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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
In hindsight going all in at the deadline to bring in another top level reliever would have been the right move. Varland has been decent but the Jays probably should have given up more to get another arm who is lights out. There were plenty of guys available. But the price was too high. That’s on management.
But given the roster we do have, if the jays lose this series, I think you have to move on from Schneider. He lost them game 5 with his bad decisions. And there’s still potentially 2 more games for him to make even worse decisions.
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Unfortunately i'm not sure it's in hindsight. I think it was known at the time the Jays needed this type of arm if they wanted to do a deep post season run. In fairness we don't know exactly why it didn't work but it's not a great look for management and I just think some attention there is warranted and not all on Schneider.
I'm not trying to defend Schneider, but I think it's worth pointing out the the Jays are here in large part due to the "I trust everyone on this roster" mentality. I'm just not as quick to agree this is a friable offence. It's a bad decision but I think there is more of a "live by the sword die by the sword" dynamic going on here.
There still in a good position to win the series but certainly possible this has caused players to doubt him. Just not sure we can know that at this point.