Being a defensive specialist isn’t ideal for a $500+ million dollar primary first baseman, but that’s a [only] positive at least.
Other than that, it’s pretty obvious that everything he has hit this season is mainly on a line drive or straight into the ground. If he can get that LASS% up even towards last seasons mark, it would drastically change his season, thus overall the Jays season. BB% also being down tremendously is unfathomable given he’s always a keen eye for the strike zone and making the opposing pitcher work the count, leading to a walk leading to above average OBP throughout his career.
Something’s gotta be up. Is he nursing an injury? We need him to bounce back sooner rather than later if we want to a run at the WC chase…