Brownie19

I think it's going to be wildly successful - much like the Golden Knights.

It seems bizarre the Jays didn't try to add him or Robertson already. Please bring us David Robertson, we're going to need him.

Blue Jays selected the contract of LHP Richard Lovelady from Triple-A Buffalo. Lovelady has been officially added to Toronto’s 40-man roster, which gives him a strong chance at breaking camp in the club’s season-opening bullpen. The 29-year-old lefty was in camp as a non-roster invitee after posting a respectable 4.46 ERA, 1.31 WHIP and 26/11 K/BB ratio over 34 1/3 innings last year between the Rays and Cubs. Manoah was added to the 60 day DL

I don't like the sounds of that.

I thought Springer was just getting bad coaching the past few years. I thought he was being told to be more of a contact hitter, instead of letting it loose. He started swinging much harder half way through the season last year and went on an extended tear (followed a couple of s***** months). Our new hitting guru is going to tell George to let it eat this year and he'll be fine.

It's 2025 sir.

Does Manoah look like he's "corkscrewing" into his back leg more than he did previously?

No? I think there's a good chance he starts the year there. Unless Wagner or maybe Gimenez bat leadoff in certain matchups, then Springer will hit 5th. It would be wicked awesome if we could have the same conversation everyday all week about how our 4th and 5th best hitters don't exactly inspire a lot of confidence. Oh please, let's discuss the obvious some more.

No. He'll be batting 4th.

https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/3241237/rays-wont-move-forward-with-plan-for-new-park Looks like TB won't be moving forward with a new park and will be returning to the Trop in 2026. Barf.

Interesting. Still feels like I have to squint pretty hard to see Tate as someone who's "just" behind Robertson. Hope I'm wrong!

Cool - that's reasonable enough. However, after seeing the G-League lineup they played last night, I think I better wait until the start of the next season to go...

100%. At least that's how I'm interpreting it.

I also like it. Move TB there and carry on!

Have you sold all your remaining tickets for the year? I'd love to take my kid down to a Raps game, but tickets seem really expensive. What do you charge for a game?

What a story it will be when Ricky T comes back healthy, pitches for the Jays down the stretch and into the playoffs.

I think the missing info is whether the $585M Ortiz number included deferrals or not. I think Ortiz said Vlad was worth the $585M and Vlad's said he wants present day value money, so I think when Vlad says his counter offer didn't reach $600M and you see Ortiz suggest $585M, you assume that's present day value.

I know you are and nothing anyone says will change your mind, but you shouldn't be so firm in this position.

I don't think you're following the chain of events very well. Major issue in society right now to be honest.

I'm not following this logic (not just yours, but others too). We started with the David Ortiz comment on $585M, then we heard Vlad's camp say their "counter" didn't reach $600M, which suggested his initial offer did and made the Ortiz $585M number seem legit. Then we heard the Jays offered about $500M with deferrals and the present day value was between $400M and $450M. I think most intelligent fans would say "Vlad's asking for way too much and the Jays offer was quite reasonable". After all of this, there's a new leak that Vlad's "real" number is $500M without deferrals. If we think the team leaked this, then are we suggesting Vlad has come back to the team, post "deadline" and told them that $500M is his number? Or, perhaps, do we think the Ortiz # was too high and Vlad's actual counter offer to the Jays was $500M? We think the team wants to leak this to show fans the 2 sides aren't far apart? Doesn't this also potentially paint a picture that the Jays FO was too cheap to add like $5M AAV to get the deal done? Couldn't it also break some form of mutual trust/respect with Vlad? I guess maybe it could help with his marketability this year - as I could see fans turning on him if he's viewed as a greedy, delusional c*nt. It seems more likely to me that Vlad's camp leaked it to show he truly wants to stay in Toronto and that he's willing to negotiate a compromise. The timing just seems odd. Like he didn't think the Jays would hold their ground and let the deadline pass without a deal or something and now he wants to negotiate further... Am I missing something? We'll probably never really know what's correct. It's a pretty bizarre situation.

- Jays win 91 games and make the playoffs - Gausman win the AL Cy Young - Roden is runner up for AL ROY - Scherzer wins 14 games and starts a playoff game - Jays send 5+ players to the all-star game - Clement starts less than 50 games at 3rd base - Wagner is our leadoff hitter for the 2nd half of the season - Taters hits less than 25 HRs and struggles in his first year in Toronto - Jays finish Top 7 in runs scored - Bo is dealt before the deadline

I'm down for the Joe Kelly action. He's entertaining at least.

We really need Sandlin, Yariel and Little to step the f*ck up in the pen this year.

Pop seems like one of those guys who needs to spend the offseason in the lab - tinkering with tunneling, pitch shape, etc. to find the right combo. The arm talent is elite - he just needs the right tweak it seems.