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Glad you have taken the red pill. It's always Deja Vu with this team every time come Playoffs. They're still in the series however. Was a close game last night. They made some foolish mistakes and took some stupid penalties again. Even if they manage to get by the Bruins in R1, the Panthers taking them down in 5 games.

Erick Fedde with 11 K's in 6 innings vs. the Twins, but the White Sox still ended up losing.

Losing both Valdez and Javier is tough as they're two big pieces to their rotation. Framber is expected back soon from what I've read and they just got Verlander back. Blanco has actually been solid. Gotta hope Brown figures things out, same with JP France. As for their pen, it's off to a rough start but I'm sure they turn things around. Hader and Pressly aren't going to post 8 ERA's all season, and Abreu is too good of an arm to have an ERA around 5.

It's still early for the Astros but they haven't looked that great so far and have some concerns. They need to start turning it around quick. Looks like they're going to start 7-17 if they can't comeback against the Cubs tonight. Gotta hope they finish April with at least 10 wins and have a hot May to turn things around, which is possible. Blue Jays last season were 18-10 in March/April and then went 11-17 in May. We have seen before how teams could turn cold or hot when a new month comes around. Astros are lucky no team in the AL West has ran away with the division. Overall, they need to win around 18-20 games in May or else they could fall further in a hole.

I would imagine places downtown near the Scotia Arena will be packed. If you maybe walk a little further away from the Scotia Arena and Rogers Centre, might be a bit better. I would definitely either look at Earl's on King or Joey's at the Eaton Centre. Both places have a lot of TV's around the bar and decent food options as well. Earl's will have a happy hour after 9PM, so that's a plus. See if you could make reservations. If you want to avoid crowds, then yeah just hit up an LCBO and some Uber Eats/Skip the Dishes and chill at your AirBNB. Just make sure they have cable or Fibe TV to get the Leafs game lol.

I got Kikuchi winning the Cy Young. Got him at 81 to 1 about two weeks ago.

Berrios has a 0.85 ERA this season. He's winning the Cy Young man, nothing short of that. To say he's just a reliable 200 inning guy is ignorant.

Brownie is already writing up an essay to prove how the Orioles FO is inferior to the Jays FO, just because.

Canada should just adopt the USD as their main currency. Other countries like Panama do. The CAD sucks.

Close game. Leafs came up huge at the end. Lets see if they can duplicate this type of performance in Game 3 at home.

Leafs definitely feel like they have the momentum like DP just said after the Tavares PP goal and the disallowed goal in that 2 minute span. Get the sense this game goes into OT.

Go Bruins!

April 22 Vladdy - 2 Points Varsho - 2 Points Bichette - 3 Points - Dylan Schneider- 3 Points Springer - 4 Points Turner - 4 Points Jansen - 5 Points Biggio - 5 Points - wilko, JaysBlue Kiner-Falefa - 7 Points The Bench (Any PH): 10 Points

- Who cares if Morton is 40 and Bassitt is 35? Morton posted a 2.7 WAR last season and was no different than Bassitt. Morton could probably pitch until he's 45 if he wants haha. - Chris Sale put up really good numbers last season in his 20 starts. Again, rolling the dice on him as a No. 3/4 starter and hoping for a dead cat bounce ain't a bad thing. Worst case, you have a 2-3 WAR arm who makes 20 starts. - Lopez made 32 and 33 starts back in 2018 and 2019. Sucked afterwards, was moved to the bullpen and turned out to be a solid electric arm out of the pen. No different than the Giants signing Jordan Hicks and experimenting with him as a starter. If it works out great, if not Lopez can be easily transitioned back to a bullpen role. - Yeah Fried missed a lot of time last season, but previous two seasons was a very solid 1A or 2. Let's see if he makes 30+ starts this season.

I think Yariel makes more of an impact as an electric arm out of the pen who can pitch multiple innings if need be near the end of the season. Even in a Postseason matchup such as the ALCS, Yariel doesn't even make a start unless an injury or two to one of the other arms. Let him make a couple of more starts and then move him to the pen. Was unlikely anyways that he was going to make more than 15 starts or pitch above 100 innings as a starter. Hopefully he could provide value out of the pen, especially down the stretch and in the Postseason.

Strider was pretty durable during his first two seasons. Sucks he got injured, but never viewed him as a glass cannon arm. Morton has been really solid and durable even at his age. Can you please tell me how is he any different than Bassitt? Sale has been really solid to start the season and looks healthy. Has gone 7 innings in each of his last two starts. Last season posted a 2.1 WAR and 10.96K/9 in 20 starts with Boston. He looked real good when on the mound. Was one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball and now looks healthy. Not bad to roll the dice on him as your 3rd or 4th starter. Fried has had a slow start, but he should finish with respectable numbers. He's not as flashy as someone like Strider was, but a very solid 1A or No. 2 starter. Lopez has looked great out of the rotation thus far. It's still early and only 3 starts, but can't complain about the results. He used to be a starter previously as well, so it's not like he's been a career reliever as you just stated.

Braves calling up Bryce Elder tonight and heading into this season was their 6th starter after losing out to Lopez in Spring Training for the final spot. Elder is only 24 and was an All-Star last season and finished 12-4 with a 3.81 ERA in his 31 starts. I'll take Elder as depth over someone like a train wreck in Manoah any day of the week.

Lmao you really are something.

I don't think anyone on here has said the very good GM's like AA are perfect. AA has made some mistakes or questionable decisions in Atlanta as well. Nothing wrong in questioning him. Yeah AA miscalculated the value of Contraras and trading him away was a mistake. As for your comment about Atlanta's pitching depth, it's incorrect. Darius Vines was pretty solid in the bigs last season and did pitch well in his first start this season. Solid minor league track record as well and is only 25. I mean he's nothing special but not a bad depth option if you need him for a couple of starts. Braves also have Bryce Elder who is getting called up for tonight and likely now will take Strider's spot in the rotation on a full time basis. Elder is only 24 and was an All-Star last season and finished 12-4 with a 3.81 ERA in his 31 starts. Not bad for your 6th starter and he has proven he could pitch a full season out of the rotation. Other options the Braves have: Huascar Ynoa, Dylan Dodd, AJ Smith-Shawver, and Allan Winans. As well, their top pick in the 2023 draft Hurston Waldrep could be MLB ready in July if he dominates in AAA. So overall in total, I count 7 total viable possible SP options after their top 5 of Strider, Fried, Sale, Morton and Lopez.

Seattle got a break against the Rockies in the bottom of the 9th. Said fan interference with Dylan Moore in left field.

I'm more middle ground than anything. Did I claim every move made this offseason by Atkins was the wrong decision? I stated many times I had no issue with the Jays bringing back KK or signing IKF as long as it didn't tie them down financially from making other moves when they need to and also had no issue with the Turner signing as well. I probably did mention I preferred a bat with more power like Hoskins or JDM at DH, but I never said Atkins was an idiot for signing Turner at all. Go find those posts! Again thanks for painting me as an Atkins hater on here, which I'm clearly not. Geez you can't even offer criticism or your own opinions about this team or else some posters lose it!

Just pointing out how those moves were both perceived differently on this board. If Atkins trades for players like Soler, Duvall and Rosario at the trade deadline and the Jays win a World Series, they were all shrewd moves and Atkins is a genius. No luck involved whatsoever.

Gotta hope Leafs can pull out a win in Game 2 and come back to Toronto with the series tied.

I'll go with Biggio today.

Agree with everything you said. If the rotation stays healthy and performs as last season, the Jays are still a mid-to-high 80 team. The hope is this front office actually goes out at the trade deadline and addresses the lineup if it still is a problem come June/July. Can't waste another season with how good this pitching staff has been. Rotation depth has evaporated quickly from the beginning of the season like you said, but some posters on here take the blue pill so they won't acknowledge that. Yariel Rodríguez was called up just last week to take the last spot in the rotation, Tiedemann is on the IL now, Manoah looks like a mess still, and White is gone. Bowden Francis and Paolo Espino look like they would be next in line, with maybe someone like Adam Macko in the wings. Hopefully when the roof is open, we start seeing the ball carrying more at the Roger's Centre. Gotta get some bats going, especially at home!