Nick Ashbourne

And again, he's been effective over the last little bit.

It's just when you ask him to be your cleanup hitter day in, day out, that might be a bit of an overreach.

And that's, I think, what they wanted to do at the beginning of the season.

They've just never had an opportunity to put that lineup out there consistently.

Pinonga is a really interesting player.

And when I think about what I see, just focusing on my eyes, I really like a lot of the at-bats.

He seems calm.

He has a little bit of that Alejandro Kirk low heartbeat to him.

He's got great bat speed.

He can put the bat on the ball.

There's a lot to like.

When you kind of zoom out and think, okay, what type of player is this guy for the Blue Jays in the sort of medium, longer term?

There are real obstacles there.

He's someone who is not an unbelievable athlete.

He's not a great defensive player.

And as he said, that's his reputation coming in.

That's what we already understand about him.

He does not play a premium position.

It is.

It really is.