Why the Blue Jays Don’t Need a Power Bat

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Who is the Blue Jays’ Home Run Hitter?

David Bastl comes out swinging on this week’s Pitch Clock, pardon the pun. There is talk about Toronto about the club being in need of a big bat. Not literally, but as far as someone in the lineup who can hammer balls out of the park more consistently. Naturally, when that topic is brought up, people think back to Teoscar Hernandez, who left the Jays for the Mariners last offseason.

What should the Blues Jays do about it? Is there anything to do about it, for that matter? “Gibby” retorts with his trademark humour and some facts.

“Hey, maybe you should ask the people in Seattle. They’re looking for one now!”

To back Gibbons up, Hernandez’s Mariners career is off to a mediocre start, what with his very average .246 hitting performance through a little over two months of baseball.

With respect to Toronto’s situation:

“I don’t think that’s been a big problem for them even though they don’t have someone who shoots a bunch of them out there, right? There’s been some talk about Vladdy Jr, that he hasn’t hit one in a while.”

All that said, the former coach is emphatic about one thing. It doesn’t matter how you bring in runs. The important thing is to just bring runners home. The Jays have one player hitting the lights out in Bo Bichette (.332 average with 41 RBIs) and two other players who have reached the 30 runs batted in plateau in as well; Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Matt Chapman.

So long as they score more than the other guys, the Jays will be fine.