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Yeah I had the same type of thought. It's interesting that a player can have the same types of issues with ground balls and low angle fly balls with attack angles that are too high or too low.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2025)
max silver replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
DeGrom would be awesome but it's probably a coin flip at best that he doesn't miss a huge chunk of time given how injury prone he is. Given how surprisingly competitive the Cardinals have been it's far from a given that they'd be looking to trade their most effective rotation member. -
Aces aren't quite as important in the playoffs as they used to be given the birth of the super pens that largely started with the mid 2010's era Kansas City Royals. Starters aren't allowed to go deep nearly as often as they used to be even when in cruise control, and with the extra built in days between games this allows the managers to really lean on their relievers to produce outs like never before.
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You have it backwards. It came out after the game that Bassitt told Schneider that he was done for the day.
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I sort of doubt the front office would be willing to trade Yesavage in particular, although I could see Stephen being dangled if it were for a player with some remaining control and not a straight up rental.
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This was a frustrating loss on many counts. I absolutely hate running the contact play with the infield drawn in as it far too often leads to unnecessary outs at the plate. This is one game where I fully agree that Schneider used far too many relievers, particularly with YRod pitching a dominant inning while using only 10 pitches and not being brought back out for a second inning of work. I was not a fan at all of the Little replacement as Hoffman has experienced a lot of games where he simply doesn't have it and bringing him with several runners on base and asking for 4 outs seemed to be a potential recipe for disaster.
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That would be borderline negligence for a team with a retractable roof stadium to leave it open when the humidex is 45C.
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There is literally a heat warning in place. Unless you like fans and players being subjected to potentially dangerous levels of heat I don't know why this would be upsetting for you.
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Yeah hopefully that's possible but I would guess that opposing teams would simply wait for the Jays to DFA Green in order to pick him up essentially for free at league minimum. I had a look at his game logs and his stuff+ metrics have shot up in recent games, in a perfect world he's made some sort of adjustment and this is something that will hold up.
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I really hope that once Yimi Garcia is ready to return from the injured list that Fisher isn't optioned down to AAA. I'm sure it would be a tough decision for the club to essentially light the $10 million being paid to Chad Green on fire but the pen would take a massive loss demoting Fisher as I believe that he has arguably been their best reliever. He's been 6th in MLB in reliever FWAR since he debuted in early May and couldn't have possibly done more to prove he's deserving of a spot.
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If Sale asked for a chance to complete a shutout and was denied he's probably have a nuclear level of tantrum. I recall a previous time when he was scheduled to pitch and didn't like the team's special uniform for the day so he cut them up so they couldn't be used. Or how about the time when he had a bad outing in the minor leagues on a rehab assignment and selfishly destroyed the minor league team's clubhouse.
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The dumbasses that called Barger a pussy for being pulled out of the lineup yesterday should be happy that he's back in the 2 spot today. It takes a special level of lunkheadedness to question the manhood of a jacked up player like Barger who approaches every play on the diamond with maximum intensity whether that's at the plate or in the field.
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That is true but I do think that there was no real need for Sale to still be in this game at that point given the score and workload he already undertaken. I can only guess that the manager was trying to allow Sale to pick up a shutout, rest the bullpen or something of that sort. John Schneider takes a lot of flak for pulling his veteran starters with their pitch counts in the 90's vs pushing them deeper into games, and I think being a little more cautious with a bit earlier pulls is a far more prudent decision with regards to injury avoidance, even if the injury happens on a fielding play vs being directly tied into an extended outing with high pitch count.
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Google AI suggests as many as 3 months in pitchers for rib fractures to heal so that could very well be it for Sale's season. I just don't know why a team would push their star pitcher so high in pitch count in a lopsided game, especially given Sale's rather extensive injury history. This was a bit more of an unpredictable injury due to the diving stop but the point still remains. I supposed that pretty much puts any chance of Sale being traded at the deadline completely to rest, especially with AA stating that he had no intention of trading Sale in the first place.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2025)
max silver replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I typically try to give the newer posters a chance to show they are capable of rational discussion of baseball before adding them to my ignore list. -
I think that's far more due to the modern game of baseball prioritizing young pitchers chasing higher velocities and spin rates and the resulting stresses on the arm and shoulder.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2025)
max silver replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I don't think there's any reason to expect that to be the case. -
General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2025)
max silver replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Santander hurt his shoulder crashing into the stands when attempting a catch in the outfield. -
The key difference is that teams are far smarter about resting their players when they have minor issues in order to lessen the chances of these developing into more serious issues.
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I don't agree that you knew what was coming with Halladay. He was a master at dotting the outside corners of the plate with cutters and sinkers, and he also mixed in plenty of curveballs and changeups.
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That certainly didn't go according to plan. Turnbull is quickly showing that he doesn't belong in the rotation but the outfield defense didn't go him any favors tonight as several of the balls that fell in for extra bases were perfectly catchable.
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Not on his own but as the headliner of a prospect package it's a possibility.
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It's crazy how homer prone Green has become. His stuff is down a bit across the board but not so much that it can explain the home run rate essentially doubling from an already problematic amount from the 2024 season.
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That could become a possibility once Yimi is ready to return.
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General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2025)
max silver replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I don't think Bo would have enough value on his own to bring back a controllable player that's an upgrade over what the team already possesses.
