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I'm honestly not sure. Both teams have the capacity to kick the ball around plenty. Crochet in 2 games does scare me but after him I'd rather face the Sox pitchers over Rodon/Gil.

This is a ridiculous take. If he is not playing to protect his free agency money than the injury is legit. Otherwise, it would make far more sense as far as maximizing his free agency to come back and play and show teams that may look to sign him that he is healthy. Also, you think already having generational wealth is the reason he would hold out to protect his next contract? Was Dante a big union guy or something?

That's just it. If a SS or 2B did this, they are getting spiked on the slide.

First two games are scheduled, sort of. Saturday is a 1:08 start time if Boston wins, 4:08 if Yankees win. Sunday is 4:08 either way. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-mlb-broadcast-schedule-announced-1.7648128

To put this in perspective, Sunday night baseball on ESPN averaged 1.83 million viewers. The peak as of late August was an average of 2.572 million viewers for a Yanks/Red Sox game. These are truly some crazy numbers for baseball. Games on Fox averaged 2.04 million viewers Yankees average just under 300K viewers per game on YES. Their TV contract paid them $143 million in 2022 and that's for only roughly 80% of their games. The Jays average audience this year for the full season was 906 800 per game. Main Street Sports, the broadcaster for 8 teams, averaged 1.5 million a night...cumulative for 8 teams. The winning Bluejays are a huge moneymaker for Rogers. Sources https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2025/08/sunday-night-baseball-presented-by-capital-one-boston-red-sox-vs-new-york-yankees-draws-espns-second-largest-audience-of-mlb-season-2572000-viewers/#:~:text=the New York Yankees%2C drew,with 2%2C572%2C000 viewers on average. https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20250930105/major-league-baseball-viewership-spiked-21-as-four-players-topped-the-50-home-run-mark-for-the-first-time-in-decades https://www.yesnetwork.com/news/yankees-on-yes-total-viewership-up-5-year-over-year https://ca.news.yahoo.com/record-breaking-tv-ratings-blue-203808976.html https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/each-teams-local-broadcasting-arrangement.html

If anything, going into free agency he would want to get back and show teams he is fully healthy.

you can see the results in the bump that Steve Nash caused in basketball right now with all the Canadians in the league. I believe there was another bump after the Raps won it all in 2019 too.

It wasn't illegal in that jurisdiction. 'Murica

2 is Hoffman in Sep. 1 is Seranthony, 3 is Varland.

ERA IP HR BB SO WHIP 2.16 8.1 1 3 10 0.960 0.84 10.2 1 7 8 1.125 3.86 11.2 1 4 14 1.200 Which one are you picking?

Gavin Williams has been rock solid since May.

So the Jays will be playing some 4-5 inning intrasquad games this week to keep sharp. Some members of the Bisons will be coming up to play with them as well. Fans can get tickets to watch. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-intrasquad-games-before-alds-1.7647299

Agreed, when they moved Berrios into the pen they showed they care more about winning than they do about the player's feelings. And good, that's how you make it all the way.

Anyone who is surprised by this hasn't been paying attention or hasn't been a Jays fan for long. They nearly always underreport the severity of injuries.

Even if she had, does this somehow make firing a gun 8 times into a wall and out a window a valid response? Was he trying to hit the button to open the garage door with bullets? If so the stories that this year was the first time he realized he could aim his pitches might actually be true.

I think you are right and we could see a dialed in Max in the playoffs, especially with extra rest baked in. Unfortunately, the numbers don't back this up though.

He admitted to firing the 8 shots so that definitely happened. I'd put good money on the witnesses not cooperating due to either intimidation or payouts.

If they could figure out a way to avoid first inning Scherzer that would be great. Maybe ~10 days off will help him too.

Who wouldn’t be afraid to fight Aroldis? Dude fired 9 bullets into a wall to intimidate his partner.

Do you know what run differential doesn’t do a great job accounting for? 20-1 thrashings where the backup catcher gives up ten runs that skew it. Or The 4th and 5th starters who may not pitch an inning come playoffs and many other things.

For anyone who is getting Apple TV+ to watch this game, I highly recommend watching the series See while you have a free trial. It takes place in a world where everyone is blind (I guess only umpires reproduced).

How great a nickname would that be for a lights out closer. The rain can come because this game is over...here comes the Rainman.

Hopefully it declines enough that he doesn't exercise his option after next year. I can't see any way that happens though.

the vlad injury was just as big for this team as the Bo injury is. He was on a heater prior to that injury and hasn't found it again since.

This will be the Jays third time facing Houser this year with him handling them pretty well the first two. Hopefully third time is the charm and we get to him today! I'm also really curious to see how Trey makes out tomorrow facing a team for the second time. The delivery won't be as unknown as it was the first time so it will be good to see if that helps him. I hope they have Kirk catch him this game for some sweet bottom of the zone framing.