John_Havok

Jays lineup is definitely deeper though. Like with the Jays at full strength and using an opitmal lineup, there are no easy outs. Philly's bottom 3 are not the least bit scary. The Jays bottom 4 when optimal is probably Chappy, Jansen, Merrifield and either Espinal or Biggio. I guess maybe the case could be made that neither Biggio nor Espinal are scary, but they dont give away PAs very much.

Another good point, why Hader wasnt in the game in that spot is kinda confusing.

Check the highlight of the HR, according to the broadcaster he earned his entire contract with that one home run. Facts

I dont get why the Padres kept pitching to him, he was locking the entire series with 2 underperforming guys behind him. I know the old school way of thinking that you dont want the go ahead run on base... but how do you let Harper beat you when the next 5 guys up after him are all hitting like crap.

Don't forget irrational, illogical, emotional and whiney.

Houston sweeps tha Yankees and the first thing Costas talks about on the broadcast is trash can lids from 5 years ago. What a joke. How many players on this years roster are even held over from 5 years ago... like 4? its a completely different team, different manager, different front office, FFS let it go already.

There's fans and media that seem to think Dave Roberts should be fired from LA.

My main argument is that this whole idea that "The 2022 Toronto Blue Jays did not appear to hate losing more than they loved winning." is ridiculous. They won 92 games. That, in itself would seem to counter your hypothesis that they did not "appear to hate losing more than they loved winning." Now, are there instances where certain players could have hustled more? Yup. Doesn't mean they dont hate losing. Are there times where seeing players laugh on the becnh when the team is losing make is "appear" like they aren't taking things seriously? I guess, but the key word there is "appear" I told a joke at work today while everyone was working to ease the tension and get everyone to ligthen up. OMG !!! How dare I?! The fact that I wan't 100% dedicated to my tasks for 7.50 hours EXACTLY leaving zero room for anything that isnt super serious? f*** me... fire me now. I should be going home every night comepletely me ntally exhausted trying to figure out how I can be the perfect robot tomorrow. Otherwise i just dont hate not being pruductive enough. You are making these connections and assumptions based on appearances. Yes, Schneider has stated publicly after a game that VLad needed to hustle better in that game situation. Excellent. Seems that Schneider has a pretty good handle on that then doesn't it? Equating EVERY single non 100% effort play or laughter in the dugout to not hating losing is just assumptions. And ya know what happens when you make assumptions? You are an "ass" and the "ump" will "tion" you. Or something like that.

Check out Arber Xhekaj, ragdolled Zack Kassian in a fight. Fun fact about the kid, his nickname is "Wifi" because his last name looks like a random generated password.

Bowling balls dont really have peaks, just rounded spots at higher elevation.

You keep creating these things that I seem to think...

I dont even care abotu clowning around on the bench, but i do care about running out plays more often. There's certain times where yeah, hit a 100 mph grounder straight at the SS... yeah you know youre out, I'm pretty okay with a non 100% effort there. But on any potential double play scenario or where the fielders are legit havnig to scramble to get the ball and will be throwing off balance... get your fat ass up the line as fast you can.

My kingdom for people to have a better understanding of the meanings of regress and retrogress.....

Yeah, and it seemed that as soon as he took over, they lost ... less. So... did his taking over not have any impact on the "hate losing" thing right away? Pure coincidence? If it's only certain invididuals that dont hate losing enough and their hatred of losing didnt change at all from when Schneider took over to when Bongos was in charge... why did the team's record (which is made up of individuals) suddenly get way better if those certain individuals still didnt hate losing enough? It's your thesis, prove it.

Yeah, managers want job security too. Any manager would be crazy to take 1 year deals.

Would absolutely roll the dice on Miller on a minor league deal with invite as a reliever. I think he'll probably get a guaranteed contract somewhere though.

Appearances can be deceiving. They seemed to hate losing 62% of the time under Schneider this season. They only hated losing about 50% of time under Montoyo this season. Seems that Schneider improved the "hating losing" skill by 24% instantly.

I love it when people think that smiling and laughing in the dugout means they don't care about losing.

3 years plus option for 2026. Confirmed. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/10/blue-jays-hire-john-schneider-as-manager.html

Atkins confirmed the bone spur it to the Toronto Star on Oct 11, but surgery isn’t a definite thing yet…though that’s pretty much the only way to get rid of it. The 33-year-old veteran had been playing through an undisclosed right elbow injury throughout the second half of the season. Atkins revealed Tuesday it was a bone spur. Springer is scheduled to have the elbow examined by a specialist once he has been cleared for travel.(had the concussion at the time so wouldn’t have been able to fly) “We don’t know,” Atkins said when asked if Springer would require surgery. “His elbow is feeling much better, so we’ll see once he gets in there, but I don’t expect that to impact him … If anything, I think just getting rid of that spur will only impact him positively and his ability to play centre field.”

Sweet. Making that massive extension looking better by the minute! Vlad nominated at 1b also.

Probably a volume thing, he hit 50% of his balls in play on the ground. Vlad was 52%. If anything, just like Vlad, his launch angle would need to improve

I dont know about thinking that he's peaked as the reason fro trading him, just that Jansen/Moreno would be more than satisfactory as a catching tandem, so why not strike while the iron is hot and trade a very valuable chip to fill other areas of need if you can. That's probably more the thought process. As for whether there is more in the bat... Yeah there could be. His batted ball profile is pretty excellent, so I dont think a 135-140 wRC+ is out of the realm of possibility which is liekly where he would be with 20 HR and a similar triple slash as 2022. I dont know that his average will ever contend for the title given his slowness of foot.

If true, I suspect it be more like 2 + club option.

The pushups at home are plus though.