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  1. glory
    Rostering Swanson has hurt the team beyond his performance. The Jays have (smartly) only used him in very low leverage situations. However, a s***** reliever who can only throw 1 inning and is only used in blowouts is not advantageous at all. The team is much better off with someone like Urena in Swanson's spot since there have been times where the Jays have (in Schneider's mind) had to use good relievers in low leverage spots because they don't have a long man that could give them length. If Swanson was a bad RP who could eat up 2-3 innings to save the pen, then that would have been reasonable, but he's a bad 1 inning RP. Literally no reason to roster him other than perceived loyalty. Green is still on the team because of his salary, and unfortunately that might prevent him from being let go until at least the deadline (maybe a bad contract swap or something). I hope they think more reasonably given it's sunk cost and he's actively hurting the team given his place in the pecking order, but it's harder to rationalize dumping a $10.5M contract. Swanson's deal is cheap enough to where it doesn't mean much.
  2. glory
    Yeah a sold out minor league park will likely be a better atmosphere, which is sad. Seeing empty seats at the Trop for playoff games was embarrassing. One of the only scenarios where playing in a minor league facility might actually help the aesthetic value of a playoff series.
  3. glory
    Man, the Rays are going to host playoff games at a minor league park, aren't they? Not what MLB wants, but a half empty Trop during playoff time is probably the more embarrassing option.
  4. glory
    I can understand both sides. Devers getting a verbal agreement in his mind meant it came from the organization, not Chaim Bloom specifically, and a new GM having to live up to a verbal agreement from a previous regime (one that he feels won’t help the team) seems unreasonable. There was probably a way to figure out a reasonable compromise but the relationship was likely beyond repair in Boston’s mind.
  5. glory
    Gut reaction is this is a trade that will probably age better for the Red Sox than the Mookie deal did. Devers is a fantastic hitter but like Vlad really doesn't provide much else especially if he's not at 3B. They traded him too soon rather than too late, so from a timing standpoint if they wanted to move him then now was probably the right call. The Red Sox have to bank on their young position player prospect panning out. That will help their fans forget about Devers.
  6. glory
    Only one shocked by that home run allowed by Green was Schneider.
  7. glory
    9 starts in 2024 gave Francis over two months of rope to be the worst SP in baseball. That’s insane when you think about it. This team didn’t even want to play Davis Schneider when he hit like Barry Bonds for 2 months but 9 starts from Francis and he’s suddenly an established starter. I know options are limited but it would be hard for someone like Easton Lucas to be as bad as Francis, much less worse.
  8. glory
    First batter Francis faces hits a 102 mph flyout that traveled 393 feet. Going to be a fun game.
  9. glory
    Schneider using Fluharty and Fisher in a game the team is down 4-0 (now 5-0). I guess he's saving Green and Swanson for the next high leverage opportunity.
  10. glory
    I guess the Jays were due for a bad non-Francis game. Use Green and Swanson in the final two innings, and save the entire pen for tomorrow.
  11. glory
    Roden, Wagner, and Santander have a combined WAR of -1.2. They essentially replaced Roden and Wagner with Varsho and Barger in May, and have gone 10-2 since Tony's been on the IL. You replace really bad players (or players performing badly) with good ones, and that can help explain a difference in RD, especially when mixed with Kirk's resurgence and other internal improvement. I don't know if it's sustainable as is, mostly because 3 SP's and 2 bullpen games a week is going to heavily tax the pen and they can't get away with it for much longer, but the Jays I would imagine will be one of the more aggressive teams at the deadline, so external pieces are probably on the way. It's just a matter of how long they can keep this going until that happens. Scherzer replacing Francis is super important. I don't trust Max's health, but we just have to hope. Then add a SP at the deadline. Honestly, I don't know what to make of this team right now. Exceeding my expectations, and I'm enjoying the ride from May onwards.
  12. glory
    They will need to add a SP (a really good one) at the deadline, plus get Scherzer back soon, but the 2023 model of pitching and defense combined with an offense that can actually do damage would be very interesting.
  13. glory
    Jays winning every game from now on except the ones started by Francis would put them in decent playoff position.
  14. glory
    Probably pre-game plan to have Lauer-Fisher-Turnbull get through 7 and then go to Little and Rodriguez in the 8th and 9th if it was a save situation.
  15. glory
    Nevermind. Little in. Schneider needed that pitching change for his own health. His hands were shaking.
  16. glory
    My guess is Turnbull starts the inning and then Little comes in for the lefty. That seems to be Schneider's pattern.
  17. glory
    Wonder how long they plan to use Turnbull here. They obviously want him to be a little stretched out, so 2 innings isn't much work, but they also want to win this game, plus Schneider is going to be scratching himself from withdrawal symptoms if he doesn't make a pitching change soon.
  18. glory
    Yeah I have a bad feeling about this. Hope I'm wrong.
  19. glory
    It would but need someone to eat up innings.
  20. glory
    With Lauer eating up 4.1 innings, I think saving Turnbull for Saturday makes more sense. Francis stinks and isn't likely to go long in that game so they'll need a mop up guy.
  21. glory
    It's going to be interesting what the Jays do with the relievers once Garcia and Sandlin come back. Green is awful (last good season with any meaningful sample size was 2021), and Swanson hasn't been good since 2023. Fisher has options but is clearly better than both of them. I don't think $3M (Swanson's salary) is enough of a deterrent for a DFA, but they might wait until he blows a game before doing it. Green is going to be harder to work around with his salary, but sunk cost is sunk cost. Fisher needs to stay on.
  22. glory
    Gimenez is significantly underperforming his xwOBA and has a .233 BABIP (even after tonight's game). Not sure he has enough time to get a 4+ WAR this season after missing time due to injury, but I think he's going to be improve as long as he's healthy. What that looks like remains to be seen.
  23. glory
    Yeah the Jays caught a huge break with Barger turning into a good 3B and Rodriguez/Little/etc turning into leverage relievers, because that significantly narrows down their deadline needs. They absolutely have to add a starter, preferably closer to a #1-2 than a 4-5. Obviously some other cosmetic changes would be helpful (another bench bat, etc), but adding a SP that could realistically start a playoff game (and not just someone to soak up regular season innings) would be a huge add.
  24. glory
    John Schneider is really, really bad at managing a bullpen. The one bright spot here is that he had Hoffman warm up the pen leading up to the 9th anyway, so using him here was probably better than letting him get hot, not using him, and then pitching him tomorrow as well. Now he's definitely out for tomorrow (barring JS losing his mind), another off day Thursday, and then he won't pitch Saturday either with Francis starting (no chance that's a save situation unless the Baseball God's are smiling on us that day), so maybe he can rest up a bit.
  25. glory
    4 run lead. Just keep Chad Green in at this point. He will give up 2 solo shots but Jays would still lead in that scenario,
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