John_Havok

You're kidding!

He'll be matched against Miles Mikolas who just signed a 2 year 40 million dollar extension. Should be a good one!

I'm trying to envision the hype on this board with the Jays entering September with already nearly 90 wins. I dont even think losing to the Astros in the ALCS is all that bad an outcome after the last 2 seasons, but it would sure suck ass in the moment.

Some Hayden Yuenger write up form the Athletic - wont paste the whole thing to avoid paywall issues but just some high points; Last name is pronounced Ying-er After the Blue Jays drafted him in the sixth round in 2021, they challenged the right-hander with an aggressive assignment in High-A Vancouver. Working in one- and two-inning stints, he racked up 34 strikeouts in his first 20 innings. The plan all along, however, had been to stretch out Juenger as a starter, as is often the case with the organization’s most promising arms. With Juenger, it was also an opportunity to build up his workload. After three years in college and pro ball, he’d only pitched a little under 110 innings. ..... Over fourth months in New Hampshire, Juenger largely thrived in a role best described as a bulk pitcher, with his starts typically lasting three or four innings. Over his 20 appearances, he averaged 10.8 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 3.4 walks. By the end of July, Juenger had earned a promotion to Triple-A Buffalo, where he shifted to the bullpen. Still largely working multiple innings, Juenger was now tasked with facing batters that, on average, were about four years his senior. What Blue Jays bullpen coach Jeff Ware recalled about Juenger was his maturity. "He’s confident and he has a plan and he knows how to put together that plan and implement it in a Triple-A environment.” said Ware ...... Still, Juenger was tested. He remembered one outing, about three weeks into his time in Buffalo when he entered a game in the fifth inning and basically everything that could go wrong did. The first two hitters he faced fell behind 0-2 but Juenger didn’t execute a put-away pitch and each wound up doubling. After issuing a walk, a ground ball snuck through a hole in the infield. Naturally, another double followed. All told he allowed four hits and four runs in a third of an inning. The next day, veteran starter Casey Lawrence approached Juenger to ask him if he was OK. He reminded him that bad outings happen, but it’s how a pitcher responds that matters. “Just having that conversation really put in perspective like, ‘OK, look this stuff’s going to happen, but it’s about how fast we can bounce back and not worry about it,” Juenger said. Asked what prompted him to check in with Juenger, the 35-year-old Lawrence said he remembered how former Blue Jays pitchers like Jason Grilli and Mark Buehrle had done the same for him. ..... Juenger’s approach is to attack the zone. He throws his 92-97 mph fastball up and pairs it with a plus-changeup and a slider — that plays more like a sweeper after a grip tweak in September — that, in Juenger’s words, “has come a long way.” All three pitches can miss bats, as evidenced by the 100 strikeouts in 88 2/3 innings. But mistakes also led to 18 home runs allowed. ... Juenger will begin the season in Triple A and is again poised for a flexible role. Whether it involves one-inning or multi-inning appearances or even short starts, he’ll be ready for whatever is asked. As for what he can work on, Ware said it’s all about finding more consistency with his pitches. “Just executing his slider more consistently — consistently have the same shape of a slider or a very similar slider from pitch to pitch, and just executing his fastball at the top of the zone even better,” Ware said. “We saw a lot of good things from him, he did these things a lot already last year. It’s just getting a little bit more consistent with it.” Juenger isn’t worried about setting a timetable for reaching the majors this year, but it’s fair to say he’s a name to watch. “I’d love to debut this year coming up,” Juenger said. “But at the same time, I still got to play, I still got to perform well and time’s got to be right, as well.”

I'm sure Hazel Mae will be on the case to get Gausman's reaction at the game today. I will predict he gives 0 shits about it.

MLB The Show simulated the season as they do every year. Here's how it went. Blue jays ended the season with 108 wins, best in baseball - lose to the Astros in the ALCS Angels made the playoffs as a wildcard but lost in the ALDS Freeman and Justin Turner won the batting titles Trea Turner and Bubba Thompson led their respective leagues in stolen bases (though they didnt provide the #) Cy Youngs were Musgrove and DeGrom, MVPs were Alonso and Yordan Alvarez. Braves beat the Astros in the World Series.

Looks like he would get the home opener too April 11th

It would be interesting to see how much the Rogers TV section of the company actually pays the Jays section of the company for their broadcasting rights. It's difficult to imagine that it's fair market value given the Jays "local" TV market is probably the biggest in MLB by a huge margin. I mean it's not like any other broadcaster even gets the chance to bid on their broadcast rights either.

The question mark on Martinez previously is whether he will develop any power. It’s been nonexistent until last season. He hit 14 last year after hitting ….none in 2021 and 2 in 2019. Nobody questions the hit tool. with last years power progress, if he keeps up improvement in that area this season he’ll vault up all the lists.

Maybe they’ll try the new buzzword now going around when talking about pitchers and being shut down - elbow maintenance.

He means that if Berrios continues to suck, he might suddenly come down with case of “arm fatigue” that requires a stint on the IL

Goodbye 2023, hello 2024

Yup. THough I suspect he wont be facing many 27 year old relievers that just made AAA last season with 5+ ERAs and nearly 2 WHIPs.

I can say with near certainty that while the Jays themselves may have lost money in their own little vacuum, they made Rogers WAAAAAAAAAAAY more than they lost. Rogers Communication annual gross profit for 2022 was $4.917 billion.

No real middle ground there lol

The "when Nate is healthy he should be with the big club" has been pretty much true for the past 3 seasons, he's just never been healthy enough for it to happen.

White being injured doesn't hurt either. If White was healthy, you know he'd get the last spot.

There is no suggestion really. s*** happens. Deal with it and move on. Pitchers need time to ramp their arms up, hitters probably need less time overall but pitchers need hitters to throw to. Spring Training is fine the way it is.

17 whiffs, dude is on fire in the spring. Please please please keep that going. All 5 curveballs were for strikes too, which is new. Maybe he can utilize that to steal a first pitch strike occasionally.

If only he'd gone to the WBC, he might not have been playing in this game and been fine.

And we're stuck with him for another 4 seasons after this at 6 million per with a full NTC until 2025, then just a modified NTC after that. Happy f***ing days

Ryan Goins was a LHB. Career splits aginst RHP: wRC+ 66, Aginst LHP. wRC+ 57 Santiago Espinal is a RHB with a wRC+ of 91 against RHP, and 125 against LHP. He was also highly overrated on D and was basically average. Thinking Espinal is Ryan Goins 2.0 is a terrible take. He's probably good enough to be a starter on 25 teams in baseball

No I folowoed it, just hadnt heard the exact time frame mentioned. When he first got hit they said it was broken, uncertain recovery and surgery was needed. The release for his 2+ month time frame just officially came out a few hours ago. The time frame had been speculated earlier just based on history as 8-10 weeks. Yes that's similar to 2+ months.

Altuve out 2 months+ due to needing surgery on his thumb

2023 “Friday Night Baseball” Schedule on Apple TV+ Friday, April 7 Texas Rangers at Chicago Cubs 2 p.m. ET San Diego Padres at Atlanta Braves 7 p.m. ET Friday, April 14 San Francisco Giants at Detroit Tigers 6:30 p.m. ET Los Angeles Angels at Boston Red Sox 7 p.m. ET Friday, April 21 Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees 7 p.m. ET Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves 7 p.m. ET Friday, April 28 Philadelphia Phillies at Houston Astros 8 p.m. ET St. Louis Cardinals at Los Angeles Dodgers 10 p.m. ET Friday, May 5 Chicago White Sox at Cincinnati Reds 6:30 p.m. ET Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Guardians 7 p.m. ET Friday, May 12 Kansas City Royals at Milwaukee Brewers 8 p.m. ET Chicago Cubs at Minnesota Twins 8 p.m. ET Friday, May 19 Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays 7 p.m. ET Seattle Mariners at Atlanta Braves7 p.m. ET Friday, May 26 San Diego Padres at New York Yankees 7 p.m. ET Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers 6:30 p.m. ET Friday, June 2 Milwaukee Brewers at Cincinnati Reds 5 p.m. ET Cleveland Guardians at Minnesota Twins 8 p.m. ET Friday, June 9 Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles 7 p.m. ET Seattle Mariners at Los Angeles Angels 9:30 p.m. ET Friday, June 16 Pittsburgh Pirates at Milwaukee Brewers 8 p.m. ET Chicago White Sox at Seattle Mariners 10 p.m. ET Friday, June 23 Pittsburgh Pirates at Miami Marlins 6:30 p.m. ET New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies 7 p.m. ET Friday, June 30 Milwaukee Brewers at Pittsburgh Pirates7 p.m. ET Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Angels 9:30 p.m. ET LOL, dozens of Pirates fans will be upset 3 fridays in a row in June.