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Jaime Jaquez Jr.

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240 total appearances

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The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

And he's also had some really weird freakish injuries where he's been hit on the hand with balls.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

And he's had balls fouled back and injured himself.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

And he had the hamate injury that Lindor is currently rehabbing from right now.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

So he's had some issues.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

I think it'd be nice to see him hitting in 130 games per year.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

Him DH-ing is interesting because they have this really weird roster right now, Zach.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

It is a puzzle every night.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

You know, we've had two Jared Young starts so far this year.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

I'm not sure I had that on my bingo card.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

Yeah.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

So because of that, you've got a lot of strange bats.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

I think Mendoza tends to really look at the matchups.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

And then I sometimes think when he's making the lineup card, he overthinks them or the front office is overthinking it as they work in tandem.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

Alvarez DH-ing is a little scary, but also he's just a very hot and cold player.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

And when he goes into big slumps, you look down the lineup and you're like, okay, so it's Alvarez, Simeon, Benj, and those three guys are cold.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

Then it just kind of feels a lot like it felt last year where 6, 7, 8, 9 were really weak.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

And so the team was top heavy and just feels like a top heavy club again.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

After game one, I texted my brother and my dad.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

And I just said, and I might have sent you a similar thought.

The Zach Lowe Show
Eastern Conference Deep Dive and Bam’s 83 Points With Jaime Jaquez Jr.

I was like, this lineup is going to be an absolute bitch to pitch to.