I love baseball more than I like most people. Former co-host of Locked On Jays & #BlueJays writer for Sporting News. Bat flip propagandist. Never sac bunt.
In his first at-bat, Manny Machado should be soft-tossed a ball that either bursts blue for Dodgers or red for Phillies. Turn this game into one big team-reveal party.
Lots of problems right now, but your 27 year old superstar giving you incredibly little 45% through year 1 of the largest extension in baseball history is going to continue to be my biggest problem with this team until he manages to turn things around.
I'm not a huge fan of intentional walks. Way overused IMO. But IBBing Ben Rice with one out, runner on 2nd, and Dominguez on deck in a tie game in the 9th was a pretty obvious call
Schneider on the thinking behind Ernie's bunt:
“Ern is good at it. Obviously like the way Vale is swinging the bat. You obviously want to put pressure on Cruz to throw strikes …. So you want to try to force the issue there and get a guy up who’s been swinging the bat well."
Wrote about how on earth it's possible that Tyler Rogers, the man who throws 82, is along with Mason Miller the only P to not allow a single barrel yet -- and how he's doing it by making hitters later on their swings than *anyone* else is.
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Roster news from the #BlueJays:
Tyler Heineman has been DFA’d. It’s Alejandro Kirk and Brandon Valenzuela behind the plate, potentially for years to come.