Dodgers (Yamamoto) vs Blue Jays (Gausman): 4/7/26, 7:07pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Remember, this week-long stretch is a very small part of a very long season.

Because yikes.

	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TOT
Rogers, Ty	0	12	0	0	0	12
Varland	0	15	0	0	0	15
Miles	0	0	0	27	16	43
Fisher	0	21	25	0	0	46
Nance	0	0	20	0	36	56
Hoffman	0	14	0	0	0	14
Fluharty	0	0	20	0	0	20
Mantiply	0	0	0	17	25	42
Fleming	0	0	0	0	77	77

[Stangstag]

Stop the bleeding!

[Terminator]

Thank god Gausman is on the hill.

Lazaro Estrada, Austin Voth and Josh Fleming in bulk pitcher roles the past 3 games made me want to claw my eyes out.

[hanton]

instead of fleming could have gone with some combination of rogers/varland/fluharty/hoffman then finish off with fleming

[Stangstag]

10 minutes ago, hanton said:

instead of fleming could have gone with some combination of rogers/varland/fluharty/hoffman then finish off with fleming

Just to lose 4-1 instead?

[Brownie19]

9 minutes ago, hanton said:

instead of fleming could have gone with some combination of rogers/varland/fluharty/hoffman then finish off with fleming

Then everyone would complain when the big guns aren't fresh/available in subsequent games.  That's how we operate here.

[Terminator]

Ok so Fleming will be DFA'd today, I wonder what cannon fodder they call up next?

With Gausman and Cease lined up I wonder if we could get someone with some actual talent this time. Maybe Chase Lee?  

And then line Corbin up for one more minor league start before bringing him up?

[Laika]

19 minutes ago, Terminator said:

Ok so Fleming will be DFA'd today, I wonder what cannon fodder they call up next?

With Gausman and Cease lined up I wonder if we could get someone with some actual talent this time. Maybe Chase Lee?  

And then line Corbin up for one more minor league start before bringing him up?

Lee and Macko are the ones who make sense and are already on the 40 man 

They could also churn and burn Alcala or Hahn. Or Yariel? 

[Stangstag]

38 minutes ago, Terminator said:

Ok so Fleming will be DFA'd today, I wonder what cannon fodder they call up next?

With Gausman and Cease lined up I wonder if we could get someone with some actual talent this time. Maybe Chase Lee?  

And then line Corbin up for one more minor league start before bringing him up?

I think Corbin is ready now

[Brownie19]

18 minutes ago, Laika said:

Lee and Macko are the ones who make sense and are already on the 40 man 

They could also churn and burn Alcala or Hahn. Or Yariel? 

I could see them bringing up a real arm like Lee or Macko and then burning Mantiply when Corbin is ready to join the team (which I hope is soon).

[Laika]

5 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

I think Corbin is ready now

Corbin could come up and pitch in a day or two. He should probably be here indefinitely, even as a long-man once Yesavage is back, given the state of the pitching. 

[Terminator]

12 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

I think Corbin is ready now

Yeah we could try it. No spring training and one start against A-ballers but he did look good in that start and has apparently been ramping up a lot on his own.

I'm open to anything that doesn't involve watching another version of Voth/Fleming nibbling at the corners with 88 mph slop. 

[Laika]

https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/free-agent-tracker?sign=unsigned&pos=pit

Bring Stroman Home 

[Carlos Danger]

Hell no to Stroman!

This is where we will miss the Hounddog. Solid innings eater and steady presence.

[John_Havok]

43 minutes ago, Terminator said:

Yeah we could try it. No spring training and one start against A-ballers but he did look good in that start and has apparently been ramping up a lot on his own.

I'm open to anything that doesn't involve watching another version of Voth/Fleming nibbling at the corners with 88 mph slop. 

I think he was 75 pitches in the Dunedin start so... yeah he's close enough for a bulk role at minimum. 

[JaysFan99]

Going back to the ALCS, I think the offense is averaging something like 1.33 runs per game in Gausman's last 6 starts.  I don't expect today to be any different.

[G-Snarls]

2 hours ago, Stangstag said:

Stop the bleeding!

Hard to get very excited for the game 

But at least I don't feel they'll give up double digit runs tonight 

[John_Havok]

23 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

Hard to get very excited for the game 

But at least I don't feel they'll give up double digit runs tonight 

I can't believe you've done this. Now Gausman is gonna get hurt. 

[max silver]

1 hour ago, Carlos Danger said:

Hell no to Stroman!

This is where we will miss the Hounddog. Solid innings eater and steady presence.

Bassitt has been positively awful to start the season with the Orioles. I think that the timing was right to move on from him as the team pursued higher upside options for the rotation. 

[Brownie19]

Time to turn this season around.  Starts tonight.

[Orgfiller]

Our run differential is in the shitter. We got the rest of the league right where we want them.

First place team with a -50 run differential coming up. Michael Kay's head will explode. The World Series will be easy to make.

[Stangstag]

1 hour ago, Orgfiller said:

Our run differential is in the shitter. We got the rest of the league right where we want them.

First place team with a -50 run differential coming up. Michael Kay's head will explode. The World Series will be easy to make.

Rage-baiting the Yanks is my favorite pastime 

[Jonn]

Daddy’s Home.

[ComeTogether]

Guaranteed loss?

[Terminator]

Well they released the lineup already and there hasn't been any reports of roster moves so I suppose that Fleming will survive another day.

I guess they might as well keep him around for cannon fodder until they know they will need the innings from his spot.

[Laika]

You fecking idiot 

[Laika]

 

 

[R.O.]

Nice to see a RH infielder on the bench

[Laika]

Fitzgerald supposedly had a locker yesterday. I wonder if the only reason Barger was not put on the IL was that Fitzgerald could not make it to the field in time, or something 

[BTS]

How did Barger injure both ankles? Brings back horrible memories of my high school basketball days.