Okay, after watching his 2024 highlights, I think that the Pirates may have actually made a surprisingly good move.
I know that the talk has been that he doesn't have power because of his MiL stats, but I think that he may have just been a "late bloomer".
Watching his half season highlights, his power is legit. He was not hitting Triolo shots, that barely crept over the wall. His HRs were actual blasts.
Checking the Statcast of them, 41.7% were no-doubters and would have been gone in ever park and 10/12 fell into the "mostly gone" category (HR in 8-29 parks).
Some might latch onto the "8-29" range and think that it's so generous, that "of course some fly balls are going to find the seats in smaller parks". Well, in spite of 8 being at the front of that range, of the 10 he hit that were in it, only 2 were below the 20 – 29 range.
And, to add some additional fuel to this heated debate, he had another 8 balls that were hit that would have been out in different parks than the one he happened to be in when it was hit.
So, while we all mourn the loss of Luis Ortiz, let's celebrate that fact that the blind squirrel known as GMBC may have found his second nut (after Bart).
Toronto's HR stats. Click on Horwitz and it will expand his individual stats.