Nick Ashbourne

And they're also a team that has been brutal from a pitching standpoint.

Their rotation ranks 28th in the majors in ERA.

So when you're looking at an offense that you're trying to get on track, that you're trying to build some momentum with, facing the Orioles seven times in a 10-game stretch,

could be just what the doctor ordered for that group.

There's no guarantees.

We've seen the Jays beat up on Paul Skeens and then fall short on the next couple of days.

There have been many false starts.

Even Vlad, he goes into a two-hole, hits a home run.

Okay, he's fixed.

It's going to be tons of dingers from here on out.

That clearly didn't happen.

So it's no guarantee, but the opportunity is there for the lineup to find a bit of a rhythm that's been elusive so far this season.

Absolutely.

And now he's got an OPS closing in on 800 for a team that desperately needs that type of performance.

There's sort of two threads you can go with here.

Thread one, I was extremely impressed with him last night.

That home run he hit is off a fastball at the top of the zone, over 98 miles per hour.

You need the bat speed to get there.

You need the power to drive that out.

And