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linery88 wrote:
Yeah,something like that.
The number of games speak for themselves.
I,d rather have waited to see the comparison made after the same amount of games.
Schad wrote:https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-blue-jays-made-baseballs-best-free-agent-acquisitions/
The Jays (rather handily) lead the majors in fWAR from 2021 free agents. Granted, we should be near the top of the field given our spending, but there's no question the ROI has been good, thanks in large part to Semien, even if some of the fringe moves haven't worked.
TOUGH FOR JAYS TO PLAY CATCH UP
For as well as the Blue Jays have played since returning home to Toronto on July 30 — winning 10-of-15 in that time — the frustration of the wild-card race is apparent with six weeks remaining in the Major League season.
The Jays have played .667 baseball since coming home heading into Saturday night’s game in Seattle and have barely made a dent in the standings.
As they’ve gone 10-5, the New York Yankees have gone 9-4. As they’ve won two-thirds of their games, the Oakland A’s have won eight of 11 — that’s .727 baseball.
Only the Red Sox, getting the freebie home games against Baltimore this weekend, have faltered considerably in that time period, going 4-9 themselves. Toronto has picked up five games on the Red Sox in a very short period of time, but in the same schedule, the Tampa Bay Rays have gone 9-3 themselves and moved into first place in the American League East.
Make no mistake, this is a wild-card race for Toronto and nothing more. They don’t play Boston anymore. They can’t catch Tampa. They play Oakland three times at the Rogers Centre and have seven games remaining with the Yankees.
The season ends with three games at home against the Yankees. But with the Yanks finishing with series against Baltimore, Cleveland, Texas and Boston, there may not be enough time for the Jays to play catch up.
Charlie Montoyo needs to be stopped for the sake of this team. He has exhibited staggering incompetence in most in-game managerial aspects on a regular basis: poorly constructed lineups, bullpen usage, tactics, and his instincts, i.e. when to pull his starting pitcher and rely on the bullpen, when to challenge a replay, etc., have been proven time and time again to be truly next-level awful.
Charlie is a nice guy and seems likeable on a personal level, but he has consistently demonstrated a firm belief in providing everybody on the roster with fair playing time opportunities, as if he were coaching Little League. Being nice and likeable doesn't win baseball games, unfortunately.
The bullpen is certainly far from a team strength, but it's clear that the decisions Charlie has made are compounding the poor results, and have subsequently resulted in too many losses.
During his three-year tenure with the team, Charlie has not shown much or any improvement in his ability to make smart, winning baseball decisions. The fact that the team is in a playoff race at this time is a credit to the skill and drive the players possess and should in no way be credited to Mr. Montoyo.
Exercising Charlie's team option for 2022 was a poor decision, but it's not too late to rectify this error in judgment by cutting bait now or at the conclusion of the 2021 season.
This team is brimming with talent and has a very bright future ahead of it, so let's not squander this golden opportunity to bring a World Series championship to the city of Toronto and the entire country of Canada, on a manager that, frankly, lacks the ability to put this team into the best positions to win games.
Mark, Ross, get it done, please.
Signed,
Everybody
StringerBell wrote:Bobcat and John Shannon interviewed Ross Atkins the other day. A good 30+ minute in depth interview. Good listen if you have the time.
**edit: Most candid I've heard Atkins in an interview.
Parataxis wrote:StringerBell wrote:Bobcat and John Shannon interviewed Ross Atkins the other day. A good 30+ minute in depth interview. Good listen if you have the time.
**edit: Most candid I've heard Atkins in an interview.
Any highlights that you took away from it?
StringerBell wrote:Bobcat and John Shannon interviewed Ross Atkins the other day. A good 30+ minute in depth interview. Good listen if you have the time.
**edit: Most candid I've heard Atkins in an interview.
EP 216 - ROSS ATKINS, GM of the Toronto Blue Jays.
August 24, 2021
ROSS ATKINS, General Manager of the Blue Joys Joins the show today to chat some baseball with Bob and John.
We speak to Ross about his teams recent performance, their lack of runs scored and the pitching problems plaguing their bullpen.
We also discuss the teams roster moves that have been made lately as well as the teams plan for the offseason and much more with Atkins as the Jays gear up for a late season playoff push.
Schad wrote:linery88 wrote:
Yeah,something like that.
The number of games speak for themselves.
I,d rather have waited to see the comparison made after the same amount of games.
...but you were arguing that Vlad hitting in the 2nd spot was a Really Bad Idea based on the same sample of games.
linery88 wrote:Schad wrote:linery88 wrote:
Yeah,something like that.
The number of games speak for themselves.
I,d rather have waited to see the comparison made after the same amount of games.
...but you were arguing that Vlad hitting in the 2nd spot was a Really Bad Idea based on the same sample of games.
All I have ever meant is this.
The comparison is flawed IMO,because of the amount of games was 11 ,compared to the first half of the season.Thats it.
AthensBucks wrote:Lowry is done.
Nurse is below average at best.
Masai is overrated.
I dont get how so many people believe in the raptors,they have zero to chance to win it all.