Toronto Blue Jays @ Detroit Tigers, July 24-27

Randle McMurphy · Post #101 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:12 am

Could have gotten a +10 and stuck it to Michael Kay

Instead we are exposed again

duppyy · Post #102 » by **duppyy** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:14 am

Just finished watching fantastic 4 wasn’t expecting to see jays winning in a blow out. That was a welcome surprise

Potential · Post #103 » by **Potential** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:14 am

Chad **** Green strikes again. We could've destroyed the run differential haters but this guy comes on and gave them life once again

Mehar · Post #104 » by **Mehar** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:17 am

I remember how elite Chad Green used to be with the Yankees. I even said one time watching him live years ago at the Rogers Centre, that I wish he was a Jay (LOL). Many years too late. He is a shell of himself. It happens with age and injuries, but if this organization acquires another one or two solid relievers, I would be willing to eat his contract and DFA him.

Boogie! · Post #105 » by **Boogie!** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:19 am

We’re better than the dodgers. This is weird I don’t think I’m processing that they’re actually this good right now. It doesn’t make sense.

JN · Post #106 » by JN » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:20 am

The way Lauer is going, the analytics guys are getting very excited about having him go 3 innings in game 1 of the playoffs.

duppyy · Post #107 » by **duppyy** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:24 am

Potential wrote:Chad **** Green strikes again. We could've destroyed the run differential haters but this guy comes on and gave them life once again

I’ll take Wins over a high run differential

Randle McMurphy · Post #108 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:27 am

JN wrote:The way Lauer is going, the analytics guys are getting very excited about having him go 3 innings in game 1 of the playoffs.

Will be funny to watch them try to pull Scherzer doing that ridiculous nonsense (and you know they’ll try it too)

LLJ · Post #109 » by **LLJ** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:43 am

Boogie! wrote:We’re better than the dodgers. This is weird I don’t think I’m processing that they’re actually this good right now. It doesn’t make sense.

While I'm still on the skeptic side, it feels like some kind of lightbulb came on about 2 months ago and they're a different team right now than the one that started the season. It feels less like a lucky streak as our run differential has finally started gradually trending up to reflect the drastic change in this team's play quality. Or it could be like those Orioles teams from last decade where they somehow managed to keep their "luck" in close games going all the way to the end of the season.

Randle McMurphy · Post #110 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:46 am

Lauer says Scherzer punched him

Fact or fiction?

-MetA4- · Post #111 » by **-MetA4-** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:52 am

LLJ wrote:
Boogie! wrote:We’re better than the dodgers. This is weird I don’t think I’m processing that they’re actually this good right now. It doesn’t make sense.

While I'm still on the skeptic side, it feels like some kind of lightbulb came on about 2 months ago and they're a different team right now than the one that started the season. It feels less like a lucky streak as our run differential has finally started gradually trending up to reflect the drastic change in this team's play quality. Or it could be like those Orioles teams from last decade where they somehow managed to keep their "luck" in close games going all the way to the end of the season.

Homie is on the "skeptic" side despite the fact that we have the best defense in the league by a mile and rank near the top in almost every team offensive category lol.

Its all "luck"!

-MetA4- · Post #112 » by **-MetA4-** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:54 am

Anyway, I'm pretty pissed that they chose to use Green instead of Hoffman tonight. We had a real chance to preserve our run differential, and of course our idiot number-crunchers blew it like usual.

LLJ · Post #113 » by **LLJ** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:56 am

-MetA4- wrote:
LLJ wrote:
Boogie! wrote:We’re better than the dodgers. This is weird I don’t think I’m processing that they’re actually this good right now. It doesn’t make sense.

While I'm still on the skeptic side, it feels like some kind of lightbulb came on about 2 months ago and they're a different team right now than the one that started the season. It feels less like a lucky streak as our run differential has finally started gradually trending up to reflect the drastic change in this team's play quality. Or it could be like those Orioles teams from last decade where they somehow managed to keep their "luck" in close games going all the way to the end of the season.

Homie is on the "skeptic" side despite the fact that we have the best defense in the league by a mile and rank near the top in almost every team offensive category lol.

Its all "luck"!

I trust the defense but not the offense. They were a top defense last year too.

-MetA4- · Post #114 » by **-MetA4-** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 2:06 am

LLJ wrote:I trust the defense but not the offense. They were a top defense last year too.

So your hot take is that they are somehow getting lucky in virtually every aspect of offensive baseball? All at the same time?

What you fail to understand is that its not just one random offensive variable. This team top to bottom is strong to elite in almost everything, and their rotational depth is massive.

You are being scared for no reason. There is nothing tangible for you to point to.

WuTang_OG · Post #115 » by **WuTang_OG** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 2:06 am

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vaff87 · Post #116 » by **vaff87** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 2:28 am

The Jays have a .342 OBP since the start of May. The next highest is Houston at .330. The jays also have the highest wRC+ over that span. And this is not taking into account tonight’s game.

-MetA4- · Post #117 » by **-MetA4-** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 2:53 am

vaff87 wrote:The Jays have a .342 OBP since the start of May. The next highest is Houston at .330. The jays also have the highest wRC+ over that span. And this is not taking into account tonight’s game.

3 months of baseball? Is that supposed to convince anyone? I don't buy it. You know they very well lose every game from here on out.

JCP11 · Post #118 » by **JCP11** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 3:49 am

The scary part about this team is that they've been good without their best player producing like he should. He's starting to play better now and if he can sustain it this team will be incredibly hard to beat.

Randle McMurphy · Post #119 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 4:13 am

FGs still only has this team playing 30-29 ball the rest of the way, so their system still isn’t exactly a believer in this roster as a real contender.

Thing is, that’s still projected to take the division (and be tied for a bye) at 91 wins by two due to the current lead they have.

Mehar · Post #120 » by **Mehar** » Fri Jul 25, 2025 5:08 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:FGs still only has this team playing 30-29 ball the rest of the way, so their system still isn’t exactly a believer in this roster as a real contender.

Thing is, that’s still projected to take the division (and be tied for a bye) at 91 wins by two due to the current lead they have.

Honestly, who cares what FanGraphs says? I judge this team based on how they have been performing in recent weeks, and not the "projections" of some computer analysis on what this team will do the rest of the way. You judge them on how they play on the field, and the results have been remarkable which nobody could have predicted.