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Jesse Rubinoff

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709 total appearances

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Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

But I do think it gets a little bit more complicated because Davis does provide you with more versatility.

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

The issue is...

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

Is the versatility actually valuable to you if he's not performing?

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

And if he's a guy that's going to bat 150 at best, then I don't think it's worth keeping that kind of production around.

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

But I also think he's going to have to play really well in the next maybe three, four days to really prove himself.

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

Otherwise, the offensive numbers just haven't been there.

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

Yeah, it's just if he does or not.

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

He's got to show it, or else you have to go off of not his potential, but what he's actually been managing to show you through the first month and a half of the season.

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

And what he's showing you to this point is not enough.

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

Part of the issue for Sosa is that he's...

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

he's really a average to below average defender as well.

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

So that, that works against him because the blue Jays do put a premium on defense and they like to focus on limiting runs and to have a second baseman, who's not all that effective in that spot probably hurts his case.

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

But these are the kinds of conversations that the coaching staff is going to have behind closed doors when they're trying to decide who's going to be sent down.

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

I,

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

I actually think it'll go exactly like the one that we've just had because these are a lot of factors that need to be taken into account.

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

No, no.

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

I just wonder at what point are they all going to be healthy together?

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

My goodness.

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

Like 162 is so long that you'd think it would happen eventually, but man, it's like, it must be so maddening as a front office and a manager thinking like, okay, here's,

Blue Jays Talk
Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins

here's the team I'm rolling into the season with.