Phillies (Luzardo) vs Blue Jays (Scherzer): 6/10/26, 7:07pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Mad Max is back on the bump, ugly ERA and all. What do you expect of him tonight?

	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	TOT
Tyler Rogers	0	10	17	0	0	27
Tommy Nance	0	0	0	11	0	11
Simeon Woods Richardson	0	0	0	48	0	48
Mason Fluharty	0	21	0	0	8	29
Louis Varland	0	8	17	0	16	41
Jeff Hoffman	0	13	0	0	15	28
Connor Seabold	26	0	10	0	0	36
Braydon Fisher	0	18	0	0	0	18

 

[Terminator]

Waking up and checking the standings to see the Jays in a playoff spot despite half the team being hurt and our 500 million dollar man turning into Luis Arraez.

Spanky and I tried telling you this all along but this team is going to be just fine.

(Where is Spanky btw?)

[G-Snarls]

Legit worried about Scherzer

Kind of want someone prepared to go in early today for multiple innings if need be

[max silver]

24 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

Legit worried about Scherzer

Kind of want someone prepared to go in early today for multiple innings if need be

I'm hoping the stuff has returned to what he featured in his first start of the season. His stuff metrics dropped precipitously right as the forearm issue was announced . 

[G-Snarls]

20 minutes ago, max silver said:

I'm hoping the stuff has returned to what he featured in his first start of the season. His stuff metrics dropped precipitously right as the forearm issue was announced . 

Fingers crossed

I hope so too

[Landry_25]

1 hour ago, G-Snarls said:

Fingers crossed

I hope so too

Would be some nice to have 5 capable starters again! Spencer did amazing, just always scared his arm will literally fall off after pitching 50x more then ever before lmao

[Omar]

Can we get 4 innings out of Max today?

Anything more is gravy right now.

[Brownie19]

Can we bring Spanky back?  

[max silver]

Just now, Brownie19 said:

Can we bring Spanky back?  

It's been a little boring without him around but at the same time there's been a lot less drama as well.

[BTS]

30 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

Can we bring Spanky back?  

He'll be back 

[jmomcc]

I’m interested in seeing Luzardo. He’s a FA next year. Possible target. 

[Governator]

Mad respect for Scherzer, hopefully he'll find some old magic in the arm. I'm a bit older than him and need a rehab assignment every morning before I can walk downstairs. 

[Rynodb1]

Mad Max coming back to energize the group. 

[Terminator]

Scherzer looked pretty good in AAA. I think he'll look pretty good tonight too, although the Phillies lineup is good enough that the results might not match how well he actually pitches.

My bigger concern is whether he can take the ball every fifth day while remaining effective. Might be able to string together a handful of starts but can he give us a half season's worth spread out over the next 2/3 season? I doubt it.

With Bieber due back soon I'd take a handful of good starts from him right now.

[Terminator]

He gone

[Terminator]

 

[Jonn]

Max get your strikeout early bud and then its time to hang them up.

[Governator]

27 minutes ago, Terminator said:

He gone

The right choice

[Stangstag]

5 hours ago, G-Snarls said:

Legit worried about Scherzer

Kind of want someone prepared to go in early today for multiple innings if need be

Honestly running out these washed former stars is tiresome. Scherzer and Springer are both toast and shouldn’t be starting.

[DownSouthBlueJay]

For the love of god get Springer out of lead off

[Jays24]

2 hours ago, BTS said:

He'll be back 

Wait, did I miss something?  Did he get a temp ban?  

Was wondering why fighting has been down 370% on this board lol.  

[Jays24]

16 minutes ago, DownSouthBlueJay said:

For the love of god get Springer out of lead off

Thought they would have used yesterday to get Springer out of there but we are facing a lefty today.  Maybe he gets one last chance and gets moved down against the next righty with Lukes taking that spot.  

[Laika]

47 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

Honestly running out these washed former stars is tiresome. Scherzer and Springer are both toast and shouldn’t be starting.

Yup. 

And Toronto is getting all these positive contributions from rookies and young players. It's a young man's game. Scherzer's rope needs to be very short and Springer needs to be a part time player by July if nothing changes 

[Terminator]

Springer is old and his projections are starting to near Sanchez, Lukes, Barger territory anyway. So platooning him is making more sense as it keeps him fresh and makes sense statistically.

vs LHP

You could go with a Sanchez/Springer platoon in RF. On the days Springer is in RF you could have Kirk DHing, thus giving him and Val more ABs. Our righty bench bats suck so this could be a way to help mitigate that.

vs RHP

When facing righties, Springer could still DH some, but I would sprinkle in some of our lefties. Pinango would be a good option here with Lukes in LF and Sanchez in RF.

 

[Jays24]

Ive been asking for Springer to hit the field for a month now.  His bat doesnt justify him being a full time DH and his defense cant be worse than Pinango/Sanchez.  

This gives the team more options right now and during the trade deadline when trying to make a big add.  Heck, theres a small chance Santandar comes back in August who could go there.  

[hanton]

Never understood Springer as a fulltime DH - put him in RF or even center.  This might also wake up his bat.

[JaysAllMighty]

Lets Go Blue Jays!

 

 

[hanton]

Max is feeling it....

[neverbeenhere]

always tough to play when trailing from the start

[gruber9292]

Trailing early again..