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Henderson Alvarez |
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Brett Lawrie |
Lawrie's first big league series has proven to be successful one to say the least. At his first career at bat, Lawrie recorded an RBI single and two days later captured his first home run on the final day of the series at Camden Yards.
Lawrie's call up comes at a time where the Jays have their 3 main starters in Ricky Romero, Brett Cecil and Brendan Morrow pitching well; collectively winning 8 games since the all-star break. Bautista is still leading the majors with a modest 33 homers and a team high 76 RBI's while only really seeing 3 pitches a night to hit. In the past 40 games, lead off man Yunel Escobar is batting a solid .330 and players like Arencibia and Rasmus are beginning to really look comfortable in a Jays uniform.
Jays fans are going to be able to truly assess the young talent in their organization with the likes of 21 year old Henderson Alvarez rumoured for a call up, to fill in for the injured Villanueva. Alvarez, who signed with the Jays at the age of 16, throws a fastball that reaches the high 90's and has an 8-4 record with a 2.86 ERA in Double A ball this year.
Pumped to watch the young Jays. Jays are at home to face the Athletics on Tuesday for a 3 game series, likely to be the team Alvarez has his first career start against.
