Laika

Did they make his fastball better after the Rays couldn't?

Right and they should be 5-1 losers better not lose the division by one game

Rumour that Konnor Griffin is getting called up and signing an extension If they call him up, he plays a game, then they extend him, Pitt can still get the bonus pick for PPI if he wins awards If he signs an extension then they call him up and he debuts they are not eligible for the PPI picks Interesting

Yes The tools might be gone. He was not great in 2025 and horrible in the playoffs. Everybody blamed his illness earlier in the year where he lost a lot of weight. He was mediocre in the second half in 2024 as well (118 wRC+), bad so far this year, and he is 33.5 years old. Sprint speed and arm strength are now below average and not coming back. Bat speed is way below average (might always have been to be fair - he is a barrel control guy). Seems to be a bit more chase to his game now and the elite BB% may be evaporating. He saved his 2025 by randomly playing good SS defense but who in their right mind would expect that to carry forward... Dodgers would be happy with like, -3 defense there from him. I mean cooked is harsh but this could be a .260/.330 fifteen homer guy now, with fringe SS defense or solid defense elsewhere, and no impact legs.

Little is just up there to motivate these Jays hitters

Nance seems to maybe be one of those annoying guys who is nails in low leverage but sweaty in higher leverage? I dunno if true, just my sense

lowkey Fluharty is elite such an underrated combination of Stuff, Funk, Command, Poise, and Cojones

Okamoto homered off Freeland in the 2023 WBC

Something like 80 pitches But since these are all "roof closed" pitches I would also wait until there is a road sample

Blue Jays Stuff+ Trends Player 2025 Stuff+ 2026 Stuff+ Difference Nance 108 122 14 Fluharty 107 120 13 Hoffman 108 121 13 Scherzer 93 103 10 Gausman 102 109 7 Varland 109 115 6 Rogers 137 140 3 Cease 108 110 2 Lauer 94 91 -3 Little 109 105 -4 Fisher 112 99 -13 TEAM 99 105 6 Very promising across the board. Fisher is down 1 mph but he is mostly breaking balls, so probably just has not found his shapes quite yet. The team sample also includes the innings from Heineman, lol. His 10 Stuff+. This moves Toronto from MLB rank 21 to MLB rank 12. However, the absolute effect of this is overstated as it looks like Stuff+ needs to adjust its mean to 2026. The mean team Stuff+ appears to be about 103 right now. Should be 100. Part of this might be the roof being closed for every game... Toronto pitchers benefitting from that home environment and climate control. Maybe that is all of it? Stuff+ doesn't have team level home/away splits

Hoffman 2026 120 Stuff+ 87 Location+ 2025 110 Stuff+ 98 Location+ Varland 2026 115 Stuff+, 108 Location+ 2025 110 Stuff+, 101 Location+ I like the stuff trend on both this year. That signal might mean something even this early. The location trend shouldn't mean much yet. Hoffman has had brutal command so far though. Varland's issue with locations is way more specific - last year he almost threw too many strikes, or too many meatballs. I wonder if he would be a better reliever if he was a bit more wild? Weird to say.

Springer (1) Schneider (3) - Jonn, Orgfiller Vlad (1) - Laika Kaz(2) Kirk (3) Clement (3) Sanchez (2) Straw (5) Gimenez (3) Bench (10) - mphenhef

Bo is the worst player in baseball so far bleeding runs on defense, somehow he has negative BsR despite almost never being on base Kaz is already +0.8 fWAR on Bo wow

I was tarred and feathered for saying "regular season Vlad is back!" after his TOOTBLAN but it's true He has a 171 wRC+ but it's hilariously all groundball singles His xwOBA is .281. Zero barrels. Pulling nothing in the air. Hitting almost everything on the ground. Not even hitting enough hard ground balls. And this is against some real nincompoop pitchers.

My assumption from watching it was that it was some kind of full tear or rupture. Ligament or maybe hamstring. If the team isn't IMMEDIATELY confirming that it is a full tear, I find that mildly hopeful, but the best case scenario is probably still a partial tear and four+ months out of action. Still seems like a 95% chance it's just a full tear though.

In hindsight, should have never signed a big awkward Alek Manoah kind of body They just don't last on turf!

The real answer is - the umps weren't calling the rulebook anyway They tested out the 3D zone w ABS and everyone hated it

LUKES

Should be both + someone else coming up with Estrada, IMO

BL needs some time in Buffalo He has an option and the Jays need more fresh arms tomorrow anyway... Option him then call up Estrada and Macko or Lee

Jays are doing this just to annoy the Yankees with their run differential again

GIMENEZ

Sugano? SUGANO!?

Harder than any baseball Alex Bregman has ever hit And I am pretty sure he was a pull air guy in Japan? I see no reason to expect less than 30 homers

Here is a weird one. Brewers and Cooper Pratt are finalizing an extension. Seems like an eight year deal worth $50m or so, with a couple of team options. Not an unheard of structure for a top prospect... https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/03/brewers-cooper-pratt-reportedly-working-on-extension.html ... except... Cooper Pratt hit .238/.343/.348 last year in AA. That's a .691 OPS The Brewers are a cheap ass team. He was only 20, very young for AA. No doubt their model loves him or they wouldn't do this. But have we ever seen a top prospect post an OPS like that and get a pre-debut deal such as this?