Blue Jays (Corbin) vs Rays (McClanahan): 5/6/26, 1:10pm

[Olerud363.354]

14 minutes ago, Laika said:

Vlad's swing is broken. 

People need to stop the apologetics for him just because his AVG is high. 

Vlad Guerero Jr.  The average will fall.  It is just a fluke.  Not even Luis Aaerez.  500 million down the drain.  Broken never fixed.  Jayson Heyward with some better early years. 

2026 .244 4 homers 67 rbis -4 WAR

2027 .154 0 homers 26 rbis -8 WAR

2028 .098 500 ground balls at 82 mph -14 WAR

2029 released signed by Red Sox.  Wins 3 triple crowns when they fix his swing by just looking at 2019 New Hampshire, 2021 and 2025 playoff video. 

[RA Whiffleball]

And yet another sweep at the Graveyard.

4 runs total in the series.

Final 13 innings scoreless,

[DownSouthBlueJay]

Embarrassing 

[Stangstag]

14 minutes ago, Laika said:

Vlad's swing is broken. 

People need to stop the apologetics for him just because his AVG is high. 

I honestly feel there’s too many “idiots” getting into his head, guys like his dad and Albert Pujols.

Kinda feel like Pujols f***ed with him during the WBC

[dancingmachine]

Another loss vs the Ray's should have bet against the jays 

[Stangstag]

And the evidence is the way Pujols talked about Vlad on MLB network the other day. All praise for the avg

[G-Snarls]

9 minutes ago, dancingmachine said:

What a gawd awful performance 

4 measly hits today 

What an awful series 

[neverbeenhere]

"This ship is sinking"

 

Sigh....

[Olerud363.354]

JOJO Parker DONE!

Bullard DONE!

Sanchez DONE!  

These f***ers are doing it again, just like Bonilla and Nimalla.  The Dunnedin collapse.  Why can't someone actually hit as a teenager and be exciting. 

Blue Jays Message Board: "They are only 19.  Doing great for their age"

Vlad/Bo/Kirk hit .350 combined as teenagers.   And they barefly function many months and years at the big league level.

f*** ALL OF YOU.  JO JO PARKER SUCKS!!!!!!  Vlad Guererro Jr. Sucks!!!!

[dancingmachine]

Oh the Angels are in maybe a team we might have a chance against 

[Olerud363.354]

5 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

Kinda feel like Pujols f***ed with him during the WBC

Really?  He was in such a good place in October.  How did we get back here?

 

[G-Snarls]

1 hour ago, Olerud363.354 said:

Really?  He was in such a good place in October.  How did we get back here?

 

He needs to go to Yankee stadium again to amp up 

[neverbeenhere]

3 minutes ago, Olerud363.354 said:

Really?  He was in such a good place in October.  How did we get back here?

 

He was good in October. That has to taken with a grain of salt, because he sucked in games 6 and 7 of WS.

[Olerud363.354]

Sorry about the rant and I love this team, they gave so much joy last October (not November).

Just this season, given expectations has been the least joyful in my memory.   I mean, to cheer me up I went to check out the Dunedin hitter stats.  Not cheerful stuff right now. 

[Stangstag]

Idk if the link will work here but this is exactly what im talking about. Feel vs real. I bet these guys aren’t actually “getting on top of the ball” but that’s what they tell others

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[Stangstag]

3 minutes ago, Olerud363.354 said:

Sorry about the rant and I love this team, they gave so much joy last October (not November).

Just this season, given expectations has been the least joyful in my memory.   I mean, to cheer me up I went to check out the Dunedin hitter stats.  Not cheerful stuff right now. 

Im sure we’re all annoyed at the way they’ve been playing.

Just gotta hope they put things back together and make a run at it.

We’ve seen worst case scenario (2024) and best case scenario (2025) while the true talent level is likely somewhere around 86 wins. 

[Stangstag]

Vlad not hitting at least 4-5 homeruns a month is a massive disappointment, full stop

[neverbeenhere]

Just now, Stangstag said:

Vlad not hitting at least 4-5 homeruns a month is a massive disappointment, full stop

Agree that's one of the main reasons the team is sucking, but guys like D Schnieder, Heineman will take to consequence and be sent down

[Omar]

9 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

Idk if the link will work here but this is exactly what im talking about. Feel vs real. I bet these guys aren’t actually “getting on top of the ball” but that’s what they tell others

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Love this video. Especially when the catcher tries to get in JD's face and he pushes him aside like gtfo.

[bluejaysinternNo5]

It would be nice to not be 10 games back of the division every year by early May. Oh well.

[Olerud363.354]

16 minutes ago, bluejaysinternNo5 said:

It would be nice to not be 10 games back of the division every year by early May. Oh well.

Never had the opposite unless you are over 40. 

game 40 1994 - 7.5 games back

game 40 1995 - 9.5 games back

game 40 1996 - 6 games back

game 40 1997 - 6.5 games back

game 40 1998 - 10.5 games back

game 40 1999 - 4.0 games back

 

[Olerud363.354]

game 40 2000 - 4.5 games back

game 40 2001 - 3.5 games back

game 40 2002 - 13.5 games back

game 40 2003 - 7.5 games back

game 40 2004 - 6.5 games back

game 40 2005 - 5.5 games back 

[Rynodb1]

I have no positive comments today. No snappy comebacks. 

Just a depressing game. Blue Jays baseball has no fun around it so far this year. Kind of depressing. Maybe we need Lourdes and Teoscar back in the clubhouse. 

[Olerud363.354]

game 40 2006 - 1 game back

It didn't work out but I remember this.  20 years ago.  Flower blooming and hope... there was hope!

game 40 2007 - 9 games back

game 40 2008 - 5.5 games back (Gibby gone soon)

game 40 2009 - 3 games AHEAD

(ha ha, that season went south real fast and they ended up 30 games back)

game 40 2010 - 5 games back. 

[Stangstag]

32 minutes ago, bluejaysinternNo5 said:

It would be nice to not be 10 games back of the division every year by early May. Oh well.

Seriously feels like it happens every single year. At least 1 ALE team goes in a tear and its never the Jays

[Olerud363.354]

game 40 2011 3 games back

game 40 2012 5 games back

game 40 2013 9.5 games back

(2013 was the year they got Dickey, Reyes, Josh Johnson, Melky, Buerhle... out of it right away lol). 

game 40 2014 1.5 games back

game 40 2015 4.5 games back

game 40 2016 6 games back

2015/2016 the legendary ALCS years... still an average of 5 games back mid-May 

[Olerud363.354]

game 40 2017 - 8 games back

game 40 2018 - 6.5 games back

game 40 2019 - 8 games back

game 40 2020 - 5 games back

game 40 2021 - 0.5 games back

They slumped just after that with some bullpen blowups and got 6 back quickly. 

[Stangstag]

1 minute ago, Olerud363.354 said:

game 40 2011 3 games back

game 40 2012 5 games back

game 40 2013 9.5 games back

(2013 was the year they got Dickey, Reyes, Josh Johnson, Melky, Buerhle... out of it right away lol). 

game 40 2014 1.5 games back

game 40 2015 4.5 games back

game 40 2016 6 games back

2015/2016 the legendary ALCS years... still an average of 5 games back mid-May 

Actually comical that the closest they were to 1st was in 2014 of all years haha. 

Goes to show it doesn’t exactly matter 

I’ll always hold firm that a team just needs to hang around .500 by the allstar break/trade deadline, and you can still win the division and definitely at least nab a playoff spot.

[Stangstag]

And of course they were closest 2014 and 2021, two years they didn’t even make the playoffs bahaha

[Olerud363.354]

game 40 2022 -  7 games back

game 40 2023 - 6 games back 

game 40 2024 - 8 games back

game 40 2025 - 3 games back (would slump to 8 shortly)

game 37 2026 - 9.5 games back