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  1. Yeah, I saw that the other day and I was a little shocked. It’s definitely premature to say Vladdy will never be anything more than a slightly above average bat based on this season, but I do think it’s fair to question if he’s this generational bat to anchor the middle of the lineup that we thought he might be 2-3 years ago.
  2. That’s fair. The fact we’ve been relying on guys like Belt, KK, and the Buffalo crew to be key cogs of the offence says all we need to know anyway.
  3. I can’t imagine he’d have much trade value at all right now. This also seems like a tough situation to walk back now too. The only good outcome for the Jays is for Manoah to eat a bit of humble pie and try to work out his performance issues.
  4. Fair. At least you got the WS in 92 and 93, but that’s a tough group of teams to cheer for. I don’t really have a favourite NFL team and I plan to keep it that way. Cheering for the Canucks and Jays is enough disappointment for me. I enjoy being able to flip around and watch whatever is the best game or two on at the time and never end up disappointed with the outcome.
  5. Thoughts and prayers with you @RUPERTKBD
  6. Ben Wagner on the Blair & Barker show said Manoah and his camp were upset that he was demoted for performance reasons. I imagine the cut in pay for that time was/is a factor too? Imagine having the audacity to complain about a performance-related demotion after spending nearly half a season as the worst starting pitcher in baseball and being clearly outplayed by the other starting pitchers on the roster. What a chump.
  7. Right on cue, Vladdy rolls over on a middle-middle fastball in his first at bat. Love to see it.
  8. If he is then they should just get him out of the lineup. He’s not helping much at all.
  9. I was thinking the same thing. It almost makes me wonder if Mattingly is just sitting idly by, watching Schneider hang himself, hoping he’ll get the manager’s job when Schneider gets the boot.
  10. It’s also contradicting what he did a few days ago when he pinch ran KK for Schneider (who isn’t a total plug on the bases) and Schneider’s spot in the order came up later in the game. He just throws out a weak excuse in the post game interview, at times putting the blame on his players, and then finds a new way to leave fans (and likely his own players too) befuddled a day or two later. This guy sucks.
  11. Schneider is a moron. Talking about how Kirk might’ve come up to hit in the 11th and the Jays being down by 2 as the reasons why he didn’t use a pinch runner in the 8th is just baffling. This roster isn’t perfect but good god Schneider sucks.
  12. That was the 2022 Blue Jays way of breaking our hearts. The new, improved Blue Jays generally pitch well and then crap their pants at the plate. I can’t wait to see what they’ve got in store for us next year. It doesn’t help that John Schneider is a moron.
  13. This might be a hot take but I yearn for the day we get robo umps and don’t have to see Kirk anymore. It’s a nice story and all but I want to roundhouse my TV every time I see him roll into a double play or see his obese ass plugging up the base paths.
  14. To be fair, is it really that big of a step down? They’ve already proven to be completely inept while rostering the two best players this generation of MLB has seen. It was always going to be a long road back to credibility for them. At least they tried to load up at the deadline and give Ohtani a chance. I imagine his most recent arm injury paired with these moves means the Angels have already made the decision that they’re not comfortable paying Ohtani the kind of money he’ll command as a two-way player who’s elite on both sides of the ball and have decided they’ll be losing him in the offseason anyway. If they’re successful in offloading these salaries via waivers they’ll improve the compensation pick they get for him. I’m not saying it’s the sign of a well run organization by any means but it might be the best shit sandwich they can make for themselves.
  15. Honestly I don’t think this is a terrible move. They might save a bit of money while doing the nice guy thing of giving those guys a shot at the postseason. I’d take Grichuk back and be done with Espinal.
  16. I think the lineups we see over the next week will tell us a bit more about Espi’s 3-0 hack. If that was his own decision then he shouldn’t see the field for a while, maybe the rest of the season. But I have a hard time imagining that was Espinal acting on his own accord. I think Schneider may have outsmarted himself giving the green light there. You can blame the bunt on Biggio, but why give that call to a guy who’s attempted like a handful of bunts in his career ? A manager’s job is to put their players in a position to be successful. Even without the benefit of hindsight I feel confident in saying that giving Biggio the bunt in a high-leverage situation was dumb. He’s a left handed hitter, all he’s really got to do is roll over and the job’s done.
  17. Hitting strategist Dave Hudgens should get the boot. Not only for the teams evidently terrible hitting “strategy” but, on top of that, tweeting Q/Trump stuff from the dugout like thirty minutes before first pitch. If the team was tearing the cover off the ball it would be one thing, but him doing that while the team has the most flaccid offence we’ve seen since the Ricciardi days it’s almost like he’s asking to get canned.
  18. Kyle Connor would likely make the American A team, wouldn't he? 10th in goals over the last 3 seasons with Matthews, Kreider, and Robertson being the only Americans ahead of him.
  19. There was a guest on Spittin' Chiclets a while back who talked about playing on the Pens with Mario at the end of his career (maybe the 03-04 season). At the end of practice they're huddled up around center ice and Olcyzk tells them they've going to have a bag skate. A couple guys start shuffling down to the corner when Mario pipes up, "Hey Eddie" Eddie: "Yeah?" Mario: "Nuh-uh" Eddie: "Alright guys hit the showers".
  20. Oh yeah, that slider to Harper after the fastballs at 98 and 99 was plain unfair. You could see it live but this video really illustrates it.
  21. I liked how Sportsnet showed his full entrance from the bullpen out to the mound. As an Ontario kid who grew up a Jays fan, coming out for your first appearance in a couple weeks to save a one run game while your team's in a playoff race, the music going, lights down- man, Romano must've been some sort of jacked up. You could kinda see it when he let that first fastball go a little too up and in.
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