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Also have to chuckle a bit about the Toronto sports media after last night's game. A lot of chatter about "turning the corner", etc....:classic_rolleyes:

 

Carlos Rodon was hot garbage last night. It would be nice if the Jays started making a habit of punishing opposing pitchers' mistakes, but I'd be betting on a return to the form they've been showing all season.....probably starting tonight.

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2 hours ago, RupertKBD said:

Also have to chuckle a bit about the Toronto sports media after last night's game. A lot of chatter about "turning the corner", etc....:classic_rolleyes:

 

Carlos Rodon was hot garbage last night. It would be nice if the Jays started making a habit of punishing opposing pitchers' mistakes, but I'd be betting on a return to the form they've been showing all season.....probably starting tonight.

I didn't see the interview after the game, but I'd put money on some Jay getting doused in Gatorade.

 

Congrats- they won 1 game in a row!!!

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Do not see Vladdy angry very often.

 

2 pretty bad HBP batters today.  I'd say retribution is in store but you know MLB has the Yankees back.

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1 minute ago, Bounce000 said:

Jays and Yanks playing a game of who can hit the most batters

Surprised Gausman didn't get a warning or kicked tbh.

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https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/mlb/taking-a-deeper-look-at-the-current-conversations-around-the-blue-jays/ar-BB1plP9O?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=1ce597a97e434a30a65316ce41a671f6&ei=22

Story by Shi Davidi

TORONTO — Much like the off-season, the lead-up to the trade deadline and the strategic posturing inherent to it can make it difficult to separate fact from fiction. The Toronto Blue Jays are right in the middle of that vortex, so with four weeks before the July 30 cutoff, here’s a look at some of the conversations fans and people in the baseball industry are having about them:

 

The season is already over

Math doesn’t lie, and with playoff odds of 4.2 per cent, as calculated by FanGraphs, it’s pretty clear that barring an absurdly-off-the-charts turnaround, the Blue Jays won’t be playing October baseball.

Now, that’s a reality for the front office to acknowledge and manage through while mapping out a trade-deadline strategy, even if it’s one Blue Jays players steadfastly reject each time they take the field. No matter the odds, players are wired to believe they’re one hot streak away from turning things around, especially in a league filled with mid-teams chasing the second and third wild cards.

Playoff odds, after all, aren’t static, they fluctuate based on ever-changing inputs and can change quickly. At the same time, the mounting injuries facing the Blue Jays — Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s placement on the injured list with a left knee sprain likely to sideline him into August is the latest hit — only make the road that much tougher. There’s nothing wrong with playing things out while simultaneously working on parallel tracks, which is what the Blue Jays are doing, even though a partial sell is nearly inevitable.

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