Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2026)

[Olerud363.354]

1 hour ago, Laika said:

Issa 85 win team 

It's an 83 win team according to fangraphs.  Yankees 91.

I think both were 88 to begin the season.    Jays are only 3 games back of Yankees so how is the projection costing them 8??  I think they were supposed to be a couple games ahead right now given easy schedule + the injuries.  

So they literally lost 8 projected games to the Yankees in 5 days.  

[Olerud363.354]

Good news is the other teams suck so Jays are 'projected' to sneak into playoffs with their 83 wins and could even host the Astros or Rangers in the Wild Card series.

That's projections so it probably won't work out like that.  Like 6 teams are projected to be 82-84 wins.  However in reality one or two of the 6 will got hot and win 88 so 83 won't be enough to host the wild card.  Maybe Jays be the one who wins 88?

Barger probably two torn meniscus but no doubt Eloy Jiminez can replace Barger if healthy (and so far healthy in Buffalo but probably will tear his two meniscus when he gets up game 2 at bat 3).

One of Bieber, Yesivage, Berrios returns?  Maybe...  maybe... or maybe they all need Tommy John.  Problem is if the season is cursed everything will go wrong.  Like if their is redundancy in a normal season the redundancy plays.  3/3 things don't wrong in normal season... but in a cursed season, which this very likely is, everything goes wrong.  Even there's only a 1% chance of 10 wrong things happening, they will go wrong in the cursed season. 

[Laika]

11 minutes ago, Olerud363.354 said:

It's an 83 win team according to fangraphs.  Yankees 91.

I think both were 88 to begin the season.    Jays are only 3 games back of Yankees so how is the projection costing them 8??  I think they were supposed to be a couple games ahead right now given easy schedule + the injuries.  

So they literally lost 8 projected games to the Yankees in 5 days.  

Kirk and Ponce losing playing time projection

If Kirk needs surgery they might actually be cooked. He's probably their best player 

[mphenhef]

22 minutes ago, Laika said:

It would explain the lack of power 

A surprising amount of power comes from the ankles 

On the bright side, you know how pitchers come back from Tommy John sometimes with more velocity.  He'll come back from ankle injuries with more power...WAY more power since it is both ankles.

[Laika]

Just now, mphenhef said:

On the bright side, you know how pitchers come back from Tommy John sometimes with more velocity.  He'll come back from ankle injuries with more power...WAY more power since it is both ankles.

He is young so it's very possible 

Like Yordan 

[Brownie19]

New video of Barger leaving Northwestern Memorial Hospital yesterday.

[Laika]

Addison Barker 

[glory]

2 hours ago, Laika said:

The nightmare continues 

Springer is broken again (this one was expected)

None of Varsho or Little or any other player's spring improvements were real 

Barger has a torn meniscus 

Lauer has mono 

Okamoto can't hit outside velo at all 

Clement is showing his flaws and will only get worse (age)

Heineman is a AAA player after all. Same for Lukes. 

Issa 85 win team 

I don't want to rehash the World Series last year (we've all struggled enough with that), but it really shows you that you have to take advantage of the "team of destiny" run when it happens. Like last year the Jays could have pinch hit IKF for Barger in the 9th inning with Mason Miller on the mound and it would have worked out. JS could have made decisions based on flipping a coin and it would have worked like 90% of the time. Then the following year the team looks (on paper) to be just as good if not deeper than that 2025 team and then players start getting hurt left and right within the first week of the season. There's still an eternity left in the season and I still expect the Jays to make it to the playoffs (as a WC team.....I think the Yankees might be legit with that pitching staff), but it just goes to show you how fleeting success could be sometimes, and how hard it is to win a title. 

[Jays24]

[R.O.]

 

[L54]

Brownie and Stang standing in full solidarity with Laika is hilarious after spending an entire weekend telling Jays24 he’s a troll for complaining and should move to Facebook

[Stangstag]

4 minutes ago, L54 said:

Brownie and Stang standing in full solidarity with Laika is hilarious after spending an entire weekend telling Jays24 he’s a troll for complaining and should move to Facebook

The difference is we know Laika is taking the piss, Jays24 is actually serious no matter how many “lol”s he uses

[Terminator]

Why is this guy 23 years old, throwing 97 mph, and not pitching in the NPB? Makes me think he's not very good?

[L54]

2 minutes ago, Terminator said:

Why is this guy 23 years old, throwing 97 mph, and not pitching in the NPB? Makes me think he's not very good?

Always good to be dipping into the Asian Indy ball market. Leaving no stone left unturned 

[L54]

But to be serious I had the same reaction. Probably spending the Leo Jimenez money 

[Jays24]

7 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

The difference is we know Laika is taking the piss, Jays24 is actually serious no matter how many “lol”s he uses

Lets be real, you guys have your "inner group" that can make the exact same comments without any backlash.  As soon as someone who isnt part of this inner group says anything, you guys swarm like vultures. 

If you actually think im serious for majority of my posts then thats on you.  I can laugh at myself and the team whereas you guys are incapable of laughing at the team no matter the situation lol.  

[Stangstag]

4 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

Lets be real, you guys have your "inner group" that can make the exact same comments without any backlash.  As soon as someone who isnt part of this inner group says anything, you guys swarm like vultures. 

If you actually think im serious for majority of my posts then thats on you.  I can laugh at myself and the team whereas you guys are incapable of laughing at the team no matter the situation lol.  

You’re creating some crazy land scenario in your head that just doesn’t exist. We all call each other out when it is warranted.

It just happens to be warranted in 90% of your posts. 

Rather than look in the mirror, you claim everyone else is crazy. Ok bro.

There is no “inner circle”

[Stangstag]

I call out spanky all the time for being an *******, he usually responds with some stupid gif or emoji, and name calling.

[Jays24]

6 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

You’re creating some crazy land scenario in your head that just doesn’t exist. We all call each other out when it is warranted.

It just happens to be warranted in 90% of your posts. 

Rather than look in the mirror, you claim everyone else is crazy. Ok bro.

There is no “inner circle”

I can agree with that... majority of my posts are calling things out for right or wrong.  My comment was more about you thinking im serious and never joking.  I posted a youtube video in the other thread where multiple people found funny and you were crying like a little ***** lol.  

[Stangstag]

7 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

I can agree with that... majority of my posts are calling things out for right or wrong.  My comment was more about you thinking im serious and never joking.  I posted a youtube video in the other thread where multiple people found funny and you were crying like a little ***** lol.  

[Jays24]

Just now, Stangstag said:

[Spanky__99]

[Terminator]

New rule: keep the sh1t-slinging feuds in the GDT so all the low-tier posts stay in one place.*

*This doesn't apply to me because my s1it-slinging is high-level comedy

 

[BTS]

13 minutes ago, Terminator said:

New rule: keep the sh1t-slinging feuds in the GDT so all the low-tier posts stay in one place.*

*This doesn't apply to me because my s1it-slinging is high-level comedy

 

This please. At least GDTs come with no expectation that forum members not act like a bunch of histrionic babies 

[Orgfiller]

51 minutes ago, Terminator said:

Why is this guy 23 years old, throwing 97 mph, and not pitching in the NPB? Makes me think he's not very good?

My rough assumption based on no info is he's a pop up, lab grown guy. 23 years old and not even being in the NPB minor leagues while throwing 97 raises some serious eyebrows. I'm just going to assume he was barely cracking 90 a year and a half ago, then decided to invest in himself and went to these newfangled pitching labs and reinvented himself from scratch.

He may even have declined offers from NPB teams in order to transition to the MLB more quickly. Once guys are in the NPB they need to play a minimum of 9 seasons to be able to become international FAs without restrictions, or go the Roki Sasaki route where you have to beg your team to post you. This opens up a path for him to make the MLB while still in his prime.

[John_Havok]

Speaking of Asians, anyone know how that Korean high schooler Seojun Moon looked in minor league camp?

 

[Brownie19]

1 hour ago, L54 said:

Brownie and Stang standing in full solidarity with Laika is hilarious after spending an entire weekend telling Jays24 he’s a troll for complaining and should move to Facebook

Your inability to comprehend the differences should concern you.

[Spanky__99]

1 hour ago, Stangstag said:

I call out spanky all the time for being an *******, he usually responds with some stupid gif or emoji, and name calling.

 

[Pendleton]

1 hour ago, John_Havok said:

Speaking of Asians, anyone know how that Korean high schooler Seojun Moon looked in minor league camp?

 

 

Nope but I did just see that David mentioned Moon will start his season with the FCL Blue Jays 

 

 

[Masterbather]

Little off this team is a victory for me. Helps me overlook the fact that the baseball gods seem intent on taking some equity back for last year's run.