2026 Blue Jays

[Darryl]

Time to sell free agents and pivot towards next year. Springer, and Varsho as bat. Bieber and Gausman unless he signs an extension.

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[L K]

It's good that the team has at least been clear on what they are. This is a terrible offensive team. They have no approach at the plate other than swing aggressively. Teams just don't throw stuff over the middle of the plate and the Jays just chase low and outside without any adjustment. No idea what Popkins and Schneider are doing between games because there just isn't any signs that adjustments are happening.

Vlad continues to casually jog out his perpetual ground balls. Unacceptable effort from a guy making 500 million dollars and not hitting.

 

[Derk]

Vladdy actively getting worse over his last 30 games based on his splits (batting average). Another ofer last night in another non competitive game. They have been outscored 34-8 in the five games since the all star break. That is simply unacceptable for a team that was inches away from winning the world series.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2079423377463267769

Diagnosed with a rupture, btw.

 

[Joe S.]

My optimism has eroded. Missing Barger is a huge deal which is compounded by the loss of Bichette.

Pitching was great for most of the year but they've hit a wall now.

Oh well, that's baseball I guess.

 

[L K]

I don't know if it was Bo that brought the energy but the team just seemed to be lacking something all year. There really wasn't a stretch of the season where it looked like the Jays were going to take control of their season. You'd see a game or two and think "ok maybe" and then it would be followed up by three miserable performances.

They need to review their medical/training staff after this season. It feels like every guy who gets close to returning has soreness and gets shut down again. It's going to happen but when it happens to every guy something isn't being done right.

I think this season really exposes how mediocre of a manager Schneider is. He's more of a vibes coach and doesn't have the ability to make adjustments.

We should expect guys like Vlad and Kirk to be better next year. Okamoto is going to be a solid player. Clement is fine. But SS, LF, RF, CF, DH are all question marks going into next season. Santander coming off two seasons of not playing doesn't excite me at DH or playing bad defensively in the outfield.

The rotation has to replace Gausman, Bieber and Miles/Scherzer.

That's a lot of holes