John_Havok
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Its certainly a factor for guys who want to play close to home. Its probably more of a preference than a real deterrent. Like, if two teams are offering similar deals, similar chances to win... ease of travel would be a factor i think.
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When did Manfred say this?
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Stanifer is just killing it right now. Tied for 4th most strikeouts in the minors with some guy named Yesavage and a Yankees pitcher who has thrown 30 and 40 more innings than the 2 Jays respectively.
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LIttle has nasty stuff. Stuff+ of 117 on the sinker, 125 on the knuckle curve. Location ... yeah... it's pretty bad at 81. He moves that back towards even 93 like it was last season and he's untouchable. Hoffman ... Stuff+ 116 on the 4seam fastball and sinker, 111 on the slider, overall location+ is 93. Neither guy is command master. They both rely on their stuff, just ... very different stuff. -
Another absolute disaster start for Landon Maroudis - 0.1 IP, 2 hits, 2 BB, 4 ER, 33 pitches and only 16 strikes.
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I agree. 8 divisions would be silly.
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Definitely something that you hope doesn't happen on the bigger stage, but always a possibility. When you have nasty stuff, sometimes it gets away.
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Both suck. nobody that travels the amount of hours and days these guys do per year would ever say it's no big deal. West coast teams travel typically travel about double what the central teams do. It's definitely a factor. how big of a factor it is on play is certainly hard to quantify, because the best teams are still the best teams no matter where they are located, but the personal impact is probably a lot higher.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2025)
John_Havok replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
It's pretty cool they actually had to send someone down twice this week that didn't really deserve it. BUt it also sucks at the same time. -
You're not gonna like who leads MLB in reliever wild pitches then. Seranthony Dominguez with 11.
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Felix Bautista getting shoulder surgery - out for the next year, likely not back till 2027. - Torn rotator cuff and torn labrum.
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He doesn't really pay for the walks though... nobody hits HRs against him, everything is either a whiff, a ground ball, or in the dirt. That said, I certainly wouldn't be calling his number with the bases loaded.
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NL West Teams would literally die from travel. The thing with geographic realignment is not to make travel within the division as small as possible, it's to ensure all teams travel at least somewhat kinda close to each other. Extremely challenging with so many teams in the central and east vs mountain and west.
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I think Manoah is a 2026 thing. The chance of him being relevant to the Jays this season is just so small it's probably not worth considering.
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His power has just vaporized. Interestingly, even though he can't seem to hit for power, his walk rate is up over last season, babip is comically low at .224 though that's probably partially explained by the increase in fly ball rate. Could be some positive regression coming?
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I mean... the team is far from a dumpster fire. But the second half of your statement is true. Just felt like the team was off-balance this whole series. Even the win felt... off.
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embarrasing effort from the sticks in this series, but oh well. On to the next.
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Another garbage strike call.. WTF ump
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Offense is stone cold right now
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******** call on the 2nd strike... but Barger should have hammered that cookie.
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Still.. shouldnt that show me pitch be ... shown? I know it's not a great pitch for him but eventually the slider/curve combo all from 83-88 won't play. It's one thing to baffle these sub .600 OPS hitters sure, but I struggle to see how that's gonna play against better hitters unless he shows that fastball a bit more.
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Sometimes I dont understand the pitch calling. Fisher throws 97mph heat... yet here we are 9 pitches in and he's thrown nothing but sliders and curveballs all within 5 MPH of each other. Granted they've been pretty filthy
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LOL, that pitch barely missed the zone and it hit him?
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I'm both going to miss...and not miss Bassitt next season.
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Amazing how Vlad's lack of presence just makes the lineup look rather pedestrian. Oviedo is throwing well today though, so cant take that away from him
