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  1. glory
    According to Gameday, he stuck out Soto on 4 pitches that were 101, 100.3, 101.8, and 103.3 mph. If velocity is a big reason for the pitching injuries, then I can't imagine this is sustainable for him short or long term, but maybe there are exceptions.
  2. glory
    Looks like the "build an expensive vet pitching staff through FA and trade" will continue, and I honestly don't mind that if the pitchers they acquire are good/durable, and they are able to build a core of young position players again. Never count on pitching prospects.
  3. glory
    Yeah, I don't have an issue with Yariel's innings being limited given his circumstances and Manoah taking his spot, but Manoah actually has to be fixed for that to make any sense. That's a pretty scary thing to bank on. Hopefully they give him a few more AAA starts and if all goes well there, then they can make that move.
  4. glory
    So we are in agreement, but just arguing two different things. My post was in reference to "Pearson fanboys", which might have been a Term troll job, but still, I don't think there is a single Pearson fanboy on earth. Dude looks like a major bust. I don't think anyone was thinking he's a great reliever, just that he's better (or at least a more high upside guy to keep around) than Genesis is. The thing that hurt the Yankees game was Green being injured, not the Pearson demotion.
  5. glory
    I don't know about the defense, but I'm not sure Jimenez will hit well enough in the Majors. Good plate discipline from the looks of it, but seems very much like a utility infield type. Unless the team is high on Kasevich (who has similar concerns with the bat), I'd definitely consider signing Kim/Adames this winter if they decide to move on from Bo. Of course, if the Jays have to throw 12/600 at Soto or something equally crazy and as a result have to go cheap(er) at short, then I could live with that.
  6. glory
    Try to keep up with what? Genesis Cabrera stinks. He had one good season surrounded by basically sub replacement level performance. Both he and Pearson had options. One was performing poorly (in line with like 90% of his career so far) and the other was a former top prospect who was performing well. I'm not sure what you can't seem to understand. I'm not even talking about the Yankees game, and never even brought it up (now or at the time). I'm talking about the reaction at the time. Posters were questioning demoting Pearson when Genesis also had options. That was the criticism that I was referring to. If people were also complaining about the Yankees game, then wonderful.
  7. glory
    Trading Bo and signing Kim or Adames makes a lot of sense. The latter two should come a lot cheaper than whatever Bo values himself at, and are much better defensively. I’ve said before I don’t think Bichette’s bat is going to age well. Someone mentioned Tim Anderson, and I could definitely see that type of drop off as he gets older and his bat speed diminishes. Trading him prior to this season when he had two cost certain years left and a s***** FA market for SS’s would have been better but I get that they wanted to compete this season and Bo is still a 4 WAR caliber player until proven otherwise. Give Soto $50m a year and surround him with young players from the farm system, and I’ll be fine with that. He’s practically the same age as most of them anyway so the timelines match up.
  8. glory
    Pearson being better than Genesis Cabrera was the complaint, not that Pearson was a lockdown reliever.
  9. glory
    Really glad to see Varsho doing well with the bat. Him being good again offensively would be huge for this team.
  10. glory
    Yeah I honestly don't know how Cabrera with options stayed on the team over Pearson, and Atkins even drafted Pearson so you would think he'd be more invested in getting something out of him now that he's actually doing well. Hopefully when Green comes back they keep Nate this time.
  11. glory
    Schneider thinking Genesis is a high leverage reliever is terrifying.
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    Yeah, I said at the time, the Jays are s*** at developing pitchers which is why I could see the logic behind keeping Tiedemann, but he's such a risky prospects due to lack of innings (combined with the usual caveats with pitching prospects) that he would have been the ideal prospect to trade. I don't think the Jays had the pitching depth to trade that the Padres wanted for Soto, but that would have been the main option aside from ideally trying to trade for a more controllable position player. Oh well. TINSTAAPP. Atkins building around "young position players + vet starters" was the right way to go. Copy that same formula for the next core.
  14. glory
    Says a lot about the Jays offense when they are accused of cheating because they fouled pitches off, not because they actually did any damage.
  15. glory
    Schneider and Clement turning into big leaguers is definitely a success story for this FO as both players prior to 2023 did not look like they had this in them. Looks like they tinkered with Barger and Orelvis too, and both of them have greatly improved their plate discipline and contact rates while maintaining hard contact (though they might be sacrificing some home runs/fly balls in the process). We will see if both contribute this season and beyond. You could certainly see a scenario where all of Barger, Martinez, and Horowitz are on the 2025 team. Whether the team can remain a playoff contender while incorporating the young talent in is the question. That would definitely be the ideal scenario rather than trading them for short term vets as I don’t think this big league core (Vlad/Bo) is the one you should be going all in for.
  16. glory
    The Astros are 6-14 to start the year. Obviously a s*** load of time left to right the ship, but these losses early add up. The Astros having a down year would certainly help the Jays chances of getting a playoff spot.
  17. glory
    Green had shoulder soreness after his last outing apparently. Man, if he was healthy this would have been a sweep. I guess this makes JS’s bullpen usage a bit more understandable. The available arms were basically Richards, Cabrera, Swanson, Mayza, and Francis. Gausman only being able to go 5 innings was the real killer.
  18. glory
    JS getting tossed when the umpire was basically spoon feeding strikes that were out of the zone to Mayza is laughable. Should have said this s*** 6 innings ago when Stroman was getting calls 5 inches from the plate. Horrible loss, and right before an off day, which hurts even more. Hopefully the pen is fully rested by Friday. I realize the Jays are in capable of playing in blowout games because they can't score enough and the pitching doesn't give up enough for that to happen too often, but need to bring the rehabbing pitchers who struggled with command in their rehab stints in less stressful situations in their first outings.
  19. glory
    The umpire tried to help Mayza repeatedly, and it still wasn't enough.
  20. glory
    Mayza facing Judge hasn't worked in the past.
  21. glory
    Yeah, Green is clearly not available as they didn't bring him in for Swanson. Needing 4 innings without Romano, Green, and Jimi was asking a lot.
  22. glory
    Swanson is throwing BP.
  23. glory
    This is what I feared with Romano last night, and it worked. May not be as lucky today.
  24. glory
    Cabrera for 2 high leverage innings could have gone very wrong, but outside of the home run to future Blue Jay Juan Soto, he wasn't bad. I guess they did not want to use Garcia, Green, or Romano today, so Richards/Cabrera getting through 3 innings was huge. Now have to hope Swanson doesn't show any rust, but at least he's not facing the top of the order.
  25. glory
    Varsho's wRC+ up to 126.
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