General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2025)

[Masterbather]

6 hours ago, Grant77 said:

Tampa Bay has juggled their rotation a little bit, inserting Ryan Pepiot in to start game 2.

That means that somehow we don't face Drew Rasmussen or Adrian Houser (their 2 best starters) in a 4 game series. Matchups are as follows:

G1: Yesavage vs Bullpen Day

G2: Berrios vs Pepiot

G3: Gausman vs Seymour

G4: Bassitt vs Baz

They are also limiting Pepiot's innings, so unless he's ridiculously efficient he probably doesn't go more than five.

[Terminator]

Good morning Jays Centre ☀️

How is everyone feeling today? 

[Barrelsandbombs]

38 minutes ago, Terminator said:

Good morning Jays Centre ☀️

How is everyone feeling today? 

 

[Omar]

Any updates on Bichette? Timelines, progress, etc.

 

[Terminator]

41 minutes ago, Barrelsandbombs said:

 

Morning ruined

[glory]

51 minutes ago, Barrelsandbombs said:

 

Gimenez playing SS did seem a bit strange this late in the season if Bo was going to come back soon. If he's out for a while and it bleeds into the post season, then that's not good. Tony Taters coming back and being effective is even more important now if that's the case. 

[Stangstag]

15 minutes ago, Terminator said:

Morning ruined

Yeah that does not seem like good news

[Stangstag]

A good lesson on why you should slide Spikes first. The home plate collision/blocking rule was literally invented to prevent injuries like this.

[Stangstag]

Also it would REALLY suck if that was Bo's final game as a Blue Jay.

[Terminator]

9 minutes ago, glory said:

Gimenez playing SS did seem a bit strange this late in the season if Bo was going to come back soon. If he's out for a while and it bleeds into the post season, then that's not good. Tony Taters coming back and being effective is even more important now if that's the case. 

Yeah this isn't sounding good.

• Schneider not putting a timetable on when Bo might resume baseball activities
• Gimenez moving over to SS 
• IKF quote: 

• • “We’re going to try and get the job done for him, give him a chance to get healthy and hopefully we’re playing long enough where he can try and make a comeback late in the postseason. But at the same time, you know, next man up.”

Is Bo cooked?

[Laika]

Massive upgrade for team defense and speed, bros 

[glory]

Team defense is definitely going to improve with Gimenez at SS and Clement at 2B. Barger and Lukes rate better this season at 3B and RF respectively than they do in RF and LF, so defensively it's probably a significant improvement. The bat is going to be sorely missed though. Santander coming back and being a threat will compensate for that somewhat, but Bichette had a 133 wRC+ before he got hurt. Tied for 17th in MLB with Bryce Harper. You're not replacing that. Have to hope one or both of Gimenez/Clement get some BABIP luck now and into October. 

[Big_Walleye]

19 minutes ago, Terminator said:

Yeah this isn't sounding good.

• Schneider not putting a timetable on when Bo might resume baseball activities
• Gimenez moving over to SS 
• IKF quote: 
•  

Is Bo cooked?

IKF shouldn't be commenting on:

1 - the post-season when they haven't clinched anything yet.

2 - anything to do with Bo's availability when the team hasn't said much officially yet.

He should have kept his mouth shut!

[Jesusindashed]

Losing Bo for longer would be a massive blow ffs injuries are s***

[Jays24]

1 hour ago, glory said:

Gimenez playing SS did seem a bit strange this late in the season if Bo was going to come back soon. If he's out for a while and it bleeds into the post season, then that's not good. Tony Taters coming back and being effective is even more important now if that's the case. 

Now it also makes sense why the team hasn't been pinch hitting for Gimenez lately.  Theyre going to have to rely on him in the playoffs regardless so he's getting reps against lefties.  

The decision to let Bo play after the injury will get railed on if he misses any playoff games. 

[Laika]

maybe Bo is just day to day and IKF is trying some kind of manifest destiny / visualization exercise about more playing time 

[Omar]

The bye becomes even more important if it means extra recovery time for Bo to be ready. Bo has until October 4 if all goes according to plan. Plenty of time. No need to worry. 

[Jays24]

Getting ready to see the following lineup potentially.  Team upgrades their SS defense while downgrading their corner OF defense.  

LF Springer

DH Bo

1B Vladdy

3B Barger

C Kirk

CF Varsho

RF Santandar

2B Clement

SS Gimenez

[Laika]

It would be pretty jarring to go from a defensive OF that has been good/elite on the season to one with George and Tony on the corners, lol. 

I guess the downgrade is completely offset by the massive SS upgrade though. And Straw can come in to help hold leads down. 

[GoBlue41]

2 hours ago, Terminator said:

Morning ruined

[Brownie19]

And here I thought Bo was just a huge p*ssy.  If true, this is devastating news.

[Masterbather]

4 hours ago, Barrelsandbombs said:

 

Okay, he might actually be really hurt.

 

[keggy]

The press needs to ask why they didn't pull Bichette after his injury and a 2 hour rain delay. The next day they incorrectly said it was a bruised shin and not his knee. Not a good look at all for the staff.

[infinitebook]

3 hours ago, Jays24 said:

Getting ready to see the following lineup potentially.  Team upgrades their SS defense while downgrading their corner OF defense.  

LF Springer

DH Bo

1B Vladdy

3B Barger

C Kirk

CF Varsho

RF Santandar

2B Clement

SS Gimenez

World Series game 1 lineup. Although my crystal ball has Barger and Bo flipped. 

[Jays24]

39 minutes ago, infinitebook said:

World Series game 1 lineup. Although my crystal ball has Barger and Bo flipped. 

Ya the Jays have tried really hard to fit a lefty into the 2nd spot but aside from Lukes, no one's done well there.  Barger has looked better in the 4/5 spot while Varsho has looked better in the 5/6 spot. 

I think they'll just go with their best hitters at the very top if no one runs away until the end of the year.  

[max silver]

43 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

Ya the Jays have tried really hard to fit a lefty into the 2nd spot but aside from Lukes, no one's done well there.  Barger has looked better in the 4/5 spot while Varsho has looked better in the 5/6 spot. 

I think they'll just go with their best hitters at the very top if no one runs away until the end of the year.  

If Santander can manage to get his left and right handed swings up to par before the end of the season he could be a candidate to hit 2nd. 

[G-Snarls]

 

 

[G-Snarls]

As expected 

[Ryu In My House]

Bo is getting a second opinion with a specialist regarding his knee sprain - the results will determine the length of his IL stint. Blair and Barker say this is not good news.

[G-Snarls]

Plesee just tell me he doesn't need surgery