BTS

Yeah. There probably aren't 5 guys in baseball you want more than Shapiro in Shapiro's spot. He's good at his job. For reasons I don't completely understand he comes attached to a GM who's competent but also utterly vanilla and unremarkable. You probably wouldn't have to turn over many rocks to find someone who could do a better job than Atkins, especially given how desirable this job should be in this market. But overall I think you just live with what we have - it could be much, much worse.

That's going to cost Baltimore like 5M between his salary for this season and his 2M buyout on a 20M option

It doesn't even feel possible. How is a man that talented and that fat slugging 0.351 with 7 homeruns in over 500 PA at 27 years old? His SLG at Rogers Centre this season is 0.301, HOW?

Has there been a more disappointing individual player season in franchise history? Vernon Wells forgetting hit to hit in 2007 was painful, but he contributed defensively and wasn't signed for half a billion dollars. Josh Johnson's 2013 was a dick punch. But this is just unbelievable

Nobody competent is going to want that job

Oh god this is brutal. The team will probably miss the playoffs by like 1-2 games with Vlad putting up a 1-WAR season and being paid to put up like 5-6. It's insane that this is happening in year 1 of his deal.

wRC+ of all players who have ever played on a 500M+ contact: Shohei Ohtani - 169 Juan Soto - 157 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - 95

You do?

Is it Vlad?

Goddamn that's insane

Joshua Baez has homered in his first two MLB PA

The expanded playoff format sucks. Its offensive that a team that has been this s*** all year is in the playoff picture. We used to mock the NHL for this nonsense.

I know this is Canada, but we don't really use KM/hour to discuss pitching velocity

Matt Waldron pitches for the Blue Jays?

Feels like just yesterday when Rutschman, Henderson, Holliday, Kjerstad, Cowser, and Mayo were the foundation of a new dynasty. Decent chance none of those guys are even on the team in two years.