Blue Jays (Fisher) vs Athletics (Basso): 09/09/26, 3:05 PM

[Brock Beauchamp]

Fisher gets the ball for the Blue Jays opposite Basso and the Athletics this afternoon in Sacramento.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	TOT
Tyler Rogers	0	12	0	13	0	25
Spencer Miles	0	0	0	0	22	22
Ricky Tiedemann	0	0	31	0	0	31
Paul Sewald	0	7	0	11	0	18
Michael Lorenzen	33	0	0	0	0	33
Mason Fluharty	0	20	0	2	0	22
Louis Varland	0	13	0	24	0	37
Joe Mantiply	23	0	17	0	0	40
Brendon Little	31	0	0	12	0	43
Braydon Fisher	14	0	10	0	0	24

[Terminator]

Must win game.

Both teams are essentially doing bullpen games today and ours is a lot better and more well rested. With the off day tomorrow we can let it fly with all of our best relievers.

 

 

[Terminator]

As for the WC, it's essentially a 3-team race. The Orioles (pour one out for all the Orioles and Luis Robert fanboys), Mariners, and Twins have dropped below 3% odds.

That leaves the Jays, Guardians and Rangers. And the Jays are only 3 back of the ChiSox and 1.5 back of the Astros so there are other paths to the WC for the Jays if the Guardians or Rangers get hot and win the division.

I still maintain the position that the playoffs will be easy to make.

[G-Snarls]

Pivotal game and I like our chances 

[Omar]

16 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

Pivotal game and I like our chances 

This Jays team seems to play to the level of their opponents.   Hope they show up today.

[Omar]

[hanton]

what happened to Springer?

[ComeTogether]

5 minutes ago, hanton said:

what happened to Springer?

Old man rest/maintenance?

[Terminator]

34 minutes ago, hanton said:

what happened to Springer?

Not sure exactly but he was shaking out his hand or wrist after a swing yesterday.

He appears to be the hitting version of Max Scherzer now. Still effective when healthy, but almost never healthy because he is old and is constantly managing a half dozen injuries during the course of the season.

EDIT: Just got an alert that it is his shoulder as well as a few other "bumps and bruises"

[Brownie19]

That lineup is gross.  It's a small miracle we're still contending.

[Laika]

Ernie is killing me 

I need him to figure it out 

[Terminator]

3 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

That lineup is gross.  It's a small miracle we're still contending.

Yeah the lineup and the rotation is just downright BAD. We have zero business being in the playoff chase.

But we've got two good starting pitchers, an elite bullpen and good defense which is apparently enough to contend for the AL Pennant this year.

[Omar]

6 minutes ago, Laika said:

Ernie is killing me 

I need him to figure it out 

Every ab that Ernie takes is one less ab that Josh Smith could potentially have taken.

[Laika]

1 minute ago, Omar said:

Every ab that Ernie takes is one less ab that Josh Smith could potentially have taken.

Good point 

They seem content to platoon Josh Smith but he is a monster 

[Terminator]

When Taters comes back (and depending on how good he looks), Ernie might find himself in a short side platoon.

In the meantime, there should be plenty of ABs for both Ernie and Smith with LF being the gaping hole that it is.

[ComeTogether]

Battle of the bullpens 

[glory]

38 minutes ago, Terminator said:

When Taters comes back (and depending on how good he looks), Ernie might find himself in a short side platoon.

In the meantime, there should be plenty of ABs for both Ernie and Smith with LF being the gaping hole that it is.

I’m not exaggerating when I say JS would rather take a knife to the throat than bench Clement. Ok, maybe slight exaggeration, but just barely. No chance Clement is anything but the starting 2B for the rest of the season (unfortunately).

[Landry_25]

Why does this team look like total dog s*** against all soft throwing lefties? 

[gruber9292]

Lorenzen looks horrible 

[dancingmachine]

Get this bum out of there

[dancingmachine]

Just now, gruber9292 said:

Lorenzen looks horrible 

Didn't see the first inning, couldn't Fisher go 2 innings?

[Laika]

Just now, gruber9292 said:

Lorenzen looks horrible 

He's sitting 93. Dude used to have a good fastball. I guess it's long gone. 

[glory]

Rested pen and a day off tomorrow. Not sure this is the game to try to get length from Lorenzen, but hopefully this works. 

[Brownie19]

3 minutes ago, gruber9292 said:

Lorenzen looks horrible 

Shocking.  I think you may observe that because Lorenzen IS horrible.  That's why he was released by the Rockies.

[Omar]

Lorenzen has been horrible every outing. He just got lucky a few times. Nothing but a mirage. 

[dancingmachine]

Should have sent speedster Kirk 

[G-Snarls]

Can't FN score 

Ug

[dancingmachine]

Another inning of DFA why? BP is rested

[JaysFan99]

1 minute ago, dancingmachine said:

Should have sent speedster Kirk 

Might as well have. Valenzuela has been terrible for a while now. His last RBI came on a solo home run hit back on July 17.