I was hard on Vlad for sure, all I could see was a guy flopping around like a beached whale at 2nd base after being picked off as the trail runner to end the Jays season.
This version of playoff Vladdy I like much better, and hopefully he is here to stay.
Anyone else thinking that the wishy washy Bieber performance so far may result in him triggering his player option so he can have a full season in front of this Jays D to build his value before going to market?
He's probably still shaking the rust off from being out a year and a half.
Feels pretty good for a guy who ate a lot of s*** on here for being a Shatkins booster who said they built a pretty good team that was inexplicably underperforming.
Nice to see it all coming together with Alphatkins still sitting in the big chair.
It's crazy. Nobody even flinches at a bat flip any more.
10 years ago the tears were flowing out of Texas with Joey Bats bat flip heard round the world.
Bassitt being left off is surprising? He hasn't pitched since September 18th because he was dealing with lower back tightness and was put on the 15 day IL
Vlad is being paid like a superstar but not putting up superstar numbers, and he's prone to awful slumps it seems. I get it.
But for f*** sakes he's still arguably the 2nd best hitter on the team with the 3rd best record in MLB.
People just never stop f***ing whining do they?
After 3 years of rebuilding, Shatkins teams have since gone 468-396 (.541 win%) over 6 seasons now with a 4th playoff appearance clinched in those 6 seasons. Pretty not bad.
Only blip was last year where 90% of the team underperformed for some reason.
Hopefully this is the season where we get some playoff wins.
Sure doesn't take much to get the chicken Littles running around dodging pieces of sky.
These are most likely the same people who thought the Jays were trash at the start of the season and should rebuild (LMAO) and now they are unhappy with the Jays again while they are 2 games ahead of any other team in the entire American League with just 7 games left.
Playing in Tampa and KC has not been kind to this franchise, need some home cooking again.
Bloss, Bastardo and Francis should all be in the mix for a rotation spot next year too. Going to be quite the competition. I just hope the Jays can get a top of the rotation SP signed and only have 1 spot to fill. Obviously Bieber would be preferable at this point.