Davis Schneider DVOA, Advanced Stats, & Fantasy Rankings

The Toronto Blue Jays have optioned infielder/outfielder Davis Schneider to Triple-A Buffalo. Through the first 10 games of the campaign, Schneider has posted an underwhelming .067/.333/.067 slash line with just one hit. Under the hood, he has generated a low .266 xwOBA with a .099 xBA. However, he was able to draw walks at an impressive 23.8 percent rate. Last season, Schneider appeared in a career-high 135 MLB contests with the Blue Jays and posted a .191/.282/.343 line with 13 home runs and six stolen bases. Schneider will likely return to the majors later in the summer, as he has had previous success at the Triple-A level. While he remains in the minor leagues, Alan Roden should continue to see opportunities in left field.

Toronto Blue Jays infielder/outfielder Davis Schneider will retreat to the bench on Tuesday against the visiting division-rival Baltimore Orioles after starting each of the team's last four games. With Schneider riding pine, Leo Jimenez will start at second base and will bat ninth for Toronto against Orioles right-hander Grayson Rodriguez. The 25-year-old Schneider is hitting just .214/.304/.375 on the year in 299 at-bats, but he should play regularly down the stretch after the team traded away Isiah Kiner-Falefa at last week's deadline. In 99 games in his second year in the big leagues, Schneider has provided a modest 10 home runs, 37 RBI and four stolen bases. Jimenez has 14 hits in his first 64 major-league at-bats so far in 2024 and is still searching for his first home run.

Toronto Blue Jays second baseman/outfielder Davis Schneider is not in the team's starting lineup on Friday versus the visiting New York Yankees. Schneider has had an atrocious month at the plate in June, going 13-for-76 (.171) with three home runs, two doubles, six RBI, six walks and 22 strikeouts in 23 games to drop his season line to .220/.314/.419 with a .733 OPS. The 25-year-old utility man does have 10 home runs on the year but hasn't been of much help otherwise to fantasy managers. With Schneider getting a day to rest on Friday, rookie Spencer Horwitz will start at second base and bat second, while rookie Addison Barger will play left field and bat eighth against Yankees veteran right-hander Marcus Stroman. Horwitz has handled big-league pitching so far in his first 46 at-bats, collecting 16 hits (two homers) while driving in six and scoring nine runs.