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  1. jaysblue
    Yeah if Jays don't remain competitive and go all full rebuild, attendance would take a hit down the road. Especially at the prices now being charged for tickets lol.
  2. jaysblue
    Wonder where Verlander goes now.
  3. jaysblue
    I can't believe I'm coming back here for advice after that disastrous Bellinger/Sale trade. In a 20 team dynasty league, who would you take: OF Kerry Carpenter or SP Dane Dunning?
  4. jaysblue
    Yeah Hader would fill the role like Miller did with Cleveland in 2016. That's what the Blue Jays need. Hader filled that role before when he was with the Brewers as well. I would leave Romano where he is. As for Bednar, love the control that comes with him but moving him out of his closers role I'm not a big fan of. We've seen guys traded and taken out of the closers role suck with their new clubs. Either way, adding another elite pen arm should be the priority.
  5. jaysblue
    Yeah he can be and I hope he is, but putting all your eggs in one basket hoping Green is that guy comes with risk. He's coming back from injury and we've seen arms sometimes take a while to settle in. Doesn't hurt adding another elite bullpen arm at the deadline.
  6. jaysblue
    Yeah adding Hader or Bednar would really solidify this pen. Plus getting Green back as well, Jays would have a lockdown pen in the late innings with Green, Bednar or Nader and Romano. Wish they made a deal like that either in 2021 or 2022.
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    I'm not going to comment about possible reasons why because if I state a possible reason, likely will result in a ban. Hope he can have a full recovery. It would be a cool thing to see LeBron play with his son at some point in the next couple of years and hope that could still happen.
  8. jaysblue
    Yeah we can say that about any player. Add a couple more hits, home runs, and their numbers look a lot better lol. His power outage has gone on for over a year now. He's just become a slap/single hitter who isn't even hitting for a high average. He's still getting on-base at a decent clip and I've praised him on that even months ago when he was struggling. I just find it appalling that so many posters on here have a lovefest with Kirk and think he's a top tier player. He's been a huge disappointment this season with the bat. And to be honest I'm concerned moving forward. Offensively, if Kirk can be like Gregg Zaun with the bat, would take that in a heartbeat. Right now Kirk is just looking like a .250/.330/.330 guy which isn't good enough.
  9. jaysblue
    Rogers also owns the dome, so for them, spending that 500 million on renovations benefits them long term as well. In terms of the renovations, it's bringing more fans into the ballpark especially the casuals, they get to raise ticket prices, food and drink prices. Rogers is raking regardless if this team wins a World Series or not over the next decade. Shapiro did his job!
  10. jaysblue
    Rogers and many other owners just care about making money. Shapiro has done his job as President filling up the ballpark every night, while even increasing ticket prices close to 3x the cost. Whether the Jays make some trades at the deadline and get knocked in the WC round, or whether they stand pat and still get knocked out in the WC round, they're still selling seats and making money for next season.
  11. jaysblue
    Kirk has been awful for over a year offensively let's not forget. This isn't just a two or three month slump this season only. He looks like he's in awful shape and not physically capable of catching 120-130 games over a full season. Huge concern moving forward. Right now I would rather have Jansen catching during this short window of the Jays to contend. if Kirk starts hitting again, then even better. But would rather have that insurance of both Jansen/Kirk instead of solely relying on Kirk who's bat has been nonexistent since last June/July.
  12. jaysblue
    I guess Fangraphs can get it wrong sometimes.
  13. jaysblue
    Wonder if he could be a trade candidate at the deadline? Padres are going nowhere.
  14. jaysblue
    Can he catch 120-130 games?
  15. jaysblue
    Yeah after seeing his performance over the last year, the complete power outage and his physique, I have concerns of him catching 120-130 games per season. Having Jansen around or another solid second catcher is a must IMO.
  16. jaysblue
    How has Kirk been performing this season? Do you think he could hold up and catch 120-130 games over a full season? The guy can't even handle half a workload sharing the duties with Jansen.
  17. jaysblue
    Yeah as a fan of the game, I would love to see for once an Angels team with Ohtani and Trout in the Postseason as long as it doesn't come at the expense of the Blue Jays. Its what baseball needs.
  18. jaysblue
    They probably should soon or make it a big priority in the offseason. With what we've seen from Kirk this season, the Jays need to keep Jansen around more than ever.
  19. jaysblue
    He makes the best in-game decisions. Hemmerling for Mitchell paid off big!
  20. jaysblue
    Yeah every bullpen blows leads, not denying that. I understand the bullpen hasn't been as bad as advertised but it's frustrating that they blow leads like this and I just don't trust this group to lock down a 2-1 or 3-2 game starting from the 6th inning on, especially against a good team in the Postseason. I hope Green can be the missing piece but again don't get all your hopes up and think he'll be the saviour. I hope he is, but let's see how he comes back from his injury. I still would try to go out there at the deadline to get insurance in case Green doesn't pan out.
  21. jaysblue
    Lmao because I leave some constructive criticism of some things this team is lacking. Geez can't be critical of this team at all or everyone gets their pitch forks!
  22. jaysblue
    Never.
  23. jaysblue
    Yeah it's frustrating because year after year the bullpen never gets improved or better. They are lacking an elite setup guy in front of Romano and they have been for the last three years. The Jays have a solid core in place and it's a shame they're wasting their prime years of Bo, Vladdy, Gausman, Springer, Chapman, etc., because they won't address the bullpen properly. Will come to bite them in the Postseason. They missed the Postseason in 2021 by one game, and it cost them Game 2 in the WC series against Seattle. And this season like you said, is hurting them in the standings.
  24. jaysblue
    Then stop whining!
  25. jaysblue
    Bassitt didn't pitch all that great and starting the inning with a leadoff walk and at 105 pitches, he just didn't have it tonight. This goes to show that the team doesn't have the pen that could close out a game starting in the 6th inning against an elite team like the Dodgers. Roster construction is the issue here more than anything. Schneider needs to work on his substitutions. Should have kept Merrifield in the game. He's been one of their more reliable hitters and plays solid D.
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