Jays 2023

[Insidious Von]

The reason why the Jays suck ass against AL East teams, no support for Vlady. Pitchers now semi-intentionally walk him knowing the chances are good that the inning ends with the hitters following him.

This is also bad for the pitching staff, any error they make does not get a response from Jays hitters.

 

[Toronto Passions]

Nice!!! How was the food?

Really good. The menu options are a wide variety and very similar to Toronto in a lot of ways. You will find tacos, shawarma, Greek fries, pizza and mini bars that serve Dodger blue margaritas along with other drinks. And lots of my personal favourite…… king size Bud black cherry seltzer and dodger dogs.

Dodger games are fun. World class organization.

Philip

 

[Toronto Passions]

As for the Jays....Hard to trust Pearson these days...

Is he still reading his mentally tough “no fear“ statement that he has written on his glove?

Philip

 

[Toronto Passions]

Totally off topic and I had to share it…..

I was looking up how horrible Daulton Varsho has been playing, and I stumbled up across this,…remember Dalton Pompey?

 

[onomatopoeia]

Anthony Bass drew a target on his own forehead with his Tweets. Prior to his last appearance on June 5, he had only surrendered one run in his previous ten appearances. The Jays would rather weaken their roster slightly than draw the ire of the Alphabet Community. I'm guessing that Rogers may have had some input in this decision.

Anthony Bass 2023 game logs.

@maurice93: The Jays have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to misbehaviour, PED use and any conduct detrimental to the image of the team.

Troy Glaus was traded after his name came up in the Mitchell Report. Yunel Escobar was traded after writing 'You're a faggot' in Spanish on his eye black. Chris Colabello finished the 2016 season in the farm system after his PED suspension. Robert Osuna was traded to Houston during his domestic violence suspension. None of these players played a single Major League game for the Jays after these incidents.

In hindsight, do you still think Anthony Bass' being DFA'd had nothing to do with his tweets, and do you think Mitch White should have been activated, instead of being released?

 

[Darts]

PHI@STL: Ozzie Smith does back flip on Opening Day - Bing video

 

[ramblin]

Did The Jays blow it at the trade deadline this year? I can't help be feel underwhelmed, especially in light of The Jays ongoing hitting issues. Note, Springer is one out away from tying a Blue Jay record for worst hitting streak...

The Jays basically just shopped the St. Louis yard sale over the past 3 weeks and while I know there were slim pickings for a good hitter at the deadline, I was disappointed. I can only think of Teoscar and that's about it. DeJong was good in 2019, but that was so 4 years ago... Also he's likely just to be a Bichette fill in, because we need one right now.

Honestly, I think Seattle was looking to trade Teo (they let it be known they were open to offers), but I don't think they were interested in trading Teo back to The Jays especially since he has somewhat diminished value while having an off season. That would have been admitting they were on the losing side of last years trade.

Though, I think paying a bit of premium (Nate Pearson and a prospect) to Seattle would have helped with their ego. Then The Jays would have a cleanup man who might just have his performance energized with returning "home" for the remainder of the season. Even if his hitting didn't improve there's alway a chance he'd energize his best bud Vladdy Jr. which is never a bad thing.

Oh well, maybe The Jays will try to get him back as a free agent. Not sure what other good hitters are free agents at the end of this season, though I do know many Jays are going to be free agents and not all are going to be coming back next year.

 

[ramblin]

Bo on the 10 Day IL, retroactive I believe, with patellar tendonitis. I wouldn't be surprised if when he comes back, he comes back as the DH. Knee damage is a tough injury and I would think the force on the knee is big at short.

If DeJong is as good at short as I hear, then I'm good with that as we need Bo in the lineup. The Jays most consistent hitter this year.

 

[Darts]

Reading between the lines of what Atkins said recently, it appears he is not pleased with Vladdy, Springer and Chapman.

 

[ramblin]

PHI@STL: Ozzie Smith does back flip on Opening Day - Bing video

Ozzie was awesome. Always loved him.

 

[ramblin]

Reading between the lines of what Atkins said recently, it appears he is not pleased with Vladdy, Springer and Chapman.

Who is?

 

[ramblin]

Reading between the lines of what Atkins said recently, it appears he is not pleased with Vladdy, Springer and Chapman.

Futher to my previous brief post.

I'm not satisfied with Vladdy, but he's doing okay. Just okay. Not build a team around a guy, just okay.

Springer has peaked and valleyed all season and mining the deepest valley currently with an 0 - 33/34 streak (not sure which) though I do know he may tie, and break, the longest Jay streak without a hit tonight. That's one to tie, and two more outs to set the record. He's in the cleanup spot tonight, so I hope he does not tie the streak and breaks out tonight. We need it.

Chapman had 3 strikeouts last night and I think only 2 homeruns in the last 4 or 5 weeks. He's going elsewhere next year as a free agent, so hopefully he can figure out how to maximize his value as a free agent in the last 2 months (and playoffs) for the benefit of the 2023 Jays. If nothing else, he's got a lot of cohones for chewing out Schneider about pitching to Shohei while he's not hitting squat. Which might be an input to Atkins comments. He doesn't look like he's having fun playing right now. He should take a card out of Whit's deck, as Whit is a great fielder, he's hitting and he's a free agent at the end of the year too.

Speaking of having fun playing baseball. The Orioles look like a team which is having fun playing baseball, it shows in the dugout and shows on the field. Perhaps youth, perhaps talent. Maybe some of both.

 

[Toronto Passions]

Did The Jays blow it at the trade deadline this year? I can't help be feel underwhelmed, especially in light of The Jays ongoing hitting issues. Note, Springer is one out away from tying a Blue Jay record for worst hitting streak...

The Jays basically just shopped the St. Louis yard sale over the past 3 weeks

And nothing is worse than Ross Atkins carefully scripted, optimistic, even keeled responses that are like a double edge sword. Trying to be well balanced, but it’s just to protect himself from backend criticism.

Philip

 

[shack]

And nothing is worse than Ross Atkins carefully scripted, optimistic, even keeled responses that are like a double edge sword. Trying to be well balanced, but it’s just to protect himself from backend criticism.

Philip

He's been like that since day 1 with with his corporate or political "move your lips and say nothing" talk. I've never liked it and I don't think that he makes a single decision without the prez's approval. He's merely a figurehead to provide a layer of protection between his boss and the media.

 

[ramblin]

And nothing is worse than Ross Atkins carefully scripted, optimistic, even keeled responses that are like a double edge sword. Trying to be well balanced, but it’s just to protect himself from backend criticism.

Philip

I think if The Jays don't get through at least one round of the playoffs (or heaven forbid miss the playoffs) Atkins is gone. His "protector" Shapiro will not have much choice to jettison him to save his own skin.

On Shapiro, he's showing his value to Rogers with reno's and a big ticket price increase coming next year. If The Jays aren't competitive no amount of reno's to Rogers Centre will bring in the crowds in future years. There are only so many games where people come out to see Shohei.

 

[ramblin]

He's been like that since day 1 with with his corporate or political "move your lips and say nothing" talk. I've never liked it and I don't think that he makes a single decision without the prez's approval. He's merely a figurehead to provide a layer of protection between his boss and the media.

Agree. He got them so far after the rebuild needed after 2015 - 2016. But, The Jays haven't really gotten over the "hump" in the last couple of years and a good part of that is on Atkins.

 

[The Oracle]

Some controversy regarding German?

Yanks' German enters alcohol abuse treatment

Yankees right-hander Domingo German has voluntarily entered inpatient treatment for alcohol abuse and won't pitch again this season.

www.espn.com

Good call......

 

[Toronto Passions]

He's been like that since day 1 with with his corporate or political "move your lips and say nothing" talk. I've never liked it and I don't think that he makes a single decision without the prez's approval. He's merely a figurehead to provide a layer of protection between his boss and the media.

I remember when the prez took office, Jeff Blair said “Anthopoulos likely quit because Shapiro needs his fingers in every pie.” Lol

Philip

 

[ramblin]

Springer just avoided setting a Blue Jay record that no one wanted to own with an RBI base hit. Whoo Hoo!

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

I really like the Hicks trade.
Now we got a solid 8th inning setup guy for Romano, or vice versa depending on who's in form