The Season That Was: Andrés Giménez

The Jays traded for Andrés Giménez (together with Nick Sandlin) on December tenth, 2024, sending Spencer Horwitz and Nick Mitchell to the Guardians.

Mitchell performed A-ball for the Guardians, hitting .273/.386/.370 with 30 steals.

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The Guardians flipped Horwitz to the Pirates. He hit .272/.353/.434 for them, with a 1.6 bWAR.

It wasn’t universally beloved. Giménez was signed by way of 2030, with an choice for 2031. He’s to make $10,571,429 in 2025. $15,571,428 in 2026. then $23,571,429 the subsequent three seasons. In 2030 it’s $23 million. 2031 is a $23 choice with a $2.5 million choice for 2031. It appeared like a good bit of cash for a man who hit .252/.398/.340 in 2024.

However then, most of his worth comes from his defence, which is, like Teri Hatcher’s breasts, is actual and spectacular.

And the Jays have been coming into Bo Bichette’s final 12 months underneath crew management, and so they needed to have a powerful defensive participant ready within the wings.

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Perhaps the crew’s batting coaches might get him hitting as he had in 2022, when he hit .297/.371/.466 and had a 7.4 bWAR (not that the 4.0 he had in 2024 was poor or something.

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They didn’t get him hitting the way in which he used to.

Baseball Reference had him at a 1.1 WAR, FanGraphs at 1.0, giving him a price of $8.3 million.

Andrés had a .269 wOBA and a 70 wRC+.

His stroll price was up, 6.8% (from 4.1). The strikeout price was additionally up 17.9% (from 15.3).

Giménez’s line-drive price was up (22.4% from 20.5). The bottom ball price was down (42.6% from 50.3). Fly balls up (35.0% from 29.2). Moreof his fly balls left the park (7.6% from 6.3).

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Comfortable contact was down (17.2% from 19.0), and onerous contact was down (22.5% from 24.0).

Andrés hit right-handers (294/.350/.529) a lot a lot better than left-handers (.210/.285/.313).

He hit a lot better at dwelling (.237/.307/.382) than on the street (.179/.261/.237).

He hit higher within the first half of the season (..218/.300/.322) than within the second half (.195/.260/.297).

Giménez by month:

• April: .165/.258/.284 with 3 dwelling runs, 10 walks, 26 strikeouts and eight steals. in 30 video games.

• Could: .368/.368/.421 with 0 dwelling runs, 0 walks, 0 strikeouts and 1 steal in 6 video games.

• June: .208/.305/.278 with 1 dwelling run, 5 walks, 12 strikeouts and 1 steal in 22 video games.

• July: .545/.583/.818 with 1 dwelling run, 1 stroll, 1 strikeout, and 0 steals in 3 video games.

• August: .212/.293/.346 with 2 dwelling runs, 4 walks, 11 strikeouts and a couple of streals in 18 video games.

• September: .182/.223/.258 with 0 dwelling runs, 5 walks, 16 strikeouts and 0 steals in 22 video games.

He was .253/.314/.347 with RISP.

Giménez was higher in excessive leverage spots (.283/.324/.417) than medium (.243/.300/.342) or low (.158/261/.253).

Defensively?

He performed 87 video games at second base with 2 errors for a .994 FA (league common .982). Fanraphs has him at a +10 Outs Above Common (finest within the AL).

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He performed 15 video games at quick, making 1 error, for a .985 FA (league common .975). FanGraphs has him at a 0 Outs Above Common.

As a baserunner he was 1.2 runs above common. He had 12 steals, caught simply twice.

Spot within the Batting Order:

• 1st: 2 begins: .500/.500/.500.

• 2nd: 1 begin: .143/.222/.286.

• third: 1 begin: .000/.000/.000.

• 4th: 19 begins: .211/.313/.380.

• fifth: 8 begins: .200/.250/.333.

• sixth: 5 begins: .056/.261/.056.

• seventh: 8 begins: .241/.313/.345.

• eighth: 16 begins: .170/.228/.226.

• ninth: 34 begins: .239/.300/.339.

I’m wondering what number of gamers began a sport at each spot within the order? Batting him anyplace within the prime 6 spot is simply improper.

Favorite crew to face? He hit .353/.421/.824 with 2 dwelling runs in 5 video games.

Least Favorite? He hit .000/.083/.000 in 3 video games in opposition to the Braves.

Occasions going through a starter:

Swinging on the first pitch, he hit .222/.267/.444.

The Jays have been 52-42 in his begins.

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His longest hitting streak was 8 video games. Longest on base streak was 16 sport. Longest with no homer 35 video games. Longest hitless streak was 6 video games.

Within the playoffs he hit:

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As you seemingly bear in mind, Giménez hit cleanup within the first 11 video games of the season and 19 of the primary 22 video games, which I nonetheless assume is insane. He hit a house run within the first sport, which purchased him extra run approach after which had 3 dwelling runs within the first six video games. Then, in fact, he went 35 video games with no dwelling run.

I don’t know what the reasoning behind placing him within the cleanup spot might need been. Perhaps pondering that displaying religion in him would make him higher? It didn’t appear to work.

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His glove, particularly taking part in quick, makes it value having his bat within the lineup. However, not in that the fourth spot.

The ankle damage harm his numbers. It value him pace and certain a bunch of stolen bases. And it seemingly value him some on the batting facet of issues.

It additionally seemingly value him a Gold Glove.

I’m nonetheless not a fan of the commerce, principally due to the cash he’s owed, however then Rogers is mainly taking part in with Monopoly cash (really, a small ‘m’ would have labored higher, they’re just about a monopoly). Fairly quickly they’ll have all the cash.

Hopefully, he’ll keep wholesome subsequent 12 months, and we’ll get a greater thought of what we have now.