Best chance for the Jays is holding the Yankees to 2 and then getting to the Yankees bullpen, but so far looks like Fried might go deep into this game.
Gausman is infuriating now because you don't know what you're going to get start to start. Jays really needed a couple of clean innings with Fried pitching, but guess not.
A Cy Young candidate facing a lineup with Davis Schneider and Myles Straw batting 5th and 6th. Hopefully the most baseball thing ever can happen today.
Sounds like he was not available tonight. Scherzer going 6 would have changed this game, but unfortunately they had to piece together 4 innings with only 3 good relief options (Fisher, Little, Hoffman).
Was Scherzer pulled because of Schneider’s fetish for pitching changes or something else? One of the few times I’ll breathe a sigh of relief if it’s just Schneider being Schneider.
Gotta let Bassitt wear this one while eating 5 innings. There is no long man in the pen (there should be) so while I'm sure JS would love to use every RP for an inning a piece, the Jays need Bassitt to give them a little bit of length here.
Fisher has thrown 11 pitches in a week (last two appearances are 6/22 and 6/24), so it's possible it's to get him some work, but Schneider not knowing who his best relievers are wouldn't surprise me either.
9 run lead might be save enough for Schneider to not use Little, Rodriguez, Hoffman, or Fisher, but I'm sure he'll surprise me.
Either way, nice to see a crooked number in the Jays favor. Get that RD on the positive side.
Yeah I just don’t see it with Roden. He doesn’t pass the eye test, and the underlying data supports that. Given his age and profile, I’m not confident he’s going to be any good. If he does end up being good eventually then it probably won’t be in 2025, so either way he shouldn’t be up at this point. Let him mash 89 mph line drives in AAA and then trade him at the deadline.
Pulling Kirk for a pinch runner proving costly here as Heineman is leading off. He’s been great this season but you’d much rather have Kirk at bat. Hopefully there’s still some BABIP magic left with Heiney.
Roden is awful. Not sure how much of that is his fault at this point since he’s playing like once a week but he’s not a guy you want up there in an important spot.
And pinch hitting for Kirk in a tie game was ridiculous.
Turnbull looked awful so probably good idea to cut bait. Hopefully they do the same with Green when Garcia is ready. The pen does need a long man, though. If Scherzer leaves in the 1st inning tonight due to injury or something, then it would be Schneider's dream (getting to use every RP for an inning) but not ideal at all. Gotta hope Scherzer can chew up 5 at least, and then stay healthy after that.
Absolutely insane bringing in Yariel in this game. Scherzer could conceivably be out of the game in the 1st inning tomorrow night after his thumb explodes, but Schneider thought using 5 relievers in a game the Jays were comfortably leading was the right move. Who is the long man tomorrow? Turnbull? Someone needs to be sent down for Scherzer, which I guess will be Schultz now.
I think if Schneider brought in Schultz when he brought Green in, even if the same thing happened (HR), most people would have been fine with it. But you can't bring Green into games in those situations anymore. He's very bad, and a guaranteed HR allowed. Bring him in to start the inning or don't bring him in at all.
If Schneider leaves Green in the game then I’ll refrain from criticizing him the rest of the night, but I think we all know damn well that ain’t happening.