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The Jays were leading 7-1 and Dickey was pitching well. Gibbons did not avoid a disaster. He made an absolutely pointless move and cost his starter a win (which means something to him I'm sure), all while not increasing the teams odds of winning that particular game. It was Ned Yost levels of stupid.

The look that most of us have when trying to find logic in John Gibbons decision making.

Wow. Dickey pitched well. He at least deserved a chance to get the W in a 6 run game. Gibbons is gone full on Ned Yost here.

Dickey's given up 4 singles and 0 walks, and the run was scored on a wild pitch. He's been fine.

Because the Royals win with Escobar leading off. That was Ned's actual reasoning, I believe.

Live to see another day.

That's my guess. He will piggyback Price after Dickey to get by Game 4 and then if they succeed go with Stroman for Game 5. We'll see if it works.

Nicely done Sanchez. Save Price for tomorrow, Gibby.

Price is replacing Cecil for the rest of this series. That's the only thing I can possibly think of, and it's stupid as hell.

Even Harold Reynolds is questioning Gibbons. Gibby did something so stupid that even Reynolds is questioning it and is absolutely right in doing so.

With Price coming out of the pen, and Dickey starting tomorrow, have to wonder if Price is 100%. Why wouldn't they want him pitching game 4 in a do or die?

Nice Lowe!

I don't think we'll see Price here unless s*** really unravels.

Bautista is a poor defensive outfielder. Nothing new to see. Now we have to count on Aaron Loup and whatever it left of the pen after Cecil's season is done. Time to pray.

f*** yes Tulo!!!!!!

Oh my god, f*** this game.

Texas is winning this game. This is the worst amount of luck I have seen in a while. It has to be fate.

Don't have a good feeling about this one. Hitters still not looking good.

Yeah, it's a shame the Jays had to bat with the roof closed, while the Rangers got to bat with it open. Wait, they both played under the same conditions? Then what the hell are we talking about???

If Alex is still the GM, then there's a better chance of Gibbons being extended than there is of him being let go. I'm still hoping Shapiro hires his own guy and they start to make systematic changes to the organization from top to bottom, but that might be a pipe dream at this point.

The Jays need to retool. They can still make the playoffs next season (either division or one of the Wild Card's), but it will require a complete makeover of the starting rotation. Beyond 2016 is when it gets messy as Bautista and Edwin are free agents, and at that point Martin and Tulo will be making $40m combined, and Donaldson's arbitration raise will likely be around $15m or more. Unless they field a rotation like the Mets currently have, it would be hard to re-sign everyone and maintain competitiveness. The last thing they should do is re-sign everyone and become the Ruben Amaro JR Phillies. A few points: - Let Price go and don't look back. A 7 year deal at $30m a year for a starter in his 30's is certifiably insane. Let another team get stuck with that deal. He was a rental, and we got 12 starts out of him. Enjoy it for what it was and move on. - Use leftover money to sign good starters. That's a no brainer, but I mean good as in mid-rotation types (Chen types). Don't blow the load on 1 guy like Price. Spread it around and have a rotation full of quality arms, and hope Stroman becomes the ace. A rotation that is deep 1-5 with this lineup will win a lot of games. - Keep Sanchez in the pen, stretch Osuna out. I don't know how this is going to work, since Osuna can't possibly be counted on to throw more than 100 something innings next year, but he's the guy with the repertoire to be a starter. Sanchez is a reliever. Period.

They traded their farm system for a 2 month run. If it doesn't lead to at least an ALCS appearance, was it worth it?

Bingo. Every fanbase complains about the umpires. The Yankees fans thought they were being screwed against the Jays by the umps. At the end of the day, the ump is who the ump is. You have to work around it. The Rangers did. The Jays just bitched after every pitch and tried to rile the fans up (it worked). Ultimately, the team that bitched less won. What a shock. It's sickens me that Jays fans are piling on the umpire in a 14-inning game where they couldn't score a single run after the 5th inning and the Rangers scored only 1 run from the 3rd to the 13th inning. The players/hitters were responsible for this loss.

Yep. I hate Gibbons but he didn't do anything wrong, other than maybe not trusting Cecil to start the 8th when he's equally effective against righties and lefties. Regardless, that 1st inning was an embarrassment, and that's what cost them the game. Price s***ing the bed in Game 1 cost them that one.

He basically let them get hammered after winning the division, and then gave away the last game of the season to let a starter pitch on one day's rest to get an arbitrary personal goal. There is not giving a s***, and then there's what Gibby did after winning the division, including giving his best starter 11 days of rest in between starts when he was perfectly healthy. It should be talked about. I didn't have an issue with resting the players in Baltimore, but he clearly did not care if they won or lost over the last five games of the reg season.