glory

Constant reminder that baseball in April kinda sucks. Bad weather, bad attendance, quality of play not as good due to the weather conditions, etc. Oh well. Extra day of rest for the pen at least, and having what turns out to be an off day during a 13 games in a row stretch against teams predicted to be playoff contenders before the season is probably a good thing.

Wells, Delgado, and Catalanotto on that list, and it's in team order from the looks of it, so likely from 2003 or 2004. McGwire retired in 2001 so that's probably why he's not on the list. Disappointing if Delgado was using PEDs, though I guess it shouldn't be surprising given what era he was in. Adrian Beltre stands out as well, and in his 2004 season he suddenly had 48 HR's and 161 wRC+ out of nowhere before falling off again the following year until 2010-18 when he became a stud. I wouldn't expect Heyman to add any context to that list, assuming it's legitimate.

The pitching matchups look solid for the Jays but their approach of nothing but taking pitches and hitting singles gives me zero confidence that they could actually take advantage of it. Hopefully this is the series that wakes up Vladdy and Tony.

Aside from the Vlad connection, I think the odds of Bo staying in Toronto are higher now mainly because I don't see his market being that big. All the big market teams except the Dodgers are set at SS, and the Dodgers don't seem like the type of team that would value Bo at $250-300M. You would think if they were going to give a SS that type of money then it would have been Seager. On top of that, there is talk now of the owners insisting on a salary cap, which means a guaranteed lockout after 2026 and who knows what for 2027, so I don't think too many teams are going to be spending absurd amounts of money for FA's other than Tucker and the top of the SP market (Gallen, Cease, etc). Bo's kinda in the middle range of being a very good player but not a superstar. In a market where teams are spending big, he likely would have made out well, but I'm not sure this coming winter will be that type of market. The Jays will have the need at SS, they will have the desire to contend, and they obviously have the financial resources to give Bo what he wants, especially if Ed Rogers is involved and gets into the fetal position as soon as he meets with Bo and his agent like he did for Vlad. The caveat being if the Jays are sellers in July and move Bo mid season, but even then the Jays could easily just get under the lux tax and sign Bo as a FA even under those circumstances. I guess it depends on how badly Rogers wants to keep him.

I’m not saying this as a bitter Jays fan, but as a baseball fan. This umpire should be investigated for gambling. An ump who is so blatantly one sided, especially with what we know about gambling now, raises a huge red flag. Angel Hernandez was bad but he was bad both ways. This was the most obvious one sided umpiring I can remember watching. Of course nothing will be done about it, and of course Schneider complains about it behind a desk post game rather than in real time (John Gibbons would have thrown hands by the 6th inning), so have to take this on the chin and move on.

Might have been the most blatant one sided umpiring I've seen in a while. Usually an ump is awful on both sides, but he was very specific on which team was going to get calls. Not that anything is going to come out of it, and the limp dick offense is more to blame than the umpire, but ABS can't come soon enough.

The umpire was ass, but when the entire offense is chasing walks and singles, it's not going to work most nights. Brutal game on so many levels. I'm tired of the cold excuse. It's cold and rainy everywhere. Hit some GD home runs already.

Not looking good.

Unfortunately the best one available might be Ke'Bryan Hayes. I don't see anyone else that is realistically available.

Surprised they pitched to Springer rather than put him on and pitch to Wagner.

Agreed. Third base is a massive hole, and I don't know how they fix it short term, but they will need to.

Gimenez had no shot in that at bat.

Will Wagner at 3B killed this inning.

John Gibbons would have been ejected 3 innings ago with that strike zone.

Schneider draws a walk on 6 straight balls. Man this umpire is awful.

The Jays getting a runner on 2nd with only 1 hit is impressive.

Yeah enough singles to get a run was doable. Enough for a 2nd or more is asking a lot.

The offense is bad enough, but the umpiring is just making it ten times more obnoxious.

This offense is unwatchable.

Hopefully the Jays can string together 4-5 singles in an inning at some point.

My guess is with 13 games in a row and bad weather that Schneider is trying to give each important player a game (Gimenez, Springer, and now Vlad). It will be interesting if Bo gets a day off because they rarely/never give him a day off or use him as a DH, historically.

Can't believe the slap dick offense was enough to win this game. I'll take it. Go for the kill tomorrow.

Sandlin coming in. Not looking good for the Jays here. Damn. Was hoping it would be Garcia.

Lukes better move the runner to 3rd at the very least. Thankfully Kirk is not up anytime soon.

Brutal game and offense. Another season of hoping for 4 hits in a row just to score is torture but looks like we are doing round 3 of that (since 2023 and 2024 were so much fun).