Source: Jonah Keri. Sportsnet.ca, April 12, 2019
Twenty-ninth in batting average. Twenty-ninth in on-base percentage.
Twenty-seventh in park-adjusted offence. Twenty-eighth in runs scored per game. The Toronto Blue Jays‘ offence has been a tire fire to start the 2019 season.
A few Jays get a pass for those early struggles. The four regulars saved from scrutiny are Randal Grichuk, Justin Smoak, Rowdy Tellez and Freddy Galvis, all of whom rate as roughly league-average or better by advanced, park-adjusted metrics (with Grichuk’s power numbers somewhat making up for his sub-.200 batting average).
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