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  1. max silver
    Only 38 PA so it's small sample size stuff to be certain.
  2. max silver
    It's been announced that players aren't allowed to refer to the dugout for which pitches to challenge.
  3. max silver
    Santander didn't start his rehab stint until September 11. I had a look at a bunch of the AAA Statcast box scores and his average exit velocity and hard hit rates match up with the overall Statcast search result I posted earlier. Most games have 0 or 1 hard hit balls with a bunch of soft contact mixed in. There are certainly some barreled baseballs and the walk rate is excellent but there's not a lot to indicate he's going to come up and mash against MLB pitching. His batted ball metrics are pretty uninspiring as well as he's placed the ball on the ground 50% of the time with a weak 27% fly ball. Further compounding the issue is a staggering 57% pop up rate on his fly balls so it's easy to conclude that his swing isn't where it needs to be yet.
  4. max silver
    Unfortunately that's not really true as he averaged only 84.4 MPH exit velocity and depressing 26.9% hard hit rate while in Buffalo. I'd like to see how his swing speeds looked as they were largely reduced to his healthy seasons prior to joining the Blue Jays.
  5. max silver
    I don't like the low limit on challenges given how many calls a bad umpire can potentially screw up in a game. I'd hand out something like 1-2 challenges per inning personally as I don't believe a challenge adds more than a few seconds to a plate appearance.
  6. max silver
    I think framing will still be very important given the limited number of challenges. I don't think the borderline calls will be challenged that often vs the more egregious umpiring mistakes and as such the good framers will continue to steal strikes, just at a bit of a reduced rate. One thought I had was that a bad framer can lead to potential strikes actually being called balls instead, so perhaps this subset of catchers could use the challenge system to mitigate the negative effects of their sloppy receiving.
  7. max silver
    Given how bad his stuff has looked this season I'd gladly accept a dominant 3-4 innings with a quick hook in the post season.
  8. max silver
    I think giving Bassitt a chance to recover from the back issues may be very important as well. The team will need to run a 4 rotation in the ALDS if they don't want their starters pitching on short rest and I believe Bassitt is firmly in the top 4 options.
  9. max silver
    I think the tradeoff is well worth it to give Bo a better chance to be ready for the post season. I think the Trajekt machines can be a big difference maker in allowing the hitters to maintain their timing more effectively compared to prior seasons.
  10. max silver
    Yeah it was definitely some of both. He did paint a lot of pitches inside the edges of the zone without being rewarded for it though, and combined with a bogus trap call and shaky infield defense his line made it look like he pitched far worse than he actually did.
  11. max silver
    Ramirez certainly cost himself financially although he'll already earn generational levels of wealth on his well below market value contract.
  12. max silver
    The MLB replay room just keeps on finding new ways to screw over the Blue Jays. It doesn’t seem to matter how obvious a missed call on the field is given the murder trial burden of proof that is employed.
  13. max silver
    The Blue Jays are still completely in control of their own destiny at this point.
  14. max silver
    If they were playing at home instead of on the road they may have enjoyed a winning streak prior to heading on the road trip.
  15. max silver
    I hope they win today's game and clinch a playoff spot. I think the team is a little too tightly wound at the moment and a champagne celebration could be just the thing to loosen them up a bit for the final home stand.
  16. max silver
    Pushing what narrative? The Blue Jays need to clinch a playoff spot first before worrying about the division. If they fail to clinch the division it's not like it's game over as they can still advance through the wild card round.
  17. max silver
    To be fair they were within a foot or two of lead changing home runs two of these 4 games. The only silver lining is that the pitching staff has been performing admirably in September which was the biggest concern heading into the playoffs.
  18. max silver
    Better to get this out of the way now instead of in October.
  19. max silver
    I guess that means Yesavage should get an extended audition out of the rotation.
  20. max silver
    Super small sample size alert but IKF has produced an 80 wRC+ vs LHP and 68 wRC+ vs RHP in his brief time with the Blue Jays this season. These numbers could easily flip over the course of a single game but he's shown typical platoon splits as a Blue Jay in 2025. I'd rather he not get any starts no matter the handedness of the starter but this may be the lesser of two evils.
  21. max silver
    Yeah he's one of those near miss additions that would have dramatically raised the ceiling of this club year to year. A Lindor addition would have produced similar impact as well.
  22. max silver
    Manoah is sitting at 90 MPH in his AAA starts. I think it's far more likely that the team would call up Macko before giving Manoah a sniff of the majors this season.
  23. max silver
    I'm calling shenanigans to this narrative that literally anyone on this board said home runs weren't a concern for Scherzer. Find even a single post stating something close to this.
  24. max silver
    They are both easy locks for the pen at this point.
  25. max silver
    Little is the team's best/only leverage lefty and it appears as though he's turned the corner since adding the cutter back into his arsenal. Hoffman is obviously going to feature in the post season bullpen as well.
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