2025 Toronto Blue Jays Season Thread

[Andrew]

Sasaki agent could have politely declined by saying.. oh u dont havr the signing space. How is this going to work?

Then Atkins dove in to counter it. Nothing wrong either way?

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Or was it a giant overreaction by a fan base that just wants to give Atkins and Shapiro no credt.

They got a player that's been a valuable asset for them this year and created extra room to try to take the run at Sasaki.

The reaction in this thread after two or three losses is hilarious as all the guys that just want to see Shapiro and Atkins fail come out of the woodwork after saying nothing very little when the team is doing well.

Straw has worked out great, but that trade wasn't a good one. IMO they only took Straw to get the money for Sasaki. If they had identified Straw as a target and were realistic about Sasaki I think it's very likely they could have gotten more value for taking his contract (eg prospects).

I'm glad to see they got IKF back though. That works out nicely, and he's the perfect guy for the extra roster spot. Strong defensively for late-inning defensive subs, plays lots of positions (versatile), played well for the Jays last time. Plus might save an option year on a prospect and no big loss if he has to go down if Santander ends up returning.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by browna

Put it this way, if Atkins woke up that morning and knew Sasaki was going to sign a couple hours after he makes the deal for the extra international money, with an AAA player thrown in, would he have still done it?

Fantastic for Straw that it’s worked out and seems like a great guy but I’ll stop far short from giving the Jays executives credit for that.

And I’ve been here all season.

Originally Posted by bizaro86

Straw has worked out great, but that trade wasn't a good one. IMO they only took Straw to get the money for Sasaki. If they had identified Straw as a target and were realistic about Sasaki I think it's very likely they could have gotten more value for taking his contract (eg prospects).

I'm glad to see they got IKF back though. That works out nicely, and he's the perfect guy for the extra roster spot. Strong defensively for late-inning defensive subs, plays lots of positions (versatile), played well for the Jays last time. Plus might save an option year on a prospect and no big loss if he has to go down if Santander ends up returning.

Does he make that exact deal? Probably not but they were trying to put pressure on the Dodgers and Sasaki by being able to offer more money and either force Sasaki to take less or force the Dodgers to have to work harder to create more space.

But they seemed pretty comfortable with taking on Straw and had him on the roster all season. I'd guess he was a guy they identified as being a fit here.

He was always a + defender that was an extra body that could cover in the outfield with Varsho injured to start the year and it's worked out great.

[Whynotnow]

Bassitt can’t throw strikes.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by Whynotnow

Bassitt can’t throw strikes.

And when he does the ump calls it a ball

[Whynotnow]

Jays threaten in both of the first two innings and have no runs. Hope that doesn’t haunt them.

[flamingred89]

Jays with some good hard contact but some bad luck so far. The RISP isn't looking good early on.

[EN FUEGO]

Greene has a freaking arm on him....glad he's not in our division.

[Inferno]

Guess we're getting B"Ass"itt again today.

[flamingred89]

FFS. Bassitt is awful on the road.

[Whynotnow]

And the regret of not scoring is huge. Bassit sucks on the road and his offense is gonna need to bail him out. Needs to shut this inning down now.

[KelVarnsen]

Sigh

[browna]

Bassist getting hit hard.
What a great throw by Lukes.

[EN FUEGO]

That's a beauty of a toss by Lukes right there...keeping us in it.

[Whynotnow]

Ugly top of the inning there.

[EN FUEGO]

Originally Posted by Whynotnow

Ugly top of the inning there.

Thankfully Bassitt made it an ugly bottom of the inning for them too. Absolutely nasty pitch to strike out Marte.

[EN FUEGO]

Gotta find a way to extend this inning and get this dude out of the game.

[Whynotnow]

Originally Posted by EN FUEGO

Gotta find a way to extend this inning and get this dude out of the game.

He throws fire but feel like they need to shorten up and make some contact here. Easy from my spot on the couch lol.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Ok time to get on the sticks

[ben voyonsdonc]

Bassitt is keeping them in the game and giving some length.

Greene is nasty but he isn’t looking unbeatable. Long at bats are productive ones. Need to fight off as many pitches as possible.