Teoscar Hernandez has developed into a very, very good player for the Toronto Blue Jays.
How good? Well, for the sake of comparison, let’s stack him up against a New York Yankee who earned a $325 million contract.
I will argue with every fiber of my being that Teoscar Hernandez is better than Giancarlo Stanton. There are quite a few reasons for this.
Statistics:
We’ll start with offensive statistics from each of the past three seasons. While there are two other reasons as to why Teoscar is the better player, the argument can be made that the Blue Jay is better solely for his offensive statistics.
2019:
The season of 2019 wasn’t a great one from Teoscar, as he had a slash line of .230/.306/.779 with 26 homers in 126 games. While that’s not an awful slash line for slugger, his K% of 33% was pretty awful. In fact, the then 26-year-old had such a rough start to his 2019 season that he was sent to Triple A in mid May. Prior to the demotion, he slashed .196/.266/.587 in 124 plate appearances with a wRC+ of 52.
He spent 20 days in Buffalo before being called up. Upon his return, he slashed .248/.325/.873 with a 126 wRC+. Furthermore, he hit 23 of his 26 home runs upon being recalled. He finished the season with a fWAR of 1.2 and a bWAR of 1.4.
It’s impossible to compare with 2019 Stanton, as he missed all but 18 games. It’s inarguable that in the season prior Stanton …
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Author: Brennan Delaney / Blue Jays Nation