2025 Toronto Blue Jays Season Thread

[Mathgod]

Stanton out, that's huge.

3 out!

[flamingred89]

Phew. Great job by Rodriguez. A little lucky on that Stanton bullet but the ump also screwed him on the first pitch. So it's a wash.

[Hockey]

Haha RedSox lose on a catchers interference walk off

[flamingred89]

Sox and Orioles lose. Rays down big. Shaping up to be a great little monday.

This team is so fun to watch.

[Karl]

Rays lose.

Tis a good Monday indeed.

[Mathgod]

0.5 GB of 1st place in MLB.

[jayswin]

"Why not first place?" - asian father meme

[Mathgod]

D'oh! Brewers won, so it's 1 GB.

[bizaro86]

Whoops, wrong thread.

[howard_the_duck]

Originally Posted by jayswin

But how often is the AL east this weak? It seems 90% of years there is two elite MLB teams in the AL east and a wildcard spot is your only chance of making the playoffs. This is a really rare combo of the Jays suddenly being dominant AND other teams in the AL east sucking.

Like Jiri said, we lose Bo after this season. This is an extrenely unique opportunity on a roster build hat has been mostly very underwhelming the last 7 or 8 years. Push the damn chips in and get a couple relievers a bat and hopefully another strong pitcher.

I'm on the same page if they acquire players with years of control. Not in favor of going after arms like deGrom or other short-term additions.

I think if Bo leaves they'll miss him, but I could also see a situation that's similar to how it's played out at 3B, where they piece together similar production that doesn't cost as much, beef up their offensive production at other positions.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by howard_the_duck

I'm on the same page if they acquire players with years of control. Not in favor of going after arms like deGrom or other short-term additions.

I think the problem with deGrom is that he isn't a short term addition - he's got a guaranteed $75MM the next two years, which is a lot of money to commit to someone for their 38/39 year old seasons.

[Karl]

uh-oh. In a big hole early.

[flamingred89]

Oof. Rough start by Scherzer.

[flamingred89]

I'll never forget that Chisholm only hit 3 homeruns in the home run Derby. Dude is a clown.

[Karl]

Barger is hot!

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Didn't take Barger long to become a fan favorite this season.

Nice clutch hit, cuts the lead to 3-1.

[Karl]

Damn it.

[flamingred89]

Great job getting on the board and taking a bite of that early lead. A rare poor AB by Kirk.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

They may be trailing so far but they are chewing up that pitch count early, almost 50 pitches still in the 2nd.

[Karl]

Arrrgh. Vladdy missed the hanger...