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WTF are our other players rotting away on the bench??? There is no way 0-4 Jiminez and IKF hit in the ninth, with Schneider, ernie, france on the bench. Kirk coming in only made sense if someone gets on. Should be playing this game like a playoff game. This one is on Schneider.

I would love for the Pearson experiment to end, this has been going on for YEARS now. Do they think he will just magically become good? I rooted for the guy for the first few years, now he is just taking up room. Just because he pulled one out of his ass last night, doesnt mean you ignore every previous stat.

Didn't realize there were incentives there, i had thought it was 2MM if he made the roster, which is why i wasn't sure if the front office would just throw away 2MM. That said, getting rid of him is addition by subtraction anyway.

thanks for that input, reminds me why i never post. I was just asking if anyone had any thoughts or opinions, or in your case, maybe just an opinion.

Honest question here. With Votto nearing the main roster, what is going to happen? Soon we will have several players that are basically DH only in Votto and Vogelbach. Are they really going to send down Ernie? Vogel is such dead weight, i mean we know he is terrible, and he must like collecting a pay cheque, but batting in every 10th game? what is the point? I have not heard anyone addressing the issue when they talk about Votto's injury progress. If they bring up Votto, they better cut Vogel loose, i think people would riot if they attempt to send anyone down, Votto and Vogel are not the future of this team.

wow, i do not remember when the Jays have ever waiting so long in an off season to do something....anything?

love this! we have no clutch players anymore. Last year, Kirk was pretty clutch, and what i would give to have a mountcastle on this team. You know they are going to get a hit, the question is where. Vlad is the opposite of clutch. bases loaded? 1 out? lets try to ambush the first pitch, and we get another double play ball.

I dont love bunting all time, more the idea of small ball, Bo went up there hacking off the go. In a tie game, the runner on first could probably crawl to 2nd, they were not going to throw down with the go ahead run on third. So fine, don't bunt, send the runner. They never put any thought in or be creative. I dont hate the rays, of course i hate how we always lose to them, but i used to love Maddon. They were a creative club who didnt just count/hope for homers to win games. If your whole strategy is to win by homers, and you are in a batting slump, you need to adapt. Maybe Bo can't bunt for s***, but i really doubt the Rays would predict a bunt, and why would they, the jays dont play small ball.

The refusal to play small ball infuriates me. When Bo came up, have him bunt. He has struggled with the bat, but in a tie game, we need a run. Two on and zero outs? If the bunt gets down, Bo is out, but the guys move up and out of double play. I mean, you can see it happening like a slow car crash, as soon as Vlad comes up, it will either be a double play, or a moon shot. Every player will slump, but the manager needs to not put them in positions to either fail or be a home run hero. These stupid shifts, and only playing homerun ball is killing us. And dont get me started on Tapia. I dont care that he came through and had a clutch hit. He seems to struggle to hit a beach ball, and that "attempt" in center field last night was a joke. Dive or dont dive, but all he did was wave at it. If you have decided to not dive, then why not cut it off. He is useless. Bradley Zimmer, i dont get the love affair here. His bat is non existent, but they keep running him out there. A batting average worse than Arenciba, but yet he remains, and gets bats, i mean he could never bat. I often read, but rarely post, but this team has potential, and Charlies ways will have us struggling all year, and then some. /End rant

It seems like Ruben has been around the league forever, but i agree with anything that has me seeing less Urena on a day to day basis. We always seem to need utility guys with our glass infielders.

just a reddit link about Stro unfollowing Jays. Maybe something is brewing here. absolutely nothing to back this up. sorry if posted elsewhere.

not to derail this public shaming, but i can confirm, bacon pancakes are amazing. Now, back to the hating please.

please tell me that there is a medical reason to do this, and not just maim your dog. If so, fine, then i will go back to disliking this douche nozzle for all the other reasons.

Just a question, I thought this guy was something special a few years back, or a possible catcher of the future. Any word on what happened to him? Being 25 and at AA makes me think he is now just roster filler. I agree Jansen is better, i just didnt see Max rotting away down there.

https://www.thestar.com/sports/bluejays/opinion/2018/07/16/blue-jays-marcus-stroman-needs-to-mature-before-he-can-find-true-success.html I generally dislike Griffin's idiocy, but, this sounds bang on. Sto seems to represent himself, not the jays. I wish he could turn things around, we could use him as a player, not as a mouth-piece.

Sorry, i missed a few games and didnt see it addressed here, or in another thread. I thought Lourdes was doing ok. I knew we picked up Gio, and maybe Gio is out of options? I would rather give Loudes at bats up here then Gio who is fringy at best. If this has already been discussed at length, please just point the way.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/05/blue-jays-place-marcus-stroman-on-disabled-list.html About time.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/04/blue-jays-option-devon-travis.html About time i guess. Still, there is one other i would send down.... sorry if posted elsewhere

wtf? I thought -officially- losing our supposed starting SS was relevant. Um, sorry i guess???

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/03/blue-jays-place-troy-tulowitzki-on-60-day-dl-designate-sam-moll.html and so it begins.

✔ @Wilnerness590 Gibby’s back - and he tells us that #Bluejays are going to “back off” Marcus Stroman because of mild shoulder inflammation, revealed by MRI. No major concern, just going to let it “get out of there”. 9:16 AM - Feb 27, 2018 13 See Mike Wilner's other Tweets Didnt he start changing his windup, or tinkering with it? maybe i am just making s*** up? Anyway, didnt see this elsewhere

Did people actually hate him?? I liked him for what he was, a backup, nothing more, nothing less. The only reason he got thrust into full time is we have a few players made of glass. He wasn't an annoying idiot who made bad plays or got thrown out trying to steal bases, he just wasnt good with the bat. Sure i cringed when he came up to bat with anything hopeful going on out on the bases, but he was a solid backup infielder. I cheered like hell when he pitched that inning on Canada Day a few years back, and would welcome him back as a backup infielder, as long as we get someone solid in front of him. Where ever he ends up, still a nice guy, just can't hit.....at all.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-rogers-centre-future-1.4079505 250-400 million? There has got to be a better way to spend that. A polished/retro fitted turd is still a turd. sorry if posted elsewhere

Oh come on, I always heard you had a liking for things around 5 years old.

https://streamable.com/0wls5 Nothing about this link is mine, not even the title, so mods can change it if you like. I needed this laugh, one more loss or DL and I am gonna lose it on everyone around me. enjoy