John_Havok

The teams in the central will probably all be under 500 next year with the reduced division games.

It's also an anomaly to take 3 of 4 in New York followed by a sweep in Boston, and take both halves of a doubleheader, regardless of the teams involved. Can't bitch about the negative anomalies without acknoweldging the positive ones.

It's not a fully balanced schedule tho. A completely balanced schedule is not feasbile due to the massive travel differences

Seattle's rest of season schedule is kind of a cakewalk outside of a few games. 2 more against the White Sox, 3 against Atlanta, 2 against the Padres, then a road trip to play 4 @ the Angels, 3 @ Oakland, 3 @ KC then finish up at home with 4 against Texas, another 2 against Oakland and 4 against the tigers. 4 off days sprinkled in also. Hard to see them stumbling with that many games against complete garbage remaining.

This reeks of counting chickens ….but I’d rather play Cleveland. They do not scare me at all.

Where does the narrative that Zimmer’s baserunning sucks come from? Using whatever measures Fangraphs uses…if you prorated his BSR to 500 PAs he’d be top 15 in baseball. Prorate to 550 he just outside the top 10. Bag on his pool noodle bat all ya like, that’s indefensible but his defense and baserunning are absolutely elite.

Why bring up Moreno to bench warm and maybe pinch hit? Jansen and Kirk can more than handle the catching duties. Not saying Zimmer is the correct move, just saying not adding Moreno isn't necessarily wrong if there's not enough playing time for him. As for Lawrence over the other guys.... yeah, I don't get it unless there's something we dont know about injuries. Like, I get not bringing up 2 of Merryweather/Pop/Gage... because you can only bring up 1, but... Lawrence? He's the worst of that lot by far.

Lawrence over Merryweather is a bit of a head scratcher, maybe they're just keeping him in AAA as long as his rehab assignment permits then punt Lawrence into the sun when it's over.

Not a single player in the first 3 years of service is mad at other players in different situations for making more money. They might be mad at the system in place, but not at other players.

So the platoon advantage for the opposition would be RH hitters who would never hit HRs.

There's rumours Conforto might be ready to come back in late September. Might even be able to sneak him in for a few PA's before the playoffs (wouldnt be eligible for the playoffs of course) and get the inside track for next season.

I would put dumping dead weight into priority #1, then move to your list. Dead weight being Tapia.

Watch them ditch all their starting pitcfhers and sign nothing but lefties now also, then move the fences back in to a sensible distance after a few years.

And right up there with art, high end collectibles are basically nothing but money laundering.

When i was watching this camera shot last night the exact thought running throuh my head was "this guy looks like a serial killer"

Dude is sitting splitter for sure, why not try the slider here?

Swung at the right pitch, just didnt get a good result. Damn

I dunno, in Oakland it's nice to know someone in the park is getting past 3rd base.

Just when you thought the cheap seats couldnt get any cheaper...

Calf injury so they can be an issue that keeps popping up over and over. 15 day Il can still be extended, it's not like they have to activate him after 15 days.

I get that, but if bringing up Pop meatn losing Merryweather, when you could bring up Merryweather and keep both... isnt it smarter to do that until Merryweather's next injury?

Youre half right. I think ownership does care, but keeps getting hamstrung by their local government and San Francisco. Their latest proposal for a new stadium was amazing, and got s*** on. it was a massive 12 billion dollar project that would have been less than 10% publicly funded (850 million) and it got s*** on, though it's not completely dead yet.

Tapia should just be punted into the sun. He's worse defensively than both Zimmer and JBJ, his baserunning ability doesnt set him apart from them and his offense is brutal. I'd rather roll with JBJ and Zimmer and just get rid of Tapia altogether.

I think the issues with the Jays are process related. Like, there's no overall problem with hitting against RHP, but there are definitely key times where you would want to be able to bring in a Lefty off the bench to force a change on the mound where you might get the advantage for the next two hitters after the lefty. Those situations come up more often than we really think, but may not show up as drastic differences in wRC+ in the lineup over the full season. That said, there's so many 1-offs that are screwing the Jays over. Bo is hitting lefties like absolute s*** this year, when his career numbers are completely opposite. That's a thing that can rear it's ugly head in key moments of games. Ditto his defense that overall seems to be better on the season as a whole, but when he makes a mistake it's a guarantee that it costs the team runs. Simple plays like fielding a bunt down the first base line and not looking to both 3rd and 2nd before throwing late to 1st (like wtf Vlad.. that was just so dumb ...), baserunning blunders that run themselves out of scoring position, or plays in the outfield like Teo over the weekend where he's basically given up on a ball and it hits the wall at head height 5 feet to his right when he clearly thinks it gone... bad plate appraoches that you just have no idea what the batter is looking for and he flails away at balls well outside the zone when there's guys on base instead of keyholing a location. The problem with the JAys is not talent, it's 100% between the ears. Espinal thought he became a slugger and forgot how to use the entire field. Vlad's oppo power is gone and cant seem to get balls in the air anymore. Teo has torrid stretches of mashing baseballs then goes beyond cold for a week where it looks like he has no idea what sport he's playing. Lourdes, the opposite of Vlad, has finally found out how to use the opposite field and now couldnt pull a ball for power if his life depended on it. Tapia just straight sucks and has dreadlocks for brains. The team is either red hot, or ice cold. That solid floor of consistency is absent. Over a season, the hot streaks might be slightly longer than the cold streaks as we've seen so far. If the Jays get into the wildcard, its 50/50 if they steamroll their opposition or get shut out 2 straight and go home.

Or even 500. Not a good look for a team that pretty much doubled it's season ticket prices this year.