🎧BJHH: 134 - Orelvis has Left the Building
Plus: Forty minutes of gloom!
The Blue Jays have not won a game since our last episode, and hoo boy you can feel it.
In this episode, Nick and Stoeten check in on the vibes, wonder if there’s even any point in changing the manager or doing something drastic with George Springer, discuss the Orelvis suspension, and contemplate just how many firings the future may hold. Plus a few positive things in there at the end, too!
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I haven't listened to this yet, but I can't help thinking that we are in a seriously bad way. Scotty Mac said it's a team in crisis (Crisis, what Crises?) and it kind of seems that way:
- The team is seriously flawed right now. No way we are making the playoffs. Let's be realistic.
- It looks like our much anticipated competitive window that we were all excited about is closing fast
- So many of our core players have not met expectations
- The minors are pretty bare - there's no next wave on the immediate horizon.
- Springer looks done, but his contract is not
- If we want to attract premier free agents, who will want to come here now?
- Even if we want to extend Vlad and Bo, would they even want to stay? Or seek greener pastures?
- Does Jansen or any other pending free agent we want to keep actually want to stay?
- The players we could likely trade at the trade deadline to yield best return are either injured or starting to play poorly (Garcia, Kikuchi)
I could go on and be even more gloomy, but right now, the future just seems so bleak. Where did it all go wrong?
Starting to feel like being a fan in the early 00's again. Albeit back then we simply could not compete with the economic juggernauts in New York and Boston, now we just can't get out of our own way....ugh. I only watch the games now because I'm a fan, I no longer have hope for the playoffs this year.
I can't recall the last time our farm system was this run down. It's going to legit suck to be a Jays fan for a few years, isn't it...