Braves (Holmes) vs Blue Jays (Lucas): 4/14/25, 7:07pm

[Spanky99]

On 1/17/2025 at 11:58 AM, Jays24 said:

Wow... if Sasaki doesn't sign here then this is going to be worse than the 2024 off-season.  A team on a budget crunch using money to spend on a scrub who can be filled with from AAA. 

 

On 1/17/2025 at 12:09 PM, Jays24 said:

We've reached the point that Sasaki HAS to sign or there's no way to spin this ********.  We got this scrub taking up our budget to fill up holes we desperately need to fill...

 

33 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

Just remember who was on the Myles Straw bandwagon first lol

Yup, you sure were... 🤔🙄🤡

[Jays24]

8 minutes ago, Spanky99 said:

 

 

Yup, you sure were... 🤔🙄🤡

Haha now show the posts since opening day where I've been calling him to be our starter you fool.

I understand you won't have an opinion until fangraphs tells you what to think lol. 

[Stangstag]

59 minutes ago, Terminator said:

Well I do own Holmes in every fantasy league I have.

Former Top prospect who has dealt with tons of injuries but seemingly got healthy last year and showed that he might be ready for a breakout year.

In addition, we did tag him for some hard contact but none of it dropped. I think we had at least 8 balls with an xBA of .450 or higher that were outs

 

That’s exactly why you gotta hit homeruns. Can’t be caught if its over the fence

[Terminator]

27 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

That’s exactly why you gotta hit homeruns. Can’t be caught if its over the fence

Yes sir today's game was a great example of that. They had 6 hits to our 5 but it was a laugher, largely because of their bombs with runners on base.

[Stangstag]

31 minutes ago, Terminator said:

Yes sir today's game was a great example of that. They had 6 hits to our 5 but it was a laugher, largely because of their bombs with runners on base.

The box scores over the past few weeks have been kinda embarrassing. Outhitting the opposition like 2 to 1, but barely scraping wins. 

Top 3 really gotta start hitting bombs, because right now it feels way too difficult to score runs.

[Laika]

Schwellenbach and Strider now 

Uhhh lol good luck bats

[jaysblue]

8 hours ago, Stangstag said:

That’s exactly why you gotta hit homeruns. Can’t be caught if its over the fence

100% agreed.

We saw last night how the HR was the difference for the Braves and changed the outlook of the game with just a couple of big swings.

Jays really need Vladdy, Santander and Bo to get going power wise. Embarrassing that there is only 1 HR combined between your top 3 hitters in the lineup. 

Gotta hope something changes internally with their approach and that this front office closer to the trade deadline addresses the lack of power in this lineup if this team is in the playoff hunt. 

[Brownie19]

2 hours ago, jaysblue said:

100% agreed.

We saw last night how the HR was the difference for the Braves and changed the outlook of the game with just a couple of big swings.

Jays really need Vladdy, Santander and Bo to get going power wise. Embarrassing that there is only 1 HR combined between your top 3 hitters in the lineup. 

Gotta hope something changes internally with their approach and that this front office closer to the trade deadline addresses the lack of power in this lineup if this team is in the playoff hunt. 

start firing coaches amirite?

[max silver]

13 hours ago, Terminator said:

Well I do own Holmes in every fantasy league I have.

Former Top prospect who has dealt with tons of injuries but seemingly got healthy last year and showed that he might be ready for a breakout year.

In addition, we did tag him for some hard contact but none of it dropped. I think we had at least 8 balls with an xBA of .450 or higher that were outs

 

This was a typical Blue Jays offensive game where the well hit fly balls were hit to the deepest part of the park.

[Terminator]

I think we are in a decent spot if the biggest concern is a lack of power from Bo, Vlad and Taters though. They'll start hitting homers, I guarantee it.

A lot of things are going pretty well.

• The bullpen might be stabilizing. Hoffman and Yimi are as good as any duo in MLB right now. Then even fringe guys like Barnes are showing signs of life. 
• Springer and Gimenez look like above average bats which helps the middle of the order.
• Heineman and Straw look like good bench players. Such SSS but Heineman looks to have made some changes. His EVs are drastically different.
• Rotation has been on fire, though Lucas taking a huge step back last night is concerning. Add Mad Max being completely cooked and the depth is going to be tested this season.
• Varsho is one of our best players and he's close to returning.

Anyway, Bo, Vlad and Taters will regress to the mean, the key will be to soften the regression from the good things happening above.