2025 Blue Jays

[Darryl]

Varland starting off the bullpen game today. Fingers crossed today.

 

[OldTimeHockey]

Varland starting off the bullpen game today. Fingers crossed today.

At least it starts at 7 so my old a$$ won't have to fight off sleep.

 

[dappleganger]

I would really like it if the Blue Jays beat the Yankees.

 

[Andy007]

Varland starting off the bullpen game today. Fingers crossed today.

Well, with his inclusion in that game 2 pitching-management debacle, this will be Varland's 4th appearance in 5 days. This is actually a pretty good bullpen but the continual needless draining of the arms is really making things dicey.

 

[herman]

Question: when they intentionally walk Judge, why don’t they just throw pick off attempts until he gets tired?

 

[herman]

Fisher with a critical K on Judge (with a gift strike 1 call)

 

[dappleganger]

Question: when they intentionally walk Judge, why don’t they just throw pick off attempts until he gets tired?

Only allowed 2 pick off attempts.

 

[herman]

Only allowed 2 pick off attempts.

OH thanks! Rules have changed for the better.

 

[Joe S.]

They’ve set up an almost ideal bottom of the 9th

 

[Joe S.]

Fisher with a critical K on Judge (with a gift strike 1 call)

They been calling those outside pitches all night on both sides

 

[herman]

Hell yeah! Splitter for the final K

 

[dappleganger]

I am happy the Blue Jays won and the Yankees lost.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1976113582011298095

 

[dappleganger]

The $500m man:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1976120275243761990

 

[Frank E]

That was a nail biter...I can't believe how effective the pitching was last night. I dare say that Schneider did a good job of throwing the kitchen sink at the Yankees.

They get a few days' rest, next game is on Sunday.

 

[Zee]

That was a nail biter...I can't believe how effective the pitching was last night. I dare say that Schneider did a good job of throwing the kitchen sink at the Yankees.

They get a few days' rest, next game is on Sunday.

That was impressive how the bullpen scrapped that together. All the walks were giving me fits, but they ultimately got the job done. Schneider's face seems to glow deeper levels of red the more the game is on the line.

 

[Frank E]

That was impressive how the bullpen scrapped that together. All the walks were giving me fits, but they ultimately got the job done. Schneider's face seems to glow deeper levels of red the more the game is on the line.

His blood pressure level is so evident in his face!

 

[cabber24]

Hoffman and Little had me sweating. Hasn't Hoffman burned through his 9 lives? I have a hard time believing he's any team's best option when it matters most. Anyway, in Schneider we trust!

I would think NYY would be a harder win than SEA or DET?

 

[OldTimeHockey]

Pedro, who's your daddy?!?!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1976154560302383228

 

[herman]

I would think NYY would be a harder win than SEA or DET?

I am (clearly) a bandwagonner, so I don't really know. I was familiar with New York's shortcomings and how the Jays matched up strongly against them (whiff pitching vs homerun swings, small ball vs terrible fielding).

Jays were 4-2 vs Seattle, and 4-3 vs Detroit
Seattle had a better second half (39-27) than Detroit (28-37)

Either way, I think the Jays' approach is a very tough out for any opponent since they lean on fundamentals so heavily: small ball with an occasional pop, working starter counts deep consistently, prioritizing getting runners on to pressure defenses. On the other side they've got pretty good starting pitching backed up by a flamethrowing bullpen, and basically average-plus defenders in every position and on the bench as a baseline.