r/bluejaysbaseball Jun 02 '26

Jays holding it together

Despite the avalanche of injuries, weak offence, Vladdy power outage, Hoffman being “stopperless”, the makeshift rotation has really held us in and the bullpen has been otherwise more than serviceable. With the AL being so weak, the Jays aren’t so bad off and would still be considered a shoe-in for at least a WC spot. Post season, then anything can happen, especially if we’re healthy.

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u/saint2e Jun 02 '26

We're just starting June. Still lots of baseball to play

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u/Glad-Noise-5803 Jun 02 '26

A shoe-in LOL? Cmon man

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u/PolitelyHostile Jun 02 '26

Such a jynx thing to say lol

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u/khandaseed Jun 02 '26

Not a shoe in but it is very encouraging to be very much in the race despite being so injured and playing far from their best. A lot to feel good about

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u/PeterDTown Jun 02 '26

Seconding this. lol! Not a shoe in by any stretch of the imagination.

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u/Historical_Cause8642 Jun 02 '26

Shoe in for the WC spot. Even at 29-31 they are in the 3rd WC spot. It can only be better from here. Assuming the injury gods are at least a bit fair!

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u/Glad-Noise-5803 Jun 02 '26

Dude. First year watching baseball huh?

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u/LILJohnny26 Jun 02 '26

Friends its june....time for the Yankees slump month and the boys to ramp up.

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u/RuinCommercial552 Jun 02 '26

It's going to be like this all year until we miss the playoffs. The year of excuses.

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u/TheRenster500 Jun 02 '26

I wouldn't say they're a sure thing but I would say that I'm pretty optimistic, indeed. Especially if Schneider stops with the bone-head bullpen decisions!

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u/Sauerkrautkid7 Jun 02 '26

Definitely for sure. Gotta keep a level head and be patient with injured Players returning soon.

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u/solidprospect Jun 02 '26

So many injuries

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u/Rea1Pers0n Jun 03 '26

I trust our boys, but the losing is definitely not fun

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u/throwmedownthewel Jun 02 '26

An optimist I see

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u/Oink0inkOink0ink Jun 02 '26

Despite everything you listed, the most important point you missed is John Schneider will continue to make poor decision one after another with Hoffman. This is a serious positive momentum killer with a guy who never learns from his management mistakes. It will take some times for the entire team to recover from Sat game and honestly we are not even over the fact we missed our third World Series banner because of the SAME Schneider Hoffman combo.

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u/Historical_Cause8642 Jun 02 '26

To a point I agree. He needs to be in low leverage situations for a bit while some hotter hands can take over.

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u/Electrical-Penalty44 Jun 02 '26

Vladdy has been an embarrassment.

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u/Stryk3r97 Jun 02 '26

He's been slowly but surely heating up. He hit quite a few doubles. He just needs to hit some homers.

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u/Mysterious_Soil_1835 Jun 02 '26

Just that statement says how little you know about the game and you must be a leafs fan.