John_Havok

He needs to mix that slider in more. They’re sitting all over the splitter

Holy god that was a jump…he was 75% of the way to 2nd before the pitch went

Just gotta wait this guy out, he will put them over the plate if you just wait

Is the park as nice as it looks on TV?

Nice rip, Taylor covers a ton of ground though. Does CHappy ever pull the ball anymore?

I had to leave the house after watching the shitshow in the 1st, I’m actually surprised (but not really) that Vlad is still in the game. I would have taken him out after that series of mistakes.

Me too, the opposing pitcher splits says he gives up major damage to RHH.

Vladdy - 1 Point - Abomination Bichette - 1 Point - Dylan Chapman - 2 Points Varsho - 2 Points- LTBF Springer - 2 Points - Omar, JohnHavok Belt - 3 Points - Jonn, JaysAllMighty Kirk - 4 Points - StangStag Merrifield - 5 Points Kiermaier - 6 Points - wilko Off the bench: 10 Points

Kirk between Varsho and Kiermaier makes me laugh. Two jackrabbits around a sloth. If Varsho gets on first he should be running alot to stay out of that DP

CBS writers on who the best SS is in baseball right now: Matt Snyder: Man, this is a tough one and I think a good portion of it boils down to if we're ready to give the mantle to Wander Franco yet. Given his inconsistencies and injury history to this point, his recent slump makes me want to move off of him. To be clear, he's already great and he's going to get better. I'm only saying it gives me pause in saying he's the best shortstop in baseball right now. Instead, I'll stick in that division and say it's Bo Bichette's time. It's his third full season and he continues to get better just about everywhere (significantly lowering his strikeout rate, for example). He has the foundation right now to make the leap into a high MVP finish (top five or even top three?). I suspect some of the usual names (Francisco Lindor, Carlos Correa, Trea Turner, Corey Seager, Xander Bogaerts) can thrust themselves into the mix by the end of the season, but right now, for me, it's Bichette. R.J. Anderson: As is always the case with these kinds of questions, I think it just depends on how you define such a thing. If you're thinking about this from a multi-year perspective, then I think Carlos Correa is probably the answer. (To wit, he leads all shortstops in Wins Above Replacement since 2021.) If you're just looking at this season, then yeah, I think it's perfectly reasonable to say either Wander Franco or Bo Bichette. Mike Axisa: You know, it's entirely possible the answer is Fernando Tatis Jr., who is of course playing right field (and playing it well) in deference to Xander Bogaerts. If we're picking the best shortstop for the next 10 years, then I'd take Wander Franco, no questions asked. If we're picking for just 2023, then I'd go Corey Seager. He's been excellent (around his hamstring injury), he's in his prime, and the skills suggest he should be a high-end performer all year. Carlos Correa and Trea Turner have struggled enough that I lean Seager. Franco long-term, Seager short-term is my answer. Shoutout to Bogaerts and Bo Bichette. Dayn Perry: In the here and now, I might narrowly lean Xander Bogaerts over Wander Franco and Bo Bichette thanks in part to the strides that Bogaerts has made with the glove. If we're talking overall with reasonable near-term expectations moving forward, I'll say Carlos Correa once he finds his level at the plate. He's got some concerning quality-of-contact indicators, however (as does Trea Turner). So it's Bogaerts for now with a nod to Bo Bichette, Corey Seager, and Wander Franco (who'll soon take over this honor).

Quite likely, or they're trying to dummy up enough paperwork to make the IL stint stick without serious scrutiny and that's taking a day or two

Vladdy - 1 Point - Abomination Bichette - 1 Point - Dylan Chapman - 2 Points Varsho - 2 Points- LTBF Springer - 2 Points - Omar, JohnHavok Belt - 3 Points - Jonn, JaysAllMighty Kirk - 4 Points Merrifield - 5 Points Kiermaier - 6 Points - wilko Off the bench: 10 Points

There's no real need to announce a Manoah "injury" until his next start unless they wanted to carry an extra reliever in the meantime.

They kinda fleeced LA for Stripling, so ... can't really bag on one bad trade to LA without acknowledging the good one too.

Not the worst bet in the world.

It pretty much does actually, but it doesnt indicate whether or not it will continue.

They picked Ray of the scrap heap and turned him into a Cy Young winner. Pitching development as a whole... I guess a bit underwhelming but there's very few teams that have that secret sauce for pitching development consistenly. Atlanta and Tampa do for sure...Dodgers probably in that list.

I'll do a deep dive post on this later, but I can tell you I've found a really good explanation for Tampa's success offensively, and the Jays struggles.

So much of the frustration of the team is perspective and expectations, not just abotu the Jays but other teams in the division. Tampa was expected to be good, not otherworldly ridiculous. Baltimore was expected to be good, not 100 win good. Boston was expected to be .500ish - not 90+ win pace good. New York is about as expected. Pre-season if you were told at the end of May the Jays would be 3 games back of New york in the AL East, that would be within the realm of expectations and you would expect NY to be leading the division with the Jays in 2nd. They still trail the Yankees by 3 games, but the jays are in 5th, Yankees 3rd. Vlad is just a chronic undeachiever of his talent after what we all saw in 2021 so essentially unless he duplicates that, he's disappointing - even if he's still really good. Half the lineup and the entire bench is underperforming their projections Some guys busted out of the gate white hot (chapman) and have now settled back to Earth so lately they seem disappointing. But if someone told you in the offseason that through most of May Chapman would be a 144 wRC+ bat after last seasons 117, not a single person would say that would be disappointing. Expectations on Manoah were some regression, not a full blown dumpster fire. Expections on the pen were much better swing and miss, which is actually happening! But then they give up HRs anytime it's not a whiff out of nowhere. People expected that jays to be above .500 and either at the top, or near the top of the division. Only half of that is true because 3 of the teams in the division are outperforming their expectations, so naturally that adds to the anger and dissapointment.

Yesterdays game was a perfect example. at least 6 line drives in the 300+ feet range that were right at outfielders. if even 2 of those 6 fall in...

Wasnt fired, his contract ran out after 2013 and he was just not retained. he was only the hitting coach for 1 season.

The fluff is for the reporters. Behind closed doors it's probably more like re-iterating what theyre doing right, but mostly what theyre doing wrong and what steps each player is going to do rectify their shortcomings. As to the exact form that takes, that's not something we'll ever know.

Also left handed and also 0 power. 3 HRs in 263 PAs so far in the minors. 5’11 but weighs in at 215. Might be some more pop in there but gonna need to unlock it to be useful.

Yeah that’s exactly what it was based on all the articles I’ve seen. Educated guess from the media

Rays hitting coach Chad Mottola on Wander Franco: “He’s so good at contact, and he can touch everything, so let’s get a better pitch to hit," Mottola said. “Even though you can touch that ball, let’s wait for one that you can drive." Sounds like a message some Jays might be in need of