If you aren’t using Belt in this situation I have no idea why he’s on the roster. If the Jays think Danny Jansen is a better hitter vs RHP at this point that’s a huge alarm going off for me.
So Kiermaier is definitely bunting here. Why not just move Merrifield to Second Base if you wanted to bring in Kiermaier. We lost Merrifields bat for nothing.
They really don't want Pearson to come in with runners on. He is also very prone to walks so not ideal roll for him. He could have came in instead of Bass for that situation.
Apparently we all missed the balk. I know Vladdy took second. The broadcast played it off as defensive indifference. It was not called out at the time.