General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2025)

[Jays24]

Its true that Bo got caught in between but its also true that hes become too unathletic to adjust to those situations.  That was a pathetic slide, let alone from a guy who plays SS, period.  

[Anal Hershiser]

We can cry about rule changes. Our position may waver based on whether our precious Bo is the runner or if it's their bitch baserunner, but in all honesty Bo was out by a mile

[Masterbather]

2 minutes ago, Anal Hershiser said:

We can cry about rule changes. Our position may waver based on whether our precious Bo is the runner or if it's their bitch baserunner, but in all honesty Bo was out by a mile

And here I thought my username had innuendo 😂

[Brownie19]

12 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

Its true that Bo got caught in between but its also true that hes become too unathletic to adjust to those situations.  That was a pathetic slide, let alone from a guy who plays SS, period.  

That is such nonsense man.  What is he supposed to do here?  I don't want him extending one of his legs to get into a standard leg first slide - that exposes him to a higher injury risk.  I guess in hindsight, some type of hook slide might have been the way to go - but that decision needed to be made much earlier.  You're just sh*tting on him for the sake of sh*tting on him IMO.  He had nowhere to go and ended up with a freak injury because Wells is allowed to block the plate with his shinpads, which is BS.

[Jonn]

I still think if Bo slides head first he’s both safe and not hurt.

[Anal Hershiser]

I personally liked catchers and middle infielders getting blown up, that's just my caveman sensibilities. I realize in retrospect is was kinda stupid. Catchers being able to black home without the ball is dumn

 

However, catchers not being able to block home once they've received the ball is silly too. I can only see this attitude if someone temperamentally favours baserunners or agility and cunning over strength. Couldn't be me

[Brownie19]

1 minute ago, Jonn said:

I still think if Bo slides head first he’s both safe and not hurt.

This isn't even remotely true - go watch it again

https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/video/bo-bichette-leaves-game-with-injury

[Anal Hershiser]

1 minute ago, Brownie19 said:

That is such nonsense man.  What is he supposed to do here?  I don't want him extending one of his legs to get into a standard leg first slide - that exposes him to a higher injury risk.  I guess in hindsight, some type of hook slide might have been the way to go - but that decision needed to be made much earlier.  You're just sh*tting on him for the sake of sh*tting on him IMO.  He had nowhere to go and ended up with a freak injury because Wells is allowed to block the plate with his shinpads, which is BS.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/mFgQsrU.png[/img]

 

I'm not s***ing on him. Not sure what he should have done either. I wanted him to score but he was out. Wells did nothing wrong and I have no desire to alter the rule further. Run faster?

[Jays24]

3 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

That is such nonsense man.  What is he supposed to do here?  I don't want him extending one of his legs to get into a standard leg first slide - that exposes him to a higher injury risk.  I guess in hindsight, some type of hook slide might have been the way to go - but that decision needed to be made much earlier.  You're just sh*tting on him for the sake of sh*tting on him IMO.  He had nowhere to go and ended up with a freak injury because Wells is allowed to block the plate with his shinpads, which is BS.

How many guys slide the way he did into home and how many injuries have you seen happen at home plate since theyve gone to the new rules?  Is it news to that a catcher wears equipment so you try to avoid him with any other method than just what he did?  Come on man

[Jonn]

1 minute ago, Brownie19 said:

This isn't even remotely true - go watch it again

https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/video/bo-bichette-leaves-game-with-injury

Legit see an opportunity to sneak his hand pass the catcher. He took all his ability to maneuver by sliding feet first which you never do at home plate ever. The throw beat him but he slid feet first directly into the Catcher that never gave him a chance.

[max silver]

23 hours ago, Masterbather said:

Maybe. Nobody here really knows for sure.

I do firmly believe his father is in his ear making sure to give him Sage advice as a former major leaguer. Making sure he keeps perspective on what's best for him and his future as he heads into free agency. There's no structural damage apparently, no need for surgery, but playing through pain is risky, you could end up hurting yourself worse by favouring the knee with that pain.

There's no way free agency is not playing on his mind. That's all I'm saying.

Still continuing on with the outright Bo slander I see. What did Bo ever do to even warrant this kind of suspicion? I challenge you to provide even the faintest shred of evidence that Bo deserves the hate and disrespect you've been throwing his way. This is a guy who needs to be dragged out of the lineup against his wishes when he's healthy enough to play so you can rest assured that this is a team decision to keep him out of the lineup to allow the knee to heal sufficiently so he at least has two healthy'ish legs beneath him. I don't think he'll have enough time to get to 100% before his activation but Bo with one healthy leg would be a shadow of his usual self at the plate. 

 

[Brownie19]

55 minutes ago, Jonn said:

Legit see an opportunity to sneak his hand pass the catcher. He took all his ability to maneuver by sliding feet first which you never do at home plate ever. The throw beat him but he slid feet first directly into the Catcher that never gave him a chance.

[Masterbather]

18 minutes ago, max silver said:

Still continuing on with the outright Bo slander I see. What did Bo ever do to even warrant this kind of suspicion? I challenge you to provide even the faintest shred of evidence that Bo deserves the hate and disrespect you've been throwing his way. This is a guy who needs to be dragged out of the lineup against his wishes when he's healthy enough to play so you can rest assured that this is a team decision to keep him out of the lineup to allow the knee to heal sufficiently so he at least has two healthy'ish legs beneath him. I don't think he'll have enough time to get to 100% before his activation but Bo with one healthy leg would be a shadow of his usual self at the plate. 

 

I remember when Adrian Beltre played through a bad back in the ALDS, even continued to play the field in obvious discomfort. Also was playing with a torn thumb ligament. That's my type of guy. Ernie playing with a broken bone too. My dude right there. If this injury was bad enough to cause real instability in his knee, I don't think he would be day to day. I think his season would be done. It would be malpractice otherwise. I think he's dealing with pain and discomfort mostly.

I also don't think I'm off base to suggest that pending free agency is a factor. I think it's unrealistic to expect that this doesn't play a role. I think having a father who's a former big leaguer also plays a role in him putting himself first. 

 

[Jonn]

4 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

You can disagree with me on him being safe. But we see that play every week with players sliding head first around catchers with routine success. He doesn’t get hurt that’s for sure

[Stangstag]

1 hour ago, Jays24 said:

Its true that Bo got caught in between but its also true that hes become too unathletic to adjust to those situations.  That was a pathetic slide, let alone from a guy who plays SS, period.  

Calling Bo unathletic is wild.

[Stangstag]

1 hour ago, Jonn said:

I still think if Bo slides head first he’s both safe and not hurt.

Potential concussion. The correct play there IMO is sliding cleats up

[Jays24]

1 minute ago, Stangstag said:

Calling Bo unathletic is wild.

I said he's "become too unathletic" which means he obviously still has some athleticism in him but its disappearing before our eyes.  He went from 25 SBs in 2021 to having 14 SBs in the past 3 years combined. 

Then you see his diminished range at SS and overall speed, its easy to see why I made that comment.  He is one of the worst defensive/least athletic SS's in baseball.  

I still love him and hope hes back as our 2B going forward.  You cant teach his hitting tools.  

[max silver]

55 minutes ago, Masterbather said:

I remember when Adrian Beltre played through a bad back in the ALDS, even continued to play the field in obvious discomfort. Also was playing with a torn thumb ligament. That's my type of guy. Ernie playing with a broken bone too. My dude right there. If this injury was bad enough to cause real instability in his knee, I don't think he would be day to day. I think his season would be done. It would be malpractice otherwise. I think he's dealing with pain and discomfort mostly.

I also don't think I'm off base to suggest that pending free agency is a factor. I think it's unrealistic to expect that this doesn't play a role. I think having a father who's a former big leaguer also plays a role in him putting himself first. 

 

Are you still trying to claim that Bo isn't actually injured? What are you basing this on? I recall perfectly well that you directly stated that Bo was a pussy and didn't have more than a bruise, but despite Bo missing the last 3 weeks at the most important part of the season with a strained knee ligament you are still on this brainless crusade about how it's a giant nothing burger. Bo is on the injured list and hasn't been cleared to start a running progression or hitting at full speed. I don't get how you believe that Bo would be effective at the plate or in the field/on the bases with an injured knee, that's just astronomically dumb. A normal human being would lament the fact that Bo got injured in September in an unfortunate accident at home plate, but a tin foil hatted dipshit such as yourself would call the player selfish and pretending to be hurt. 

[Brownie19]

1 hour ago, Masterbather said:

I remember when Adrian Beltre played through a bad back in the ALDS, even continued to play the field in obvious discomfort. Also was playing with a torn thumb ligament. That's my type of guy. Ernie playing with a broken bone too. My dude right there. If this injury was bad enough to cause real instability in his knee, I don't think he would be day to day. I think his season would be done. It would be malpractice otherwise. I think he's dealing with pain and discomfort mostly.

I also don't think I'm off base to suggest that pending free agency is a factor. I think it's unrealistic to expect that this doesn't play a role. I think having a father who's a former big leaguer also plays a role in him putting himself first. 

 

Did Bo f*ck your mom or wife?   This is such a f*cked up take.  You should stop.

[max silver]

6 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

Did Bo f*ck your mom or wife?   This is such a f*cked up take.  You should stop.

I don't get it either. From what I can see Bo Bichette has been a warrior for the Blue Jays who has outright refused to take team mandated days off, but instead of acknowledging this fact this idiot has doubled down on the worst post of the year candidate. He's acting like Dante Bichette is somehow a puppetmaster behind the scenes telling the Blue Jays medical staff that they aren't allowed to clear Bo to play and acting like a strained knee ligament is a fake injury that a major league should play through so that the outright dregs of society don't question his manhood.

[Masterbather]

14 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

Did Bo f*ck your mom or wife?   This is such a f*cked up take.  You should stop.

It's my opinion man. I don't think it's particularly f***ed up. But to each their own.

[Masterbather]

6 minutes ago, max silver said:

I don't get it either. From what I can see Bo Bichette has been a warrior for the Blue Jays who has outright refused to take team mandated days off, but instead of acknowledging this fact this idiot has doubled down on the worst post of the year candidate. He's acting like Dante Bichette is somehow a puppetmaster behind the scenes telling the Blue Jays medical staff that they aren't allowed to clear Bo to play and acting like a strained knee ligament is a fake injury that a major league should play through so that the outright dregs of society don't question his manhood.

I never suggested Dante was talking to the Blue Jays medical staff. You just made that up.

[Jonn]

Agreed not a fan of the Bo allegations. Yes he's going to look to get paid this off-season and nothing wrong with that. But Bo has always given us his best effort. He's just run into some bad luck.

[max silver]

1 minute ago, Masterbather said:

I never suggested Dante was talking to the Blue Jays medical staff. You just made that up.

That's a pretty small step from the tinfoil hat conspiracies and outright hateful nonsense that you've been posting about Bo. 

[max silver]

9 minutes ago, Masterbather said:

It's my opinion man. I don't think it's particularly f***ed up. But to each their own.

It's completely f***ed up to post defamatory statements about Blue Jays players on a Blue Jays message board. The stuff you are posting is straight up libel but it's apparent that you have no bounds with the false accusations you'll peddle online. I'd expect that you would a little more cautious after the outright Yankees worship you've been peddling on this forum in recent weeks but that would require a normally functioning brain and not whatever it is that's bouncing around in your skull.

[zjays]

Here are my cell phone videos of today's intrasquad game if anyone is interested (link should take you to a playlist with a video for each half inning):

 

[Omar]

9 minutes ago, zjays said:

Here are my cell phone videos of today's intrasquad game if anyone is interested (link should take you to a playlist with a video for each half inning):

 

Hoffman looked like he couldn't find the plate. 

[Stangstag]

1 hour ago, Omar said:

Hoffman looked like he couldn't find the plate. 

Imagine Hoffman hit someone on the hand and did some damage and an IL stint. Dude would never live that down.

[Jays24]

42 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

Imagine Hoffman hit someone on the hand and did some damage and an IL stint. Dude would never live that down.

On the other hand, if someone hit Hoffman...

I joke lol

[mphenhef]

15 hours ago, Masterbather said:

If you want to argue that having the armour on makes catchers a little braver to do this type of thing, yeah I'll give you that. 

I'm still okay with it though, as long as the defensive player has the ball I think they should have the right to go wherever they want with it, as long as you lead with the glove. I would not be in favour of the catcher leaning in with a shoulder and then with the glove or something stupid like that. 

That's just it.  If a SS or 2B did this, they are getting spiked on the slide.