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Charlie is much like Cito Gaston in that he deservedly takes a lot of heat for his in game managerial decisions, but for both Charlie and Cito it's purported that their influence outside of game time are their most positive attributes. Charlie may be clueless when it comes to proper in game strategy, and he also has a propensity to bring in the wrong relievers based on game scores and situation while also falling in love with mediocre veterans, but he has managed to keep this team positive despite any adversity that comes their way. There has been minimal complaining from the player base about the s***** situation they found themselves in to start the year playing out of minor league stadiums in Dunedin and Buffalo, and I think Charlie should receive a lot of credit for that. The club has also displayed a lot of resilience in being able to bounce back from tough losses which happened all too frequently throughout the season. Ultimately I would still let him go as he has likely cost his club a chance at many victories that didn't ultimately come to fruition as he on many occasions failed to put his players in a proper position to succeed. I think he has served his purpose in guiding the club through the worst of the pandemic and allowed the team to keep a positive mindset despite whatever came their way, but a club with aspirations of competing can't afford to have their manager repeatedly making poor decisions over and over again.

I really don't know how the voters are going to weigh traditional stats vs saber stats. Traditional stats wise right now I'd go Ray due to slightly better ERA and more innings pitched, but by saber stats like K rate, walk rate, FIP, xERA etc. Cole gets the nod. I say Ray due to the crazy run he's gone on for the last several months but I'm biased as a Jays fan.

It would be amazing if the Yankees ended up losing out on the Wild Card as a direct result of their s***** play against the Orioles.

Gregory Polanco has been hitting well in AAA lately and he's up to a .957 OPS after tonight. The Bison swing doctors have a pretty good track of history of reversing the fortunes of struggling hitters, with success stories like Rowdy Tellez last season, Gurriel and Teoscar all having found much more success upon return to MLB. I see Polanco has been playing some center field as well which is interesting. I'm guessing he wouldn't be available for post season play if he finds his way back up, but perhaps he could be a nice left handed outfield addition to the roster.

Hopefully the Jays continue to take care of their own business so they won't end up relying on out of town scoreboard help to squeak into a wildcard spot.

Burnes' low home run rate might not necessarily be totally luck based. The home run rate mirrors that of the shortened 2020 season so it's not like he hasn't done it before. He looks to be nearly impossible to square up as his barrel rate is a minuscule 2.6% and average exit velocity against is all of 85.2 MPH. That exit velocity is like 2020 Danny Jansen levels, and Jansen hit a ton of lazy arcing fly balls with no chance to either fall in for hits or leave the park.

It would be infinitely more in the Rays self interest to let up against the Yankees vs playing them super tough as the Jays are a far stronger first round playoff opponent.

I checked out Palmer's stats since the start of August and they are indeed much improved. His BB/9 is down to 3.72 over the last 6 weeks. While still obviously not great this is a sizable drop from the 6.00 average for the season.

Sweet series win for the boys. Jays outscored the Rays 14-5 in the series.

Romano is throwing bullets today.

Charlie is doing Romano a solid and hoping to create a save opportunity so Jordan can get a nice arbitration payday when the time comes.

They are up to 5 so hopefully that's enough cushion.

I get serious Chris Sale vibes from Conley. Tall lanky lefty with a funky delivery.

Maybe they can front load the Ray/Semien contracts or offer signing bonuses to keep some money in reserve for Vladdy/Bo extensions when the time comes. I just hope they can find a way to keep both as this team should be a powerhouse for years if both are re-signed.

f*** yes Ray! Between him and Manoah I feel the Jays could actually compete with the Rays in the playoffs.

I say back up the Rogers money truck for both Ray and Semien.

That three pitch strikeout makes it look like he's still feeling fine.

I'm not fully confident in this bullpen's ability to get more than 6 outs given what we've had to deal with this season.

Nice to see Cy Young Ray again today. It's weird how the Orioles of all teams seem to have his number while he dominates against everyone else.

I really don't mind him in the 7 spot, he's acting like a second cleanup hitter there. Just so long as good hitters like Kirk are ahead of him and not struggling hitters like Dickerson.

So many of the rockets are finding gloves so you gotta take what you can get.

Bo 5 Rays 1.

Damn Walls plays a nice short stop.

Nice start so far, bats already awoken from yesterday and Ray looks to have his good fastball today.

WTF dude