General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2025)

[Omar]

 

 

[Eat My Shatkins]

It's crazy. Nobody even flinches at a bat flip any more.

10 years ago the tears were flowing out of Texas with Joey Bats bat flip heard round the world.

[G-Snarls]

It's been said in the game day threads a few times but it's worth emphasizing...

Thank f*** they didn't trade Trey Yesavage at the deadline 

There wasn't a single player available who would have been worth having instead of him right now

[Jonn]

1 hour ago, Eat My Shatkins said:

It's crazy. Nobody even flinches at a bat flip any more.

10 years ago the tears were flowing out of Texas with Joey Bats bat flip heard round the world.

A lot of the miserable old farts are out of the game and the younger generation that was bat flipping in High School are now the Stars of the game. Baseball is more fun when you enjoy big moments. I mean from time to time you're going to see some hurt feelings. More on slow Homerun trots over bat flips though. 

[Masterbather]

16 minutes ago, Jonn said:

A lot of the miserable old farts are out of the game and the younger generation that was bat flipping in High School are now the Stars of the game. Baseball is more fun when you enjoy big moments. I mean from time to time you're going to see some hurt feelings. More on slow Homerun trots over bat flips though. 

I don't mind seeing emotion on big moments but the home run celebrations in the dugout that we see these days and the bravado for stupid things like drawing a walk, I have no time for any of that.

I still like the idea of acting like you've done it before, I think it's a lot colder and more awesome honestly.

[John_Havok]

3 hours ago, G-Snarls said:

It's been said in the game day threads a few times but it's worth emphasizing...

Thank f*** they didn't trade Trey Yesavage at the deadline 

There wasn't a single player available who would have been worth having instead of him right now

Why did anyone even think he was going to get traded? There was literally 0 rumors or chatter of him being talked about in any trade discussions

[G-Snarls]

11 minutes ago, John_Havok said:

Why did anyone even think he was going to get traded? There was literally 0 rumors or chatter of him being talked about in any trade discussions

Just this story that intimated they would have considered trading anyone for the right player. 

https://jayscentre.com/forums/topic/97886-report-blue-jays-were-“open”-to-including-top-prospects-in-deadline-deals/

 

A trade involving Nimmala or Yesavage seemed very unlikely.  But not impossible. 

[John_Havok]

27 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

Just this story that intimated they would have considered trading anyone for the right player. 

https://jayscentre.com/forums/topic/97886-report-blue-jays-were-“open”-to-including-top-prospects-in-deadline-deals/

 

A trade involving Nimmala or Yesavage seemed very unlikely.  But not impossible. 

Sure, but thats every trade deadline for any team looking at the playoffs. Nobody is ever truly untouchable and you always listen with an open mind, whether you truly have one or not. 

All those quotes around the deadline w are just the cliches of the GM world akin to players and their "just give it 110%" and "gotta take it one game at a time" 

[John_Havok]

When do the ROY for 2026 betting lines open? Might be a decent time to start sprinkling some units on a certain Jays pitcher

[Terminator]

 

Me on my way to my Yankee fan coworker’s office this morning to ask him how his weekend went 

[Stangstag]

12 hours ago, G-Snarls said:

It's been said in the game day threads a few times but it's worth emphasizing...

Thank f*** they didn't trade Trey Yesavage at the deadline 

There wasn't a single player available who would have been worth having instead of him right now

I was 100% on board with trading him for someone like Joe Ryan at the deadline. Thats an impact arm we would have had for 2+ months plus beyond this season. You never know what you’ll get with prospects.

Obviously this worked out for us

[max silver]

1 hour ago, Stangstag said:

I was 100% on board with trading him for someone like Joe Ryan at the deadline. Thats an impact arm we would have had for 2+ months plus beyond this season. You never know what you’ll get with prospects.

Obviously this worked out for us

I wouldn't have traded Yesavage for anyone that was actually available, I think it's just too important for this run of contention to be sustainable for the team to finally start developing some cost controlled starters as the rotation has generally been eating up half of the available budget. If you were able to utilize Yesavage as part of a massive package to snag a guy like Skenes for instance then it would have been see you Trey but I just didn't see any realistic scenarios where it made sense to move a guy with his upside.

[hanton]

You all good with the Yesavage promotion to the majors?  

[G-Snarls]

Wonder when ALCS tickets will go on sale?

Looking to buy "if needed" tickets for games 1 and 2. Fingers crossed. 

Anyone with inside scoops please feel free to DM me :)

 

[mphenhef]

15 hours ago, Eat My Shatkins said:

It's crazy. Nobody even flinches at a bat flip any more.

10 years ago the tears were flowing out of Texas with Joey Bats bat flip heard round the world.

I think part of that 10 years ago was the pure disrespect of Joey Bats flip where he was staring down the pitcher.   Vlad's was a flip but didn't come off nearly as much as trying to show up the other team.  Note, I am in the pro Batflip camp.

[G-Snarls]

31 minutes ago, mphenhef said:

I think part of that 10 years ago was the pure disrespect of Joey Bats flip where he was staring down the pitcher.   Vlad's was a flip but didn't come off nearly as much as trying to show up the other team.  Note, I am in the pro Batflip camp.

1981 Reggie Jackson hit a home off John Denny.  There was some s*** before the PA.  After hitting a bomb to RF he dropped his bat, started the pitcher down for a while, rounded the bases and then ran out to fight him.  These bat flips ain't s***.

 

[Stangstag]

39 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

Wonder when ALCS tickets will go on sale?

Looking to buy "if needed" tickets for games 1 and 2. Fingers crossed. 

Anyone with inside scoops please feel free to DM me :)

 

Im pretty sure they are holding out until the round is actually confirmed. Right now they are giving access to anyone that buys season or quarter season packs.

im assuming they will try to squeeze out as many as possible before letting them go on sale to the general pop.

[Spanky__99]

1 hour ago, hanton said:

You all good with the Yesavage promotion to the majors?  

Did someone not want to see him up? I was hoping the day after the 15th of August, then before the deadline to add him to the 40, and here we are.

[hanton]

3 minutes ago, Spanky__99 said:

Did someone not want to see him up? I was hoping the day after the 15th of August, then before the deadline to add him to the 40, and here we are.

I remember some conversation we had on here regarding promoting him; because I specifically stated about how teams should challenge a player (by a promotion etc) especially a top prospect and especially when he dominates from level to level.  

[Spanky__99]

1 hour ago, mphenhef said:

I think part of that 10 years ago was the pure disrespect of Joey Bats flip where he was staring down the pitcher.   Vlad's was a flip but didn't come off nearly as much as trying to show up the other team.  Note, I am in the pro Batflip camp.

That series was intense, man, lol. The batflip was magical, same as EE in '16 walking it off. Yet really the biggest dingers ever were Alomar in the LCS against Eck, and then Carter off wild thing, lol

 

[Spanky__99]

3 minutes ago, hanton said:

I remember some conversation we had on here regarding promoting him; because I specifically stated about how teams should challenge a player (by a promotion etc) especially a top prospect and especially when he dominates from level to level.  

I can't recall many with that train of thought, other than I said, IDK. Receipts man? Or you're speaking out of context here.

[Orgfiller]

On 10/3/2025 at 1:51 PM, Laika said:

Luis Gil over Will Warren is questionable 

Warren 162 innings, 4.07 FIP, 100 Stuff+ and Location+
Gil 57 innings, 4.62 FIP, ugly K and BB rates, 100 Stuff+ 93 Location+ 

Are they scared of throwing WW because Toronto dunked 8 runs on him that one time? 

Gil faced Toronto and only had 1 K in 6 innings. Avoided runs but didn't get whiffs. 

Turns out they both suck and this lineup is too good.

[Laika]

10 minutes ago, Orgfiller said:

Turns out they both suck and this lineup is too good.

Legit should have went old school and started Yarbrough 

Probably would have received 5 innings, 3 or 4 runs.

[hanton]

27 minutes ago, Spanky__99 said:

I can't recall many with that train of thought, other than I said, IDK. Receipts man? Or you're speaking out of context here.

it's fine - I don't do that (ask for receipts).  tongue in cheek.

[Stangstag]

19 minutes ago, Laika said:

Legit should have went old school and started Yarbrough 

Probably would have received 5 innings, 3 or 4 runs.

Yarbrough would have been great for them to have on the roster for either of these first 2 games lol. Would’ve kept things a lot close

[Terminator]

Should have taken Yarbrough over Blackburn, if nothing more than they needed another lefty in the pen.

The Jays have tons of lefty bats and the only lefty in the Yankees bullpen is Tim Hill who is mid.

Luke Weaver has reverse splits so they rely on him against lefties but he sucks.

But I suppose it's more of a roster construction issue more than anything. They traded for a bunch of relievers but none of them were lefties.

 

 

[infinitebook]

2 hours ago, Terminator said:

Should have taken Yarbrough over Blackburn, if nothing more than they needed another lefty in the pen.

The Jays have tons of lefty bats and the only lefty in the Yankees bullpen is Tim Hill who is mid.

Luke Weaver has reverse splits so they rely on him against lefties but he sucks.

But I suppose it's more of a roster construction issue more than anything. They traded for a bunch of relievers but none of them were lefties.

 

 

I like that their motto for this playoffs is "built for fall" and is on all their clothing. The Yankees are a dangerous team, but they in many ways are not built for fall haha

[Eat My Shatkins]

12 minutes ago, infinitebook said:

I like that their motto for this playoffs is "built for fall" and is on all their clothing. The Yankees are a dangerous team, but they in many ways are not built for fall haha

Built TO fall

[Brownie19]

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[SeranthonySantander]

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