BatFlip

come on, let's make em pay.

and hopefully gets lotsch of schtrikeouts

No quit in this team

Lauer making a very compelling case to keep his rotation spot through the trade deadline.

If he ends up being a back of the rotation starter, with two more years of control, that's a perfectly fine outcome given our aged and expensive rotation.

Yeah, I really have no idea what they'd land for Alcantara, but I can't imagine it being a top prospect. This would remind me of the Jays' acquisition of Robbie Ray in 2020. Maybe we can go high reward / high risk if Scherzer's thumb plays along and Manoah actually looks like a viable depth option through the stretch run of the season, but I'd much prefer someone who's actually performing NOW even if it comes at a higher prospect cost.

They pulled 30-40K per game (averaging high 30s) for the NY and LAA series, which would be an improvement over this time last year during late June/early July. Like you said, I think the excitement will really kick in on the next homestand. The team really needed this, because attendance was lacklustre to start the season.

That’s wild. What a run boys. It’s so refreshing to see everyone enjoying the Jays right now.

Be nice to put up another run here

Well we do have our ace on the mound

That win was a rollercoaster, but it was f***ing glorious! First place!

Not sure why we were pitching to Judge there. Still ain't over. Bats need to come to the rescue.

For some reason, I had a feeling Davis Schneider was going to be an unlikely hero today. Let's go boys, keep the foot on the Yankee's throat!

Hahaha, perfectly said!

Game ain't over yet. We need the bats to come through with some more runs.

f***. You're right.

Eventually they should run out of souls

Hard to believe but it’s true

It's hard to say we're not going to win when we have our ace on the mound.

I posted this before, but Rogers is looking to aggressively reduce their debt load after acquiring Shaw a few years ago. Rogers management has been vocal with investors (including on the last quarterly conference call) about monetizing their sports holdings (Blue Jays/MLSE) through either an IPO or partial/whole divesture. After trying and failing to sign Ohtani and other marquee names during the last couple offseasons, they probably concluded the following: Guerrero is the face of the franchise with mainstream fans and the most marketable player on the roster. Mainstream fans would be quite upset in the short-term if they traded him or let him walk. Without Guerrero on the roster, they believed it would be more challenging to sign other marquee free agents to the roster. $500M is a huge sum, but in the short-term, Guerrero's $40M per year won't hamstring the roster, given he's already close to $30M/year now. Atkins/Shapiro probably concluded the contract was $100 - $150M too rich, but that Guerrero still had the upside of an elite player. The premium above would be amortized over 14 years, the premium was worth it to Rogers as they look to maximize the current appeal and value of the team. In the end, the short-term impact of losing Guerrero on the franchise's current fan and brand appeal outweighed the long-term possibility of an albatross contract, given the transaction Rogers is exploring. I'm not defending the contract, I hated it and think we grossly overpaid. But as you hinted at, there were clearly other factors at play and I'm not going to browbeat Atkins/Shapiro for this one.

Yup. Everyone gapes at Clase's loud tools of speed and aggression, but Roden's level of plate discipline combined with a promising hit tool is a much more rare commodity. The probability of Roden making some changes to induce more power is far higher than Clase suddenly becoming more patient at the plate and making better swing decisions. I just find it ridiculous to write Roden off this early, especially when he went down to Buffalo and raked after struggling early this year. I'm definitely not writing Clase off and I love the speed, but his best chance to stick at the bigs is at CF and I agree that his reads aren't great.

Agreed. Loud tools, but probably a solid bench guy. Interesting how quickly everyone has given up on Roden. He's not young anymore, but it does remind a bit of Barger's struggles when he first came up. Too early to waive the white flag.

And still has a sprint speed higher than Kirk's

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