[ALDS GM 4] Blue Jays (Varland) vs Yankees (Schlittler): 10/8/25, 7:08pm

[thatoneguy]

Vlad did literally everything well in that series (offensively, baserunning, defensively making smart plays, being a leader) and earned his keep, hats off to him.

[Rynodb1]

I got lost in the sauce of celebration but I'm a little drunk and came back to say lets f***ing go! Onto the ALCS!

[thatoneguy]

I really really love that it was Chisholm's error that f*cked them in the end.

[Jonn]

Only team to advance tonight! Credit to the Phillies for battling in LA. That series looked done.

[Laika]

Brock picked a good year to buy the message board lolllll

[John_Havok]

1 hour ago, Angrioter said:

What a day........ Amo este equipo y a cada miembro de este foto 

 

I'm f***ing crying right now. Jays fans since 1900

I knew you were old, but DAMN

[GoBlue41]

30 minutes ago, thatoneguy said:

Vlad did literally everything well in that series (offensively, baserunning, defensively making smart plays, being a leader) and earned his keep, hats off to him.

Vlad looks so confident on defense. Very underrated on the defensive side of things. Hats off to him and all the work he has put in to be a well rounded player! 

[Spanky__99]

1 hour ago, Pinkfloid said:

Anyone have that Blue Jays s***ing on the yankees pic? Way to go Jays!!!

This one?

[ComeTogether]

 

 

[Jimcanuck]

Should we credit to some degree the player performance group for Lukes, Barger, Schneider and others that took it up a notch?

[G-Snarls]

[ComeTogether]

Now I find out why they did it twice

 

 

 

[Stangstag]

Me browsing the Yankees message boards rn

[Terminator]

13 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

Me browsing the Yankees message boards rn

Lol I can't stop either

[Eat My Shatkins]

Feels pretty good for a guy who ate a lot of s*** on here for being a Shatkins booster who said they built a pretty good team that was inexplicably underperforming.

 

Nice to see it all coming together with Alphatkins still sitting in the big chair.

[thatoneguy]

Pedro's got our (particularly Vlad's) backs too lol.

[Landry_25]

First time poster, lingered for many a years! What a fun run, I’m enjoying this even more than the 2015-2016 teams so far! I kind of figured this would go reverse to the jays/royals series of 2015 (where I figured jays would out defense, out small ball and luck the Yankees) but damn to demolish them that badly was a nice surprise!!

Alcs im torn on. Seattle would be more of an at home vibe im sure, but selfishly from Nova Scotia, games starting at 11pm in Seattle would be s***** lmao. Either way enjoy the ride folks!!

[Kordesi]

Sorry I missed all the action here during the game. I crashed and burned early being so nervous!  Amazing performance by the Jays!  Big congrats to all the guys on here especially the old timers who have been invested for so long on this team and been through all the ups and downs!  Let’s go to the World Series now!

[jaysblue]

Who would you folks rather play? Seattle or Detroit?

[mphenhef]

28 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

Who would you folks rather play? Seattle or Detroit?

That's a tough call to me.  I think Detroit, especially knowing Skubal is down until late in the series.   Seattle scares me a bit but at the end of the day, to win the World Series they will need to beat a team better than Seattle anyway.

[GoBlue41]

41 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

Who would you folks rather play? Seattle or Detroit?

Detroit for me! I live in the Pacific Northwest, so it's all Mariners all the time around here and I'm kind of done with it!! I think the Mariners are a better team, so even though I wouldn't be able to travel and see a game live as easily, I'm rooting for the Tigers! 

[Stangstag]

2 hours ago, Landry_25 said:

First time poster, lingered for many a years! What a fun run, I’m enjoying this even more than the 2015-2016 teams so far! I kind of figured this would go reverse to the jays/royals series of 2015 (where I figured jays would out defense, out small ball and luck the Yankees) but damn to demolish them that badly was a nice surprise!!

Alcs im torn on. Seattle would be more of an at home vibe im sure, but selfishly from Nova Scotia, games starting at 11pm in Seattle would be s***** lmao. Either way enjoy the ride folks!!

Just FYI if they played Seattle the games wouldn’t be starting at 7pm local time.

even in the WS, the Dodgers were getting 5pm starts which was 8pm EST. So nothing to worry about there!

[Olerud363.354]

8 hours ago, Jimcanuck said:

Should we credit to some degree the player performance group for Lukes, Barger, Schneider and others that took it up a notch?

Absolutely.  For a few few years I mocked the high a.k.a. "low" performance team when everyone was underperforming.   Now you have Clement, Barger, Lukes, Schneider and Straw at 10 fWAR basically for 3 positions.    Heineman too.  So the development of mostly older relatively unheralded guys has been incredible.

Rejuvination of Springer incredible too.  Lot's of good stories on the pitching side too.  

[Olerud363.354]

2 hours ago, jaysblue said:

Who would you folks rather play? Seattle or Detroit?

The great Aaron Boone said recently don't root for other teams because you might be rooting for the wrong thing.  So no idea really.  Detroit seems an easier matchup, but who knows.  

Interestingly Seattle has a tick below average pitching I think and close to Yankees level offense if adjusting for park.  They play in the best pitchers park in the AL which makes their hitters look much worse

I just checked out J-Rod and Raleigh's lifetime home/road stats.  Mind blowing.  Your dealing with two first ballot hall of famers that are getting screwed by their park.   

First Julio

Now check out Raleigh

Or check out Luis Castillo 2025 home road... Castillo is actually Berrios but know one knows it...

[Governator]

1 hour ago, GoBlue41 said:

Detroit for me! I live in the Pacific Northwest, so it's all Mariners all the time around here and I'm kind of done with it!! I think the Mariners are a better team, so even though I wouldn't be able to travel and see a game live as easily, I'm rooting for the Tigers! 

Then you should hope for the Mariners then go to a game and do us all proud.

[SeranthonySantander]

Is it time to move on from Boone?

[BatFlip]

7 hours ago, Eat My Shatkins said:

Feels pretty good for a guy who ate a lot of s*** on here for being a Shatkins booster who said they built a pretty good team that was inexplicably underperforming.

 

Nice to see it all coming together with Alphatkins still sitting in the big chair.

Hell yeah!  You were another voice of reason this season. 

There are a lot of negative nancys who complained about this team all the way up to last night and would throw in the towel at the slightest hint of adversity.  This should be extra sweet for you my man!

 

 

[AMS528]

24 minutes ago, Olerud363.354 said:

The great Aaron Boone said recently don't root for other teams because you might be rooting for the wrong thing.  So no idea really.  Detroit seems an easier matchup, but who knows.  

Interestingly Seattle has a tick below average pitching I think and close to Yankees level offense if adjusting for park.  They play in the best pitchers park in the AL which makes their hitters look much worse

I just checked out J-Rod and Raleigh's lifetime home/road stats.  Mind blowing.  Your dealing with two first ballot hall of famers that are getting screwed by their park.   

First Julio

Now check out Raleigh

Or check out Luis Castillo 2025 home road... Castillo is actually Berrios but know one knows it...

I posted a thread on reddit a month ago about Julio. Basically saying listen this guy is a 7 WAR player stuck in a stadium that is killing him. It's Beltre all over again. 

[Governator]

19 minutes ago, SeranthonySantander said:

Is it time to move on from Boone?

 

Time to find a new hitting coach after lessons from the Jays.  On that note, David Popkins should get a performance bonus.

[Olerud363.354]

17 minutes ago, Governator said:

Time to find a new hitting coach after lessons from the Jays.  On that note, David Popkins should get a performance bonus.

Wasn't too long ago, maybe even 3 weeks ago that the narrative was that hitting for average and contact wouldn't work in the 2020s during the season because of the shift and wouldn't work in the playoffs because it's too hard to string 3 hits together.  

Last night no homers and strung together multiple hits with other contact (sac fly, the Chisholm error).    Then several other multi-run rallies without homers in game 1, 2, and 3.

That being said Jays hit for good power in the series too, and no one way is ever better than another for same amount of runs scored.   Like if you consider an 800 run offense one built on a .265 average and contact, and another on 250 homers both will be as good in the playoffs.

Just go back to 2021 Atlanta Braves.  Same runs scored in regular season as 2025 Jays.  Won world series with Adam Duvall and Joc Pederson and Darby Swanson (Freddie Freeman too) forming a .245 240 homer team.