Blue Jays (Scherzer) vs Diamondbacks (Gallen): 4/18/26, 8:10pm

[Stangstag]

43 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

Abreu is really a setup guy, and even at the end of last season, when Hader was out, he didn’t exactly look comfortable in the closer’s role.

Munoz wasn’t shaky last year, and Bednar is coming off a 2-WAR season. While Bednar has looked a little shaky at times, he really hasn’t been that bad beyond the high walk rate and 4.15 ERA. The strikeout numbers, FIP, and WAR still suggest he’s been fine overall.

Hoffman is the one who looked shaky for pretty much all of last season in the closer’s role, and it’s fair to wonder whether Game 7 last year has had more of a lingering effect than people want to admit. I still think he can be an effective arm for the Jays, just not necessarily in the ninth inning. His 2023 and 2024 seasons with the Phillies show a very different version of the pitcher.

His 2025 numbers are pretty much the same as his numbers with the Phillies, with the only real change being… an extremely ballooned homerun rate.

Not sure why exactly that’s happening but that’s the reason he’s stunk

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3 hours ago, jaysblue said:

Both our teams lost today brah! 

🖕

[JaysAllMighty]

7 hours ago, hanton said:

[Matheson] John Schneider says that Hoffman was used in the 8th today because the #BlueJays want to keep him on a more regular workload and not leave too long of a gap. He reiterated that Hoffman is the closer and stated his support for him multiple times, as he has in the past.

Schneider is a real ship Captain.