Phillies (Wheeler) vs Blue Jays (Cease): 6/9/26, 7:07pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Well, no shame in losing to Sanchez. Get the win tonight.

	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TOT
Tyler Rogers	12	0	10	17	0	39
Tommy Nance	0	0	0	0	11	11
Simeon Woods Richardson	0	0	0	0	48	48
Mason Fluharty	0	0	21	0	0	21
Louis Varland	17	0	8	17	0	42
Jeff Hoffman	9	0	13	0	0	22
Connor Seabold	0	26	0	10	0	36
Braydon Fisher	9	0	18	0	0	27
Adam Macko	0	30	0	18	19	67

 

[G-Snarls]

Return of the Cease

Thank f***

[JaysFan99]

We really need our starters to step up and eat some innings.  The bullpen arms are going to burn out quickly (although SWR did a fantastic job yesterday to save some arms).  Hope Cease can go at least 6 today, although 7 would be a welcome surprise.

[G-Snarls]

14 minutes ago, JaysFan99 said:

We really need our starters to step up and eat some innings.  The bullpen arms are going to burn out quickly.  Hope Cease can go at least 6 today, although 7 would be a welcome surprise.

Yeah they can't keep abusing Varland, Rogers and Fluharty like this all year

 

[Laika]

12 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

Yeah they can't keep abusing Varland, Rogers and Fluharty like this all year

 

Rogers could pitch in 81 games and be fine but the other three you do worry about. Even Hoffman. Varland, Hoffman, Fisher, Flu. Yikes.

[G-Snarls]

3 minutes ago, Laika said:

Rogers could pitch in 81 games and be fine but the other three you do worry about. Even Hoffman. Varland, Hoffman, Fisher, Flu. Yikes.

Exactly

And I don't begrudge their level of use so far...  JS hasn't had much choice in all these close games and had to use them this much to keep the team even where it is now

You just hope for some help from Cease/Bieber/Gausman to take the load off of these guys the rest of the way

[Laika]

1 minute ago, G-Snarls said:

Exactly

And I don't begrudge their level of use so far...  JS hasn't had much choice in all these close games and had to use them this much to keep the team even where it is now

You just hope for some help from Cease/Bieber/Gausman to take the load off of these guys the rest of the way

Yeah but it's not going to happen. Traditionally Cease hasn't been one to go deep into games. Bieber won't be healthy enough to. Gausman might spin up some long outings. 

Just need the offense to wake up so there are some comfortable wins, for once. 

[G-Snarls]

14 minutes ago, Laika said:

Yeah but it's not going to happen. Traditionally Cease hasn't been one to go deep into games. Bieber won't be healthy enough to. Gausman might spin up some long outings. 

Just need the offense to wake up so there are some comfortable wins, for once. 

I suppose that's exactly right

And figure out who among the rest of the BP is trustworthy enough 

Yariel R in his current form was apparently not

[G-Snarls]

Facing another ace

Need at least the A- offense to show up today

[Terminator]

MLB needs to investigate the Phillies.

Completely unfair that we have to face their three aces while dodging their two gas cans. 

[Governator]

Let's just keep this game tight through 6 and then dog it out.

[Jonn]

What a treat for the Toronto crowd to watch a future Hall of Famer in Zach Wheeler pitch tonight. Probably the most underrated pitcher of the last decade.

[Smokinitup420]

Vladdy batting lead off, can’t make this s*** up lol

[G-Snarls]

16 minutes ago, Jonn said:

What a treat for the Toronto crowd to watch a future Hall of Famer in Zach Wheeler pitch tonight. Probably the most underrated pitcher of the last decade.

Yeah somehow he's never got the fanfare that deGrom, Verlander, Scherzer Cole and Sale have. 

Stats last 10 years: 

 

[Governator]

13 minutes ago, Jonn said:

What a treat for the Toronto crowd to watch a future Hall of Famer in Zach Wheeler pitch tonight. Probably the most underrated pitcher of the last decade.

Bang on. He's been one of the most dominant pitchers for years but 2nd or 3rd best doesn't get the accolades (Arguably should have won a Cy Young a few years ago).  

[DownSouthBlueJay]

 Vladdy leading off.I guess you can’t move your 500 mill guy lower in the line-up.At least springer is on the pine today

[Governator]

4 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

Yeah somehow he's never got the fanfare that deGrom, Verlander, Scherzer Cole and Sale have. 

Stats last 10 years: 

 

deGrom being 2nd on that list while missing time from Tommy John is wild.

[G-Snarls]

Just now, Governator said:

deGrom being 2nd on that list while missing time from Tommy John is wild.

His peak moments were the highest for sure

[glory]

If Vlad wants to be Vladimir Arraez Jr, then batting him lead off is fine. 

[Omar]

Where the hell are Kirk and Barger?

I've waited long enough.

[Jays24]

5 minutes ago, Omar said:

Where the hell are Kirk and Barger?

I've waited long enough.

Kirk is coming Friday but where the hell is Barger?  Usually guys with throwing issues can still swing a bat so really curious that its more serious than being led on. Hope that throw doesnt derail his career like it did with Bautista.  

[Jays24]

47 minutes ago, glory said:

If Vlad wants to be Vladimir Arraez Jr, then batting him lead off is fine. 

All those Arraez jokes i made where I took all that flack from folks here is coming full circle.  

Although Arraez might offense to the comparisons now... hes having a better season thus far lol. 

[hanton]

I like the fact they're willing to experiment, lead him off - different perspective, a way to clear his mind from the 3 slot and a good way to do it without giving him a day off which we know won't work

[G-Snarls]

Hopefully Cease hasn't missed a beat

[neverbeenhere]

shite, not a good start

[hanton]

s***** breaking balls

[neverbeenhere]

doesn't matter where he hits, he is still an auto out.

[Jays24]

Vlad lol

[dancingmachine]

Vlad leading off lol Mall Santa has lost his mind

[gruber9292]

Hey JS if you want to shake Vladdy up, bench his ass for a few games. Pissing him off will do better..