Justin Smoak has been a familiar constant in this slow start to the BlueJays season. (via bnicholsonsmith)
Since debuting last year, Willians Astudillo of the Twins has been the toughest hitter in baseball to strike out. The super-utility player has whiffed just 3.0 per cent of the time — less than half as often as the next-hardest player to whiff, Angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons .“Just keep the ball down,” Blue Jays startersaid. “Force him to put the ball on the ground. I even threw a change-up below the zone and he lined out to left. Great plate awareness. Handles the bat extremely well.
“I say be ready to play just in case because somebody could get hurt, so you’re off, but be ready just in case,” he said. “I made sure I said that. So I think it’s good [for] people to relax a bit — ‘I have tomorrow off, I can come and do weights and stuff.’ But there’s always a chance you could play. Someone could be sick or something.”
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