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Fairview4Life · Post #1861 » by **Fairview4Life** » Thu Sep 29, 2022 11:07 pm

Pouring one out for ratul tonight.

Post #1862 » by **Schad** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 12:36 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:
s e n s i wrote:i know we've set a pretty high bar for this team and front office but making the playoffs (even with the expanded format) in this division and in this league is an accomplishment. good sh*t.

Agreed. Will be the last season that we have to do it against a completely unbalanced schedule as well.

Yep. This isn't a elite team, but it's still quite a good team, with a good record against an extremely difficult schedule. And good teams do win championships.

I also think that (with the usual caveat that the playoffs are a series of coin flips to which we retroactively attempt to assign meaning) we're reasonably well-built for the postseason. We have three very good starters. We have a deep offense that isn't reliant on one/two players remaining hot. And our bullpen is actually quite deep and mostly competent.

Or we could lose two one-run games and be done in barely over a week. Baseball is a dumb game and none of us should care about it.

Randle McMurphy · Post #1863 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 1:10 am

Schad wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:
s e n s i wrote:i know we've set a pretty high bar for this team and front office but making the playoffs (even with the expanded format) in this division and in this league is an accomplishment. good sh*t.

Agreed. Will be the last season that we have to do it against a completely unbalanced schedule as well.

Yep. This isn't a elite team, but it's still quite a good team, with a good record against an extremely difficult schedule. And good teams do win championships.

I also think that (with the usual caveat that the playoffs are a series of coin flips to which we retroactively attempt to assign meaning) we're reasonably well-built for the postseason. We have three very good starters. We have a deep offense that isn't reliant on one/two players remaining hot. And our bullpen is actually quite deep and mostly competent.

Or we could lose two one-run games and be done in barely over a week. Baseball is a dumb game and none of us should care about it.

Tampa losing just now in crushing fashion helps slightly with the series of coin flips.

If the Jays go 3-3 now, Tampa has to go 5-1 and Seattle has to go 6-2 to finish ahead of us for HFA. Will be interested to see if the Jays play their full lineup over the next week and try to go for it.

Post #1864 » by **Schad** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 1:19 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:If the Jays go 3-3 now, Tampa has to go 5-1 and Seattle has to go 6-2 to finish ahead of us for HFA. Will be interested to see if the Jays play their full lineup over the next week and try to go for it.

I still wouldn't. We need our rotation set for the playoffs; I don't want to play at the Trop any more than is absolutely necessary, but being able to roll out Gausman/Manoah/Stripling with a fully-rested 'pen trumps all other considerations.

Though saying that, I'd say that our odds of facing Seattle are now materially higher than our odds of facing Tampa, and I'm morbidly curious what the Mariners/Jays fan balance would be in Safeco.

Randle McMurphy · Post #1865 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 1:32 am

Schad wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:If the Jays go 3-3 now, Tampa has to go 5-1 and Seattle has to go 6-2 to finish ahead of us for HFA. Will be interested to see if the Jays play their full lineup over the next week and try to go for it.

I still wouldn't. We need our rotation set for the playoffs; I don't want to play at the Trop any more than is absolutely necessary, but being able to roll out Gausman/Manoah/Stripling with a fully-rested 'pen trumps all other considerations.

Though saying that, I'd say that our odds of facing Seattle are now materially higher than our odds of facing Tampa, and I'm morbidly curious what the Mariners/Jays fan balance would be in Safeco.

I agree. There's no way I'm starting Manoah against the Orioles next week for example regardless of whether that game has any meaning (Manoah, Stripling, and Gausman should each be making their final starts of the regular season this weekend). I was thinking more along the lines of whether the Jays are going to give guys who have been injured like Springer, Teoscar and Kirk (and even Vlad, Chapman, and Bichette) a few days off.

s e n s i · Post #1866 » by **s e n s i** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 2:55 am

hosting the mariners is my personal preference tbh. the thought of berrios getting torched by the ghost of carlos santana, who might as well be the guitarist at this point, or like **** abe toro or some scrub in the 2nd inning of game 3 is nauseating. but i'd like to imagine we wouldn't have to get to that point and can rest our guys while still securing HFA. actually being able to attend the game too is another reason.

Parataxis · Post #1867 » by **Parataxis** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 1:52 pm

Schad wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:If the Jays go 3-3 now, Tampa has to go 5-1 and Seattle has to go 6-2 to finish ahead of us for HFA. Will be interested to see if the Jays play their full lineup over the next week and try to go for it.

I still wouldn't. We need our rotation set for the playoffs; I don't want to play at the Trop any more than is absolutely necessary, but being able to roll out Gausman/Manoah/Stripling with a fully-rested 'pen trumps all other considerations.

Though saying that, I'd say that our odds of facing Seattle are now materially higher than our odds of facing Tampa, and I'm morbidly curious what the Mariners/Jays fan balance would be in Safeco.

Safeco would be a madhouse. My conspiracy brain can imagine the Washington Gov't scheduling a bridge for maintenance that weekend. lol.

But yeah, honestly what I care about most now is finishing ahead of Tampa. Finishing ahead of Seattle would be nice as well, but not playing at the Trop is the goal.

GoRapstheoriginal · Post #1868 » by **GoRapstheoriginal** » Sat Oct 1, 2022 8:35 pm

What's our magic number to clinch home field advantage please & thanks it would be greatly appreciated

polo007 · Post #1869 » by **polo007** » Sat Oct 1, 2022 11:52 pm

GoRapstheoriginal wrote:What's our magic number to clinch home field advantage please & thanks it would be greatly appreciated

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Parataxis · Post #1873 » by **Parataxis** » Mon Oct 3, 2022 8:43 pm

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GoRapstheoriginal · Post #1874 » by **GoRapstheoriginal** » Wed Oct 5, 2022 12:44 am

https://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/10005D33C4553550

Not currently available online? What's going on? I want to buy single postseason tickets for the game on Friday

Help me out fellow Blue Jays fans. What is going on?

Asking nicely, sincerely, politely it would be greatly appreciated!

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Parataxis · Post #1875 » by **Parataxis** » Wed Oct 5, 2022 1:55 am

GoRapstheoriginal wrote:https://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/10005D33C4553550

Not currently available online? What's going on? I want to buy single postseason tickets for the game on Friday

Help me out fellow Blue Jays fans. What is going on?

Asking nicely, sincerely, politely it would be greatly appreciated! ! ! !

Probably sold out. Although there do seem to be some tickets available for Sunday's game left.

Parataxis · Post #1876 » by **Parataxis** » Wed Oct 5, 2022 2:06 am

It's official! Boston-Tampa game just got called. Boston wins.

That locks us in to a Mariners @ Jays Wild Card series. =D

I've only ever seen the Jays play the Mariners at our West Coast home field. So excited to see them play at the Dome on Saturday.

Parataxis · Post #1877 » by **Parataxis** » Tue Oct 11, 2022 6:16 pm

Well, at least he has plenty of time to heal and recover at his own pace. =/

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polo007 · Post #1878 » by **polo007** » Sun Oct 16, 2022 11:55 pm

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s e n s i · Post #1880 » by **s e n s i** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 1:47 pm

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no real surprise here, as he motions to the pen for the lefty, tim mayza, to face paul goldschmidt with 2 on and 2 out in game 6 of the world series, with the jays up 1