Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2026)

[Laika]

2 hours ago, Jays24 said:

How the f*** are we in a wild card spot... this is us at our worst right now lol.  

Good team 

Also lots of bad teams out there 

[Olerud363.354]

On 4/30/2026 at 5:26 PM, jaysblue said:

Not sure I would pay Mark Grace $500M haha. 

Vlady's power stroke should start heating up as the weather warms up. His other numbers have been spectacular thus far. If Vladdy could settle in as a guy who consistently hits .300+/.900-1.000 OPS with 30 HR's with 5-6 WAR, I'll take that for the majority of his contract. 

The scary thing is, Vlad oozes of talent and could even be better given his offensive skillset. Like he has the talent to be a 10 WAR type of player. 

Does he need more rest possibly?  His playoff run where he launched balls at exceptionally optimal angles, he got 5 days off, then the playoff schedule with 2 off days a week.   Could low grade fatigue effect attack angle?

It would be horrible for the fans (little Johny shows up to see Vladdy, starting at first base Lenyn Sosa) but is there any evidence the 140 game year Barry Bonds schedule would be better for position players?  On top of everything else Bonds did in his late 30s, he scheduled himself an off day a week. 

[jaysblue]

1 hour ago, Olerud363.354 said:

Does he need more rest possibly?  His playoff run where he launched balls at exceptionally optimal angles, he got 5 days off, then the playoff schedule with 2 off days a week.   Could low grade fatigue effect attack angle?

It would be horrible for the fans (little Johny shows up to see Vladdy, starting at first base Lenyn Sosa) but is there any evidence the 140 game year Barry Bonds schedule would be better for position players?  On top of everything else Bonds did in his late 30s, he scheduled himself an off day a week. 

Haha load management? 

Not sure if there are any studies about that, but you bring up an interesting point. 

During the MLB Postseason, there were always off-days in between home/away games, so yeah Vladdy was only playing maybe like 4-5 times per week. 

[hanton]

game is on Peacock as well (might check it out), Pinango leading off, Oka 2nd