John_Havok

Vlad needs to come up with that ball...it was hit right at his glove side.

Dont think so no

That was sarcasm.

Yeah, all the good arms are available to get through the rest of the game.

At least he got a single... should have put it in the bleachers, but... small victories.

Good idea Varsho, just needed it a bit more up the line....

Yimi seems to excel in the fireman situation. Get him in there to with men on and he gets it done. Starting an inning... not so much

give him a f***ing series off.

SAme... i cant catch him by picking the same guy... pretty much over now unless we get lucky with bench picks.

f***, Biggio just missed that one... needed that to keep pace with Jonn in the HR contest since he picked Jansen today

Jansen again for Jonn, +3 +2

Cheap and stupid. A delightful combo

It was a planned thing too, you could tell the way he was holding the ball so late that he was going to throw over.

He's just dumb when it comes to baseball in general. Terrible baserunner, terrible approach at the plate, though seems to have okay instincts on Defense.

There's that "consistency" from s***** umps. Hasnt called low pitches for strikes at all, even in that AB, then calls one for strike 3.

Saw that K happen a mile away with Vlad. Got a bad strike call on the outside, guaranteed he was swinging at the next one even further out... 100%

Jansen. Jonn extends his lead with +3+1

And then swing at one way up out of the zone, what is with these guys throwing away PAs today

Except he wont be, that's the whole problem with s***** umping, it's not consistent.

LOL, of course. Not strike 3 called?!?

Picks locked

The word "best" often gets misused when what people really mean is "surprising"

Article from the Athletic about the Jays offense, snippets only: After play on Wednesday, they had a .695 OPS with runners in scoring position, which ranked 26th in the league. The Blue Jays offence has been strange this year. The team ranks second in hits (635) and average (.265), behind only the Rangers, and third in on-base percentage (.334). But their slugging percentage (.422) ranks ninth and their runs scored (317) are 11th. This is a team that can hit as well as basically any team and should be more productive offensively, but they’ve not been making the most of opportunities with runners on. They’ve also not been able to rely on the home run to score in bunches as much, either. Their 79 home runs as a team rank 12th. The Blue Jays have a .674 win percentage (31-15) against all non-AL East opponents. They have a .304 win percentage (7-16) against their own division. The Blue Jays have played AL East teams more often on the road (13) than at home (10), so once that begins to even out, maybe that’ll tip the wins more in their direction. But they’re in tough spot trying to at least break even against their division. After Wednesday, they have 29 more games left against AL East teams. They’ll need to go 19-10 the rest of the way to be .500 against the division. “You got to get it done against your division,” Schneider said. “You don’t want to put more pressure on these types of series at this time of year, but they all add up.” “Guys do not feel the pressure,” said Schneider. “They are confident in themselves. It is a uniquely talented division. We’ve been saying that for a long time between Tampa, Boston, New York, Baltimore, us, it’s a uniquely talented division.” THat was basically it, no analysis or anything, just declaring raw stats. When discussin gthe upcoming trade deadline they talked about the Jays needs... again pretty uninspired writing as anyone here could have come up with this: "With uncertainty about when Manoah will return to the majors, acquiring a starting pitcher has to be the top priority for Toronto. Another bench bat, preferably someone who can mash left-handed hitting, would be another asset. That player could be a fourth outfielder type, but there is some flexibility with the position here. Lastly, relief help is always sought after at that time of year and the Blue Jays could use another reliable mid-to-late inning arm to shore up their bullpen for the stretch drive."

I really like that there's been absolutely 0 mention of Manoah and what hes working on by the media since he went down. Just leave him the f*** alone for a while until he's sorted.

And a full and fair representation of the Rays would be... "at this point, they're probably cheating better than everyone else"