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Originally Posted by browna
Win is a win, but obviously a very shaky start from the Rockies starter, loading the bases and then a BL walk, then a Varsho bomb in the 1st inning.
Jays then got some defense and excellent from Green and Garcia.
But offense still sputters in long stretches, clearly.
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7 scoreless to finish off the game isn't awesome, but definitely lots of positives. Second game in a row with a homer for Varsho, this one great situationally.
Green and Garcia were great (Garcia struck out 3 straight in the 9th using only 12 pitches) but it was good to see Tim Mayza pitch well also. I suspect Bowden Francis will be going down when Romano/Swanson are ready. Great to see Rodriguez look so sharp, they've got him for many years so if he ends up a cost controlled quality starter that's a big win.
Today's win puts them 7-0 with Davis Schneider starting (and still 1-7 without him), he was 1 for 2 with two walks (including a timely one with bases loaded in the first) so his OPS goes up to 0.979.
Hard to argue Varhso should sit on a 2 game homer streak, but KK and Kirk both have sub-400 OPS, having them not be starting hitters would help a lot.
All that said, I think today was Schneider's first start against a right-handed pitcher? Tomorrow is a lefty so I'd expect him to start again. Be interesting to see who sits, as that would be 2 in a row for KK but Varsho hit a grand slam today...
Edited to add: probably the biggest issue here is Bo/Vladdy/Springer all with 0.6xx OPS - that just isn't good enough for the 1/2/3 spot on a high spending contender.
