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Charlie " Hmm we are edging closer" "Lets bring in Thornton"

Berrios saying I will catch that

Blue Jays Release Tommy Milone By Steve Adams | August 12, 2021 at 3:07pm CDT The Blue Jays have released left-hander Tommy Milone, per a club announcement. He’s spent the bulk of the 2021 season on the injured list due to inflammation in his left shoulder but had gone out on a minor league rehab assignment recently. Milone, 34, allowed 10 runs on 20 hits and three walks with 17 strikeouts through 14 innings with the Jays earlier in the season. His initial IL placement came back on May 2, and the club moved him to the 60-day IL later that month. He’s tossed 13 2/3 innings in Triple-A since beginning his rehab assignment, holding opponents to four earned runs on nine hits and five walks with nine punchouts. It’s been a rough few seasons for Milone overall, although he got out to a strong start with the 2020 Orioles, notching a 3.99 ERA with a 24 percent strikeout rate against just a 3.1 percent walk rate in six starts (29 1/3 innings) before being traded to the Braves. Things didn’t go well in Atlanta, as Milone yielded 16 runs in three starts before heading to the injured list with inflammation in his left elbow. Despite a rough patch in recent years, Milone is an experienced lefty with a lifetime 4.59 ERA in 927 2/3 big league innings. He’s never been a prolific strikeout pitcher (17.7 percent) and was averaging just 84-85 mph on his heater in his limited time with the Jays early in the season, but even at his best Milone only sat in the 87-88 mph range. Milone also has excellent control (5.6 percent career walk rate) and has had enough big league success that a team in need of pitching depth down the stretch could take a look on a minor league deal — assuming he’s healthy, of course. The trade deadline has passed, and elimination of revocable August trade waivers gives contending clubs very few avenues to stockpiling veteran depth at this point in the season.

https://www.tsn.ca/monday-with-mitchell-merryweather-inching-closer-to-return-1.1679900?fbclid=IwAR2s9EOHPvAH4Z1DIEryk-n_80PGbesZzZLeYuAcgJwuuFg76SkzCm4at18 A Little more info on JM and NP TORONTO — After multiple setbacks with his left oblique injury over the last couple of months, Julian Merryweather hopes to finally be on his way back. The 29-year-old right-hander, who quickly proved to be a force at the back end of the Toronto Blue Jays bullpen during a brief, four-appearance cameo in April before getting hurt, is throwing off a mound at the team complex down in Dunedin and inching closer to facing live hitters. “It’s really just kind of unfortunate at this point with the setbacks,” Merryweather said over the phone from Florida. “But the position I’m in now, I’m a lot more confident going into, hopefully, some live ABs and some games here soon in the next week. “This next week’s going to be a big one. If I come out feeling really good, that’s going to be a huge sign that I’m pretty much game ready.” Once Merryweather starts facing live hitters, a rehab stint could be on the horizon later this month. Even though he hasn’t pitched since April 13, he’s a potential difference-maker for the Jays’ bullpen group. Headlined by a dominant heater that averaged 98.2 mph and a plus changeup, Merryweather’s Toronto tenure has been marked by health issue after health issue, leaving the Berkeley, Calif., native frustrated at times. “The rehab process will definitely drive you crazy, kind of starting over from square one — back to Go, don’t collect $200, in Monopoly terms,” Merryweather said. “It’s been a grind, man. I’ve been through the rehab thing and it does take a toll, but at the end of the day the time I’m taking now to get right is small in comparison to the length of my whole career. “It was definitely frustrating getting up to a pretty high intensity level and then having a setback,” he added. “Every time I’d get to a certain threshold, I’d have that same kind of sharp snake bite in the oblique. Just getting so close is probably the most frustrating part, but I kept my head down, working hard and now I’m back in a really good position, probably the best I’ve felt. It’s taken a lot longer than expected, obviously, from my point of view and the team’s point of view, but I’m just excited to, hopefully, be good enough to get back there for this run and help this team solidify what they’ve already been doing most of the year.” Oblique injuries are notoriously tricky, and Merryweather’s has been exactly that. The club has used the downtime to take a look at his mechanics. “We’ve done a lot of deep diving into trying to make mechanical changes, just small tweaks that can kind of alleviate some of the stress I put on the oblique and I feel like a lot of that’s working,” Merryweather said. “It’s just on certain pitches I try to create a little bit more than I normally would. Whether that’s reaching back or changing my posture a little bit or my follow through, so it’s mostly something I can feel on my own. “My fastball and changeup, it actually feels pretty good on those two. It’s the small differences in mechanics when I throw a curveball or slider, those are the things I’ve focused on. It’s just a matter of getting the reps now in games and having the intensity be where it need to be to get out of here.” Watching the excitement surrounding his team from afar over the last couple of weeks has given him a boost. He’s hoping to be a part of it down the stretch. “Once we put everything together, this team is super dangerous and it’s a lot of fun to watch,” he said as the Jays finished up their series with the Boston Red Sox on Sunday. “The fans up there, the electricity, I can feel it through the phone.” THINGS I PROBABLY TWEETED Sunday’s win over Boston improved the Jays’ record in one-run games to just 8-13 … On Monday, George Springer became the first Blue Jays player to win AL player of the week two weeks in a row … Nate Pearson threw a simulated game Saturday and is expected to progress to rehab games this week. Pearson was sitting 96-99 mph with his fastball across his 18 pitches … Considering he’s been worth 1.3 fWAR across just 166 plate appearances — the 18th most valuable catcher in baseball — it’s pretty amazing Rees McGuire was available for free on waivers back in April. It’s mostly defensive value, but his arm is a weapon and he’s even chipped in with a 95 wRC+. A handful of people believe the confusion surrounding his misdemeanour public masturbation case from spring training 2020 is the reason he’s still a Blue Jay and he’s been able to turn his career around after being DFA'd in April. STAT DIG: 27-15 That’s the record the Jays have run up since June 19, the best winning percentage in the American League during that stretch at .643. Their plus-123 run differential trails only the Houston Astros’ plus-149 in the AL. QUOTE OF THE WEEK “It felt like a playoff game. We kind of needed to win this game — and I don’t want to say needed, because every game counts — but if we take today, that’s three out of four against a good team. And to come back like this, it doesn’t get any better than this.” —Charlie Montoyo on winning Sunday’s series finale against Boston THE CALL-UP LIST Five players closest to a promotion to the big leagues when a need arises: 1—UTIL Cavan Biggio, 10-day IL: When he was placed on the IL last week, Montoyo said he hoped Biggio would only need the minimum amount of time. He’s eligible to return from his nagging neck/back muscle issue this weekend. 2—RHP , Nate Pearson 7-day IL: The Jays will be cautious to make sure he doesn’t have another setback with his sports hernia, but he’s trending towards a return before the end of the month. 3—RHP , Thomas Hatch Triple-A: With six starters performing well at the major-league level, Hatch could help the bullpen later on down the line. For now, he’ll stay stretched out. 4—LHP , Ryan Borucki Triple-A: Optioned over the weekend with a 5.12 ERA, the 27-year-old lefty will get some time to figure things out in a low-pressure setting. 5—SS/3B Kevin Smith, Triple-A: In addition to not being on the 40-man roster yet, the play of Santiago Espinal and is keeping Smith out of the big leagues

Oh Passen, thats the same guy on trade deadline day that said Jays should not have traded for Berrios as they have to pass 4 teams

f***in Umps should never impact the game

Riley Adams with a dinger to help win the game for the Nats

When ever i hear an update on Merryweather its " hes playin catch"

LOL the death of a few of us!!

f*** thats hard to watch

why swing....this guy sucks

Nice

Boston is just taking pitches, the name of the game against the Jays is get in the bullpen

Brewers Acquire John Axford From Blue Jays By Anthony Franco | August 2, 2021 at 10:34am CDT The Brewers announced they’ve acquired reliever John Axford from the Blue Jays for cash considerations. Axford signed a minor league deal with Toronto in June and was not on the Jays’ 40-man roster, which is why he’s eligible to be traded even after last Friday’s deadline. Axford will be selected to Milwaukee’s big league roster before this evening’s game against the Pirates, according to Adam McCalvy of MLB.com (Twitter link). His season debut will be his first big league appearance since August 2018. It’s an incredible comeback for the 39-year-old, who’d barely pitched in any capacity between his last big league stint and his signing with the Blue Jays six weeks ago. Axford missed essentially all of the 2019 season on the minor league injured list, and his hopes of returning to affiliated ball last year were derailed by the pandemic. Given Axford’s age, it seemed likely his playing career was over after two lost seasons. But he remained in shape — even as he did some work as a television analyst — and made it back to professional ball with Toronto. Axford has made the best of his somewhat limited body of work with Triple-A Buffalo over the past month-plus, tossing 10 2/3 innings of one-run ball. He’s struck out an impressive fourteen batters faced while issuing just three walks. Along the way, he’s shown a fastball in the 96-98 MPH range, per Scott Mitchell of TSN. That strong work was enough to catch the attention of the Milwaukee front office, who’s now set to give Axford a chance to carry over that success against big league hitters once again. The veteran righty was one of the better closers in baseball during the first few years of the last decade and has been generally solid overall, working to a 3.87 ERA across 525 1/3 big league innings. Of course, Axford’s biggest success came in Milwaukee. He broke into the majors with the Brewers in 2009 and pitched with the team through 2013. Axford led the National League in saves (46) in 2011, en route to a ninth-place finish in NL Cy Young Award voting that year. He worked to a 3.35 ERA in his first four-plus seasons with the Brew Crew and his 106 career saves in a Milwaukee uniform ranks second in franchise history.

Atkins talking about the trade

Alot of posts suggesting Extension, has the FO stated they were gonna talk extension or is that just us assuming

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/bo-bichette-toronto-blue-jays-mlb-baseball From Bo Bichette I remember the leg kick. I remember the BAT FLIP. I remember the camera shaking. If you were watching it, man, then you know what I’m talking about. You know!!! Like ... I don’t even have to go into any more detail, you’ve got it playing in your head already. You can see it all. Dyson’s wind up…… heater low and inside…… Jose’s got his leg two feet off the ground….. and just bang. Crack. CRACK. No-doubter. Bat in the air. Stro and Edwin losing their minds. And the Rogers Centre? Absolutely rocking. I mean this when I say it: Joey Bats, Game 5, that’s one of the most iconic moments in baseball history for me. I was in high school at the time — and I remember, even a few months after, how I’d just be chillin’ or whatever, and then suddenly I’d think to myself, like: I gotta go watch that on YouTube again. The roar of those fans, man…. it never got old. (It still doesn’t get old.) So when summer rolled around, the next year, and I entered the 2016 draft…. I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t run that moment back in my head a few times. I was at home in St. Petersburg for the draft — with my mom, dad and a few friends. And when the Blue Jays called and said they wanted to pick me?? A lot of different thoughts went through my mind. I talked it out with my parents, of course — they told me how great Toronto was, any time they’d been there. I’d also done my own research, and knew the organization was developing players the right way. They had guys at the big league level who swung like me and who played like me, which meant a lot. I saw a path that I could follow. And, man…. I won’t lie: I also just kept thinking about Jose and his bat flip. I couldn’t get that crowd out of my head. I wanted to be a part of something like that. I needed to be a part of something like that. And after almost TWO YEARS away — now that we’re back in Toronto, for real? I’m ready to be a part of something like that. Our whole team is. The thing about pro ball is there’s a lot of pressure we put on ourselves. People might have looked at my Baseball Reference page and been like, “This guy’s just climbing up through the ranks. He’s going to the Show, no big deal.” But it’s just not like that at all. Every step along the way, the pressure gets greater and greater. And when things aren’t working, it can be easy to second guess yourself. Even as I got close to being called up, I just felt the weight of my own expectations. And look, I wanted it — no doubt. That’s why I play the game. But I still felt it. I saw all the Jays fans who were hyping me up, before I even played a game there…. and I knew the pressure I’d be under. But then I put on that jersey. And it was like magic. From then on, I felt like I belonged with this club. The support I received from our home crowd, it was incredible. All that pressure just melted away. I always want to let my play do the talking — and in Toronto, from Day One, I knew I could do that. I felt like I could be myself. I felt like I could just play ball. My first stretch of games at Rogers Centre, that was some of the most fun I’ve ever had in my life. And let me get this out of the way up front: I know some people around the league might not like our park. They might think it doesn’t “hold up” compared to other parks. Nah. The Rogers Centre? It’s sick. For real. Is it perfect? I don’t know — who cares. You either get it or you don’t. For me, it’s got this feeling when I’m there that’s just … it’s hard to explain. It’s just special. You’ve got the CN Tower up above you … the hotel out in centerfield. It just feels BIG. It’s big-time. I walk out on the field there, and it’s like, Yeah … it’s about to go down. And it was just starting to feel like home when the pandemic hit last spring. It’s crazy to think back on the beginning of it now….. there was so much uncertainty around everything. It all happened pretty fast. I understood that it wasn’t possible for us to go back to Toronto and play games there, but I was still disappointed. We were a really young team, and I think all of us were excited to make our connection with the city. I didn’t want to let that go. I didn’t want to give up playing for you guys. Toronto, I missed y’all. Probably more than you even know. Like, I’ll be honest….. last year was tough. I just got into this weird routine. All of a sudden, every day was: Wake up. Go to the park. Go back to the hotel. Sleep. Repeat. And I’m a bit of a homebody as it is. I don’t really go out much. But I still couldn’t shake the feeling of just this … loneliness. I think a lot of people felt that way last year. And I know how lucky I am, compared to most — how extremely lucky I am to do what I do every day, and play this game that I love. I know so many other people had it way worse. But I still just felt sort of hollow, if that makes sense. I felt anxious. I really just got in my own head, I think. I think my whole life kind of became baseball, in a way that wasn’t healthy. And the fans not being there? It only amplified all that stuff. It just felt like something was missing, you know? Without Toronto, it wasn’t the same. Something I can’t say enough, though: THANK YOU to the people of Dunedin and Buffalo, for welcoming us with open arms. It was weird circumstances, for sure — but I know I speak for all the guys when I say I feel a special connection to both of your cities now. You treated us like your own, and were such a big part of helping us grow. Any success that we have going forward, you’re a part of it. And to our fans in Toronto: I couldn’t be more excited that we’re back — that we get to play in front of you all again. That we get to play for you all again. It’s been way too long. In 2019, I was just getting started as a Jay — a lot of us were. But now that we’ve had some time to settle in….. I think we’re a much different ballclub than we were two seasons ago. And I really do feel like this group is on the verge of big things. Honestly?? We’re kinda nice. We've got a team that just wants to bring it, every day. I think it's hard to look at someone like Vladdy, or Cavan, or to look at what Marcus has done this season, and not see how badly we want to win. And here’s the truth, straight up: There’s no reason we shouldn’t win. We feel like we can beat anyone. And even more importantly, beyond just great players — we also have a great group of guys. George. Randal. Teo. Lourdes. All these dudes. They want to bring that energy to this city. It’s definitely something we think about when it comes to how we measure success. I think Toronto is really going to connect with this team. Our record isn’t where we want it to be yet…. but the goal here is the playoffs. And we feel like we have all the pieces in place to make a run at it now — including the last two pieces we needed most: our park and our people. And then the last thing I want to say, on a more serious note: I know that all of this…. it’s a lot bigger than baseball. I know how hard the last year and a half has been on everyone, and that the ups and downs of a Jays season are probably the last thing on anyone’s mind. I know that a lot of you who are reading this have experienced real hardship and real loss. And I know that a few ballgames aren’t going to change that. Us playing at the Rogers Centre…. it doesn’t mean everything is “back to normal.” But I hope we can maybe bring just a little bit of that normal feeling back. I hope we can play some good baseball — and, in our own small way, be a part of the healing process. That all starts tonight. I can’t wait to show out for this city. It’s great to be home.

Yes because they have a great GM. He sees what his team needs and goes to get it. He maximizes all avenues of aquiring talent, through free agency, trades, waiver wire, amateur scouting and iternational scouting, The Padres seem to come out on top with most transactions and if they dont then at least its not or trying. I commend him. I am still happy with our FO but The Padres have a good one as well.

This would make sense for the Twins as well, If there is a work stoppage for next year, you COULD be looking at just this year.

Any person that has a $300 credit on their account since 2020 should be a PRIORITY before the general public. I would call them and TELL them that. Im sure they will work with you

LOL I caught that.

I agree with most of this but I actually really like both trades Atkins has made so far....Getting Adam Cimber along with getting RHP Bowden Francis and RHP Trevor Richards for Tellez and Panik , I would do that all day . Get rid of excess and pick up controllable players that are useful. But this team has lost too many games from manager decisions. Fire him today, and have John Schneider take over, might be the biggest impact than any trade.

It would be nice to include a catcher, and someone like Smith to lessen the blow on our pitching assets

Something terrible to ponder.........Did u ever wonder about this, We all knew we got a great deal with Semien signing here. One year deal, switching positions, very well priced. Now what does he get in return, this is only an assumption, but he did this to build the greatest value, how do u build the greatest value? 1) He wants the team to let him play everyday (dont care 2nd or SS) 2) He doesn't care where he bats in the lineup, just play everyday, do not replace him in a blowout. 3) You can trade him if u see fit, but DO NOT put a qualifying offer on his back at seasons end as that would decrease his value. Im hoping this is not the case but Atkins will know and act accordingly, and how attractive would that make Semien All-Star 2B and SS with no draft pick attatched

Yeah he was drafted 3 different times and didnt sign lol Sad story, and I think in the end he killed himself.