GT - Blue Jays 12-10 at KC 13-9 (April 22-24)

[Jerry Lucas]

Guerrero has legitimately had a manoah level decline from a hitting perspective. 91 down the middle and he swings through it. Send him back to the minors.

I agree with this, however Vlad reached 5 years of service time earlier this month so he can no longer be optioned. His swing looks mechanically broken.

[DelAbbot]

Guerrero has legitimately had a manoah level decline from a hitting perspective. 91 down the middle and he swings through it. Send him back to the minors.

I agree with this, however Vlad reached 5 years of service time earlier this month so he can no longer be optioned. His swing looks mechanically broken.

[DelAbbot]

Varsho reminding me of what it was like when we had prime Josh Donaldson.

don't jinx him

[Hottie McShotty]

I don't trust Romano to come in and close a game anymore. Garcia needs to be our closer.

[Ranger One]

I don't trust Romano to come in and close a game anymore. Garcia needs to be our closer.

I honestly can't remember the last time he had a dominant 1-2-3 inning. He's looked like an average middle inning reliever since the second half of last year. Definitely doesn't have the stuff anymore to be a guaranteed save. Ill give him some more time since he's coming off the IL but man, he hasn't looked like the terminator for a while now. I actually cringe when SN does the whole " instead of going to commercial we're gonna stay here with you as we watch Romano exit the bullpen and slowly jog to the mound as dramatic music plays". They're still treating this guy like some legendary figure that throws 120mph and strikes out 5 guys per inning.

[Michael Bradley]

Giving 5 at bats a game to Springer is downright criminal right now. Guy belongs in the 7-9 spots at best.

You see his numbers from the Astros where he was a Silver Slugger, a World Series MVP, and one of the best players in baseball compared to now and it is night and day.

Never seen a player fall off like Springer has. Just terrible at the plate right now. Even much worse than last year. However, it is still April and hopefully he can turn it around in the coming weeks. However, he should be definitely hitting 7-9 right now and not leading off.

Springer is 34 now with a lot of mileage on him. I don’t think it’s anything other than Father Time and a gradual decline due to age. He’s still drawing walks and has a low BABIP which should normalize but he’s also making weak contact. I think he’s a 2 WAR player again this season, maybe a bit less, but 2025-26 could get ugly. Since he’s a veteran and they will try to show respect to him, I don’t think they are moving him down in the order but they probably should at this point.

[TommyT]

I don't trust Romano to come in and close a game anymore. Garcia needs to be our closer.

I honestly can't remember the last time he had a dominant 1-2-3 inning. He's looked like an average middle inning reliever since the second half of last year. Definitely doesn't have the stuff anymore to be a guaranteed save. Ill give him some more time since he's coming off the IL but man, he hasn't looked like the terminator for a while now. I actually cringe when SN does the whole " instead of going to commercial we're gonna stay here with you as we watch Romano exit the bullpen and slowly jog to the mound as dramatic music plays". They're still treating this guy like some legendary figure that throws 120mph and strikes out 5 guys per inning.

My worry as well. The closer role should be continuously earned than given and Garcia is earning it right now.

[Lateral Quicks]

It's remarkable this team is 13-10 despite the top three of the order along with Kirk laying an egg and with IKF and Kiermaier getting regular at-bats. We've been very fortunate with some key hits (many by Schneider) and Varsho getting hot. Very Tampa-esque.

The pitching and defense is very good, but the hitting is still a big problem. This team will not be above .500 when all is said and done if Springer/Vlag/Guerrero/Kirk don't hit on a regular basis. Fortunately I think we will see some regression to the mean, but I'm still very skeptical this offense has what it takes to be a true contender.

[Fairview4Life]

It's remarkable this team is 13-10 despite the top three of the order along with Kirk laying an egg and with IKF and Kiermaier getting regular at-bats. We've been very fortunate with some key hits (many by Schneider) and Varsho getting hot. Very Tampa-esque.

The pitching and defense is very good, but the hitting is still a big problem. This team will not be above .500 when all is said and done if Springer/Vlag/Guerrero/Kirk don't hit on a regular basis. Fortunately I think we will see some regression to the mean, but I'm still very skeptical this offense has what it takes to be a true contender.

Pitching and defense. All the wins have been 4 or less runs against I believe. All the losses 5 or more.

[JN]

It's remarkable this team is 13-10 despite the top three of the order along with Kirk laying an egg and with IKF and Kiermaier getting regular at-bats. We've been very fortunate with some key hits (many by Schneider) and Varsho getting hot. Very Tampa-esque.

The pitching and defense is very good, but the hitting is still a big problem. This team will not be above .500 when all is said and done if Springer/Vlag/Guerrero/Kirk don't hit on a regular basis. Fortunately I think we will see some regression to the mean, but I'm still very skeptical this offense has what it takes to be a true contender.

Giving at bats to IKF hasn't really been an issue so far this year. He has an OPS+ of 110.
He will regress of course back to his sub 100 norms, but he hasn't been a negative for us so far.

[JN]

Any reason we don't go with Cavan Biggio to lead off instead of George Springer.

He was good in the second half last year, and his OBP is .370 this year.
Perhaps Springer somewhat surprisingly gets it going, then you can revert.
But I think Springer at 5-7 in the lineup might benefit the team and perhaps help Springer a bit too.

[WuTang_OG]

anyone listening to
Varsho's dad on blair?

guy was a joy to listen to

he was an outfield coach for years and taught his son thats why daulton is so good. says LF is hardest to play in his opinion cuz so many Right handed hitters and you have a split second to anticipate where its going off barrel. Says gaps is what does damage. Line drives you live with

Also said Don Mattingly end of last year told him to work on 3 things and daulton and his dad did in off-season, new form

liked arizona but loves toronto / team and city and thinks world series is possible here

[DelAbbot]

anyone listening to
Varsho's dad on blair?

guy was a joy to listen to

he was an outfield coach for years and taught his son thats why daulton is so good. says LF is hardest to play in his opinion cuz so many Right handed hitters and you have a split second to anticipate where its going off barrel. Says gaps is what does damage. Line drives you live with

Also said Don Mattingly end of last year told him to work on 3 things and daulton and his dad did in off-season, new form

liked arizona but loves toronto / team and city and thinks world series is possible here

I noticed (please confirm) Rogers Center has more space in LF than RF (measured by plate to LF-Center, plate-to-LF, plate-to-LF-pole).

LF is harder to play than RF

3B is harder to play then 2B

[WuTang_OG]

anyone listening to
Varsho's dad on blair?

guy was a joy to listen to

he was an outfield coach for years and taught his son thats why daulton is so good. says LF is hardest to play in his opinion cuz so many Right handed hitters and you have a split second to anticipate where its going off barrel. Says gaps is what does damage. Line drives you live with

Also said Don Mattingly end of last year told him to work on 3 things and daulton and his dad did in off-season, new form

liked arizona but loves toronto / team and city and thinks world series is possible here

I noticed (please confirm) Rogers Center has more space in LF than RF (measured by plate to LF-Center, plate-to-LF, plate-to-LF-pole).

LF is harder to play than RF

3B is harder to play then 2B

[Brinbe]

the record really is remarkable. offensively they take lots of walks, hit lots of doubles but not many homers. not really a team of thumpers.

starting pitching is seemingly pretty good but they've also been among the most hit-hard and have given up the most homers in the entire majors as a staff, though maybe that's the bullpen. and of course the great defense has also helped.

we can only hope they really begin to dominate if/when the offense heats up but you know that baseball doesn't work that way.

[spykelee]

Vlad should learn bunting. At least he'd stop hitting into double plays *shrug* them again, with how he loafes to first base maybe not

[greekman]

how has guerrero become a worse hitter than semien ?

[spykelee]

how has guerrero become a worse hitter than semien ?

Lmao. Is this post for real?

I can't believe Perez is "only" 33

[Hottie McShotty]

Kirk and his .179 BA is amazing!

[WuTang_OG]

playing KK annoying