A look at how the hitters on each team have done so far this year.

Starters (from best to worst):


1B Guerrero (27): 115pa, 147wrc+, 5.1war650 --- 1B Contreras (34): 115pa, 131wrc+, 5.7war650
SS Gimenez (27): 100pa, 113wrc+, 5.2war650 ---- RF Abreu (27): 113pa, 127wrc+, 4.6war650
2B Clement (30): 113pa, 111wrc+, 1.7war650 ---- CF Rafaela (25): 97pa, 108wrc+, 2.7war650
LF Sanchez (28): 89pa, 107wrc+, 2.2war650 ----- LF Anthony (22): 101pa, 91wrc+, 1.3war650
3B Okamoto (30): 108pa, 102wrc+, 2.4war650 --- 2B Mayer (23): 76pa, 66wrc+, 1.7war650
CF Varsho (29): 96pa, 88wrc+, 2.0war650 ------- C Narvaez (27): 60pa, 62wrc+, 3.3war650
DH Springer (36): 62pa, 86wrc+, -1.1war650 ---- 3B Durbin (26): 100pa, 47wrc+, 0.0war650
RF Lukes (31): 56pa, 70wrc+, 0.0war650 -------- DH Duran (29): 98pa, 45wrc+, -0.7war650
C Alejandro (27): 22pa, 58wrc+, 3.0war650 ----- SS Story (33): 119pa, 40wrc+, -2.2war650

UT Barger (26): 23pa, -15wrc+, -5.7war650 ----- UT Casas (26): 0pa
OF Straw (32): 42pa, 128wrc+, 3.1war650 ------- OF Yoshida (32): 56pa, 109wrc+, 1.2war650
IF Schneider (27): 53pa, 68wrc+, 0.0war650 ---- IF Gonzalez (29): 0pa
C Heineman (35): 44pa, 27wrc+, -1.5war650 ---- C Wong (30): 39pa, 120wrc+, 5.0war650

UT Jimenez (29): 29pa, 122wrc+, 2.2war650 ----- UT Monasterio (29): 45pa, 97wrc+, -1.4war650
OF Pinango (24): 2pa, 187wrc+, 0.0war650 ------ OF Campbell (24): 0pa
IF Sosa (26): 60pa, 40wrc+, -3.3war650 ---------- IF IKF (31): 35pa, 29wrc+, 1.9war650
C Valenzuela (25): 35pa, 8wrc+, -1.9war650 ---- C

Why is Sanchez starting against Suarez (and near the middle of the order)? He has a career 41 wRC+ against LHP, and Suarez is a good LHP.

I can't wait to get Springer back soon. This Sosa at #5 thing just has to end (and why did it begin exactly anyway?? Jays saw someone with a career 80 WRC+ and were like "Let's hit him 5th!).

So far the lineup is offering very little resistance. They talk about pitchers having “no hit stuff”. This lineup looks like it has no hit stuff tonight.

Suarez is Corbining the Jays right now (and I mean that as no insult to Patrick Corbin). Batters aren’t picking up the release point or the movement or both, and the result is a lot of confused off-balance swings. Annoying when you’re the one it’s happening to.

What the hell man…. that’s infuriating

It won’t matter tonight but that was a terrible defensive play by Sosa in the 7th.

Don’t tell me we’re going to have to start glazing the Red Sox again!

NYY up 3-0 on Texas. Rice with a two-run home run, now hitting .330/.450/.761. More of that April luck I guess…10 home runs so far this month.

Ben Rice is good. Who cares? Why does he keep getting brought up? I don't get it. Jays offense is super weak right now. This defensive setup is pretty weak too.