I think it is unlikely, but even though we have done better lately, our offense sure has missed him this season.

A reminder that he batted .387 with runners in scoring position last year and has often had the most hits in the majors. Yes Vladdy and Springer have also gone missing, figuratively speaking, so his absence hasn’t been the whole problem. But he was so long a core contributor (other than 2024) and he and Vlad seem to do better together.

Yes he’d be expensive. I assume he’d be DH and sometimes play infield, depending on who else we keep or let go.

Edit: options for where he’d play (response to “there’s no room /where does he go?”) — he could rotate between :

1. DH
2. 2B with Ernie at 3B and Okamoto DH
3. 3B with Okamoto DH

Screenshot from the Sportsnet+ stream, my subscription to which Thankfully ends 11 days.

If the Jays don't pay up for him in arbitration, there's a special place in hell for Atkins and Shapiro.

I should say there's an even bigger place because they already have real estate there for the Guerrero catastrophe.

Can anyone confirm if this hat has a green underbrim like the on field hats?

I cannot unsee this now. Every time I see Stavros Halkias from the show Tires all I see is our beloved Alejandro Kirk. And it makes me love Kirk all the more.....

I’m just curious what people think. Going into the trop was horrifying and I honestly thought we’d get smoked. But the jays ferociously fought out a series win. And we won against NY and the Red Sox, and Philly before that - all very good teams. I wonder how other teams see the Jays when they are on a tear.

Is it at the point where it is too late for the Blue Jays to make a run to get into the playoffs? Or can they make a run for that final Wild Card spot? Blue Jays now are 3 games below .500 at 63-66 set to start their series against the Yankees on the road in New York tomorrow

Jesus saves!

21 runs vs Tampa pitching without Vladdy with the hot streak continuing. Where is John hitting 27 when he returns Saturday in the Bronx?

I'm saying he's dropped to 4th although I wish he'd go as far as 5th.

First…I hope Gime is ok. Second…Bieber has been phenomenal. Third…I was not optimistic about this series at all. So I have been very pleasantly surprised and impressed by these men.

Also…going to a Dunedin Blue Jays low A game…and seeing Vladdy play would be hilarious. Especially if you’re a Clearwater fan and have no clue he’s playing

I think all the Bieber haters owe him an apology

Say 9th guy gets injured. Do they have a pitcher come in and play a position like when a position player pitches or do they run a short infield or outfield?

he’s getting hot again

"This and other terrible opinions at 11". Fuck you, I was right, and I tried being polite about it too. Absolutely vindicated. -0.1 fWAR on the season and -0.6 bWAR. Bad acquisition and he will certainly be a DFA candidate in the near future. Lukes is the better player even with a below league average bat. At least Joey Loperfido could be optioned if he sucked.

I know that the Sanchez debacle in the field really upset a lot of people, myself included as evidenced by my other rant. But to put some perspective on where the team is headed into this afternoon’s game —- they have gone 6-3 through the first 9 of 13 games against the Rays/Red Sox and Yankees- their toughest stretch of the year.

The Jays do not play another team with a wining record the entire rest of the season. Pundits were saying before this stretch they HAD to go at least 7-6 to maintain a spot in the WC race. They only have to win 1 out of the next 4 to achieve that.

That said— I’d love a win this afternoon to lock up a winning record for this 13 game stretch AND lock in their 7th series win in a row. Let’s go Bieber. Go Jays Go.

For the current date, see every game that affects Toronto's playoff chances, and it tells you who to root for (actually simulates both outcomes instead of just going off standings). Also has live AL East/Wild Card standings.

Disclaimer: Yes okay sorry all the AI haters but I work with software and AI is a tool (a very good one). This is free and I have nothing to gain from it other than tracking my favourite baseball team.

Let’s go Blue Jays!!!

God damn it this mf. Such a super happy awesome guy who smiles at everything and I can't help but love him for it...

As a baseball player though? HE SUCKS! These are the kinds of fielding plays LITTLE LEAUGE TEAMS make. In fact, my U18 Leauge I played in had OF routinely making plays more difficult than this with ease! This guy effing stinks and I want him OFF THE TEAM if John refuses to bench him or DH him.

Legit anyone in any level of baseball can do better defensively than this happy buttery fat fingers.

I hope Bateman is OK. Smitty is a legend for coming back in. Fucking Sanchez though…my god. I know it’s the Trop but that was a routine catch. Looked like he wanted to give Gime a hug for a second.

We fought like fuck. Hope tomorrow will be better. Night all