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  1. glory
    Agreed. The Rangers aren't as good as their RD says they are, but still look like a WC team assuming the Astros eventually take the lead in the West. They have legit star vetrin players (Semien, Seager) along with a solid group of position players around them, and they took the Jays approach of overpaying FA SP's to avoid having to develop them and those SPs are all doing well. I mean, the Rangers pretty much have to fall off for the Jays WC chances to improve, but I wouldn't say it is a certainty that they regress enough to not be a factor. You don't fluke into the RD they have, easier schedule or not.
  2. glory
    All these games that Manoah is blowing are going to add up, and the AL has improved since last season. I realize the SP depth is ass cheeks in the minors but at this point I’m not sure how someone like Bowden Francis could be any worse.
  3. glory
    If this isn’t Manoah’s last big league start for a while then the Jays deserve what they get.
  4. glory
    To Atkins’ credit he doesn’t make many bad trades, but man did he whiff on Mitch White. Trading an actual prospect for a swing man with average stuff who became a bulk reliever less than 12 months later is just awful. Hopefully from now on these swing man types are developed internally.
  5. glory
    Since May 1: 111 PA, .258/.378/.699 (1.077 OPS), 176 wRC+, 15.3 BB%, 20.7 K%, .207 BABIP, .441 ISO, 12 HR He's walking more, striking out a lot less, and still hitting for ridiculous power. His April was horrendous so that can't be discounted, but if he's found something since then that explains his May+, then I'd be tempted to promote him and see if that continues in AAA. The Jays desperately need prospects to start filling big league holes. Orelvis coming back from the dead would be a huge development, but too early to get excited.
  6. glory
    Yeah a month ago I would have laughed if someone said he'd be the starting 3B in 2024. Now I'm kinda expecting it if he gets promoted to AAA soon and looks ok.
  7. glory
    I'm positive that Vlad is going to have an absolutely monster 2025 season to make this topic more of a discussion, but as of now it's kind of one sided. Bichette's on pace for another 4.5-5.5 WAR season, his third in a row, and his expected numbers don't show that to be a mirage. Not sure I'd trust someone with a 5 BB% over a 10-12 year deal, but that's going to be the cost of doing business with either of these two players. I trust Vlad's offensive profile a lot more over a long term but that also comes with bad base running, a less important defensive position, and weight issues.
  8. glory
    Yeah, if you told me before the season that he would have a 12.4 BB%, 23.0 K% and .314 ISO in 161 plate appearances, I would have thought he would be a top 50 prospect by the mid season rankings. He's doing a lot of important things well but it's still a pretty lousy season overall. He looks like the definition of a boom or bust, with bust being far more likely, but there's enough intriguing things in there to not want to cut bait too soon. Curious to see if Atkins holds on to him or trades him at the deadline, though I can't imagine his value would be that high.
  9. glory
    They had to trade their #4/5 hitter from last season (Teoscar), a useful power hitting LHB who can hit in the middle of a lineup (Tellez), a former 1st round pick (Groshans), and spend what will end up being $16m over 3 years (Jimi Garcia) to set up the rest of their pen. Meanwhile teams like the Rays and O’s are picking up scrap heap guys and doing a better job year to year. Atkins and his regime are really bad at player development, especially on the pitching side.
  10. glory
    Yeah if Atkins is the GM, not only will he not sell, but I don't think any Jays fan would want him to be the one doing the selling.
  11. glory
    I was just thinking how much the current team/situation reminds me of the JP years. Farm system is ass cheeks with Tiedemann playing the role of Snider as being the only guy in the system currently that the team can pin their hopes on (hopefully it ends up better than Snider did), and the team looks like it's going to be a high 80s win team barring a big 2nd half run. At least JP had some excuse for having to work around a pretty low/modest payroll, while Atkins built this team while paying the luxury tax. I don't know. Maybe we overstated how good this 2023 team is/was. I suspect they'll still end up being pretty good (whether it's enough to get a playoff spot with more good teams this season remains to be seen), but the short and long term prognosis looks pretty grim. If I'm Shapiro, I'm replacing Atkins with Click as soon as I can.
  12. glory
    But when the alternative is Ernie Clement? The optics of trading a top 10 prospect in baseball (plus a good hitter as a throw in) for a player who the manager trusts less than a career minor leaguer against LHP is pretty bad.
  13. glory
    Is there a reason, other than "Schneider gonna Schneider", that Clement pinch hit for Varsho?
  14. glory
    If I had any faith in Atkins building a bullpen, I’d probably stretch Pearson out and live with the consequences, but there’s a good chance Nate is one of the best relievers on the team.
  15. glory
    Due to the 20-1 loss, the Rays no longer have the best RD in the league. That belongs to the Rangers now. Didn't expect Texas to be this good but let's see if it's sustainable.
  16. glory
    I was expecting Swanson and Romano given Schneider’s tendencies.
  17. glory
    Finally a fun game to watch (....so far).
  18. glory
    Yeah but any Schneider slander is ok in my book, even if it's from Yankees fans.
  19. glory
    Varsho made more sense for the org to acquire given his years of control. The Jays have the very difficult task of trying to sustain contention with a s***** farm system and multiple holes needing to be filled as early as 2024 (3B, LF, 2B). A controlled CF was pretty much a necessity and I would imagine once Varsho is playing CF full time in 2024-26 that his value to the team will be more noticeable. Hopefully next season they resist the urge to bring KK back and get a LF who can hit. This trade deadline I think we might see an AA-2015 level purge to the farm. They need more Varsho’s but are no where close to developing even one of them. Try to turn prospects into MLB players with multiple years of control, if possible.
  20. glory
    Jomboy adding to the Schneider slander and I’m here for all of it.
  21. glory
    The Orioles and Rangers got better, and the Red Sox, Mariners and Angels are right around where the Jays are with similar or better run differentials. Probably says more about the improved competition than the Jays themselves, but clearly the Jays aren't helping their cause with the way they've gotten their asses kicked by the AL East lately. I actually like when there are more competitive teams. It makes the season a bit more fun (if not stressful) but the added competition, assuming it stays this way, is only going to make it harder for the Jays to make the playoffs.
  22. glory
    Yeah, if Varsho were playing CF, then his presence here would be more appreciated as his bat isn't great but doesn't need to be in CF. As a LF it seems a lot less ideal since it puts more pressure on his bat, and his defense (while still really good) is coming from a much less valuable defensive position. Feels like the Jays should have done an either/or with Varsho and KK. They ended up with both, and that's not the best fit together unless KK's bat right now is legit (it's not) or Varsho's bat takes a massive step forward (it might, but how much?).
  23. glory
    The Jays are 1-11 in their last 12 games against the AL East, and the 1 game they won was an extra inning walk off. They are 20-10 against non AL East teams so thankfully with the balanced schedule they can turn things around when the schedule clears up, but not a good sign to be this bad against teams they will be competing with for playoff spots all year. The Rangers have the 2nd best RD in the league right now so if they're legitimately good and others muddy the waters a bit (Red Sox, Mariners), then a WC spot is not going to be easy to get.
  24. glory
    Agreed on all of this. It's actually somewhat impressive that the team has been this good for a couple of years now given how it was put together. Basically the antithesis of building a sustainable contender. They got nothing in return for the departing 2015-16 core, and the drafting/international signings post 2017 have mostly been awful aside from Manoah. The 2nd best player the Jays have drafted from 2017-onwards is probably Ryan Noda at this point. Hopefully Tiedemann changes that but pitching prospects are the hardest to count on. Schneider and Montoyo have a bunch of things in common (not in a good way) but the biggest thing they have in common is the biggest issue, and that is they were hired by the same guy/front office. That's where the real issue is.
  25. glory
    John Schneider post game: “I f***** up”. Will probably get a lot of use out of that quote.
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