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A quick Blue Jays series preview

By Daniel Russell
last time these teams met, this happened
last time these teams met, this happened
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Not much time today, so here's a quick look at the current B-Jays offense.

First some traditional stats:

Name PA G HR R RBI SB
Josh Donaldson 103 23 7 21 19 1
Jose Bautista 99 23 4 14 16 0
Michael Saunders 72 17 2 11 6 0
Kevin Pillar 90 22 0 9 6 2
Ezequiel Carrera 33 11 1 5 1 2
Troy Tulowitzki 91 22 4 7 10 0
Darwin Barney 31 10 1 5 4 2
Edwin Encarnacion 96 23 3 9 15 0
Justin Smoak 40 19 0 3 2 1
Josh Thole 26 9 1 1 1 0
Matt Dominguez 7 2 0 0 0 0
Russell Martin 63 18 0 3 4 0
Ryan Goins 71 21 0 3 3 1

Zooming in for the rates:

Name PA BB% K% ISO BABIP AVG OBP SLG
Josh Donaldson 103 9.7% 24.3% .341 .339 .297 .379 .637
Jose Bautista 99 20.2% 20.2% .273 .273 .247 .394 .519
Michael Saunders 72 8.3% 23.6% .212 .404 .318 .375 .530
Kevin Pillar 90 1.1% 16.7% .071 .329 .271 .303 .341
Ezequiel Carrera 33 3.0% 18.2% .156 .400 .344 .364 .500
Troy Tulowitzki 91 14.3% 26.4% .171 .204 .184 .308 .355
Darwin Barney 31 6.5% 16.1% .107 .318 .286 .355 .393
Edwin Encarnacion 96 6.3% 25.0% .157 .333 .270 .313 .427
Justin Smoak 40 25.0% 45.0% .034 .545 .207 .425 .241
Josh Thole 26 3.8% 26.9% .120 .235 .200 .231 .320
Matt Dominguez 7 14.3% 28.6% .000 .000 .000 .143 .000
Russell Martin 63 6.3% 46.0% .018 .286 .143 .222 .161
Ryan Goins 71 4.2% 22.5% .044 .231 .176 .211 .221

And zooming in again with Fangraphs summations:

Name PA wOBA wRC+ BsR Off Def WAR
Josh Donaldson 103 .429 186 0.6 10.1 -0.6 1.4
Jose Bautista 99 .391 157 0.0 6.1 -2.0 0.8
Michael Saunders 72 .390 157 -0.9 3.5 -0.6 0.6
Kevin Pillar 90 .286 80 1.1 -0.9 3.1 0.5
Ezequiel Carrera 33 .374 145 0.5 2.1 0.2 0.4
Troy Tulowitzki 91 .294 86 -1.3 -2.7 2.8 0.3
Darwin Barney 31 .334 116 0.5 1.0 0.1 0.2
Edwin Encarnacion 96 .321 106 -0.3 0.3 -1.8 0.2
Justin Smoak 40 .333 114 0.5 1.1 -1.1 0.1
Josh Thole 26 .242 48 0.0 -1.5 1.6 0.1
Matt Dominguez 7 .099 -58 0.0 -1.2 -0.1 -0.1
Russell Martin 63 .185 6 -0.5 -7.0 0.4 -0.5
Ryan Goins 71 .195 13 -0.3 -7.0 -0.3 -0.5

What has happened to Russell Martin? Damn.

Finally, a quick defensive breakdown of where these guys are being deployed:

Name Pos Inn DRS
Kevin Pillar CF 193.2 5
Troy Tulowitzki SS 193.2 3
Ryan Goins 2B 161.2 1
Josh Thole C 66.2 1
Chris Colabello 1B 62 1
Ezequiel Carrera LF 52 1
Darwin Barney 2B 41 1
Josh Donaldson 3B 155.2 0
Justin Smoak 1B 78.2 0
Darwin Barney 3B 37 0
Michael Saunders LF 149.2 -1
Russell Martin C 136 -1
Edwin Encarnacion 1B 53 -1
Jose Bautista RF 195.2 -4

Go Rays!

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