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  1. Olerud363.354
    A dream would be to be the first sub .500 team to win the World Series. That will be stressful. As it means it would just be 15 days of a win, a excruciating loss, then scoreboard watching hoping the Guardians or the Texas Armadillos ** lose too. And we can't tie the Armadillos so if we win 80 they have to win 79 or less. We can tie the Guardians at 80. And we split with the Orioles could tie them at 80. Wouldn't that be crazy? ** I think the name Rangers is not good either, because Rangers were pretty violent and probably shot at Native Americans, so I think Armadillos is a better name for the Texas team.
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    The first two baseball games I remember watching were game 7 of the 1985 ALCS, and game 162 against the Tigers 1987. Probably explains my cheery outlook.
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    Technically they qualified for the playoffs 6 days before the season ended .... However 2025 was still one of the most exciting finishes to gain the bye which gained them some rest and avoided the wild card and was key to everything that happened last October. They blew a 5 game lead in about 7 days then had to win 4 in a row to close season with the Yankees also winning every night.
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    Maybe they would like Sean Keys. He'd be a great piece for a team that does load management.
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    Your totally right on this. People don't get that Vlad at his best was not once in a generation, but once in history. Do you think you'll ever see an 18 or 19 year old have the kind of minor league seasons Vlad had. You will not. Do you think a Blue Jay will ever set the young player (22 and under) homerun record? No they won't. Do you think a Blue Jay will ever have a second half like Vlad did in 2024? Probably not, this one could happen. No Blue Jay will ever have a playoffs like Vlad did in 2025. Jo Jo Parker. Exciting. Wonderful. Maybe he'll be the first 50 WAR Blue Jays position player. Will he hit .400 as a 19 year old in double A? No. He is already 20 and only has 3 weeks in high A. When will the next Blue Jays to hit 48 homers as a 22 year old appear? NEVER. When will the next Blue Jays to hit .320 as an 18 year old in State side full season ball appear? NEVER. Juan Sanchez we all love and know he will grow to be wonderful and he hit 100 points less. .220!
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    I am now saying he needs to be fired on September 8th, which is yesterday. This is because he let Ernie Clement hit instead of Keys in the 9th. Fire him yesterday so the new manager will at least pinch hit Keys for Clement in todays game.
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    Mike Elias, Certified Genius sent many advanced scouts to the Athletics Series and gave the Athletics tips to see if they would work. They do. And it won't pretty on the weekend. Only pretty I guess for Certified Genius Mike Elias and the posters at Orioles Hangout. Someone has to win the turtle race and the Orioles it will be. Pete Alonso will win MVP. One of the those MVPs just because Pete is such a leader like Mo Vaughn in 1995, Or Justin Moreau in 2008 I think.
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    In your lifetimes even if you are 20 and live another 60 years and AI doesn't kill you, or end it all, and baseball goes on those 60 years you may see three more exciting Blue Jays games 6 and 7. We've seen three already. Wouldn't surprise me to see a couple more. You will never see a prospect as good as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was at 19. You will never see a player have the kind of season Vlad did at 22. The first Blue Jays position player t0 50 WAR will be a guy, A good prospect, have a normal career. Thrill you sometimes, but you will never anything like Vlad Guerrero Jr. age 18-22. That was once in 100 years. Once in a lifetime. And it's gone, turned into Ernie Clement. How did this happen?
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    Moved to September 9th on account of being shut out by the Oakland As in Sacremonto band box. Vlad is broken. can hit it 110 on the ground, but only 95 in the air. Need a manager that load manages Vlad until the exit velocity lanuch combo is fixed.
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    Best for everybody. Cease is hanging on by a thread. Varland is gassed. Vlad needs to be shutdown. Just end this stupid playoff run. Get a look at Keys.
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    Nothing wrong with giving him 3 days off considering how hard he's been worked. INSANE. Stupid to use Lorenzen to and not Fluharty.
  12. Olerud363.354
    He's right. Clement has 2nd percentile exit velocity. McNeil has 13th percentile exit velocity. So your point the other night, was interesting. Maybe they should have been in a step or two against McNeil. Like they play Clement in a bit. But against Henry Bolte it's tough. He has 90th percentile exit velocity and 100th percentile speed. If you play in your going to be dealing some hit balls. Not sure what the right move is there. Anyway point is that you can look this stuff up. Clement doesn't hit the ball hard at all even considering his size.
  13. Olerud363.354
    Not much action here lately, but please close this if Jays get shut out by Oakland. Guerrero is broken. Cease is broken (lost 4 mph of fastball), Varland is gassed. Perry is too fragile to be called up. Miles is at his innings limit. Clement is gassed and not a starter. Pushing for the playoffs is dangerous to the long term health of the organization at this point. Close the playoff thread. Shut down Cease, Varland, Guerrero, Springer and Clemente. Let Spaghetti guy and Lorenzen pitch as much as they want. Start prepping for next year. Get a good look at Keys and let him have a September like Rowdy Tellez did in 2018. Close the thread. End the playoff chase. For the good of all of us.
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    Yeah. Probably helps that they prepped with the exit velocities and planned the positioning knowing that Clemente isn't hitting it 110 either.
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    Title changed again after the Okamoto double play. Now Schneider needs to be fired September 20th. Using Lorenzen when entire bullpen available? If shut out by Oakland firing should be September 9th after the game.
  16. Olerud363.354
    The thread title has been changed. Schneider now needs to be fired September 21st. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Two double plays today? Keys no where to be seen. Sean Keys should have stayed up when he was first called up playing 2/3 of the time with extreme load management for Springer and Guerrero. For mishandling Guerrero, not moving him down in the lineup. Not load managing him. Unable to reach him in any sense Schneider's firing date has now been moved to September 21st. Shapiro and Atkins need to mention, Schneider is a great guy but unable to reach the 500 million dollar man, so the firing had to occur.
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    His refusal to rest him will cost a playoff spot. Keys should be playing a lot. FIRE JOHN SCHNEIDER
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    Statistically speaking and adjusted for league wide OPS Josh Smith mid September 2026 = Jose Bautista mid September 2009 Age - almost the same Stats pre Blue Jays - almost the same adjusted for league norms Pre Jays Homerun power - like 13 a year Traded for very little - true for both Massive Power break through late in age 28 season - true for both, Smith has only done it for 2 weeks though, Jose did it for 4. Minor league stats - decent for both with evidence of good eye. 50 homer season incoming - Jose yes. Smith probably not. But maybe he'll have a more minor breakthrough and combined with his defense be good?
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    The discussion is on pre-game prep of rules, leverage, working with pitch machines. Scanning the game thread last night that seemed to be what most fans were complaining about. Like are the Jays even prepped on this? Of course they are. So I think the more subtle issue is whether other teams are ahead of Jays here and prepping better. Not like the Jays and coaching staff are complete morons and not prepped at all.
  20. Olerud363.354
    As ABS goes I wouldn't call it borderline. Clearly part of the ball is in the strike zone. That's with the benefit of the box on TV obviously. In terms of leverage almost certainly the highest leverage abs situation of the game, and one of the highest if not the highest of the season. Literally ends the inning and takes a run off the board, and saves the Ace a few pitches. Other than a 3-2 count bases load, no other scenario takes a run off the board and ends an inning. I think this is where the arm chair griping comes in. Fans see highest leverage, maybe of the year. We could be wrong, but have Jays taken of the run off the board via ABS removing a bases loaded walk on 3-2?
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    I would say people are more like Houston's owner. It's not looking for a scapegoat. More like as an outsider you watch it on TV, and it seems the manager isn't exactly state-of-art. You read the smart people on this board, browse the stats, listen to some old schoolers and come away thinking 'why is Spaghetti guy pitching? Don't they know the rules? How come the hitting coach's are 5 years behind driveline?" If your the Houston owner you fire people. If your a fan you demand to fire people and replace them with state-of-the-art certified geniuses. Maybe the latter doesn't exist. Not looking for scape goats, it's striving to be that great organization ahead of the curve.
  22. Olerud363.354
    Why not Perry/Miles/Yesivage get 25 important innings over last 2.5 weeks? This can be done without pushing any of them. Why waste Yesivage in Buffalo. Not like he had an arm injury. Let him go 2 innings 3 innings 4 innings up here. Miles 3,3,3. Perry 3,3,3. That's 27 innings. Spaghetti guy and Miles straw finish games if Jays get behind 7 or more, and piece the rest of the important innings together with better arms.
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    He could do 10 innings over 3 appearances. Exactly how that looks? Not sure. Ideally Spaghetti guys innings are miles. Spaghetti is only going 3 innings anyway. He looks way fresher than anyone. How much stock do we put into that?
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    That makes it clear that they can challenge at the end of the play. The dugout can't aid. So in terms of the continuation thing I don't think the dugout can yell during the play. So players need to be prepped about the continuation, and that could be one exception case where the pitcher is encouraged to challenge.
  25. Olerud363.354
    If Sanchez doesn't do anything here I will bump the fire John Schneider thread again... don't blame me, it is up to Sanchez.
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