Blue Jays (Gausman) vs Brewers (Misiorowski): 4/14/26, 7:40pm

[Rynodb1]

4 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

I know it's still early, but I really haven't been impressed with him so far. He looks clueless out there and has some of the worst agility I've seen at 3B. 

Heck, even Troy Glaus moved better. 

Woah, no need for my boy Troy to catch a stray here. 😂

[dancingmachine]

Jamie you nit wit he's 2 for 5 in the closers role that's awful

[Stangstag]

5 minutes ago, Jonn said:

Take the victory. But Okamoto can't be a Third Base tomorrow. He's not a Third Basemen.

Shades of “Bo Bichette cannot play shortstop”

[gruber9292]

1 minute ago, Abomination said:

It really wasn't that close though.

Yeah, Kirk obviously has way better judgement. 

[Stangstag]

Just now, dancingmachine said:

Jamie you nit wit he's 2 for 5 in the closers role that's awful

Im one of the biggest Hoffman supporters, but I also think its time to make the change. Dude has some kind of mental block when it comes to save situations 

[jaysblue]

My two cents:

- The Jays need to remove Hoffman from the closer’s role. He hasn’t looked comfortable there since last season, and he’s clearly better suited to the seventh or eighth inning. Time to move on and see what Varland can do in the ninth.

- Okamoto has been brutal at third base. They can’t keep putting him out there. At this point, he should either be DH’ing or playing left field.

- Move Clement back to third full-time and use Sosa/DS at second.

- DS should be in the lineup over Lukes every single day. No debate. Lukes needs to be sent down.

[Jays24]

1 minute ago, DownSouthBlueJay said:

The thing about Okamoto he's gonna be compared to Bo his entire stint here. Its early but not looking too promising.

Reminds me of the Morales and Edwin thing lol.

But im a believer that Bo didnt want to comeback unless we overpaid him.  

[jaysblue]

Just now, Stangstag said:

Im one of the biggest Hoffman supporters, but I also think its time to make the change. Dude has some kind of mental block when it comes to save situations 

Yeah agreed. I want the Phillies version of Hoffman - the arm that put up 1.5 and 2 WAR seasons. 

[dancingmachine]

Just now, Stangstag said:

Im one of the biggest Hoffman supporters, but I also think its time to make the change. Dude has some kind of mental block when it comes to save situations 

Jamie literally gave a reason for Hoffman to not be the closer lol.

[Jonn]

3 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

Problem is what position would he play on this team then? 

Well were stuck because Vlad is our First Baseman. And that's kinda what the signing was always not a perfect fit if 3B didn't work out for him. Obviously they won't throw in the towel this early. But they might want to consider replacing him defensively late in games. He needs to work on basic fundamentals. Where to run on contact. Get to the bag on throwing situations. What balls to go after when you have a Gold Glove SS standing next to you.

[Big_Walleye]

25 minutes ago, ComeTogether said:

Get used to it.  It's a forum. 

Its obviously a forum.  And I am used to it.  Thats the problem.  If this idiot is going to keep posting rage bait he's going to get some rage once in a while.  Especially when Hoffman is useless again and he's calling for the manager's job like an asshat. 

[Abomination]

5 minutes ago, DownSouthBlueJay said:

The thing about Okamoto he's gonna be compared to Bo his entire stint here. Its early but not looking too promising.

Have you looked at Bo's numbers so far this year?

[Jonn]

2 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

My two cents:

- The Jays need to remove Hoffman from the closer’s role. He hasn’t looked comfortable there since last season, and he’s clearly better suited to the seventh or eighth inning. Time to move on and see what Varland can do in the ninth.

- Okamoto has been brutal at third base. They can’t keep putting him out there. At this point, he should either be DH’ing or playing left field.

- Move Clement back to third full-time and use Sosa/DS at second.

- DS should be in the lineup over Lukes every single day. No debate. Lukes needs to be sent down.

They seem to really love Varland in a fireman role where they can deploy him in all the problem spots in game. But that can't be the reason he's not the Closer over Hoffman. And quite frankly I think its the only reason why Hoffman kept the 9th going in the Season.

[Stangstag]

Just now, Jonn said:

Well were stuck because Vlad is our First Baseman. And that's kinda what the signing was always not a perfect fit if 3B didn't work out for him. Obviously they won't throw in the towel this early. But they might want to consider replacing him defensively late in games. He needs to work on basic fundamentals. Where to run on contact. Get to the bag on throwing situations. What balls to go after when you have a Gold Glove SS standing next to you.

He’s not been a disaster like you’re trying to claim. Lets maybe give it a few more weeks before saying he won’t stick?

You did also claim Imai was an ace…

[Stangstag]

2 minutes ago, Jonn said:

They seem to really love Varland in a fireman role where they can deploy him in all the problem spots in game. But that can't be the reason he's not the Closer over Hoffman. And quite frankly I think its the only reason why Hoffman kept the 9th going in the Season.

I guess I don’t mind using Varland in that role and Hoffman in the 9th when needed, but if Varland hasn’t pitched a tight situation in the game and is available for the 9th it should be him

[gruber9292]

So nobody going to mention anything about JoJo hitting his first professional HR tonight? Lol.. 

[DownSouthBlueJay]

3 minutes ago, Abomination said:

Have you looked at Bo's numbers so far this year?

Yea their abysmal but so are the mets as a whole. lol

[Jays24]

For all the Hoffman/Okamoto doom and gloom... the offense finally woke up.  Thank god! 

[Jays24]

1 minute ago, gruber9292 said:

So nobody going to mention anything about JoJo hitting his first professional HR tonight? Lol.. 

Can he play 3B? Lol

[Steeljays17]

I would let kaz Oke DH while Springer hurt. Let him focus on hitting. Ernie and Sosa can hold down 3b 

[JaysFan99]

9 minutes ago, Abomination said:

Have you looked at Bo's numbers so far this year?

I feel like he’d have better numbers had he stayed here and played 2B.  There’s a lot more pressure playing in NYC and for a new team, especially after signing a large contract.

It really sucks we didn’t get him or Tucker and settled for an unknown with Okamoto.  

[Jonn]

7 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

He’s not been a disaster like you’re trying to claim. Lets maybe give it a few more weeks before saying he won’t stick?

You did also claim Imai was an ace…

His Defense has been extremely bad. And his positioning is really the main issue. If they can address the fact that he doesn't know where to go when the ball is hit in play that would be an excellent start to getting him to a passable at that position.

Imai start to his career has been disappointing to say the least. But I don't think A he's healthy. And B he is in a good state of mind.

[Stangstag]

3 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

For all the Hoffman/Okamoto doom and gloomy... the offense finally woke up.  Thank god! 

Seriously you’d think we lost this game. Nobody can ever just be happy we won

[Jonn]

5 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

I guess I don’t mind using Varland in that role and Hoffman in the 9th when needed, but if Varland hasn’t pitched a tight situation in the game and is available for the 9th it should be him

I pointed it out earlier but its very rare that Varland is even available behind Hoffman because hes deployed to put out fires in the 6th and 7th and sometimes earlier. Its clear Rogers is the 8th inning guy. Schneider could have and should have went to Varland earlier in the 9th when it was clear Hoffman didn't have it tonight.

[Laika]

We are so back 

Hoffman has been great this season, you're all clowns. He didn't even look that bad for most of this appearance - things just snowballed. 

Okamoto gets like two more months before changing his position is even a discussion. If they had an elite bench infielder then late inning defensive subbing would make sense, but they don't. Schneider at 2B is a similar liability maybe.

[Steeljays17]

I think the jays should have sold high on Luke's after last season. Tough to do what he did again. 

[Laika]

Reminder that by AAV it's not Bo vs Okamoto 

It's Bo vs Okamoto + Dylan Cease 

Lmfao 

[Slade]

We gave Hoffman a chance to recover after the WS blow, he couldn't do it. Time to move him into a position he's better equip for mentally.  Move Louis up or give it to Rogers for now. 

[Jonn]

2 minutes ago, Laika said:

We are so back 

Hoffman has been great this season, you're all clowns. He didn't even look that bad for most of this appearance - things just snowballed. 

Okamoto gets like two more months before changing his position is even a discussion. If they had an elite bench infielder then late inning defensive subbing would make sense, but they don't. Schneider at 2B is a similar liability maybe.

When your Closer you can't let the situation snow ball on you every night.

[hanton]

12 minutes ago, gruber9292 said:

So nobody going to mention anything about JoJo hitting his first professional HR tonight? Lol.. 

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