b%, 33.3k%, .167bip, .111avg, .056iso, 0wrc+

Too Old for Level

(OF Smith* (23): 206pa, 15.5b%, 18.0k%, .256bip, .207avg, .061iso, 79wrc+)
C Carapellotti (23): 24pa, 16.7b%, 37.5k%, .200bip, .105avg, .053iso, 43wrc+
 
I can't believe they traded Nimmala for this guy. They must really prefer JoJo Parker at SS long-term, though I've heard some evaluators say he's probably a future 3B.

Soriano looked like an ace for a couple of months early in the season, but has regressed badly since then. Hopefully they can help 'fix' him and it's a worthy gamble, but a crazy steep price imo.

HATE this trade.
 
Soriano was the controlled SP i liked the least out of Greene/Kirby/Detmers. but, a couple things here.

This IMO is actually a fairly cheap price. Nimmalla might be really good, but he's kinda the only thing were giving up here.

Also, the Jays have an excellent track record of identifying and developing SP, and the Angels are fucking terrible at it

As Zeke mentioned, the numbers are very good, I'll give them the benefit here

Count me in the camp of not bothering with the Gausman/Taillon downgrade if we were going to do this, but i suspect more things are out the door and Soriano is just some winter shopping early
 
Cease/Yesavage/Soriano/Ponce/Miles

Leaves you in a good place for 2027 ( or whenever baseball is a thing again) in that you probably want 1 more SP, but dont need one, and can focus the entire offseason in LF/CF where you have massive holes or SS/DH where you could really use better

I still think they get into the Skubal mix, but they arent desperate for an arm
 
Btw whoever said Soriano just had a hot start this year and hws been bad since.....


Last 5 starts: 3.21era, 2.38fip, 3.47xfip, 5.4awar/32
 
Soriano is a career 90era- 90fip- 88xfip- as a fulltime SP.

He's very good.

And the jays probably think they can make his excellent raw stuff play even better, like with Cease.

Nimmala is a very good prospect but with plenty of risk.
yup, this trade is good. Pete Walker is very good. Cease-Trey-Soriano is a hell of a 1-2-3 going forward for the next few years. If they can bring back Gaus this winter that would be pretty good.
 
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