That was an interesting read. I do find it a little hilarious that he's using Holds as a cornerstone stat then whinging about Blown Saves. they're two sides of the same flawed stat (because Holds are just non-Save in-game Saves). His complaint about how he didn't like the team using outside the box type stats because his camp stuck to core metrics is also funny because it kind of smacks of when you play games against someone who makes up their own rules and then complains when nobody else sticks to them.
Still I respect the fact that his issues are based on the qualitative quirks of the process and not just "waahh, they said I wasn't good at baseball, the big, dumb doo-doo heads!"
Elsewhere, I don't know if this was already posted but Fangraphs has its top 100 prospects out.
Eric Longenhagen and Tess Taruskin present their 2023 Top 100 list, with reports for each player.
blogs.fangraphs.com
For the Jays:
24: Ricky Tiedmann (SP/LHP)
A physical lefty with mid-90s arm strength and a mind-bending slider, Tiedemann has become one of the minors’ highest-ceiling arms.
He's given a 55 FV on the back of 2-3 Plus pitches and potential future Plus command with decent velo
53: Addison Barger (listed as a 2B but is potentially a bit of a UTIL)
He got a 50 FV mostly carried by his power potential and the fact that he's otherwise decent-but-not-great everywhere else (it's a little odd considering he's graded as a 40 FV on most of his other tools, so I would've thought a 50 overall grade is a bit high. But whatever.)
Barger has huge left-handed bat speed and a shot to stay on the dirt, just not at shortstop.
