Blue Jays (Taillon) vs Astros (Brown): 08/05/26, 2:10 PM

[Jonn]

Varland really couldn’t go 2?

[Landry_25]

Vladimir Alvarez jr 

[Spanky__99]

Jesus... Lee's a heart attack. LULZ!

GG Jays nice series W

[Landry_25]

That was a 2025 jays win if I do say so 

[Omar]

Series win haterz!!!!

Thats three consecutive series wins!  Can you smell wildcard?

 

[G-Snarls]

HUGE win

WOW

[Jonn]

Absolutely stole a game in Houston. Let that build the momentum.

[Rynodb1]

Now that was a win!

[Landry_25]

Pure comical that one. Last inning was hilarious to watch 

[JaysFan99]

5 minutes ago, Omar said:

Series win haterz!!!!

Thats three consecutive series wins!  Can you smell wildcard?

 

Just need to win every series the rest of the way and have Vlady remember how to hit. Should be easy.

 

[decosabute]

Absolutely stole a win and it felt great. Bullpen was nails. 3.5 back 👀

I'm genuinely wondering if this team might actually be better without Vlad in the lineup right now. Not that his absence magically makes the rest some sort of murderer's row, but it must suck the air out of it for the rest of the lineup when they see him continually go 0-4 with non-competitive at bats. With him just benched/rested, then I feel like it makes the objective clearer for the others - it's up to them to step up. 

Don't get me wrong - we still need to get him going at some point to have any chance either this season or in the future. But I just feel like maybe there's almost some mental relief for everyone at not having to watch him suck so bad every time he goes up.