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Mullins 2 run Dinger 2-0 O's over the Yanks https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/45a2cfc2-bb50-4f48-bf75-d121cdd9cb73.mp4

Down 5-1 isnt this usually the time Charlie goes to the bench, then we would have Springer back in lineup

Holy f***, I just got here and the starter is f***ed the lineups f***ed and the umps f***ed = Jays are f***ed.

Did Palacios get claimed?

that was a sweet play. Are they gonna let him finish?

double play incoming

I cant believe he lasted longer than Berrios

Wtf!!!!

alot of SOLID contact

I thought it was gonna be Collins sent down

Good to hear you are heading down next week, always enjoy your post game thoughts.

Things just got worse for the Rangers they just Placed Jon Gray On IL With a Blister

The Jays are the only AL East team to make the playoffs

Thats our Charlie

Bichette: No Extension Talks With Blue Jays Right Now By Darragh McDonald | April 8, 2022 at 8:47pm CDT The Blue Jays’ core players are about to get more expensive. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has already reached arbitration as a Super Two player, agreeing to a $7.9MM salary in his first of four passes through the arb system. Teoscar Hernandez is earning $10.65MM this year, his second of three arb seasons. Cavan Biggio, like Guerrero, qualified for Super Two and is in his first of four arb seasons, making $2.1225MM this year. As for Bo Bichette, his two years and 63 days of service time fell shy of this year’s Super Two cutoff of 2.116, meaning he won’t be able to earn a meaningful salary increase until after this season. As for whether an extension is in the cards, the 24-year-old had told Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smith that his camp and the club have had some conversations, but that “right now we’re focused on the season and accomplishing what we think we’re capable of. Right now, we’re not talking.” Most players usually prefer not to continue extension talks into the regular season, meaning it’s likely they won’t resume until the end of this campaign, when Bichette will have reached arbitration and earned himself some more leverage in any future negotiations. Team president/CEO Mark Shapiro doesn’t seem overly stressed about the situation. “It’s not like we are a small market where if it gets towards the end of the contract and we can’t extend them, we need to panic and trade them for prospects,” Shapiro tells Sportsnet’s Shi Davidi. “I understand fans or maybe someone externally might think you need to extend these guys. I felt that way when I was working in Cleveland. I do not feel that way working in Toronto.” That’s not to say they won’t try at all, of course. “Those players are both under control for three more seasons (beyond 2022),” Shapiro said of both Bichette and Guerrero. “That is a very long time. During that time, it’s safe to say we will continue both formally and informally to explore extensions with them. Should that not happen, we’re very comfortable that our market gives us the ability to go year to year and pay them year to year. And if they happen to get to free agency, we obviously will be a team that will pursue them in free agency, too.” Despite a 2020 season in which the team played their home games in Buffalo with no fans, and a 2021 season in which they bounced from Dunedin to Buffalo and then back to Toronto with limited capacity, the club is running a franchise record Opening Day payroll this year. Jason Martinez of Roster Resource pegs it at $172MM, topping the $163MM from 2017, per Cot’s Baseball Contracts. However, there will be need for future moves, as a big chunk of the roster will be hitting free agency after the 2023 season, including Teoscar Hernandez, Hyun Jin Ryu, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Matt Chapman. “You won’t need to ask, you can just look at the attendance numbers, look at the ratings and that will give you your answer,” Shapiro said of the future spending. “If we get back to levels we were at in ’15 and ’16, we will be fine to sustain or even grow our payroll. If we do not, we will probably have to reconsider our roster.” As for Bichette, Davidi reports that the Blue Jays offered him a salary of $747.1K for this year, just barely above the $700K league minimum. Bichette refused this offer, a move often taken by pre-arbitration players as a form of protest against compensation they consider insufficient. Whether that will hamper future relations between the two camps is unknown, but Shapiro’s comments illustrate he views the future health of the club as connected to larger issues than an individual player’s contract. As Davidi points out in his piece, the club was content to let Robbie Ray and Marcus Semien sign elsewhere, while turning to alternatives like Kevin Gausman, Matt Chapman and Yusei Kikuchi for replacements. While the merits of that strategy can be debated, the public relations will certainly be different with players like Bichette and Guerrero, who have been the focus of Jays fans since well before their debuts, as opposed to vets on short-term deals like Ray and Semien.

That was great!!! Here is that letter to the fans: We're Ready They always say that kids are the most honest with their opinions, and my one-year-old son is no different. He hasn’t even touched a bat yet, but he knows a good field when he sees one. He’ll just be running around the bases … and then the second I turn my head, there he is eating the infield dirt. Haha. Most of the time I can stop him before he does it, but there’s a few times he gets by me. I just take that as a sign that he’s already making Rogers Centre his home. Choosing Toronto was one of the easiest decisions I’ve had to make in my career. My family and I felt good about it from the start — so after I got off the phone with Mark and Ross during my free agency, I didn’t need more convincing. I called my agent and told him, “This is the place.” Toronto was always the one road trip my wife and I would circle on the schedule, just because of how much we enjoy being here. And getting to be here full-time over the last year has only given us a greater level of appreciation. It’s hard to explain, but we’ve already fallen in love with this city, which of course is a big credit to the organization for everything they’ve done to make us feel comfortable. We loved the energy last September so much that we bought a home in the 6 this off-season. We’ve also been working with SAY to help them expand their efforts for children who stutter in Canada. And the biggest thing that’s helped me connect, I think, has been the support I’ve gotten from the fans. You guys have made me feel like I’m a part of this from the very beginning. Especially after last year, it’s going to feel great to start this season on our home field. I can’t even tell you how much I’m itching to get out there tonight. Everything just feels right about this team. We’re loaded with young talent: We got Vladdy, we got Bo, we got Lourdes, Teo, Cav, Berrios … I could keep going. It’s funny, I’m only 32, but when I started playing for the Jays, that’s really the first time I was ever considered the “old guy.” (Life comes at you fast.) I was actually just telling Vladdy how I’m almost 10 years older than him, which is crazy to write. It’s been so cool watching these guys, and knowing what they have in front of them — because I’ve been in their shoes before. And as the “old guy” (ha) I just get to sit back now and help them whenever I can. But honestly, something I think those guys might not understand yet is how much they’ve also helped me. They just bring this energy and understanding to the game that is amazing to be around. They make it fun to go to work. It’s like my guy Lourdes always says: “There’s no point in me being sad … I get to do what I love every single day and enjoy it.” And with that kind of approach, I feel like we have a chance to be pretty special. But we’re also not getting ahead of ourselves. Just look at what happened last year. It was hard missing the playoffs on that Devers homer. To be so close and then to come up short, it hurt. But I also think it forced us to look at ourselves and be accountable. It forced each of us to go into the off-season saying, I didn’t do enough. We don’t want to be saying that again. This year, we want to do more. A lot more. Enough talking though — I know you’re all itching for this season to start, just as much as I’m itching to take that field tonight. It’s going to be my first Opening Day in Rogers Centre, and I don’t exactly know what to expect. But I know it’s going to feel really good. I’ll see you guys in a few hours. We’re ready. Let’s go!!! Sincerely, George Springer

No need for Fowler now as I think Lukes deserves a shot if an injury came along. This team is not the team of yesteryear where we would relentlessly dumpster dive the waiver wire.