GDT: Jays (17-13) @ Yankees (20-8) Game 1 of 2 Tuesday May 10, 2022 7:05pm

[Jonn]

I expected the bullpen would be an issue. I did not expect the offense to be this bad but they didn’t really replace Semien and the Jays bench is always woeful. Even one of Tellez or Vogelback would be helpful right now. Rotating the DH is cool and all but when you’re consistently putting s*** hitters in the lineup with it already struggling its not ideal.

[jaysblue]

I'm not saying the odds weren't in our favour. Rivera is considered by many the best closer ever and he converted 89% of his save opportunities. He blew 11% of them. It happens. To say he needs to get the job done implies he needs to be perfect and that's impossible. I'm sorry your favourite team lost last night. It happens.

 

Imagine some posters going through the days when the Blue Jays had Miguel Batista and Kevin Gregg closing out games. They would be having heart attacks every save opportunity.

[Stangstag]

Imagine some posters going through the days when the Blue Jays had Miguel Batista and Kevin Gregg closing out games. They would be having heart attacks every save opportunity.

 

I remember Frank Francisco and Sergio Santos

[jaysblue]

I expected the bullpen would be an issue. I did not expect the offense to be this bad but they didn’t really replace Semien and the Jays bench is always woeful. Even one of Tellez or Vogelback would be helpful right now. Rotating the DH is cool and all but when you’re consistently putting s*** hitters in the lineup with it already struggling its not ideal.

 

The bullpen isn't a lights out bullpen. It seems like it was patched together with a bunch of middle tier arms. I still think Romano is and will be a solid closer, and Mayza looks like he'll be a solid LHP for them, but the rest are meh. Gotta hope Nate Pearson steps in and can be an elite setup guy right out of the gate.

 

As for the bench, it's awful. I wish the Jays did keep a LHB with some pop around to use a DH occasionally. So many were available and the Jays even had Tellez. Issue is when the Jays lose a starting player or two to the IL, the Jays can't be placing guys like Tapia, Zimmer etc., in the lineup everyday.

 

Seems like the Jays this offseason were more focused on shaping up the starting nine and rotation, and never gave attention to the end of the roster like the bench and bullpen.

[jaysblue]

I remember Frank Francisco and Sergio Santos

 

Didn't everyone on here love the Sergio Santos trade haha. He was dominant in 2013 in a small sample size. Overall, was a big let down after so many posters on here including myself had really high hopes.

[jaysblue]

Missing the days of Brandon League as well. Blue Jays had some electric arms that disappointed. Even was hoping McGowan out of the BP could have been a fixture.

[jaysblue]

I remember Frank Francisco and Sergio Santos

 

Awful trade. Imagine having Mike Napoli for some of those years hitting at the Rogers Centre.

[glory]

I expected the bullpen would be an issue. I did not expect the offense to be this bad but they didn’t really replace Semien and the Jays bench is always woeful. Even one of Tellez or Vogelback would be helpful right now. Rotating the DH is cool and all but when you’re consistently putting s*** hitters in the lineup with it already struggling its not ideal.

 

Rotating the DH spot is actually a bad thing now because it just means more Tapia into the lineup. DH Springer? Tapia in the OF. DH Vlad? Gurriel to 1B and Tapia to the OF. There's no way around it. The bench is awful. Atkins needs to do some work at the deadline. Josh Bell at DH, Tyler Naquin as 4th OF, another high impact reliever (if not Pearson). I'm just picking names off bad teams, but the trade deadline probably needs to be pretty significant at this point.

[jaysblue]

Rotating the DH spot is actually a bad thing now because it just means more Tapia into the lineup. DH Springer? Tapia in the OF. DH Vlad? Gurriel to 1B and Tapia to the OF. There's no way around it. The bench is awful. Atkins needs to do some work at the deadline. Josh Bell at DH, Tyler Naquin as 4th OF, another high impact reliever (if not Pearson). I'm just picking names off bad teams, but the trade deadline probably needs to be pretty significant at this point.

 

The disappointing thing is some of this could have been addressed in the offseason, like a strong 4th outfielder, some solid bench pieces, and maybe some other BP arms with high upside.

 

I think rotating the DH spot is a bad idea as well, unless you have a really solid 4th outfielder or utility guy that can play all around. Putting Tapia in the lineup everyday and giving him AB's is always a huge negative. Josh Bell would be perfect, but even keeping a guy like Tellez around or going after another 1B/DH type guy this offseason wouldn't have hurt.