Jays 2021/22 General Off-Season Discussion

[Krylian]

I feel like we should just go sign Schwarber and call it a day. Move Moreno to 3rd when he comes up May 1 and look to the trade deadline to shake things up if we have to.

 

More bullpen. Bullpen is the reason the Jays didn't make the post-season. Period. That CANNOT happen again.

[Jimcanuck]

More bullpen. Bullpen is the reason the Jays didn't make the post-season. Period. That CANNOT happen again.

 

Agree to some extent…. But relievers so volatile in season bullpen moves make more sense

[Deadpool]

Agree to some extent…. But relievers so volatile in season bullpen moves make more sense

 

I hear Brad Hand is available...

[43211234]

I hear Brad Hand is available...

 

The Phillies just gave him $6M for some reason

 

[Jimcanuck]

The Phillies just gave him $6M for some reason

 

 

Stupid franchise

[Deadpool]

The Phillies just gave him $6M for some reason

 

 

Sweet f***. They know he's Brad Hand, right?

[Jonn]

The Phillies just gave him $6M for some reason

 

 

What you said is what Jeff Passan should have actually tweeted lol.

[Ehjays]

I was hoping one of the New York teams would pick up Hand but the Phillies will work.

[Daniel Labude]

Carlos Baerga y Me Gustan Los Deportes (@carlosbaerga09) • Instagram photos and videos

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2,355 likes, 207 comments - carlosbaerga09 on March 14, 2022: "🔥Bueno mi gente esto está caliente 🔥 de estos 3 equipos entiendo que de hoy a mañana estará firmando con@los Torontos Bluejays acuérdate que el es Canadiense. . ¿Que ustedes creen o dónde firmará ? @megustanlosdeportespr".

[Terminator]

Carlos Baerga y Me Gustan Los Deportes (@carlosbaerga09) • Instagram photos and videos

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2,355 likes, 207 comments - carlosbaerga09 on March 14, 2022: "🔥Bueno mi gente esto está caliente 🔥 de estos 3 equipos entiendo que de hoy a mañana estará firmando con@los Torontos Bluejays acuérdate que el es Canadiense. . ¿Que ustedes creen o dónde firmará ? @megustanlosdeportespr".

 

Baerga bomb!

[Terminator]

I love how he put animated flames on that post lol. Ken Rosenthal eat your heart out.

[JFD]

M's are starting to look decent. Winker is a beast

[Brownie19]

M's are starting to look decent. Winker is a beast

 

8th best hitter in MLB since the start of the 2020 season. Legit beast.

[Jays24]

Stupid franchise

 

What does that say about us who traded a prospect for the right to pay him near that amount last year? Lol

[jerb]

[Ehjays]

https://www.cp24.com/sports/toronto-blue-jays-news/kevin-gausman-impresses-teammates-in-first-bullpen-session-with-blue-jays-1.5818721

 

Kevin Gausman impresses teammates in first bullpen session with Blue Jays

 

John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press

Published Monday, March 14, 2022 3:13PM EDT

DUNEDIN, Fla. - A small crowd gathered as Kevin Gausman began his first official bullpen session as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays.

 

Players, coaches, scouts, and reporters all slowed down or stopped nearby to watch Gausman pitching to catcher Reese McGuire on Monday at Toronto's player development centre in Dunedin, Fla. Although other Blue Jays pitchers were also getting their work in, all eyes were on Gausman.

 

“It's nerve-racking, to be sure,” said Gausman of being the centre of attention.

 

 

“Especially that netting's not that high over there,” he added with a laugh, referring to protective fencing backstopping McGuire. “I wouldn't stand back there too close. Especially early on, it's spring.”

 

Jokes aside, Gausman's first spring training session with the Blue Jays caught the eye of Charlie Montoyo, his new manager.

 

“He located his pitches on his first bullpen, always fun to watch,” said Montoyo, who whistled and wiggled his index finger back and forth to show the action on Gausman's pitches.

 

“You know when you go 'yes!'? One of those.”

 

Gausman agreed to a $110-million, five-year deal with Toronto on Nov. 30 after a 14-6 season with the San Francisco Giants. The right-handed pitcher had a 2.81 earned-run average over 192 innings in a major-league best 33 games started. He also struck out 227.

 

Expected to be a key member of Toronto's rotation this season, Gausman said that every pitcher gets a lot of attention at their first bullpen session of spring training. He said that after working with only one or two people all winter it's only natural for players to be curious about how their teammates have developed in the off-season.

 

Still, Gausman couldn't deny that his blood was pumping after his workout.

 

“It's the first time you get that adrenalin, it lets you know that yeah, spring training's started,” he said. “You always get a little bit more sore after your first 'pen here, more than any other you've thrown the whole off-season.”

 

One pitcher who particularly impressed Gausman was six-foot-six right-hander Nate Pearson, who has yet to play a full season in the bigs.

 

“Just a big body guy, throws 100, the ball just explodes out of his hand,” said Gausman, who is entering his 10th season in Major League Baseball. “Hopefully, I can help him out in any way. He seems like he's just got to gain experience and figure out what works for him.”

 

Gausman isn't sure what catcher will become his go-to battery partner for the regular season. Because it's such an important relationship he wants to get to know McGuire, Danny Jansen, and Alejandro Kirk off the field first, starting with sitting beside them at breakfast in the Blue Jays' cafeteria.

 

“I'm a little bit different than most guys that pitch, I'm up in the zone a lot,” he said. “So we'll be talking about target, presentation.

 

“Some guys I like to have almost stand up straight and some guys are big enough bodies to where they can just kind of get on one knee and kind of give me a target but it's kind of just figuring each other out.”

[Ehjays]

[jerb]

[jerb]

[HERPDERP]

2022 playoff odds by fangraphs

https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds/fg/div

[Eat My Shatkins]

2022 playoff odds by fangraphs

https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds/fg/div

 

Wow, fangraphs likes the Jays, and hopefully we're not done adding yet. Although neither are the Yankees I guess.

 

And lol at the Rangers after hemorrhaging money this off season.

[Terminator]

2022 playoff odds by fangraphs

https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds/fg/div

 

The World Series will be easy to make.

[jerb]

 

Marc Topkin

@TBTimes_Rays

 

#Rays will end up with two 5-game series in Toronto, one in late June/July, the other in September.

[Terminator]

 

Marc Topkin

@TBTimes_Rays

 

#Rays will end up with two 5-game series in Toronto, one in late June/July, the other in September.

 

Pencil in a couple of 5-game losing streaks.

[L54]

 

Marc Topkin

@TBTimes_Rays

 

#Rays will end up with two 5-game series in Toronto, one in late June/July, the other in September.

 

That’s quite strange. Short week for Jays and Rays hitters in fantasy!

[jerb]

 

Scott Mitchell

@ScottyMitchTSN

 

Charlie Montoyo says as far as he knows every pitcher is good to go health-wise when spring games start Friday.

David Phelps, who had lat surgery, is full go and felt good after a recent bullpen.

#BlueJays

[Sammy225]

 

Scott Mitchell

@ScottyMitchTSN

 

Charlie Montoyo says as far as he knows every pitcher is good to go health-wise when spring games start Friday.

David Phelps, who had lat surgery, is full go and felt good after a recent bullpen.

#BlueJays

 

Wouldn't it be just a great suprise if Phelps started where he left off. He was damn good start of last year.

[Deadpool]

Pencil in a couple of 5-game losing streaks.

 

If the games were at The Trop, sure... but in Toronto hasn't been quite as hellish.

[Dick_Pole]

That’s quite strange. Short week for Jays and Rays hitters in fantasy!

 

Had no choice trying to squeeze those games lost due to the lockout.

[Dick_Pole]

If the games were at The Trop, sure... but in Toronto hasn't been quite as hellish.

 

http://mcubed.net/mlb/tor/tb.shtml

 

5-8, averaging 5.5 runs for 4.7 runs against over the last two years. Because of course that's how this team operates...