Davis Schneider's stats since Blue Jays demotion are truly mind-boggling

It is really too bad that Davis Schneider wasn't producing like this at the big league level this season. The Toronto Blue Jays' utility player was demoted to Triple-A Buffalo on May 25 after hitting .127/.295/.211 in 38 games. While he had a fantastic 19.1% walk rate, he wasn't giving the Blue Jays much else, and in fact was offsetting that rate by almost doubling up on his strikeouts with a 34.8% strikeout percentage.

While he was a fan favourite and the Blue Jays clearly tried everything they could to work with him and see if they could get him back on track it just didn't make sense to keep him in Toronto when Nathan Lukes returned from the Injured List. With a chance to reset and work on things away from the bright lights of The Show, Schneider has been working to improve on his numbers in Triple-A.

Through his first nine games, the 27-year-olds numbers are truly mind-numbing. Schneider has a 46.2% walk rate with a 7.7% strikeout rate. That's 18 walks in 39 plate appearances and just three strikeouts. Unfortunately, he also has only three hits, a double and two singles. While this doesn't completely correct what was ailing him at the big league level with a .167 batting average, an OBP of .615(!) will play just about anywhere.

Schneider's walk rate won't be enough to bring him back to the big leagues

Unfortunately, for Schneider he's shown that at the MLB level he hasn't been able to completely offset the walk rate with his strikeouts. He's never had a strikeout percentage lower than 26% in his four big league seasons going back to 2023. He also hasn't hit over .240 since his 35 game rookie stint in 2023.

Last year was a perfect example of the type of player the Blue Jays would love for him to be. A guy who doesn't hit for a high average (.234) but gets on-base at a better than average rate (.361 OBP) and has a good handle of the strike zone (19.7 chase percentage) with 11 home runs in 82 games played. This year he hasn't been able to replicate any of those numbers.

His saving grace while in Buffalo just might be the fact that he's laying off a ton of pitches and perhaps he's regaining his pitch recognition. There is a gap between the quality of the pitches in MLB versus what he is seeing in Triple-A but it's at least a start. However, right now, the Blue Jays biggest issues plaguing their offence is power, and clutch hitting and unless Schneider can start showing he can add a little bit of that into his repertoire along with his insane walk numbers, he may be staying with the Bison's for a little while.

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