Blue Jays (Lauer) vs Angels (Soriano): 4/22/26, 3:07pm

[gruber9292]

Is Vladdy hurt? Is it too much to ask for a player to run hard on the bases four or five times per game? 

[neverbeenhere]

1 minute ago, gruber9292 said:

Is Vladdy hurt? Is it too much to ask for a player to run hard on the bases four or five times per game? 

No, he is fine, just not paid enough. 

[harvey16]

Love Vladdy, hate that he doesn't run hard out of the box on every play. He's running that out, he's safe there and extends the inning. Plays like this can end up costing us the game.

[Brownie19]

11 minutes ago, DownSouthBlueJay said:

I would love to see romano he's bout as unstable as hoffman

He's actually significantly worse.

[gruber9292]

So Schneider just can't f***ing help himself using Nance in a tie game late in the game, to the top of the their line up to boot. Where's Miles? Let's just give the lead right you buffoon. 

[DownSouthBlueJay]

Get Nance outta there

[Slade]

1 minute ago, harvey16 said:

Love Vladdy, hate that he doesn't run hard out of the box on every play. He's running that out, he's safe there and extends the inning. Plays like this can end up costing us the game.

He should be running everything out but really he's not safe there even with the bobble. 

[Brownie19]

9 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Where would you put Ernie on the Blue Jays cult hero list?

He's #1 in my heart Brock.

 

Ernie

Pillar

John MacDonald

O-Dawg

Kawasaki

(that's in no particular order)

[Slade]

Huge strikeout from Fisher. 

[JaysFan99]

Whelp, the walks killed them.

[Slade]

Damn unlucky we couldn't get out of this. 

[bronson44]

That`s unfortunate

[Landry_25]

Just had to use nance 

[DownSouthBlueJay]

I blame nance

[Spanky__99]

Well then... 

[gruber9292]

Why didn't Fisher start this inning? What's with this fantasy that management has in trying to instill confidence in garbage arms in high leverage spots? It's f***ing maddening. 

[Omar]

The wheels just came off.  Yikes.

[Slade]

This is where you take Fisher out? We're down 4 now, let him finish and give Mantiply a clean inning. 

[neverbeenhere]

2 minutes ago, DownSouthBlueJay said:

I blame nance

I blame JS for bringing in Nance again after they tied it up 

[gruber9292]

No reason whatsoever in using Nance in a tie game late in the game, with a day off tomorrow also. These constant ridiculous decisions are f***ing bush league. 

[gruber9292]

2 minutes ago, Slade said:

This is where you take Fisher out? We're down 4 now, let him finish and give Mantiply a clean inning. 

John Schneider doesn't appear to be very bright. 

[DownSouthBlueJay]

If we can get romano in the game we have a chance

[jaysthebest]

JS always make the same mistake over and over again. He should be the worst in the league in bullpen management.

[Stangstag]

Not sure exactly why Nance was given a 2nd inning, against the top of the lineup to boot. Odd decision 

[Jays24]

42 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

I prefer to use results when it spans a long sample size.  Lauer's numbers since August 2025:

5.40 ERA

5.50 FIP / 4.77 xFIP

3.5 BB/9

1.49 WHIP

2.0 HR/9

Thats totally fair.  Lauer's a 5th/6th starter on a normal team and our 8th starter if everyone's healthy.  Hes just filling in due to injuries at the moment.  Should have different expectations for different players :)

[gruber9292]

I'd love for a member of our pussy beat reporters to ask Schneider in the post game why he would use his worst option in the pen in a tie game late to face the top of their line up. 

[RA Whiffleball]

This is JS's fatal flaw - he always doubles down on struggling pitchers, and it costs us games.

 

I remember last year the Yankees traded for Bird, and after 2 bad outings, he was DFA'd, no manager defending him, no doubling down, you don't produce, you're gone.

 

 

[Stangstag]

4 minutes ago, gruber9292 said:

I'd love for a member of our pussy beat reporters to ask Schneider in the post game why he would use his worst option in the pen in a tie game late to face the top of their line up. 

Im sure his answer will be that other guys were unavailable and that Nance needed some work….

A fair answer except idk why he tried to stretch him for a 2nd inning. Playing with fire

[Stangstag]

4 minutes ago, RA Whiffleball said:

This is JS's fatal flaw - he always doubles down on struggling pitchers, and it costs us games.

 

I remember last year the Yankees traded for Bird, and after 2 bad outings, he was DFA'd, no manager defending him, no doubling down, you don't produce, you're gone.

 

 

Do you remember how long Devin Williams lasted as closer though? This isn’t really true

[jaysblue]

4 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

Thats totally fair.  Lauer's a 5th/6th starter on a normal team and our 8th starter if everyone's healthy.  Hes just filling in due to injuries at the moment.  Should have different expectations for different players :)

Yeah that's all he is a 5th/6th starter. 

Maybe the odd season, he puts up numbers like he did last season, or he can be mediocre/very bad like he is now. That's why he's a 5th/6th starter. 

5.09 BB/9 doesn't help. Need to get that down in the 2-3 range. While he looked awful today, if Lauer gives you 5 innings of 3 ER every time out, I'll take that. Also, not a bad idea to use an opener (RHP) in front of him.