Eat My Shatkins

Yeah I'd go after Arraez and Arozarena. Santander may as well be deceased at this point. I wouldn't count on him for anything. Love Springer but he's always banged up it seems, and at 35+ it likely isn't getting any better. I also hope Kwan is too expensive for the Guardians now, and the Jays swing a trade for him. Can't count on Bateman to be this good going forward, but if he is it'd just be a bonus and having both Kwan and this version of Bateman wouldn't be a bad thing either. CF/LF - Kwan 2B - Arraez 1B - Vlad LF - Arozarena DH - Barger (OR Santander if healthy) C - Kirk 3B - Okamoto CF/LF - Bateman SS - Giminez Bench C - Valenzuela Bench UT - Smith, Clement Bench OF - Lukes

PCA with 10.1 fWAR so far this season. Imagine trading him for 189 Javier Baez PA's and about 120 IP's from Trevor Williams.

Yeah, it's been well established that the guy doesn't have power. Any home runs from him at all are just a bonus.

Spencer Miles is an absolute weapon. Obviously the best case scenario would be that he (and Tiedemann too) not only stay healthy, but eventually get stretched out and become really good MLB SP's But I salivate at the thought of what the bullpen could look like next year with Varland, Rogers, Miles, Tiedemann, Winckowski, and new & improved Little. Flu and Fish aren't terrible either,

Brendon Little since coming back from AAA (July 20) 20 IP 14.85 K/9 6.75 BB/9 (Still too high) 2.25 ERA 2.60 xERA 3.35 FIP 2.80 xFIP The guy appears to be a weapon again. We all hoped his off season adjustments would take from the beginning of the season, but he had to work things out in AAA first for a bit I guess.

Going to be nice having Winck for the bullpen next season.

Stanifer get promoted to AAA? He's listed there on fangraphs now. Doesn't look like he's made an appearance yet

The top 3 teams in the AL are from the AL east, and 5 of the top 8. This fricken divison, man.

I'd imagine Guerra and maybe Stanifer will get their feet wet at the MLB level late this season in relief roles possibly, but either way both will probably start next season on the AAA rotation. I can see Tiedemann getting the 2026 spencer Miles role with the Jays. 50 or so innings of relief / long man / spot starter as long as his arm doesn't fall off again. Jays system is certainly starting to have some juicy/intriguing arms work their way into the upper minors this season. Following Javen Coleman with a high level of interest at AAA as well. Although he is strictly a reliever, he could be a good one from the left side.

IMO it's just Springer and Vladdy for the most part. 7.6 fWAR combined from Kirk, Giminez, Clement and Lukes isn't awful. It's not great and I'd love more, but Springer (0.6 fWAR) and Vladdy (0.9 fWAR) if beyond brutal. I'd lump Varsho in with those two as well. 1.1 fWAR with the Jays at the time of his trade was well below expectations, and his drop in D was unexpected.

Maybe the Jays do too and thus were OK dealing Nimmala for a controllable top of the rotation starter.

If the Jays are OK paying $8 million or whatever for a bench player with great OF defense and good speed, it doesn't bother me. Having players like that around sure doesn't seem to hold them back from spending big and/or chasing big name FA's A 66 wRC+ is certainly terrible, but Straw does his job for the most part. We wouldn't even notice his bat if Vlad and Springer weren't lugging around sub 100 wRC+ bats this season. They are the ones hurting this team the most, not Straw.

Man I'd love to see Bieber extended. Healthy now, rust is shaken off and he's starting to cook again.

No point crying over spilt milk but that 7 game stretch at home vs. Houston and Texas where we lost 6 straight, including getting swept 4 straight by Texas is huge right now. Especially with three of them being by 1 run and two of them by two runs (one in extras). Just a string of very winnable games.

Could very well end up with 4 of 6 playoff teams being from the AL east, with the 5th AL east team barely missing.