October 29, 2025Oct 29 Shane Bieber is increasing his FA value on his upcoming FA contract $10 million for every inning pitched without surrendering a run. Lol at organist playing Jesus Christ Superstar for Ohtani. play "Golden"/Kpop Demon Hunters! Edited October 29, 2025Oct 29 by caulfield12
October 29, 2025Oct 29 Defining moment in this one... 2nd 3rd and no outs 15.15 million viewers LOS ANGELES -- The World Series is averaging 15.15 million viewers in Japan through two games. Japanese population just 38% of the US. 14.54 million in the US so far Ratings in Canada up 10x up so far compared to 2024. 6 million. 36 Million for those three countries combined. 2025 Game 7 was the most-watched NBA Finals game in six years, averaging 16.6 million viewers and peaking with 19.6 million viewers at 9:45 p.m. ET. The seven-game series accounted for the seven most-watched primetime television programs over the past two months. Edited October 29, 2025Oct 29 by caulfield12
October 29, 2025Oct 29 16 minutes ago, chw42 said: Roberts sure loves to use Banda a lot for how bad he is. Alex Vesia is at home dealing with personal matters. Kopech Tanner Scott Kirby Yates all on the shelf. B.Graterol as well. Edited October 29, 2025Oct 29 by caulfield12
October 29, 2025Oct 29 11 minutes ago, chw42 said: Dodgers' s%*# middle relief just lost them this game. Treinen has reached the end of his rope with Roberts at this point. Ofc with that double play call not reversed, it's still just 3-1. Couldn't have been any closer at first. Looks like Series is definitely going back to Toronto...good for baseball. Pressure switches back to Dodgers and Snell to win G5 or face a very challenging 3-2 deficit and racuous pro-Jays crowd. Edited October 29, 2025Oct 29 by caulfield12
October 29, 2025Oct 29 More ex-White Sox/Bassitt featuring in this post season. Not quite as bad as last year's parade of relievers, though.
October 29, 2025Oct 29 19 minutes ago, chw42 said: Dodgers' s%*# middle relief just lost them this game. If the Blue Jays can force one more pitching change, that bullpen is going to start feeling strained.
October 29, 2025Oct 29 Vegas odds now must be almost dead even...with Toronto maybe even a slight favorite. G5 feels like it will be the decider, but who the heck knows.
October 29, 2025Oct 29 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/sydney-sweeney-sparks-fury-among-122113378.html
October 30, 2025Oct 30 Blue Jays likely wouldn't be where they are now without the trade of hometown kid Varland from Minnesota... https://www.mlb.com/news/why-the-twins-traded-louis-varland-to-the-blue-jays Then you have Andres Gimenez salary-dumped by the Guardians after he signed a long term extension and stopped producing offensively. Couldn't afford to overpay for a "defense first" guy. Edited October 30, 2025Oct 30 by caulfield12
October 30, 2025Oct 30 Jerry Reinsdorf must be unhappy that the Jays are going to knock back the mid and small market owners' arguments against the Dodgers' "Evil Empire" ruining baseball. But legit rivalries are actually good for the sport. Edited October 30, 2025Oct 30 by caulfield12
October 30, 2025Oct 30 (Jays' hitting coach) David Popkins previously served as the hitting coach for the Minnesota Twins in 2023. Under his philosophy, the Twins posted the seventh-best OPS in baseball at .754. They went on to beat the Blue Jays in the Wild Card series before losing to Houston in the ALDS. Popkins’ hitting philosophy? I’d call it “situational” and “simple.” “My philosophy is built off creativity,” he said, “trying to become the most creative lineup in scoring runs in baseball. And we do that by practicing all the different situations and clubs in the game.” Oh, and he also made it very clear: he loves damage. And damage is exactly what the Blue Jays have been doing. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=popkin000dav UC Davis grad, highest level AA Springfield with the Cardinals...just 35 years old Edited October 30, 2025Oct 30 by caulfield12
October 30, 2025Oct 30 https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/trey-yesavage-girlfriend-and-modest-salary-he-s-earning-to-start-world-series-game-1/ar-AA1P8WlY Keith Law - The Athletic - May 22nd: "He does throw an actual breaking ball but it’s a clear third pitch, with the splitter his go-to weapon for hitters on both sides of the plate. If you don’t mind or care about the short arm action, the question is whether he can be a successful major-league starter as a fastball/splitter guy." Kiley McDaniel - ESPN - May 8th: "He doesn't have a true plus pitch in my mind, but is above average at nearly everything with a clear starter look and he's posted all spring. He has a good chance to be a fourth starter in short order with the upside of becoming a third starter who reaches the enviable status of optionable big league starter within 12 months." http://www.mymlbdraft.com/2024-mlb-draft/player-profiles/Trey-Yesavage Edited October 30, 2025Oct 30 by caulfield12
October 30, 2025Oct 30 Looks like the scouts didn't think that highly of him. Low ceiling. No plus pitch. Lol
October 30, 2025Oct 30 15 minutes ago, Ozzie for Manager said: Looks like the scouts didn't think that highly of him. Low ceiling. No plus pitch. Lol Over the top delivery so unusual. Splitter dominant pitch over FB, which doesn't have great life/movement. East Carolina not the SEC/ACC. Plus he got hurt and missed his conference tournament in his draft year last season (when a lot of scouts are doing final checks/rechecks) but was overall Top 5 in a number of NCAA categories. Especially productive but not the type of delivery scouts fall in love with...even from the LH side. Addison Barger...took 6-7 years to reach the majors High School King HS (Tampa,FL) Drafted/Signed 2018-6-176-Toronto Blue Jays Signing Bonus $ 271,100 "Heading into the 2024 draft, many online rankings had East Carolina starter Trey Yesavage in the 10 to 15 range. He had some medical concerns, but he threw hard, threw strikes, and had a “nasty splitter” according to The Athletic’s Keith Law. When he fell to the Blue Jays at No. 20, Toronto offered an above-slot bonus of more than $4 million to sign." theathletic.com "His breaking ball needed to improve. You were betting on arm strength, and the offspeed stuff is a big reason why people probably weren't in on him.” Edited October 30, 2025Oct 30 by caulfield12
October 30, 2025Oct 30 "This is not the reliever you are looking for..." Dodgers' 2024 offense has been missing in action and at best erratic all season long.
October 30, 2025Oct 30 Vesia should be the choice here but not on the WS roster due to "personal reasons." Blue Jays winning it all is going to lead to a crazy FA competition in the AL East with NYY Boston and Baltimore...and the AL Central will basically cease to exist once Tarik Skubal leaves the Tigers. Toronto still have Yesavage Gausman Bassitt Berrios even if you subtract Bieber and Scherzer...and will undoubtedly have the nearly unlimited resources to add whoever and whatever they want. Edited October 30, 2025Oct 30 by caulfield12
October 30, 2025Oct 30 1 hour ago, caulfield12 said: Over the top delivery so unusual. Splitter dominant pitch over FB, which doesn't have great life/movement. East Carolina not the SEC/ACC. Plus he got hurt and missed his conference tournament in his draft year last season (when a lot of scouts are doing final checks/rechecks) but was overall Top 5 in a number of NCAA categories. Especially productive but not the type of delivery scouts fall in love with...even from the LH side. Addison Barger...took 6-7 years to reach the majors High School King HS (Tampa,FL) Drafted/Signed 2018-6-176-Toronto Blue Jays Signing Bonus $ 271,100 "Heading into the 2024 draft, many online rankings had East Carolina starter Trey Yesavage in the 10 to 15 range. He had some medical concerns, but he threw hard, threw strikes, and had a “nasty splitter” according to The Athletic’s Keith Law. When he fell to the Blue Jays at No. 20, Toronto offered an above-slot bonus of more than $4 million to sign." theathletic.com "His breaking ball needed to improve. You were betting on arm strength, and the offspeed stuff is a big reason why people probably weren't in on him.” He did come back in the ncaa tourney and was dominant. I was at the game. Lots of teams missed. ECU not the SEC but have the 6th most active major leaguers now. With 8. Some damn good pitchers. Gavin williams Alec burleson Jeff hoffman Shawn Armstrong Carson whisenhunt Zach agnos Connor norby
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