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His BB/9 in AAA Toledo was 1.64 and 2.81 the past 2 seasons. BB/9 in AAA Buffalo is 5.93 (SSS). Over the past 3-4 years, it is remarkable how many pitchers have gone to AAA Buffalo and immediately started walking 2-3 times more than they have elsewhere.

Great to see Lee arrived in Buffalo and immediately lost all command. Whomever the pitching coach is in AAA - he's consistent.

Dude is only 5'7" too. His Savants page will burn your retinas.

Just put him on ignore Spanky.

This seems like it's right out of the Popkin's playbook. Hopefully Oka just needs more time with Popkins and more time to adjust to the league.

Yeah - this sucks as the 2026 MLB Draft class is shaping up to be one of the better in recent memory and, potentially, the best class in the last decade (per the experts).

Younger brother of Charlie Condon.

Agreed. He isn't Brooks Robinson at 3rd, but I don't think he's been awful. Give him some time, let him settle in.

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He is so f*cking stupid. Not like your closer could use a challenge in the 9th...

Varland is coming in

Never in doubt Hoff

Hoffman threw a 94.4 MPH fastball and the bullpen phone immediately rang. Nobody up yet though...

Hoffman is coming in.

Try sitting here watching this pathetic effort...

Perhaps a glimpse as to why they don't like using him at 2nd...

What is wrong with Popkins?

Going to need the offense to wake up. Just awful since the 1st ended.

It is rammed in here today. So I doubt it.

The offense better work today.

Why isn't Cease starting today like he's supposed to? I'm going to the game today. This blows.

The Jays bullpen is 2nd in baseball in K/9 this year and #1 in xFIP. Velo doesn't guarantee results. If you don't appreciate having rational discussions like this - perhaps this board isn't for you.

Limiting the amount of resources spent on the bullpen is pretty common around baseball. Bullpens are super volatile and unpredictable. You see it all the time where teams think their pen is a strength going into the season, only to find out it's a weakness - and vice versa. The pen is also the most likely place you discover an uncovered gem by throwing stuff against the wall. Annually, there are more surprise breakout players in the pen than any other position in baseball. When teams invest more into the pen, than that almost always comes with less investment in other areas. You can't just say "if he knew how to build a pen, we'd have won the WS" because maybe assigning more assets to the pen means we don't have Barger, or we didn't extend Kirk, or we don't land Bassitt or Bieber. You can't just look at it in a vacuum like that. Positional players and/or starters are often more consistent performers. Personally - if I have to choose, the pen is one of the last places I want a lot of assets and resources spent. That said - Atkins has shown a willingness to add to the pen when it makes sense (as was noted above).

That's an exciting development in Toman. He was highly touted at one point. This thread is great BTW.

Typically it's your brother. I hope you and your brother are having fun 😘