Jays 6 – Twins 1: Some thoughts on Nix, Drabek
Jays win a well pitched game from Drabek, whose first win was a long time coming. I think refinement of his cutter and changeup have given him a chance to display more of the ability to be at least a mid-rotation starter. Until now, from what I saw and the numbers gave me some doubt, but today he pitched like a #3 or #2 starter.
I like the Jays acquisition of Jayson Nix, who I feel is underrated. He has the tweener issue of not being capable defensively enough to man SS. However, he has shown power in the past (26HR in ~600AB in ML), extreme patience (walked in winning run in , contact ability (.303 BA in 2008, AAA), and solid defense, particularly at 2B, and has some speed (10 for 12 in SB attempts in a half season in 2009). At any given time he has shown decent tools; if he can put them all together at once, he could be a very good, all around 2b.
