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You are stuck in this black and white/binary thinking pattern again. This team could end up being more of a mid-high 80's win wildcard team ala 2023 as the team looks to have a solid run prevention unit but trouble scoring runs, maybe they go on another crazy run like last season as suggested and challenge for the division, or injuries continue to hammer the team and they disappoint in more of a .500 season or worse etc. Injuries are absolutely an excuse for losing games when you are playing at something closer to a 60% strength roster. If the team was largely healthy then it would be perfectly fair to view the poor record against weaker opposition as being completely unacceptable, but this team has been cursed with as many early season injuries as I can remember in the last few decades. It seems you think that a team should have enough depth to cover for missing 4/5 of an MLB rotation (Ponce/Berrios/Cease/Yesavage)to the point where it's necessary to use the 7th/8th/9th rotation options with regularity and 3 of your best hitters. The remaining players need to pick up the slack but the team has largely weathered the storm and some of the injured players are starting to work their way back.

He did manage to club 10 home runs in June of 2021 to go along with 1.8 FWAR for the month. He's come a long ways defensively since then so it's possible he could produce something like a 2 win month if he fully locks in the power stroke.

Bo will be another year older so I have a bit of a hard time seeing him receiving another $200 million contract offer. It doesn't appear as though he's been regaining any athleticism either as he's slowed on the bases even further compared to his final season as a Blue Jay.

It's crazy to think but Vlad is on a 6.6 FWAR pace so far despite sitting at 2 home runs at the end of April.

Yeah that place seemed like a total dump. If I recall correctly it had a white roof that made it a nightmare for the fielders to track balls in the air as well as the trash bag walls.

Bo will heat up at the plate eventually, there's no conceivable way he's this bad over a full season if he's healthy.

Well if Heineman doesn't eventually turn his season around at the plate you'll finally get your wish.

Yes he's an asset. He was literally one of MLB's best backup catchers last season and his presence allows the team to maintain a solid depth option in AAA in Valenzuela. The team would stand to lose Heineman and that likely would leave them without an appropriate depth option in the minors.

tjStuff+ Season Team Lvl Age # tjStuff+ 4-Seam Curveball Slider Sinker Changeup Cutter 2026 TOR A 22 255 104 108 101 104 101 104 103 2024 TOR A 20 839 99 102 98 101 96 92 99 Nolan Perry has been positively killing it this season. TJStats shows him to have a very deep arsenal and he's taken a massive leap forward compared to a few seasons prior.

I think you aren't giving Nance the recognition he deserves. He doesn't have any remaining options and I believe he would be snatched up immediately if the team tried to send him down. He has nothing to figure out in Buffalo, he simply needs to strand more baserunners when they get on base. Nance had a single tough outing this season against the Dodgers, and was also victimized by Fisher allowing several of his runners to score in an inherited situation the other time he allowed multiple runs to cross the plate. Take a look at Fisher and Nance's respective xERA/FIP and tell me that Nance should be jettisoned from the club: Nance 3.75 xERA 3.38 FIP Fisher 3.75 xERA 3.39 FIP

The team was really short on arms in that particular game as I believe all of Hoffman, Varland and Rogers were unavailable. Fisher came in and immediately allowed a walk and a double so it's not necessarily on Nance in the first place for the runs that crossed the plate.

I have little tolerance for the complaining to the media, but if you think that you can only suffer from the flu and it's associated ass draggery for a maximum of 4-5 days you've obviously never actually had the flu before.

Don't you remember when Nance was "hammered" in a game where he pitched 1-1/3 innings and gave up a single and a walk?

Yeah it would be nice if Little could make his way back but I'm not holding my breath. He's still walking far too many batters at this point and it appears as though his command still needs a lot of improvement.

I'm still hoping that Yimi Garcia makes it back this season with his stuff intact as he would be a fine replacement for Varland in the fireman role.

Yeah I recall Louie went through a bit of a rough patch shortly after he came over to the Blue Jays. It's good to see he's been incorporating more of his arsenal as the changeup looks downright filthy this season. He was a key cog in the pen last season in the fireman role and without his nearly daily appearances in leverage spots throughout the game who knows if the team even makes it to the world series.

To be fair Lauer was pitching with the flu for several of his starts and might have had something going on with his neck last time out.

Do yourself a favor and avoid the Statcast box score if you haven't seen it already. Berrios was sitting at 90 MPH in his final inning and surrendered 11 hard hit balls. Hopefully this is more of a 1 off vs an omen of what to expect of him this season.

There you go again with this self serving "truth hurts" garbage. You would be well served to learn the difference between an opinion and absolute truth.

You've received a lot of the flak that came your way by displaying anti social tendencies. When regular posters disagreed with your opinions you immediately started throwing out terms like "I'd like some of what you are smoking" instead of making any kind of attempt at intelligent conversation.

Maybe because he's playing basically every day and has produced a 28 wRC+ in his time with the Blue Jays has something to do with it. I don't have a huge issue with the club giving him a look but he's accomplished little to nothing with the bat so far on a team that's struggling tremendously to score runs.

Yeah obviously Atkins took a crowbar to Springer's big toe, hit Kirk in the thumb with a 9 iron and dug a trench in the field that Barger fell into.

Montoyo had very few effective choices in his pen that season and there wasn't really an alternative to hoping Chatwood/Dolis etc. turned things around. I do recall one egregious instance where Montoyo left Chatwood in a game where he obviously didn't have it to prove a point who was the boss, and this led directly to a loss. That team just so happened to miss the playoffs by a single game.

I've seen Okamoto make a lot of tough plays at third base. I think it's potentially a matter of continuing to adjust to the major league game on both sides of the ball as the raw tools suggest he can be a very effective player.

Ooh snappy comeback Ralph. I've been officially put on notice.