The New Pitcher

The new pitcher on the major league roster, by the way, is Randy Wells. Here are his stats in reference form and in cube form. The first thing to like about Randy Wells is he was a 38th-round pick, but unfortunately he wasn't a legit 38th-rounder but a draft and follow. But he has had solid numbers at every stop and managed to increase his strikeout rate last season while spending the whole year at AAA, although part of that would have been the conversion from full-time starter to swingman. Iowa's a bit of a hitter's park but it's good for strikeouts.

Wells remains puzzlingly hittable despite the good strikeout numbers and a touch of wildness, so there's a conundrum there to be solved. The Blue Jays have been spectacularly smart about their young pitchers over the last couple of years, really since Arny took over with the pitchers, so there's hope if it's Arny seeing something and not just a wild hair by Jon Lalonde and his team. Wells seems to project as a classic righthanded long man, something we don't see much of anymore.