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  1. glory
    24 hours after the gut punch of losing game 2 of this series and the Jays have the best record in the AL. Baseball. Wins are wins, and another game off the schedule. Doesn’t matter how you get them at this point.
  2. glory
    Barger’s wRC+ dangerously heading towards 100. He’s been on a big time slump.
  3. glory
    Yeah he’s had a long lay off and he was doing well before that. May have hurt him. He was clearly overachieving but sucks for him to be put in this spot.
  4. glory
    If Lauer were throwing a perfect game through 6 innings on 54 pitches, then Schneider would have pulled him, but when Lauer is giving up 10 home runs in a start, that’s when JS wants more length.
  5. glory
    Giving a washed vetrin to John Schneider is one of the most terrifying things you can do, even more so during a competitive season. Loperfido played some limited 1B in the minors IIRC, so if they wanted someone to stand there in place of Vlad every once in a while then there were internal options that were better or no worse than France. Demoting Fisher and then shortening the pen due to an extra starter was a very dangerous scenario, and the worst case has happened with the high leverage guys struggling. Fisher is giving me 2015 Liam Hendriks vibes as a good RP who the manager doesn’t view as one (or doesn’t trust as one). Not sure why he was demoted while Varland is given high leverage spots regardless of performance. Fluharty was the one with options to send down. The Jays don’t have an easy schedule down the stretch so losing games like last night are back breakers. Hopefully they can win the series tonight.
  6. glory
    Bieber, Scherzer, and Gausman in that order for me. The 4th depends on matchup, who is hot, etc.
  7. glory
    Wow that's a nice start. This team is different at home. Makes HFA so critical to get.
  8. glory
    Clement has a 67 wRC+ in his last 51 games, and his numbers against LHP haven't even been good over that span (72 wRC+). That stretch makes up about 46% of his total season PA's, so he hasn't been good for a while. Not sure why a day off for him is once in a lifetime, but guys like Barger, DS, etc, can get extra rest and/or be platooned. I know this team values defense heavily, and Clement is great defensively, but at some point you might want to mix things up a bit.
  9. glory
    Astros and Tigers both lost. Now just need a Red Sox loss since they are the closest to the Jays in the East standings, and all will be fine.
  10. glory
    At least they made a game out of it.
  11. glory
    The Jays facing a good pitcher with this lineup was never going to be a high probability win. Let Gausman and Schultz finish this game and get ready for the next series.
  12. glory
    Ty France is batting cleanup instead of Varsho, while Clement is batting 6th against a RHP when he hasn’t hit them all season and is hitting ahead of players who have hit them much better (Gimenez, DS). JS has been doing stuff like this all season and it has been working, so I guess we should just embrace our Ned Yost.
  13. glory
    I think Jays and Tigers have to be in the same division with realignment. Guardians would make sense as well. The 4th team in that scenario is harder to figure out.
  14. glory
    Wheeler is not only a regular season ace but a playoff ace as well. His post season numbers are excellent. Huge blow for the Phillies.
  15. glory
    Curious to see if the Jays go with Berrios twice through the order and then go with Lauer afterwards. Might not be the worst idea to try to maximize Jose's performance while giving Lauer length appearances out of the pen to keep him somewhat stretched out.
  16. glory
    Yes. At this point I'd just put him on the IL and call up Loperfido to get another bat on the bench. You don't want to mess with the hamstring. Getting him back 100% is more important, even if it means missing some games in late August.
  17. glory
    If Vlad does the splits at 1B ever again, then he's suspended without pay.
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  19. glory
    One of MLB's proposals during the last round of CBA talks was that exact playoff format (14 playoff teams, top seeds get a bye, 12 playoff teams in the WC round), which the players declined. The 8 divisions talk was a few years ago, I recall him bringing up the NFL as the model he wanted. Quick Google search found this quote from last year: "I’d say two things about expansion conceptually. We think we are a growth business, and there are markets around the U.S. that want baseball. That’s our principle motivation. There are also advantages in going from 30 to 32 in terms of schedule and format,” Manfred said on the Questions For Cancer Research podcast. “It would create an opportunity to realign (divisions) – fours work a lot better in schedules than fives.” Of course the players will have to agree with all of this for it to pass, but I think that's the model Manfred is aiming for.
  20. glory
    Manfred's vision is 8 divisions, 4 teams in each division, 14 playoff teams, top seeds in each league get a bye, and everyone else plays in the WC Round. If/when expansion happens, be prepared for that.
  21. glory
    Replacing a 150 wRC+ bat with Ty France is pretty darn huge. No excuse to lose today's game, the Pirates stink but Vlad is irreplaceable when he's an elite offensive player, and looks like he is one this season.
  22. glory
    This feels like the 2-1 loss to the White Sox from whenever the heck that was. Very frustrating.
  23. glory
    Bassitt and Gausman making 5 innings against the Pirates look like one of the most difficult things to get through.
  24. glory
    If France did the splits on that throw then he would have had a chance.
  25. glory
    There's absolutely zero chance the Jays move Berrios or Bassitt to the bullpen. One of them will get a phantom IL stint before they move to the pen, IMO. The Jays have an established vetrin rotation, and all of them have a track record. I don't think they are looking at performance, Stuff+, etc. There are other things to consider here. Every org in the league faced with this exact same scenario would have done the same thing. Lauer is just the easiest guy to move around from an ego standpoint. Doesn't mean it's fair, or the right move to make, but I don't see any other team acting differently. The Jays in particular treat vets like royalty. They're not going to mess with that.
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