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  1. Olerud363.354
    Anyway tonight's reason for firing John Schneider. Sanchez instead of Keys. Move the firing date up a day to September 22nd because of this.
  2. Olerud363.354
    Can't remember all the s*** I post, but don't recall losing my mind at any of the various challenges that were just judgement calls. Last night was more an outlier situation and wondering if the team was prepped on the rules. Maybe they were prepped fine and Kirk just made the wrong judgement. Maybe he was prepped fine and just forgot in the chaos. Similar in a way to the phantom 4th out thing. They won that game so it was humorous, but you can bet there would have been 10x as much discussion about whether Schneider knew the rule if they lost. My interpretation on that one was Schneider probably knew the rule, thought the umpire ended the inning so it didn't matter and didn't aggressively yell at his players to appeal.
  3. Olerud363.354
    Astros might fire Schneider in this situation. Didn't they fire their manager leading the division this year? And their GM after winning the World Series? I think their owner is pretty hands on, and takes credit for the good and has a quick trigger finger. No other organization including Blue Jays would fire Scheider 1 year from being in the world series. Maybe a year or two from now if this continues. Thread is still OK, just to get a feel for what people think of his decisions. On a related note apparently Johny King wasting bullets in New Hampshire tonight. That decision isn't Schneider's I guess. AA and Gibby had Castro save 4 games, and Osuna save 20 at the same age, with less experience and a shakier injury history.
  4. Olerud363.354
    No one will care about that obviously unless I guess this game gets close. If he did in a 3-3 game and they had no challenges left in the 9th... maybe they'd care. Either way though that might be justifiable. In a 6-0 game use the challenge to prevent it from becoming a 6-4 game. Seriously. Has Schneider prepped his players well for challenge situations? Red lights for certain players, drilled in a good understanding of leverage. They know the edge cases, what to do on stolen base attempts? Maybe it's all fine.
  5. Olerud363.354
    Fire Popkins and Dan Schulman's son just to send Schulman a message. Fire whoever decided that Sanchez should play tonight instead of Keys. If that was Schneider's decision alone. Move Schneider firing date up to September 22nd.
  6. Olerud363.354
    A good firing thread we can't go overboard firing everyone, can't jest either. Would any organization have their players prepped for that situation? Is it reasonable given the situation comes up once a year or decade? Like the weird situation where a run scores on a non-called strike. Much more common is just a stolen base. Players should be prepped and ready for that one, and then this one is really just the same as the stolen base attempt, with the wrinkle of the rundown, but catcher should be prepped to ABS at the end if he thinks it was a strike.
  7. Olerud363.354
    Blue Jays message board interviews next Blue Jays manager Question would you instruct your coaching staff and players to make subtle positioning changes based on hitter trends? Like would you move them a few steps based on data or let them decide? Candidate1 - I'd expect all this data pregame, prep the players, then expect it fed on an ipad hitter to hitter, and we'd move fielders a few feet in and out batter to batter based on spray charts and exit velocities. Candidate2 - I'd either play them on the infield grass if we thought a bunt was coming, or a runner on third, and on the outfield grass otherwise. Blue Jays Message Board - Candidate2 seems really sharp!
  8. Olerud363.354
    It looked on TV like he playing a deep short like you would for Mike Stanton or Vlad. Oh well, at least he was ready for a 115 mph scorcher ... You guys are acting like the choices are deep short on the outfield grass or on the infield grass... you know you can choose any position between those two? If he was even a step or two in McNeil wouldn't have beat that out.
  9. Olerud363.354
    But the botched run-down, botched abs challenges, and botched infield positioning isn't just luck. I think. Watching a few World Series clips I'm like 'how the *** were the Dodgers positioned so well ?' Watching the game last night 'how the ** was Giminez positioned so bad' McNeil grounder to the left side probably average 75 mph. Why was he playing him like he expected a 115 mph grounder from Vladimir Guerrero Jr ? Gruber is right in this case.,
  10. Olerud363.354
    McNeil has 14th percentile exit velocity, his opp-o ground balls will presumably be even slower. Dave Roberts would have had GIminez 10 feet closer in.
  11. Olerud363.354
    good thing we had him for those 5-1 games though... good thing we saved Miles for Wednesday (5 days off now) I'll be OK with the latter if we we use Miles as the 5th starter again. At this point it would be 3 starts 10-12 innings. If we pitch Miles tonight after Soriano gets behind 4-0 then the Schneider firing date moves to September 8th (will be September 9th on the East Coast).
  12. Olerud363.354
    Could add this to the fire Schneider thread. Who is responsible for this? I guess the infield coach who answers to Schneider.
  13. Olerud363.354
    I realize this thread is bringing out the worst in me. It's my first firing thread and I don't have very nice temperament to begin with. I don't blame Schneider for missed challenges that are judgement calls... it's like blaming him for Sosa not walking. I do blame him if the players aren't prepped with guidelines as to when to challenge given leverage, some players given red lights early in the game (like basestealing) and if they aren't prepped for edge scenarios like last night. Weird situation, and I don't know if the dugout is even allowed to yell at Kirk there. But did Kirk think it was a ball (not Schneider's fault), have a brain cramp (forgot he could challenge at the end of the play), or wasn't prepped for that scenario (Schnedier and the coaching staffs fault in that case).
  14. Olerud363.354
    Still looking at September 23rd, Camden Yards, House of Certified Genius Mike Elias, for the firing. May seem extreme but Varland gassed and did he need to be? Start with not using Miles last night after not using him yesterday? Saving him for Wednesday ? Varland gassed because pitching too much in 5-1 and tied games, especially on the road like last night. Still think Miles should just have stayed a 3 or 4 inning starter. But if he is not a starter why didn't he pitch last night? Varland shouldn't be pitching with 4 run leads, and tie games on the road. There is an off chance in the latter he can pitch 2 innings in those but that itself leads to him being gassed. In a tied game another reliever will likely have to pitch anyway. If your b-relievers can't save 5-1 leads not your year anyway. Varland's workload probably isn't crazy with respect to historical standards, but with respect to 2020s standards for guys throwing 100? Mason Miller will end up with 10-15 innings less than Varland this year. Jordan Romano pitched 15 inning less a year.
  15. Olerud363.354
    There was no place for Keys to hit in that game last night? Maybe not. Looks like Oakland's closer is a lefty.
  16. Olerud363.354
    Not Scheider's fault entirely but Varland gassed, Cease gassed, Soriano more innings then ever and potentially gassed. This is more of an Atkins thing I guess, but why not use some young pitchers, Perry in particular, Miles as a 3 or 4 inning starter. Try some guys like Stanifer and Guerrero. Send them up and down strategically. If you remember 2015 Anthopoulus called up 20 year old Osuna and Castro from A-ball and they were like each given a shot to close (Osuana stuck). Castro gave some innings and strategically sent down for fresh arms. Need to fire Schneider for gassing everybody. Though acknowledge like why the f*** can 20 year olds with 10 innings of A-ball be called up in 201`5, but 23 year olds with innings in AA can't be called up in 2026?
  17. Olerud363.354
    Potentially. They surprised me before. Cease is gassed, Varland is gassed. Soriano might be gassed.,
  18. Olerud363.354
    If they are eliminated by the Orioles in the second last series fire him that night.
  19. Olerud363.354
    Do we even know who we want to win? I guess Baltimore winning could delay elimination day. Would you rather eliminated September 22nd Guardians WC eliminated September 24th Baltimore goes on to win WC. Blew a Cease start which can't happen given everything else. This probably ends it. Still wouldn't be surprised it it's Certified Genius Mike Elias and his Orioles that get this. Win a series against Cleveland and Toronto and they are right there. Sweep both they are in the wild card spot. Mike Elias is watching this game, recording every weakness. Ready to pounce on Cease Sunday!
  20. Olerud363.354
    Also allowing Vlad green light 3-0? Just so we can have a 105 mph ground ball? On Schneider Should be fired on elimination day.
  21. Olerud363.354
    And did they not know the rule about the challenges at end of play? Clear as day strike as far as I could see, play continues. Someone should have been shouting 'challenge! challenge!' from the dug-out. That is on the Schneider and the coaching staff if they didn't prep Kirk on the rule... if Kirk didn't think it was a strike or didn't remember the rule even though he was prepped on him.
  22. Olerud363.354
    I realize this. That is why they only let him go 3 or 4 innings. They could have continued to do that and he would wind up only with a few more then using him as a reliever. As a reliever he goes 2-3 innings every 5 games as a starter 3 or 4.
  23. Olerud363.354
    I saw on twitter the rule is you can challenge when the play comes to completion. So why didn't they? Clear as day strike... no one from the dugout yelled at Kirk to challenge? Do they know the rule? Is it true you can challenge at the end of the play?
  24. Olerud363.354
    So basically Kirk didn't challenge then made an extra throw on the run down because he was too slow... Not that Okamota wasn't to blame for all that. Sigh
  25. Olerud363.354
    Oh wow. 2 guys on the Clement, Giminez, Straw. Why is McAdoo not playing? I guess he isn't that great. The entire thing with Davis Schneider just blows. I guess he really can't hit this year. .207 this year at Buffalo.\
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