Terminator

If Sewald can hold his liquor, one all night coaching session with Pete Walker that stretches into the wee hours of the morning could do wonders for his game.

Looking under the hood and he might actually be an okay pickup though. Elite K and BB rates as Laika mentioned, and he's got great numbers against righties and horrible numbers against lefties. He's fastball/sweeper only which explains why. The idiot D-Bags were using him as their permanent 9th inning fixture for most of the year though when he's begging to be used situationally against right handed bats. The Jays usage alone will help improve his numbers.

How the hell does Paul Sewald have a 17% GB rate lmao

Yeah Trey, Taillon and Arrighetti all going down within a couple of days was a real kick in the nuts. If we continue to tighten things up I wonder if the Jays would do something crazy like promote Nolan Perry from AA to the bigs. A Ricky Tiedemann promotion as a 3 inning guy might be worth consideration as well. It would be the classic case of using whatever innings he's got left in the bigs and not the minors. Also, the extra pitcher from expanded rosters is going to help a lot.

We could still do it but we need Soriano to level up immediately now that he's free from the schackles of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. We need Bieber to find his form ASAP. Scherzer has to perform. SWR and Waldron need to stabilize the #5. And there is more pressure on the offense to turn things around in a big way. Banking these wins against the Phillies and Red Sox have been huge. Need to continue to play well until the schedule softens up later this month.

It would be so fricking hilarious if the Red Sox all of the sudden started tanking and they miss the playoffs altogether

The Trey injury is really devastating. With him in the fold you can see the path to the playoffs. Cease is dealing, Soriano and Trey are providing strong starts most every turn, you hope Bieber bounces back some, and then Max just needs to show a pulse. That was all plausible, if a little unlikely. But replace Trey with SWR and Waldron? Yikes.

we got some work to do but the boys are back in business

I blew my knee out a long time ago, so maybe the medical science has advanced, but if they actually repaired his meniscus, I have a hard time seeing him back this season. A true repair usually has a much longer recovery because the meniscus has limited blood supply. If they just trimmed the tear, a return this season is possible, but I’d still expect at least a month. But given that he’s a young, prized pitcher, I’d expect the Jays to be extra cautious with him. Good chance he's done for the year IMO.

Normally can't stand this guy but I will be tuning in for this one. Been obsessed with this play since last night lol.

We passed the Mariners in the standings last night. The Orioles are next.

We do have the video actually! Vlad is the last infielder and he is still on the field (barely) when the ump waives off the run.

Yeah all good. I didn't even know about the rule and was losing my mind during the game. After I read into it I do think the umps still screwed it all up but the Jays should have been all over it. It didn't seem like they were going to challenge even if the home plate ump handled it better.

Yes this is a big part of what lead to the 17 minute delay. I do think Schneider should have been all over this and had Vlad step on the 3B bag as he walked off the field as well. The rule is fairly clear (even if not very well known) and it's better safe then sorry. But the umps deserve plenty of blame as well because they didn't count the run until AFTER the play on the field ended. The home plate ump didn't signal safe when the runner crossed home (I don't know if that matters), he threw a new ball onto the mound before the players were off the field (play is still live and he's throwing a new ball onto the field? That signals the play is over right?), and then he waives off the run a split second before Vlad (the last infielder) crosses the foul line. So the ump obviously didn't know the rule either, and as a result what exactly are the Jays supposed to be challenging/appealing here? How can you challenge/appeal that a run has scored when the ump didn't actually score the run until the middle of the inning? Are you supposed to preeminently challenge/appeal everything just in case the ump reverses course later on in the game? By the time it had gotten to MLB it was a mess and there wasn't really any correct answer at that point.

It's called the 4th out rule. After appealing at 1st, they could also have appealed at 3rd. Appealing at 1st does not preclude them from also appealing at 3rd.

We need a complete and total shutdown of Red Sox baseball until we can figure out what the hell is going on

The main problem with this plan is that we suck ass and are probably worse than the 5 teams ahead of us. But other than that...

Yeah if we go 8-5 or better during this stretch of the schedule, the playoffs will be easy to make. The final 30 games of the season are all very winnable. Not a single game is against a team currently over .500. I'm hoping for 7-6 and then we need to end the season with our hair on fire against a soft schedule. It's unlikely but possible. Only 3.5 games back.

Probable Starters: Taillon vs. Gray Cease vs. Sandoval Soriano vs. Suarez Scherzer vs. Tolle Here's the upcoming schedule: 4 vs. Boston 3 vs. NYY Then an offday 3 @ Tampa 3 @ NYY Just a brutal stretch of games but once we get through it, we don't face another team above .500 from August 25th until the end of the season.

The bullpen is fried. We need to make a move for some fresh arms but everyone in Buffalo on the 40-man has pitched recently.

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Bump

Checking in on the Orioles (zero playoff wins under the current regime FYI) and they are NOT taking the Adley Rutschman trade well lmao

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