Jays were 11 games above .500, and in 2nd place in the AL east, they'd just gone 4-1 vs the Red Sox and Rays.
Come backer off Gausman's foot.
Have gone 1-8 since that happened.
Wow, what a completely useless bunch of ****s this team is.
Maybe this young core is not as good as we thought? Too streaky, predictable and easy to game plan against?
I dunno, what a disappointment this season has been.
What in the f*** is going on with MLB.com?
I go check out the score and it says the Jays won 4-2 in 11 innings. I look at the scoring plays and it says Bo hit a 2 run homer in the top of 11 to win the game off Borucki.
Then I go to watch the highlights and it has the Mariners walking it off.
What a low down dirty f***ing deal that was to go through.
Do you know what kind of stuff Braden Scott and Jimmy Burnette have as far as velocity, etc..?
Both guys have high K rates, decent xFIP's, are 23/24 years old and were recently promoted to AA. If they have solid stuff and keep performing they might see AAA before the season is over.
I'd rather not gut the farm system any more, at least not for a starting pitcher that might not move the needle any more than Berrios has.
Let's see if Max Castillo has any major league abilities, and let Zulueta, Tiedemann and Frasso work their way up the ladder as far as they can this season.
I mean, if a pitcher the caliber of Ohtani gets put on the market you go for it, but a bidding war for Luis Castillo is not something I want the Jays getting into.
Well he's not a bad pitcher. He's been steady all the way up the minor league ladder and is still just 23. Way rather see what he's made of than watch Hatch or Lawrence get predictaby throated.
That's all people are saying, no one is anointing him a savior.
Ohtani would be just what the doctor ordered for the Jays, or for a lot of teams I guess.
But yeah, the Angels will probably hold onto him.
At least him and Trout were never Yankees. I'd rather they waste away in Anaheim than have become Yankees.
Who's saying he's the saviour?
He is clearly a better option than Hatch or Lawrence though.
Very puzzling decisions the Jays made starting pitching wise this past week.
Organizational depth is being severely exposed lately, especially the pitching.
Couple of injuries and all you have to trot out there is Lawrence and Hatch, and they predictably get their faces caved in.
I mean, they could have used Castillo but for some reason they avoided that.
Hopefully Zulueta, Tiedemann and Frasso all pan out as well as some others. If they can all get to AAA/AA and still be looking good, pushing for spots then we might have the org depth to finally weather a couple of injuries here and there.
And the fact that they still feel the need to keep giving at bats to Zimmer at this point is mind boggling. Nobody down on the farm that could bet a .460 OPS? That is not a good look for this organization.
A couple of the Jays 2021 draft picks (pitchers) have gotten off to decent starts in the Jays system.
23 year old lefty Trenton Wallace has 40.2 innings in A ball - 12.17 K/9 - 2.88 BB/9 - 1.11 ERA - 2.98 xFIP
21 year old lefty Cooper Benson was just promoted to A ball, only has 12.1 innings combined so far - 15.32 K/9 - 2.19 BB/9 - 0.00 ERA - 1.80 xFIP
Obviously SSS for Benson, but off to a really nice start.
Wouldn't be surprised to see Wallace get bumped up to Vancouver soon given his age
At least Lawrwnce is pitching decent this year and was solid in his start last week.
This last week would have been a good opportunity to see what Castillois made of but instead they f***ed that up royally by burning him in relief and then having to send him back to AAA.
I don't get it
Obviously you can't count on it, but it's going to be interesting to see how those highly touted pitching prospects pan out for the Jays over the next season or two. Frasso, Tiedemann and Zulueta could all be starting MLB games as early as next season. Hell, Zulu and Frasso because of their ages and already having TJS could see time in the Jays BP late this season if the stars align.
If even one of them pulls a "Manoah" it will instantly alter the trajectory of the Jays future rotation in a good way.
I'm also interested to see what Castillo turns into. He's looked pretty good (other than the first two MLB hitter he faced lol) and has a huge body of MiLB work that says he's a pretty decent pitcher.
The Berrios "horse" isn't dead yet.
And with the signing of Gausman and the emergence of Manoah all the Jays need Berrios to be is a steady number 3, which fits right into what he's been his whole career so far save for the 30 or so s*** innings he's given the Jays so far this year that is.
I wonder what the cost would be to acquire Thor at the deadline? Probably not much seeing as he's a free agent with no control. Definitely a lot cheaper than acquiring Montas or Castillo.
This is assuming the Angels sell.
Groshans OPS down to 0.686 and his wRC+ down to 90
Gross
The Jays position player prospect pool looks absolutely barren these days.
Moreno in the show
Groshans sucking
Orelvis is ok but huge red flags
The only guy in the upper minors that looks any good is Horwitz, and he is even really a thing?