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I miss Khal Stephen.
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The Jays pitching staff’s biggest issue is home runs, and their offense’s strength isn’t necessarily power but putting the ball in play at a high rate. Safeco might be a good fit. Let’s hope.
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5+ followed by Louis Varland is likely the plan if Bieber is dealing. Only way that changes is if Bieber struggles early and has to be replaced much sooner. When Varland steps out of the bullpen, John Schneider hears Metallica and sees prime Mariano running out to the mound, so we just have to hope that strategy works.
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Barger has looked bad for months now. There likely isn't a better option. Tony looks like he's getting closer. Just have to hope something clicks starting tonight.
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I'm curious what the impending lockout after 2026 is going to do to the market this winter. I would imagine the owners that want a salary cap are going to sit this one out to make it appear like they are in financial peril, and teams in general might be more cautious with long term deals given the uncertainty of what the next CBA will actually look like. Bregman's options might be fairly limited (ditto Bichette). More reason to hope the Dodgers get bounced, I guess. If they just steamroll through the competition this year and next year, then it certainly won't make the salary cap crowd die down.
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The Jays are 2 wins away from going just as far as the 2015 team did, and the 2015 team made AA the baseball equivalent of a deity to a large percentage of this fanbase. I think the 2025 team between beating the Yankees, the Vladdy grand slam, the Yesavage ALDS start, and “Daaaa Yankees lose” have probably reached the memories quota. Pushing the current series to Game 6 (minimum) would certainly help though.
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The Jays have lost the first two games of a playoff series in 7 of their last 9 (Texas, KC, Cleveland, Tampa, Seattle, Minnesota, Seattle again). Not ideal. Odds are definitely in Seattle’s favor now so between that and being on the road, hopefully it loosens the Jays up a bit. Best case scenario, Seattle’s park ends up helping the BABIP dependent offense for the Jays who can win without home runs likely better than Seattle can, and ends up making some of the 111 mph fly balls that Max gives up find gloves in the OF rather than sail over the fence. One game at a time.
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I could see Bieber spinning a gem given Safeco, but Max in Game 4 is terrifying.
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Yeah I have no real issue with taking Trey out. If anything, you could argue he should have taken him out sooner. I know according to JS, the combo of Varland and Little are Mariano and Wagner reborn, but reality paints a different picture. Don't bring those guys in with runners on base. Either start the inning with them, or go with someone else (Fluharty and Fisher, for example). If Varland was the guy, then just take Trey out after 4 and give Varland a fresh inning. Taking Gausman out OTOH was inexcusable to me. He was dealing, the pitch count was low, and he made a mistake pitch to Cal. It happens. The fact that Varland was warming up before Gausman even started the 6th inning tells you what JS's thought process was, and it was wrong.
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The Jomboy guys were losing their minds talking about the Yankees needing to add more contact after the ALDS, when the Mariners are doing exactly the opposite and just hitting home runs to win. Putting the ball in play without home runs is not going to work. The Jays hit them in the DS. Stopped in the CS. Now they can't score. My guess is this winter the Jays are going to trade for Steven Kwan in their annual "let's save the Guardians some money" off season move, but they really need to add more consistent power. Hard to do that while prioritizing high contact rates, but you definitely need a blend.
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Blake Snell tonight: 8 IP, 103 pitches Blake Snell tonight if John Schneider was his manager: 5.1 IP, 71 pitches
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Win 2 of the next 3, and go back home down 3-2 is probably the most realistic best case (obviously, pie in the sky, the Jays win the next 3). Not optimistic about winning this series down 0-2, but it is what it is. One game at a time and get back in this.
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I'm convinced that this is what Schneider sees every time Varland comes out of the bullpen. It would explain the way he's used. Give Fisher more high leverage spots rather than moping up a game that the pen already blew.
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The world if the Jays didn't trade for Louis Varland is a world I want to live in. I've never seen someone so hittable being treated like he's the best reliever on the team.
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Gimenez has to be perfect defensively to live with his bat.
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We need to convince Vlad that the Mariners are actually the Yankees.
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Glad that happened in the Springer at bat, now I don't have to read about that one blown call in the 1st inning (until the next blown call).
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There we go. Let's hit Gilbert now.
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Eddings also gave Yesavage a strike that looked out of the strike zone in the Arozarena at bat. Doesn’t excuse the bad call but Yesavage has to get out of that. Cant put the whole inning on the ump.
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Doug Eddings. I’m sure he’s done something wrong to the Jays in the past as I recognize that name. Have to hope Yesavage can work around it.
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No issues with DS in there. Santander is a better hitter but he was awful to begin the season (due to injury) and then missed most of the season with an injury and came back literally right as the regular season ended. Not a lot of time to get in rhythm, and now he's in a playoff setting which is a different animal. He hasn't looked awful at the plate or anything, but might be time to accept that 2025 is a write off for him. Let DS cook.
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Yeah the two teams seem pretty evenly matched talent-wise, so can't afford to go down 2-0 and reduce the margin for error, especially with Game 4 looming as a Scherzer day.
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Need the bats to get going tonight. I didn’t like JS’s managing last night but that wasn’t what cost them the game. The bats were dreadful. Need a nice turnaround tonight before heading to the stadium where offense dies from Games 3-5.
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Put this game in the rear view. Offense stunk, and while JS made some questionable moves, the team only gave up 3 runs against a team whose pitching staff was supposed to be running on fumes. Inexcusable display by the offense all things considered. Go out and win tomorrow.
