The_DH

No, but I do support the analysis.

If the Jays were a stock, you would have sold long ago. And it’s not just the offence. It’s pitching, too. Last season, the Blue Jays had the second-best earned run average in the AL. Now they’re 11th. They gave up the seventh-most home runs, now only one team is worse than them. Last season, they were second in strikeouts. This year, 13th. Last season’s bullpen had an earned run average that ranked fifth-best. This year, it’s 12th, having given up the most home runs after being ninth-best last year. It’s hard to find a category of any kind that gives promise to this team, at this time, or next year, or the year after that — which is what the general manager’s job is all about. He is about today, tomorrow, next week and next year. You make a mistake, the great Pat Gillick told me many times, you fix the mistake. Everyone makes them. The best GMs find ways around them. Atkins has been on the job since 2016, when he inherited a playoff team from Anthopoulos. Putting that first season aside, the Blue Jays have been 555-555 in Atkins’ real time as GM. Those are the kind of numbers that got Ash and Ricciardi dismissed. Yes, the Jays won 91-92-and-89 games in recent seasons — impressive on the wins scale — but in each those years, they won zero playoff games. Zero. In his time with the Blue Jays, not giving him credit for the 2016 team, Atkins’ Blue Jays have not won a single playoff game. The Rays have won 16 in that time. The Yankees have won 21. The Red Sox 18. Explain that one, Ed Rogers. You too, Mark Shapiro. That’s your American League East. And that’s not including the suddenly overwhelming Baltimore Orioles. Atkins fired manager Charlie Montoyo in 2022 with a record of 46-42 because he didn’t like the way the Jays were playing. And it was the right call at the time.’ John Gibbons got fired the first time mid-season with a 35-39 record. Jimy Williams had the worst mark in 1989 with a 12-24 record. And Carlos Tosca was let go as manager when the Jays were 47-64 in 2004. No complaints about any of those decisions. The Jays are 35-43 on Tuesday afternoon, which isn’t terrible, but it is in their division. They are 16 games and 160 runs behind the Yankees, who finished seven games behind behind the Jays last season. They are 14 games and 161 runs behind the Orioles. They are 7.5 games out of the final wild-card spot — but with six teams ahead of them that makes it an impossible climb. Blue Jays officially hit rock bottom following meltdown in Beantown in loss to Red Sox Spencer Horwitz's two homers not enough as Blue Jays swept in back-to-back series They are, in a word, nowhere. And the trade deadline is approaching. If Atkins turned last year’s 89-win team into this, why should he be rewarded or even allowed to make deals that will shape the Jays future? Why not move on right now? The time is right if the season isn’t. The time to say goodbye to Ross Atkins was yesterday. ssimmons@postmedia.com twitter.com/simmonssteve

wouldn't waste a dime going to see this team.

I could answer this question but I'd probably be banned from baseball and maybe even Canada.

Jimenez should be up soon. This is the best time to get him some work at SS.

If we finish 4th worst overall there will have to be serious repercussions.

Two questions as follow up to Stewart Berroa being called up: Given that he's wearing #37, does that mean Votto isn't coming and two Is Votto coming back with his old #19? Don't know why he had #37 at all.

Jeez, should just send in Vlad Guerrero Sr to pinch hit for Martinez.

at the beginning of spring training, don't they do physicals/blood work?? Team had to know.

This organization is an embarrassment. Nobody's hitting, the pitchers are breaking down trying to be perfect and nobody's advising this stupid kid on fertility drugs, whatever the hell that means. I thought fertility drugs were just for women? But hey, the stadium looks so cool and there's pretty uniforms.

You might be right, in a season like this one, why push him.

Will follow up at intermission, but this game's done. Off to Edmonton game.

No, it's not the most embarrassing loss. So many to choose from but the no-hitter is worse for me.

Cause we need some younger infusion at a reasonable price. Not senior citizens.

I think the only way we can get back into a top-level team is with some top notch Asian and maybe Cuban players. We're not going to get anything further out of the minors and too many players on the decline like Springer, Bo and Vladdy.

any good japanese/korean players coming available this off-season?

I think when he was designated for assignment, we all just read that as released.

Well if they wanted him to get some experience being with the team I get it, but otherwise I don't have a lot of faith in the roster management.

Only after he's been sitting for a few days. Then he will get a start and his timing will be so off. I think I would have brought up Kasevich from AA since Jimenez is injured.

I lived through the pre-1985 bullpens. No more please?!?

Lukes is done -- hand surgery. Also just thinking: in summer the lefty bullpen pecking order was Mayza, Cabrera, then Little. I think that order has shifted Little up the order.

Well, Votto is back playing in Florida so things could happen.

I'm hoping Barger picks up a few at bats and performs as 3b-rf.

I believe we need Horwitz's bat given the state of our offense, but can he really play at 2b?

Only players worth watching in both those games were Barger and Orelvis. Both guys played different positions on those 2 games. My guess is Orelvis being considered for Roberts.