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I understand the skepticism. And a lot of it is the lack of understanding what the actual issue was (mental, physical, mechanical or little of it all). But from a mental conditioning side of things, it really doesn't matter where he is getting that help. Same with physical. Mechanically he had more time than most rehab stints, only with less in-game time. I do think this is a panic move as the Jays need to see what they have before the deadline. If he can pitch like an average number 5, it won't please the fans, but I think it will get the F.O. off the phones. Still nothing screams "we are Ricky Romero'ing him" to me.

The one narrative I don't understand from the fans on the Manoah call up is that this is somehow bad for him and his development. I get that if he loses it is bad for the team, but how does pitching bad again in the majors (i assume those who are saying this is going to hurt him believe he will be bad...I also believe he will be not good) hurt him long-term? Or even short-term.

"it's good for baseball when everyone in the Reuben sucks" - Rob Manfred (probably)

Although I have zero clue how I ended up with any of my guys other than an agressive trade up for Volpe.

Nah rebuilding is easy. I just have no patience

I know it isn't kosher for BP in June...but I make the f***ing rules around here. Alek Manoah wins a playoff game for the Jays in 2023

The good teams in this league are just too good (nice week L54). My team can hang but never win and I don't seem to have the well roundedness to destroy the bottom feeders. Speeding up the contention process may have been an error. No slowing down now though. Still have Kjerstead to move, and have some youngish guys that never get off my bench too.

Booooobz is a day 1er. With 2.6 posts a year. If this doesn't spark a win I will run around RC...oh wait we don't want to see that or be reminded of all the mentions again

The concept of holding a major in a big city with transit available for it is a great concept and a green initiative. Canadian Open at Jane and Sheppard was fantastic. Saw a bunch of teens there without Mom or Dad (also they gave practice round tickets to under privileged youth from the area). However U.S open dropped the ball with the members getting so many of the tickets. Quicker terms Golf has taken a popularity hit and they need less old white men at events

Jays were behind the Yankees and virtually tied with the Rays in preseason WAR calculations. Rays and O's are exceeding projections. Jays and Yanks behind. Red Sox probably close

I can't believe you put the Padres as close. The Padres are my fear of the direction this F.O. is going

He was never sent to the minors. He went down for a start after a rainout. If you get a rainout in Japan, the manager skips your start. He asked to be sent down to keep fresh. Worked too

It worked. Nice dealing with you. I can go back to hoping Cowser sucks balls cause he is an O. I really don't think it will happen though

Jonah Cox from Oral Roberts (yes Cox from Oral) has a 47 game hit streak leading into the CWS. He has hits in 62 of their 63 games. .420/.480/.690

My hard push for Nola is possibly hitting a wall (Division rival who owns my 1st)..I get it. But several top prospects (James Wood,Cowser, Gabe Gonzalez, Kjerstead, Bryan Woo, Volpe or Gorman could be in play too). Looking for a solid bullpen piece and a top 20 pitcher.

They might not even be the worst in the state with the Broncos there. I go Avs, Nuggets, Mammoth, then Rockies/Broncos tie for last

Nope, you can move any player down at that time

Gonna be tough for Jones to sustain that .450 BABIP. Especially if the talk is true and they move him up to number 2 in the order. Teams could opener with a LHP and him, McMahon & Moose are auto-outs, and they will see so many lefty relievers. Against RHP at Coors he's a play though.

I am in the buyers market still. Pitching for hitting, no seller has the young assets I do. No one should trade a pitcher for prospects without trying me first. And remember I'm not much of a negotiator. Come at with me with a solid first offer.

when has firing a GM midseason ever happened, much less turned a season around?

Stop, just stop! Spanky, you are hijacking threads with your 20 year old online feuds again. It's so easy to ignore each other. One rule, if it's not about baseball don't hit send. Only reasonable, response to this is "You're right, I am sorry".

Added the pic to your post Gruber, so the young guys who don't know Grich can actually see a time where a Gruber post made sense.

2019 Padres. I can't see the O's going full Preller, but I can see them making some bulk spect trades to still be the 3rd best team in the division.

I assume yesterday's win was because Schneider made all the right moves

It started pretty tame. I mean it was 25K in fans at one hole and probably 24,500 were just cheering. When Fleetwood hit it into the rough on his drive on 18 needing the birdie to win, it was just a lot of yelling things like "use your putter" one guy yelled "Geoff will still suck your dick after you lose this" which is probably a reference which 99% of the people including Fleetwood wouldn't get. Then when he hit it short on the first playoff hole, it was right in front of me. One guy when he was addressing the ball says "this is why you never win you pussy" another threw a pine cone to distract him. Fleetwood's caddy had to do a "this is our livelihood show some respect. On the second playoff Taylor's caddy said "cheer Nick as loud as you can but don't be disrespectful to Tommy" Then it was just a complete disrespect to the volunteers, which for me is one of the golden rules of sport, never disrespect a volunteer. Running out on to the fairway to get a better view of green, when 18 was going to be used again if they tied. One guy just stood there saying get security. He went behind the barriers after security came. Then he did the same thing in the 4th playoff. Giving everyone the finger when security escorted him off. There also were a bunch of people sharing what was happening on the green as they watched the broadcast because those on the fairway cannot see the green. Had a blast there though.