I agree with almost everything with the exception of Garcia. Him and Richards are about the only two consistent relievers the jays have. He's had some bad outings, but he's saved way more games than he's blown, compare to Romano, who they should have gotten rid of last year in a 4 way package deal, Romano, Kurk, Vladdy, kiermaier.
I agree about Richards as he is a quality long reliever that is always in demand so trade him?
LOL! I doubt he would want to work under current management who call the game from the booth.
I'd ease up on Schneider. He's low man on the management totem pole. He had a good reputation and good relationship with the players while coming up through the minor league system. Like most people in life he has bosses, and ultimately has to do what they say. I'm sure he gives them his opinion on how things should be, but they call the final shots. I think the players understand this and probably sympathize. Sacrificing his career will do nothing to improve the Jays, and will probably damage his future in baseball. Keep the heat up on upper management, but cut Schneider some slack.
I never understood how the fuck Vlad won his arbitration case this year. I have to tell you, I never even liked him when he was playing decent. Now that he sucks, every day I wake up hoping to read he's been traded. It's obvious this team needs to retool. At this point, you need to package Springer with one of the stars. Possibly Bo. If Martinez shows any sign he can hit at the big league level, I would be moving off Bo and tell a team looking for an SS, you have to take Springer with him.
I know its so frustrating to endure this nonsense when the writing is so clearly on the wall. We need to make a bunch of trades before the deadline, a new GM should have been hired weeks ago.
When he had that breakout year in 2021 I thought yes this is the guy to get us back into playoff contention for years. But its been downhill ever since. He'd rather be dancing in the dugout as opposed to studying the opposition and improving his game. This year is appalling 7 HR and 30 RBI through 74 games played. Its time to cut bait.
This worries me. The marriage between Shapiro and Atkins is probably very deeply rooted. I don’t see Atkins being gone unless the both of them are fired. And with this organization and the way the investors, sponsors and ownership have always been set up since it’s inception in the 70s, it’s not really the type of an organization that tends to fire the president. It seems like a bunch of corporate people letting the president do his thing. We’ve had 6 presidents since the 70s, 4 of them resigned, and one of them actually was appointed by Interbrew as he was an actual employee of Interbrew looking after the investment. The only way Shapiro will dismiss Atkins in my honest opinion, is once Shapiro feels the heat from ownership and starts paying attention to the media. Everybody wants Atkins gone. How long can this possibly be ignored?
Springer has had such a ridiculously sharp decline. This regime was smart enough to avoid locking up Donaldson and Bautista long-term when they were approaching their decline….. but they really fumbled on Springer by signing a 31 year-old to six years. But then again on the other hand would he have ever signed in Toronto in the first place unless he got his six years?
