{"id":4499,"date":"2011-08-05T16:44:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T21:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=4499"},"modified":"2011-08-05T16:44:45","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T21:44:45","slug":"happy-brett-lawrie-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/4499","title":{"rendered":"Happy Brett Lawrie Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Brett-Lawrie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4500\" title=\"Brett-Lawrie\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Brett-Lawrie-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Brett-Lawrie-300x216.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Brett-Lawrie.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This season, Friday has become a day dedicated to the debut of some of baseball\u2019s finest prospects. On June 10 <a href=\"..\/archives\/4069\">we celebrated Mike Moustakas Day<\/a>; on June 17 <a href=\"..\/archives\/4126\">it was Dustin Ackley Day<\/a>; on July 8 <a href=\"..\/archives\/4281\">it was Mike Trout<\/a>; and on July 22 <a href=\"..\/archives\/4337\">we celebrated Jason Kipnis Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today we celebrate the arrival of the Toronto Blue Jays\u2019 top prospect, Brett Lawrie.\u00a0 He would have debuted weeks ago if not for a set back due to a broken wrist.\u00a0 Nevertheless, Lawrie has done everything and more this season at Triple-A Las Vegas in the Pacific Coast League.\u00a0 In 329 plate appearances, Lawrie has slashed .353\/.415\/.661 with 24 doubles, 6 triples, 18 home runs and 61 RBI.\u00a0 His plate discipline, which was the major concern surrounding Lawrie headed into the season, has drastically improved: 53 strikeouts and 26 walks.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrie will play third base for the remaining seven weeks for the Blue Jays and should make an immediate impact.<\/p>\n<p>So\u2026happy Brett Lawrie Day, everybody.<\/p>\n<p><center> <object width=\"480\" height=\"390\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/i30eek4-Srs?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/i30eek4-Srs?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center> <object width=\"480\" height=\"390\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/voQEQhGrnR4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/voQEQhGrnR4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center> <object width=\"480\" height=\"390\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/NwiU-AfrJ24?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/NwiU-AfrJ24?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This season, Friday has become a day dedicated to the debut of some of baseball\u2019s finest prospects. On June 10 we celebrated Mike Moustakas Day; on June 17 it was Dustin Ackley Day; on July 8 it was Mike Trout; and on July 22 we celebrated Jason Kipnis Day. 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