Left-hander Justin Bruihl was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dodgers on July 15,2017. Born in Petaluma, California, Bruihl attended Casa Grande High school in his home town where he hit .302 as a senior. On the mound in seven appearances with the Gauchos he did not allow an earned run in 17.1 innings.
Following graduation from high school, he checked out California State University, Northridge and the University of California before deciding on California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. At Cal Poly, the 6’2”/215-pound Bruihl posted a 4.88 ERA in 31.1 innings pitched while striking out 27 and walking 10. His season with the Broncos might not have been enough to catch the eyes of MLB scouts but his summer league play may well have done just that for a Dodger scout.
With the Walla Walla Sweets of the West Coast Summer League in 12 appearances over 15 innings he produced pretty much a clean slate. He gave up no earned runs, struck out 21 and issued only two walks while posting a 0.67 WHIP.
Bruihl was assigned to the Arizona League Dodgers on July 19 but did not make an appearance during the 2017 season.. His professional journey would start in 2018 as he was assigned to the Ogden Raptors of the rookie level Pioneer League. However, his real odyssey started just over three years earlier in March of 2014.
As a junior in high school the unthinkable happened to Justin Bruihl. What started out as a twinge in his left arm soon became a full-fledged pain with accompanying weakness and he quickly went under the knife for TJ surgery and the reconstruction of the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching arm. Fifteen months of rehab followed the surgery.
One can only imagine the surprise and disappointment for the young pitcher who in his own mind was invincible. That would not be unusual as no doubt most young players also feel they are invincible and perhaps do not tend to their body’s needs as well as they should.
Bruihl admits that, “I did feel invincible.” and that he did not take care of his arm as he could have and should have but that has definitely changed.
“I should have taken better care of my arm,” Bruihl said. “Then I was pitching 10-11 months a year. I wasn’t big on icing my arm. I am very cautious right now.”
He made his long-awaited professional debut with the Raptors on June 18, 2018 giving up four earned runs while recording only one out against the Idaho Falls Chukars. He was not alone that evening as the Raptors fell 17-0 to the Chukars. His 2018 season was one of inconsistency with Bruihl making some very good appearances but mixed in with some rather unsuccessful outings. On the season he posted an 8.24 ERA over 31.2 innings pitched. He did strikeout 44 but walked 24.
Bruilhl’s 2019 season was anything but a mirror image of his 2018 season. Over two levels with the Loons and the Quakes he pitched 41.2 innings posting a 1.30 ERA and a 0.89 WHIP. He struck out 51. What had changed for Bruihl? He walked only nine.
Now 23, he lost his 2020 season to Covid-19 as did all minor leaguer players. One can only wonder how much the loss of that season slowed the development of young players. The suspicion is that it cost hitters more than pitchers.
For Justin Bruihl, he did pick right up where he left on in 2019. So far in 2021 with the Tulsa Driller he has made seven appearances over 14 innings posting a 1.29 ERA and a 0.64 WHIP along with a K/BB ratio of 19/3. Opponents are batting .130 against him. Over his 87.1 minor league innings he has allowed only two home runs. His GO/AO career rate is roughly 2/1.
Tim Rogers of Dodgers 2080 interviewed Bruihl last June. Here are a few of the questions with corresponding answers.
TR: “When you signed with the Dodgers as an undrafted free agent what were your other options?”
JB: “I was committed to play at UC Berkeley, and I also had a few other free agent offers from other teams.”
TR: “In an article I read about being comfortable with your cutter and slider. You spoke about wanting to get your fastball back – command wise, etc. How did that go in instructs and the abbreviated Spring Training?”
JB: ”I made a lot of progress during instructs and this offseason getting more comfortable throwing it again, which was the main issue I was having. I had gotten so used to throwing my cutter as my main fastball that my actual fastball had taken a backseat and the few times I tried to reintroduce my fastball in games it just wasn’t a very competitive pitch. But now I feel as though it is a viable pitch for me and the usage of it should increase whenever we get to playing games again.”
TR: “Any progress on the change up?”
JB: “For some reason I have an extremely difficult time wrapping my head around this pitch. Been trying to figure one out for 6+ years now. I’ve had flashes where I’ve thrown some good changeups but haven’t really been able to achieve the consistency I’d like. Recently with the break we’ve had from baseball I’ve had a lot of time to experiment with different grips and cues that have helped and I’m starting to form a good foundation for my changeup and finally seeing some better results. So to answer your question yes I’d say there is more progress than I’ve seen in the past.”
TR: “So far the Dodgers have kept you in the bullpen. Is that still the plan?”
JB: “I’d assume so. However, I could see myself moving to become a starter if I developed a solid changeup. That would give me four solid pitches I can run with but for now being a reliever is more likely for my future.”
TR: “What are the velocities of your pitches?”
JB:
“FB 90-93
CT 85-88
SL 78-81
CH honestly have no idea, but if I had to guess probably around 80-82”
TR: “What do you credit for your great season in 2019?”
JB: “There are a few reasons, but for the most part I think the big reason for my success was my ability to throw strikes with all my pitches and competing in the zone rather than trying to be too perfect like I was the year before. I started trusting my stuff and throwing the ball over the middle of the plate and letting the movement do the work and force weak contact.”
Thanks to Tim Rogers for his posted interview with Bruihl and to Justin for taking the time to be interviewed.
Keep an eye on the OKC Dodgers box scores looking for Justin Bruihl in the not too distant future. Throwing strikes with at least three pitches in command while keeping the ball on the ground and in the park is a good recipe for advancement. — Dodger Chatter (DC)
Dodgers Minor League Report with MT
When DC sent me the blog on Justin Bruihl, I told him it would post today… unless Julio Urias pitched a perfect game. That ended with the first batter as the Dodgers were beaten like rented mules. In fact, rented mules are treated much better. Never speak of this again!
- OKC DODGERS BOXSCORE – OKC won 12-5 on 15 hits. Rangel Ravelo continues to tell the Dodger brass to call him up as he went 3-4 and is now hitting .418! Yes, I know it is 69 only AB’s, but that is impressive. Luke Raley was 4-5 and is hitting .361. Zach Reks scored 4 runs and is at .300. Ravelo, Reks and Raley are all OPS’ing over .908. Yasiel Sierra pitched an inning and allowed 2 hits, but no one scored (AMAZING)!
- TULSA DRILLERS BOXSCORE – Tulsa won 5-2, behind HR’s by Carlos Rincon and Jacob Amaya (#5 for both players).. Donovan Casey was 2-4 and is hitting .322. Mike Busch was 1-3 with a double and 2 walks (he hits leadoff). He is OPS’ing .961. Michael Grove started and is still struggling with his command. He pitched just 2.1 innings, allowing 1 hit but walking 6 and gave up 2 runs. Bryan Warzek got the win and in 14 IP has a 2.45 ERA.
- GL LOONS BOXSCORE – The Lugnuts beat the Loons 7-3. Andy Pages hit his 4th HR, as the pitchers and hitters were not on their games.
- RC QUAKES BOXSCORE – Rancho won 10-9 even though they were outhit 15-10! Brandon Lewis hit his 3rd HR and Diego Cartaya hit his second HR- A GRAND SLAM! This kid is the real deal. Jacob Cantleberry won his 4th game. He has 27 strikeouts in 13 IP – a 1.98 ERA and a 0.88 WHIP. He pitched the last 2.1 innings and struck out 6. Watch him!
Happy Memorial Day
Never forget, that all gave some, but some gave all.
Another loss to the Midgets. 2,5 games behind the Padres now who stormed back with 3 runs in the top of the ninth to tie it with the Cheaters and then beating them in extras.
Dodgers are back to finding ways to lose games. Somedays it is the pen that caves in , another day a starter has an off night or the hitting sputters. I know it is early but I have heard that song many, many times back in the 90s. Eric Karros in my memory was famous for this slogan only to see the Dodgers never catch up.
Padres at least at the moment look the better overall team. That might change once the Dodgers get some key guys back and going but if I had to make a bet now I would say they have to go the wildcard route to make the postseason this year.
On a positive note: That Cartaya kid really looks like the next Dodgers phenom. Could make Ruiz expandable and trade bait come the deadline.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, I better go to Rancho soon, Cartaya isn’t going to be there for long. Will we see Bruihl on the big team anytime this year? Those lefty relievers seems to move quickly through the system sometime.
Urias really didn’t have it at all yesterday. You can tell right away that he had little control, it just wasn’t coming out of his hand like it normally does. Not a lot of swing and miss. It reminded me of those CK starts where hitters keep fouling off pitches instead of swinging through them, you just know it was going to be stinker. 5 innings and 7 runs later…
This is exactly why I hate bullpen games. They won on Thursday, but were reluctant to go with a quick hook when it was obvious they should have. Then the inevitable happened…
The Giants go to lefty pinch hitter Alex Dickerson, who has reverse splits hitting lefties better than righties. So Doc, with his infinite wisdom pull Mitch White, who has reverse splits pitching better against lefties than righties, to put in Vesia, who has 11 walks in 8 innings with runners already on 1st and 2nd. You know the rest.
Vesia has some nasty stuff, but he should be relied on in that situation. He’s the last guy you want to bring in with traffic on the bases and he’s the last guy you want to try to pitch multiple innings with. So, Doc does both.
So, that bullpen game the other day caused us to not pull Urias earlier and then we finish the game with Bickford, White, Vesia and Uceta.
It was nice seeing Belli out there, stepping in the bucket and swinging like a drink child at a Pinata. McKinstry was 0-3 with 2 Ks. I thought it might take some time for them to get their MLB timing back, but the lineup would look pretty deep with them out there. But, no. Time to rest Mookie and Taylor.
Are you freaking kidding me? Isn’t this like the 4th day off Mookie has had in the last two weeks? No, he’s not injured at all.
The beginning of the game was so frustrating. A bunch of soft hits rolling through the infield. We should have had 3 ground ball outs in that second inning, but they all had eyes and we’re down 3 when it was finally over. Typical Giants victory against us.
It just seems lately like the defensive positioning is constantly killing us. Make an adjustment. We saw a ball find grass in left field with the left fielder playing left center and multiple balls go through gaping holes in the infield.
I really love the team, the players, the history, the uniforms, the stadium. But, I hate the way this team plays the game. It seems they shift more than anyone, get beat by the shift more than anyone, and hit into the shift more than anyone. Make an adjustment!
Instead of burying the Giants, we’re fighting to stay where we started the series. It started by not bullpenning the second game of the Astros two game series. So, here we are. Day game with Kersh on the bump and Smith on the bench. Albert hit a few missiles yesterday so I fully expect him to sit today.
Hey Doc, let me fill out that lineup card for you today.
Mookie RF
Muncy 2B
JT 3B
Belli CF
CT3 LF
Fat Albert 1B
Lux SS
Barnes C
They still are not playing with all their cards. Key players are missing, so why expect the scrubs to be better? Hey, I saw many a HOF pitcher have a day just like Julio had yesterday. I saw it happen to Koufax, Drysdale, Hershiser, Fernando, almost any of the better Dodger pitchers you could name. Way to early still to worry about where they are in the standings. If they are 2.5 back with a week to play, okay, pull out your hair. I do not expect the help to come from guys like Ravelo, Reks and Raley. None of them have ever performed well at the MLB level. I expect it from Belli, Betts, Pollock, Seager….proven players with a track record. I expect the BP to get better when Nelson and Knebel are back. I expect it to be stronger when Gonsolin joins the rotation and we no longer see bullpen games. The Padres are playing well even with some of their pieces on the IL. Dodgers are 10 games over .500. Still very much within striking distance and they have 12 games remaining with the Pads. I do not get all the panic. I also expect AF to do his thing. You can’t do anything about Roberts, he is going no where. He is coming off of a WS win and has the total confidence of the ownership and FO, so complaining about his foibles is a waste of time. I would cut Tsutsugo. I think he is one of the Japanese imports that is a true lemon unlike my Toyota pick up. I expect better results from the players they have now. Albert may not be tearing the cover off of the ball as he did in the old days, but his club house presence is a plus and he is hitting better than he did as an Angel with less power so far. But he has 2 homers and 8 RBI’s as a Dodger and is hitting .235. I mentioned this at the end of the last post. Marcel Ozuna was arrested in Atlanta for assault and battery. He is accused of strangling and throwing his wife against a wall. Totally unacceptable. At the very least this POS will get a suspension. My view is that his contract should be rescinded and he should do jail time if convicted. Glad AF did not pursue this A-Hole.
It looks like they made the decision to keep Yoshi at least until Pollock comes back with the demotion of Peters. Beaty and McKinstry still have options, so there’s still an option to keep Yoshi longer.
Pujols as a Dodger….235/.278/.471/.748 Not horrible.
I think complaining about Roberts is time well spent. It’s cathartic and a valid coping mechanism. It’s a release and I would trade him straight up for your Toyota pick up.
We all have our own venting system. To me bitchin about Dave is a waste since it does not make me feel better and the fact that I have zero say in the decision to keep or get rid of him. I put the poor performance on the player. I put the decision to use that player on the manager. I put the onus of having that player on the roster on the leader of the pack, AF. I also think their depth right now has suffered some huge hits. And I consider none of the players at AAA viable solutions. But there are a lot of teams dealing with an inordinate amount of injuries this season.
It is a bit frustrating that with all of the talk about depth we’re still using a BP game every fifth day. Yes, we have some great depth but when that depth includes Vesia, Uceta, Peters, Neuse, Rios (early on), Raley et al in its calculus, it is not all that impressive.
When that depth includes a healthy CT3, Pollock, Beatty, Pujols, McKinstry, and Barnes now you’re talking real MLB depth. AAA depth and MLB depth are not the same. Lets get healthy, get Gonsolin in the rotation, stay healthy and take off!
That will change when Gonsolin gets back, as soon as next weekend maybe. Once he stretches out to 5 innings he should be ready. Actually if they stretched him out a little at a time over the next couple of weeks Price could easily start.
Prospect hot sheet:
1. Busch
2. Pepiot
3. Pages
4. Cartaya
5. Valera
So what do the Dodgers do about Ravelo? If you call him up – and his performance almost demands you give him a shot at this point- do you carry both Pujols and Ravelo? They’re the same player. They’re both RH 1B/DH only and both probably can’t occupy the same 26 man roster. This is another reason I think the Pujols signing was a knee jerk move when the Dodgers were swooning. It’s now a little hard to outright DFA a future Hall of Famer the team just signed to much publicity. They’re stuck with him (although with his good game yesterday, his wRC+ is 108)
Dodgerrick has made a somewhat compelling argument that the Dodgers are just getting by through the strength of their starting rotation, and if that unravels, then so does the team. The Dodgers still do have one the league’s best offenses, even if it isn’t always consistent, and some key guys are absent or underperforming, so that assessment is a little harsh.
The Dodgers currently have a wRC+ number of 112, which is 3rd in baseball. They lead the league in total runs scored (albeit with more plate appearances). They lead the league in BB% at 11.2% (the Padres are right behind at 10.6%). Their hard hit ball percentage is the best in baseball, and their soft hit ball percentage is the second lowest. Their swing percentage of pitches outside the strike zone is the 2nd lowest in baseball (the Padres are 1rst) and their contact percentage is 6th (no doubt this would be higher if you subtract Neuse and Peter’s 40% strikeout rate).
The Dodgers are not only a good offensive team, but a good and disciplined offensive team, although they have been hurt by slumps, injuries and inconsistency. Having more at bats by ZMac, Seager and Bellinger will undoubtedly help, and having more offensive options rather than relying on Muncy and CT3 right now will help.
It’s hard to know what’s going on with Betts. He’s pulling the ball a lot more this year than his career average and hitting it to center a lot less. His ground ball percentage is way up, and his hard contact is way down. He’s missing more balls just out of the zone and his swinging strike percentage is up.
Ravelo and Albert are not the same player. Ravelo had played over a hundred games in the minors at 1B, 3B and OF and he’s not the slowest person in baseball.
Yes, he hasn’t played well at the MLB level, but he’s had very sporadic chances with 5 or 6 trips to the big league club over two years, most of his ABs coming as a September call-up. With just 78 MLB ABs over two years, he’s hardly been given a chance at all.
Same player as in – they’re both right handed hitting position players who can only play 1rst base or DH.
The team doesn’t have the roster space to carry both of those guys. If you want to bring up Ravelo, Big Al’s gotta go. But you can’t get rid of Big Al because he’s Big Al. Meanwhile, Ravelo’s raking at AAA but is blocked by the slowest guy in baseball.
Ravelo is listed as being able to play 1B, 3B, OF.
Holy cow .418/.518/.761/1.279 is his current stats.
Fat Albert would be fine if Doc would use him properly as a pinch hitter and an occasional start against a left hander.
Tsutsugo is the one that needs to go.
The weak link of this team is the bullpen, as I predicted. The strongest part of this team is the starting rotation, especially after Gonsolin joins the rotation. The injuries have been a drag on the offense, but now that the offense is getting healthy, it will eventually be fine.
I wish we had a few bullpen gems in the minors that we can bring up. But we don’t.
I’m trying to find something positive about yesterday’s game. Let me think. Oh yeah, I liked Urias’ safety squeeze. An undefensible play. I liked Albert’s 113 mph homer and a double. That’s about it. This is one that you just flush and move on.
Our bullpen is a minus no matter how u say it. It will not change until the names change. We currently have milb players on a Mlb team. No amount of spin will change that.
Our hitting will be good very good assuming mookie shows up. Averaging is very deceptive. We have produced double digit runs vs. weak pitching and very little against quality pitching. But a healthy lineup is a quality Mlb lineup.
Our starting pitching has kept us in but when they have an off day then yesterday is the result. We had 2nd and 3rd with 1 out and Taylor up against kazmir and Taylor struck out followed by McKinstry striking out. That was the game. Then our bullpen took over.
The Padres are better than us now and I don’t think it is that close. Their gm did a great job of building depth with their sp and their lineup plus melancon has been automatic. They have many guys who will get the big hit ex. Tatis, hosmer, machado, Myers etc. they put the bat on the ball when it counts the most. They are built for 162. If we can get healthy we should make the playoffs. Our reign of division crowns is in serious jeopardy.
Don’t you just love this from last night’s Quakes game?
Stockton replaced reliever Garrett Acton with Edward Baram (1-2), but the momentum had already shifted. Baram walked Brandon Lewis, who had homered in the eighth, to get to Cartaya. On the first pitch of the at-bat, Cartaya destroyed the pitch to left-center for his second home run since joining the team just four games ago.
Cartaya’s performance over the next two months will be extremely important. If he really does well, he’ll probably be in Great Lakes within 4-6 weeks and if he does well there, that might just mean that Ruiz is used in a trade at the deadline.
Smith is here for the long haul and Barnes is under contract for next year, so AF might be willing to move Ruiz if he’s convinced he’ll have Cartaya to replace Barnes in 2023.
Nice article DC! Bruihl has been a favorite of mine since he was signed. Has that Caleb Ferguson sort of look to him. I hope he makes it to the show with the Dodgers.
Baseball being a game of inches, how would it change “Pujols as a Dodger….235/.278/.471/.748 ” record IF the homer he was robbed of was 6″ further. Maybe one of our math majors could tell us that.
Albert had arguably his best game as a Dodger yesterday with a double, homer and 3 RBI and has a career ave of .375 against Gausman. So, Beaty starts at 1B, he’s 0-2 lifetime against Gausman.
From True Blue LA yesterday:
“Starting pitching has been the thread holding the Dodgers together this season, winding tighter and tighter to keep things together as the layers of depth were eaten away by various injuries. But on Saturday, everything unraveled for Julio Urías in an 11-6 loss to the Giants at Dodger Stadium.”
As I have said, when the Dodgers have won this year it has mostly been on the strength of starting pitching. When they don’t have it they don’t usually win.
Betts hit .230/.340./448 with 2 HR in May.
The combo of Peters, Raley, Neuse, Tsutsugo and Puljos hit .179/.261/.307 in 199 plate appearances, with a 34.7-percent strikeout rate.
The starters have gone 23 – 9 with a 2.65 ERA and a .0880 WHIP with 10.5 K/9 and 5.76 K/BB.
The bullpen has gone 8 – 11 with a 3.85 ERA and a 1.331 WHIP and 9/5 K/9, but 2.11 K/BB.
The bullpen has faced 722 hitters and given up 83 BB; the starters have faced 1128 hitters but only given up 59 BB.
But for the rotation this team is in big trouble.
Bauer, Kershaw and Buehler are 2nd, 3rd and 4th on the team in bWAR. They only play every 5th day. It’s obvious where the strength of this team is right now.
Excellent points. The starting pitching has been so good all year until the last two games.
Bad starts by Urias and Kershaw back to back. But you can’t expect perfection from the starters.
This Dodger team is tough to evaluate with all of the injuries, but they are inconsistent with some holes to fix .
Right now they are far from dominant, and deserve to be a third place team. It is going to be a difficult division to win this year as the Padres have a very good team, and the Giants are scrappy, experienced, and can pitch.
Hopefully, Seager, Betts, and Bellinger can return to form soon, and the Dodgers can put their best players on the field. A lot of young players have been given opportunities and proven that they are not ready. The Dodgers need their stars healthy and productive to compete with the Padres and Giants.
For your Sunday afternoon
R- Mookie- RF
L- Max- 2b
R- CT3 – LF
L- Cody- CF
L- Matt -1B
L- Gavin- SS
L- Zach- 3b
R- Austin -c
L-Clayton- P
Not so fast, look again…
Taylor
Muncy
Beaty
Belli
Lux
Pujols
McKinstry
Barnes
Mookie late scratch today, allergies. WTF?
Fastball right down broadway. 1st Pitch.
Clayton, you have to change your thinking and pattern! Come on, Man!
There is something going on with Mookie. Allergies…WTH. Calling my shot, somethings going on and it ain’t allergies
It hurts to be overtaken so easily by the giants
The giants have had great pitching even better starters than ours. Every pitcher having a career year. If they can avoid injury they could be in the thick of it. I mean they have murderers row in Duggar, solano, and Flores. If Solano could bat all the time against LA he would be a hall of famer. We had him in our farm. He couldn’t play for us but we sure as h… can’t get him out. Pathetic
The photo of the lady lying on the grave made me stop in my tracks.
Wow.
Forget Baseball – havnt read any comments after seeing that.
My feelings exactly Watford my Man… Hope you and yours are well and keep safe…
That photo has been on the internet for a while. I believe it is the family of a fallen soldier killed in Afghanistan.
Forget the Seager contract. how much money does Muncy deserve? He has even improved his fielding a lot
What moron said we should have kept McGee and that Pujols could not ht a fastball?
The list is long Mark…very long. Albert has been doing ok as a Dodger. McGee has cooled off a lot. What has not improved one bit is the umps strike calling. That pitch to Smith was low.
Dodgers: Albert Pujols Passes Babe Ruth on MLB’s All-Time Extra-Base Hit List
by Brook Smith
Dodgers fans should get used to Albert Pujols hitting some milestone number while he is in Los Angeles. Now in the 21st season of his illustrious career, Pujols is starting to pass some big names in the record books.
Albert recently tied legendary Yankee Babe Ruth for career extra-base hits when he hit a 2-run shot against the Giants on Saturday. It was the 669th homerun of his career and his second since coming over to the Dodgers. He sits 5th all-time on the MLB homerun list, 27 back of Alex Rodriguez for 4th place.
But on Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles, Pujols passed Babe Ruth on the extra-base hits list. He now stands alone in 4th place and needs 20 more to tie Stan Musial for 3rd place. Pujols took a fastball from Jake McGee over the fence in left for a homerun to break the Babe’s mark.
The problem with Pujols is his timing. He had the distance yesterday and today, when his HR’s got Dodgers closer, but just missed putting it out of the park when it would have been the winning hit. Looks to me as if Murphy has decided to hang out at Dodger Stadium. Maybe Murphy is real.
Let’s hope that Albert is beginning to find the range. No prediction, just a HOPE.
Albert was a few inches from a dramatic game-winner the other night. If that ball nicks off Tauchman’s glove, Dodger fans would be singing his praises.
All considered, I’m glad AF brought him aboard. He’s here because both Seager and Rios are injured, and other Dodgers are versatile enough to accommodate him. (Thank goodness Muncy can play 2B.) Albert commands respect in the clubhouse and he’s still something of a threat with the bat–certainly more so than Peters, Neuse or Raley.
Should we expect more from Ravelo? He’s already 29 and has been overmatched in the majors… though of course I’m hoping his recent success isn’t some mirage. Always looking for a feel-good story.
As for the Giants, I’m beginning to think maybe they aren’t a mirage. Contenders, not pretenders.
And let’s pause now to note that the Most Valuable Dodger right now isn’t Mookie or Belli or Seager or Kersh or Turner or Bauer or Buhler or Urias or Jansen. And it’s not Chris Taylor, as some have recently proclaimed.
It’s Max Muncy, who I think of as the Rodney Dangerfield of baseball stars.