BigCecil

That is why we dont give up outs and bunt espy with a guy who cant even f***ing bunt, but just worked a BB

....juuuuust a biiit outside

No, depends on who comes back obviously. As a FA in '24 makes no sense to move him in a contend year, unless he is part of a deal that actually adds net value. He could be a solid piece in package. A guy like Pederson routinely sucks vs LHP. He isnt what i had in mind.

Whats Santander hitting against us the last couple years? f*** seems like he and Mountcastle are roto-reutering us routinely.

Agree. Enigma. Completely lost on AB and then boom last AB. Such easy power.

Nice catch Vlad. Gausman looks good with all his pitches working.

Hell of a slide George. Thought he was dead duck. Worth a shot with 1 out.

Let's light up random RHP on the bump!

If you can't get that pitch right on the black in against lefties, it could be a long first game. That was brutal. It's just wrong at MLB level this happens when the technology is there to address it.

You are the Dr. Frankenstein of BJMB.

Lots of time for this discussion probably but Chappy's 122 wRC+ is the same as his career now. With his D it makes him a valuable asset to extend beyond '23. Or does it? Has his offence really rebounded 18 and 19 levels or is this a mirage? His D metrics this year don't match the eye test, or he would have better than 3.4 WAR.

Hmm. Kind of scratching my head here. We seem to have a lot of really mediocre players taking up a lot of this roster. This "wave" has been more of a garden hose trickle. JBJ Zimmer Tapia (has turned 334 PAs and those OF starts into -0.4 WAR) Merrifield Biggio Lawrence White Kooch Interchangeable s***. Biggio has been useful. Merrifield should be useful but has sucked for us pretty much so far. Not everyone is going to be a 2 WAR player on a roster.I get that but this volume of s*** depth, no matter the role or use, seems pretty unimpressive.

100% and the Red Sox will tool up for a better 23 and 24. The AL East will all be brutes. Thankful for balancing of schedule.

70 W's with 33 to go. 13-14 in August. Need to play .636 ball in remaining gms to reach 2021 win totals (remember the '21 narrative "if only we played in TOR all season!") Either we are sandbagging and we get hot starting tomorrow or maybe we just aren't as good as many, including myself, thought.

In Anchorage for a meeting. Only 6pm here now and just able to tune in. White looks like he got lit up again. 6 runs over 4 2/3. Was he that bad?

A Jano fan. So nice to see him contribute and get some recognition in that big comeback W. Injuries have really plagued him.

Been down on Bo's D but hell of a clutch stab.

Thought same thing. Was a pretty good at bat but in 21 he punishes one of those two fastballs.

Robo umps. f*** me. Brutal. Totally changed the at bat with that inside ball called a strike.

I don't know this for sure, but I'd guess if one was to give into his oppo HR's last year those minor league parks helped a lot.

I get its hard to argue with those numbers but I'll take a stab at it lol. There is an ease to pitching to a line with impact bats that all hit RH. A repetition and rhythm. Top rights handers with V and good breaking ball they can locate carve us up. (They do to everyone especially us. We'll see this in the playoffs). I don't know how many good pitchers I've heard interviewed this year who said this is a big Jays weakness this year, based on their experience. This year Jays are hitting s*** against LHP in part because nobody throws them much for obvious reasons. At one point 1/3 of the way through the season it was was at an historic low since the 20s the number they faced. I posted Bo is down 100 wRC+ points last time I looked vs LHP this year a couple days ago. It was over 150 '21. No wonder we see so few in '22 and when we do we suck. Same weird thing nobody could explain happened in '15 to that team so they brought in Valencia. Hard to explain. We have a good offence as the numbers show. It could be even better with some LH impact balance. Its in part why this FO tried and failed to land Ramirez & Brantley

I made the mistake of listening to Jays Talk after the gm. As expected lots of venom at Teo etc. A lot of "we need a Winfield" stuff. But whats wild is how many fans thinks "Manoah needs to flip over a table in the clubhouse" and the Manager needs to rip the team etc kind of stuff. Like that works. Sure, bench Teo for lack of hustle but the idea Springer or Manoah are going to flip over tables and turn this team around is silly. I think they are a 85+ win team with lots of holes that is both just over rated and in many cases under performing expectations. The league has adjusted to Bo & Vlad and this heavy RH line up. They have yet to figure it out vs RH or LH pitching, going from 12ish WAR to 6ish. The pen was always going to be middle of the road, and the lack of LH impact bat balance is a negative. Berrios has been disappointing and Strip and Kirk have way over exceeded expectations. Springer is huge, when he can play. Last few games Bo's Es and lack of ability to save runs defensively at SS was glaring IMO. Just killing pitch counts. Deadline reinforcements came in a meh and still a meh: White 2 decent short outings and got lit up; Bass a + nasty add - given up 2 dongs, Merrifield is another mediocre RH bat and speed/depth. Pop is in the minors. Talent wise, skill sets and culture wise they do need a shake up in the off season. Still think they squeak into wildcard for away series and I have no idea what will happen. Could win 2 or they could get blown out. Not overly confident in them.

Somewhere Charlie is playing the bongos and chuckling inside still getting paid.

100%. He was going through motions thinking throw was going to first.

Joe Sidall just lit up Teo and coaching. If you can't run hard to second get on the bench. Unacceptable.